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    Student Spotlight
    Children's center 

    Children's center 

    January 9, 2025
    Students using "Loose Parts" a preschool philosophy to create and play using their imagination. 
     
     
    Park Avenue's Sing-a-long and polar express family night

    Park Avenue's Sing-a-long and polar express family night

    December 20, 2024
     
     
     
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    Lincoln elementary leadership

    Lincoln elementary leadership

    Students collected over 400 blankets for their Hands of Hope blanket drive.
    Dec. 18th, 2024
     
     
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    Fall athletic recognitions 

    Fall athletic recognitions 

    Dec. 17th, 2024
    YCHS Cross Country Girls YCHS Cross County Boys YCHS Football
    RVHS Girls Volleyball RVHS Cross Country RVHS Girls Tennis
     
     
     
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    Gray Avenue student activities

    Gray Avenue student activities

    Nov. 2024
     
     
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    RVHS FFA 

    RVHS FFA 

    Sectional FFA Opening and Closing Ceremony competition
    Nov. 15, 2024
     
    Officer Team 2024 Advanced Team 2024 Opening and closing 2024
     
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    RIVER VALLEY GIRLS TENNIS TEAM

    RIVER VALLEY GIRLS TENNIS TEAM

    Nov. 14, 2024
     
     
    River Valley Girls Tennis at Sac- Joaquin Division 4 Finals
     
    River Valley Girls Tennis Division 4 Champions
     
     
     
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    Lincoln School 

    Lincoln School 

    Nov. 5, 2024
    Leadership students creating posters to announce upcoming events!
     
     
     
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    YCUSD Students celebrating October holidays

    YCUSD Students celebrating October holidays

    Oct. 31, 2024
     
     
     
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    RvHS Career and College expo

    RvHS Career and College expo

    October, 25, 2024
     
    Career and College expo had over 50 colleges and career booths for students to visit on RV campus. Awesome event at RV!!
     
       
     
     
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    YCUSD Choir Students Shine in Collaborative Concert

    YCUSD Choir Students Shine in Collaborative Concert

    Oct. 10th, 2024
     
    As Yuba City High School Choir director Kathryn Campbell stated, singing is something you can do for your whole life.  "You might not be able to play football when you are 50 or 60 years old, but you can still sing!"  This philosophy was evident last Thursday night, October 10, where over 100 YCUSD choir students in grades 6-12 combined with about 30 members of a YCHS alumni choir to perform for a packed house at Andros Karperos School in Yuba City.  In total, there were participants from 6 different decades who joined together in song. 
    This concert was organized by YCUSD Choir Teachers Kathryn Campbell, Kelly Cunningham, David Harris, and Karla Hyatt.   The YCUSD choir students had been practicing their music at their own schools for the last six weeks before finally joining together for a combined rehearsal on the morning of October 10, leading up to the concert that night.  
          The program began with the combined 6th-12th grade students singing in a variety of musical styles including an American folk song, a contemporary song with the Latin title of "Cantate Hodie," and another contrasting and exuberant song sung in Swahili.  The choir students from both high schools then combined to perform a couple of selections on their own in which they demonstrated their ability to sing harmony in multiple parts with lyricism and energy.  Following the high school students, Mrs. Campbell invited up the special YCHS Alumni Choir to perform.  As they were taking their places, Campbell talked with the students about how special it is to be part of a choir and how students can continue singing for the rest of their lives.  She also mentioned that many professional pop, rock, Broadway, and opera singers often get their first vocal experiences singing in their school choirs. As the alumni choir sang, the students, along with the rest of the audience, listened intently as these mature voices filled the auditorium with music that many of the audience had never heard before.  Their harmonies, expression, balance, and diction were of a quality that one might hear from a professional chorale group.  The alumni choir was also directed by special guest conductor Linda Robinson, recently retired YCHS Choir director, and also had Dean Estabrook, also a retired YCHS Choir director, singing in the choir. Kathryn Campbell also pointed out that all four current YCUSD choir teachers are also YCHS Choir alumni.  
          The concert concluded with a combined group of all performers singing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight".  Families and students alike had smiles on their faces during this final number as the choir members and the audience moved with the music.  Afterward, there was great pride seen on the faces of the performers and their families.  "Music has the ability to bring people together," stated Karla Hyatt, choir director at AK School.  "It was inspirational to have the alumni choir join the students and be able to share their love of choral music with the next generation of singers in our community."
     
     
     
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    Child Development Program

    Child Development Program

    OCTOBER 2024 
    Prop 28: Painting enrichment classes at Park Avenue Preschool! Engaging in weekly art activities and family fun for all!
     
     
                 
     
     
     
     
     
     
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    RVHS & YCHS Capital Valley Fall and Winter Champions

    RVHS & YCHS Capital Valley Fall and Winter Champions

    Friday, March 25, 2022
     
    The RVHS & YCHS Wrestling Teams were recognized at Tuesday's Governing Board Meeting.  Certificates were presented by the Board to the Wrestlers for their outstanding achievements.  Congratulations to all, great job!
     

    RV Wrestling:  Individual Capital Valley Conference

      122 Daniel Arellano 2nd Place All-Conference
      140 Mohammad Safa 2nd Place All-Conference
      147 Edward Rodriguez 1st Place All-Conference, Champion
      162 Andreaz Hay 2nd Place All-Conference
      222 Josh Colburn 1st Place All-Conference, Champion
      287 Alex Ponce 2nd Place All-Conference
     

    RV Wrestling:  SJS Masters Championship

      235 Talia Katzenberger 7th Place State Qualifier
      172 Ahamad Wahedi Top 12 Finisher
     
     

    YC Wrestling:  Individual Capital Valley Conference

      111 Melissa Tejada 3rd Place at Masters  
      121 Vanessa Chand 7th Place at Masters  
      126 Amedee Garcia 3rd Place at Masters 12th Place at State
      150 Kylie Leaty 4th Place at Masters 5th Place at State, High School All American
     
    Coaches
      River Valley Jason Ramos    
        Marcus Aleman    
             
      Yuba City  Kristen Costa    
        Robert Sillas    
        Alexis Young    
        Isaac Sillas    
     
     
    RV Wrestling Team   YCHS Wrestling Team
    River Valley Wrestling Team   Yuba City Wrestling Team
    YCUSD Lady Wrestlers
    YCUSD Lady Wrestlers
     
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    Two YCHS Students Compete in CIF State Wrestling Championships!

    Two YCHS Students Compete in CIF State Wrestling Championships!

    The CIF State Wrestling Championships were held February 24th-26th.  Kylie Leaty and Amedee Garcia, both Seniors at Yuba City High School competed in the event.  Kylie finished with a 5th place spot on the podium, Amedee finished in the top 12.

     

    According to YCHS Principal, Cy Olsen, "This is the toughest girls tournament in the entire country."  Congratulations Ladies!

     
    Winners podium Kylie Leaty & Amedee Garcia
    Kylie on the podium after receiving her 5th place medal Kylie and Amedee
     
     

    You can view more information about the event at their website:  https://www.cifstate.org/sports/wrestling/wr_champ_info

     
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    Winners of the YCEF 5K!

    Winners of the YCEF 5K!

    The annual Yuba City Education Foundation Have a Heart for Kids 5K was held on Saturday, February 26th.  There were over 200 people registered to participate, many of those were YCUSD students and staff.  Two YCUSD River Valley students won their respective age AND gender divisions!  Travis Brown, Senior at River Valley High School, was the fastest male overall and won his division Male 17-18.  Sydney Gale, Freshman at River Valley High School, was the fastest female overall and won her division Female 13-14. Travis and Sydney were each awarded two first-place medals, and a $50 gift certificate from Poole's Jewelers.  Congratulations!!!

     
    Travis Brown Sydney Gale

    Travis Brown, RVHS, 5K Time: 20:12

    1st Place in Male Division Overall &

    1st Place Male 17-18 Division

    Sydney Gale, RVHS, 5K Time: 24:15

    1st Place in Female Division Overall &

    1st Place Female 13-14 Division

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    3 YCUSD Students Win Awards At Yuba City Rotary Club Speech Contest!

    3 YCUSD Students Win Awards At Yuba City Rotary Club Speech Contest!

    March 4, 2022

     

    On March 2nd, three YCUSD students competed and won prizes at the Yuba City Rotary Club Speech Contest!  The subject of the speech was "Serving Changes Lives."  This was the first time in two years that the Rotary Club has been able to have an in-person speech contest, and our YCUSD students showed up in force!  On Thursday, March 3rd there was a wonderful article in the Appeal-Democrat written by Robert Summa about the contest and the students' speeches, I encourage you to read it if you have the chance.  Avery Key (Yuba City High School Sophomore) was awarded first prize, Ryan Van Valkenburgh (River Valley Senior) was awarded second prize, and Joey Jelavich (River Valley Senior) was awarded third prize.  Avery will be advancing to the Rotary semi-final competition in April.

     

    Congratulations Avery, Ryan, and Joey!

     

    First Prize- $200

    Second Prize- $100

    Third Prize- $50

    Avery Key Ryan Van Valkenburgh Joey Jelavich

    Avery Key, YCHS

    Ryan Van Valkenburgh, RVHS

    Joey Jelavich, RVHS

     
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    Emma O'Leary & Julissa Pacheco-Trejo Earned full Ride Scholarships

    Emma O'Leary & Julissa Pacheco-Trejo Earned full Ride Scholarships

    March 3, 2022

     

    The NJROTC Honker Company here at YC has had some huge success this past month.  We have two seniors who earned full-ride scholarships ($200,000) to pursue their college education.

     
    Emma O   Julissa Pacheco-Trejo with Scholarship Check

    Emma O'Leary, River Valley HS, will be attending Texas A&M.  She will major in aeronautical engineering and plans on being a Navy fighter pilot.

     

    Julissa Pacheco-Trejo, Yuba City HS, will be attending the Oregon State University.  She will major in mechanical engineering and plans to become a submarine officer.

     
    In all, our Honker Company students have earned over half-million dollars in scholarships this year ....and the year is not over!
     
    Congratulations Emma and Julissa!
     

    Photos and story courtesy of LT Castaneda.