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By Anahi Jaramillo Sanger High School’s (SHS) Academic Decathlon participated in Fresno County’s United States Academic Decathlon competition on Saturday, February 1st on the Central East High Campus. 29 schools competed showing off their skills after hours, and months of studying. SHS had 24 students competing, this year, bringing home…...

By Cheryl Senn It was a night devoted to celebrating Many Languages, One Voice, as John Wash Elementary hosted their 9th Annual Multicultural Night. More than 250 students and parents attended the highly popular event. According to John Wash Elementary School principal Yolanda Shahbazian, there are more than 10 languages…...

By Anahi Jaramillo Sanger Academy Charter School hosted their inaugural ‘Book Brawl’. This event included kids from the grades 3rd-6th. 27 students participated in the competition on Thursday, January 23rd. Each grade level had a team of about four kids. The students were assigned eight books amongst the team, with…...

By Cheryl Senn Carmen Garvis, SHS Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Engineering Pathway Lead Teacher, Femineers Teacher & Engineering Club Advisor, is one of five recipients of the 2019 Carlston Family Foundation Outstanding Teachers of America Award. “I cannot say it enough what an honor it is for me to…...

By Anahi Jaramillo Throughout history, dogs have had many different roles, such as warriors, guards, detectives, and even with medical care. Specific along the lines of medical care, dogs can be trained and tested now to become therapy dogs, not service dogs, which is something different on it’s own. On…...

By Cheryl Senn During the recent Sanger Police Department (SPD) annual meeting, SPD Officer Dario Salazar, was announced as the 2019 SPD Police Officer of the Year.  “I am excited to be the 2019 Officer of the Year,”said Salazar. “Officer Salazar was selected based on his tenacious policing efforts,”said SPD…...

By Cheryl Senn More than 150 senior citizens from the Sanger and Del Rey area attended the recent Sanger Rotary Christmas Luncheon, which was held at the Sanger Community Center. The Sanger Rotary Club organized the annual event and was assisted by the Sanger High Interact Club members. This was…...

By Cheryl Senn Sanger Unified School District (SUSD) has a lot to celebrate with the recent awarding of the Fresno County Administrator of the Year awarded to SUSD Supervisor of Child Welfare and Attendance (CWA) Dennis Wiechmann. “I feel fantastic,” said Wiechmann, about winning the award,”It is a great honor…...

By Anahi Jaramillo With a vision for the girls soccer program, and hoping to share his love for the sport, Sanger High School (SHS) athletic program added a new member to the staff, Ruben Salinas to coach the girls varsity soccer team. “It’s the worlds game and all you need…...

By Cheryl Senn With 30 classrooms, four student staircases and 93,994 square feet in the academic wing, alone, the new Sanger High School – Fowler Campus (SHS-Fowler), is on schedule to open in the Summer of 2020.  Building B, the new multi-purpose room (MPR) building is 25,629 square feet.  The…...