By Cheryl Senn More than 200 community members attended the “Let Hope Rise” 2017 Sanger High School (SHS) Baccalaureate this past weekend. The traditional Baccalaureate has been revitalized with a new committee of Baccalaureate Advisors to boost attendance and improve the program for the SHS seniors and guests. Baccalaureate Advisor…...
By Cheryl Senn Sanger High School (SHS) Future Farmers of America students, SHS administrators and staff, Sanger Unified School District (SUSD) administrators and community members recently attended the SHS Welding Lab Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. The Welding Lab was described as an “investment in the future,” by Sanger High principal Dan…...
By Cheryl Senn There were 80 applicants for the Sanger Boys & Girls Club 2017 PG&E Summer Internship Program, this year. The applicants ages range from 15 to 18 years of age. Most attend Sanger High School. The applicants that make it through the interview process will be placed in…...
By Cheryl Senn Mark and Cheri Melkonian were totally caught off guard when they were surprised with the announcement, by the Sanger District Chamber of Commerce, that they were named the 2017 Mr. and Mrs. Farmer of the Year, for Sanger. The Melkonians were surrounded by family and their Lone…...
By Cheryl Senn Wanting to shine a spotlight on rock music, that has come out of the Sanger area, is one focus of the metal rock band, Dirtmouth. Two of the original members of the band are Sanger High School alumni. Joey Sidhu and Pedro Torres both graduated from Sanger…...
By Cheryl Senn The Unity Estates High School Bigs Inaugural Awards Ceremony took place at Grace Community Church. “We want to thank the graduating seniors for being Bigs,” said BBBS Director Diane Phakonekham. “This dinner is to thank the students for all the hard work they put in,”said Mitzi Torres,…...
By Cheryl Senn More than 80 people attended the 2017 Sanger Unified School District (SUSD) Roundtable Lunch, to celebrate all SUSD accomplishments and school principals. The annual luncheon is promoted by Sanger Council Parent Teacher Association (PTA) and hosted by a local school site parent organization. This year the western-themed…...
By Cheryl Senn Sanger Unified School District (SUSD) Foster Youth and Homeless Liaison and 2017 Comprehensive Youth Services (CYS) of Fresno Child Advocate Award winner, Hayley Field, said she understands the system because she lived through a lot of hardships herself. Field said she was,”Quite surprised and extremely honored,” to…...
By Adventure Risk Challenge Staff Over twenty high-school students from Fresno and Merced Counties will spend multiple exciting and educational weeks in the Sierra Nevada mountains this summer. The Adventure Risk Challenge (ARC) summer courses introduce students to The Sierras’ majestic beauty, while stretching their physical, academic, and personal abilities…....
By Cheryl Senn Mark Coleman, current vice-principal at Washington Academic Middle School (WAMS), was recently named the new 2017-18 Sanger Academy Charter (SAC)School principal. This is Coleman’s ninth year with the Sanger Unified School District (SUSD). “I started, in 2008, at Jefferson Elementary,” said Coleman. “I taught 4th Grade for…...
By Cheryl Senn More than 200 community members attended the “Let Hope Rise” 2017 Sanger High School (SHS) Baccalaureate this past weekend. The traditional Baccalaureate has been revitalized with a new committee of Baccalaureate Advisors to boost attendance and improve the program for the SHS seniors and guests. Baccalaureate Advisor…...
By Cheryl Senn Sanger High School (SHS) Future Farmers of America students, SHS administrators and staff, Sanger Unified School District (SUSD) administrators and community members recently attended the SHS Welding Lab Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. The Welding Lab was described as an “investment in the future,” by Sanger High principal Dan…...
By Cheryl Senn There were 80 applicants for the Sanger Boys & Girls Club 2017 PG&E Summer Internship Program, this year. The applicants ages range from 15 to 18 years of age. Most attend Sanger High School. The applicants that make it through the interview process will be placed in…...
By Cheryl Senn Mark and Cheri Melkonian were totally caught off guard when they were surprised with the announcement, by the Sanger District Chamber of Commerce, that they were named the 2017 Mr. and Mrs. Farmer of the Year, for Sanger. The Melkonians were surrounded by family and their Lone…...
By Cheryl Senn Wanting to shine a spotlight on rock music, that has come out of the Sanger area, is one focus of the metal rock band, Dirtmouth. Two of the original members of the band are Sanger High School alumni. Joey Sidhu and Pedro Torres both graduated from Sanger…...
By Cheryl Senn The Unity Estates High School Bigs Inaugural Awards Ceremony took place at Grace Community Church. “We want to thank the graduating seniors for being Bigs,” said BBBS Director Diane Phakonekham. “This dinner is to thank the students for all the hard work they put in,”said Mitzi Torres,…...
By Cheryl Senn More than 80 people attended the 2017 Sanger Unified School District (SUSD) Roundtable Lunch, to celebrate all SUSD accomplishments and school principals. The annual luncheon is promoted by Sanger Council Parent Teacher Association (PTA) and hosted by a local school site parent organization. This year the western-themed…...
By Cheryl Senn Sanger Unified School District (SUSD) Foster Youth and Homeless Liaison and 2017 Comprehensive Youth Services (CYS) of Fresno Child Advocate Award winner, Hayley Field, said she understands the system because she lived through a lot of hardships herself. Field said she was,”Quite surprised and extremely honored,” to…...
By Adventure Risk Challenge Staff Over twenty high-school students from Fresno and Merced Counties will spend multiple exciting and educational weeks in the Sierra Nevada mountains this summer. The Adventure Risk Challenge (ARC) summer courses introduce students to The Sierras’ majestic beauty, while stretching their physical, academic, and personal abilities…....
By Cheryl Senn Mark Coleman, current vice-principal at Washington Academic Middle School (WAMS), was recently named the new 2017-18 Sanger Academy Charter (SAC)School principal. This is Coleman’s ninth year with the Sanger Unified School District (SUSD). “I started, in 2008, at Jefferson Elementary,” said Coleman. “I taught 4th Grade for…...
