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Physic Olympics A Mental Competition
By FABIAN GONZALEZ/South Kern Sol
BAKERSFIELD– Students from Arvin High School and Golden Valley High School were among the 17 high schools in the Kern High School District (KHSD) to participate in the 24th Annual Physics Olympics at Bakersfield College on April 27.
Arvin’s Horticulture Academy Host Event
By STEPHANIE ESPINOZA/South Kern Sol
Arvin High School Environmental Horticulture Academy hosted and all-day event to help student advance in their education and career goals.
Students Express Concern with Proposed Pell Grant Cuts
By Tony Aguilar Coachella Unincorporated
Federal Financial Aid for many college students stands on the brink of annihilation if the newly proposed Republican budget passes in Congress.
Counselors at Arvin High Doing More With Less
by STEPHANIE ESPINOZA for NAM / South Kern Sol
ARVIN, Calif. — The public high school in Arvin has one of the largest student bodies of any school in Kern County, its 2,400 students coming mostly from the small rural communities of Lamont, Weedpatch and Arvin, just south of Bakersfield in California’s central valley.
Arvin Students Compete For Counselors Time
By Stephanie Espinoza
Cynthia Gomez, 15, is a sophomore at Arvin High School in south Kern County.
Talking With Your Hands
By JOSE ‘PABLO’ ANTONIO/South Kern Sol
BAKERSFIELD–The smell of hot savory pizza and the sound of laughter caused by the friendships forming filled Tony’s Pizza across the street from the Bakersfield College campus.
Quintanilla a champion for students
by STEPHANIE ESPINOZA and DIANA DELGADILLO/South Kern Sol
BAKERSFIELD–His door is always open for anyone to stop by.
The American Dream Continues in California
by MIROSLAVA DE LEON
SOUTH KERN–For Dream Act students, whose hope is to attain ‘The American Dream,’ the dream is slowly becoming a reality.
43 Years After Walkouts, Are Latino Students Better Off?
by STEPHANIE ESPINOZA
Sal Castro speaks on a megaphone during the 1968 school walkouts in East Los Angeles.