Rio Americano’s new orchestra and guitar classes didn’t exist last year. Nor did new high-tech materials for the school’s art classes, or a fresh kiln for ceramics. But funding from Prop 28 has created...

Following a scoring “recalibration” by the College Board, the percentage of students passing many Advanced Placement exams has increased sharply in recent years.  In 2021, for example, 44% of English...

A new report by PEN America reveals that more than 4,200 book titles were banned in U.S. schools during the 2023-24 academic year, marking a rising trend in educational censorship. According to Banned...

The San Juan Unified School District has added six new electric school buses to its fleet. The buses were introduced through the Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Grant. Reduced fossil fuel emissions...

Voters in the San Juan Unified School District on Tuesday handily approved Measure P, the “Classroom Repair Measure,” which will raise $950 million for district schools for major facilities work. Funds...

Students Ryan Mercer and Antonio Contreras won first place in the 10th Annual Rio Americano Horror Film Festival for "When We Fear," a short movie about people who become "Fear Therapists." The...

You may have noticed that, since we returned to school from the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a shortage of substitute teachers. School districts in California have struggled to find available substitutes,...

Editors’ note: The following article discusses disturbing topics. Students who are struggling with these events or the coverage of them should speak to a school counselor. After a bogus social media...

California graduation requirements will soon expand to include a new class: personal finance. The state’s new financial literacy graduation requirement for high schoolers aims to prepare them to save...

San Juan Unified School District area voters will decide this November whether to allocate $950 million in bonds for district facility improvements. Through a property tax increase, Measure P, dubbed...

A routine task for Mari Youngman, Rio Americano’s new biology teacher, took a dangerous turn earlier this week when she fainted in the main office from a sudden drop in blood pressure. Fortunately, help...