Washington Apple Education Foundation names scholarship winners
August 25, 2009 by Adriana Janovich
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The Washington Apple Education Foundation recently awarded local students with college scholarships, funded by Washington’s tree fruit industry. In all, 120 scholarships — the highest number in the foundation’s history — were awarded to this year’s group of 105 students. The scholarships are worth a total of $350,000. Amounts vary from $500 and full-rides to [...]
Read more »Applications available for free APL workshop for seniors in advanced math
August 24, 2009 by Adriana Janovich
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Matrix. Syntax. Vectors. Corresponding variables. If these sound fun — and you’re a senior in high school interested in advanced math — a free, weekly workshop in West Valley might be for you. For the eighth year, the Yakima-based E/Step Software Inc. is conducting a Monday night workshop on the APL computer programming language. The [...]
Read more »Educators help revive student-written Unleashed
August 3, 2009 by Adriana Janovich
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YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC EDITORIAL This editorial recently ran in the Yakima Herald-Republic. For nearly 11 years, Tuesday’s edition of the newspaper had a different look to it. Published under a large logo that read “Unleashed,” stories ranged from interviews with foreign exchange students to the content of meals being served in high school cafeterias. Columns carried [...]
Read more »Unleashed will be back in fall
August 3, 2009 by Adriana Janovich
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By LEAH BETH WARD YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC Unleashed, the popular journalism program for teens that fell victim to budget cuts at the Yakima Herald-Republic earlier this year, will return under a restructured format in the fall. Educational Service District 105 in cooperation with area school districts will hire a part-time coordinator to oversee the program and [...]
Read more »Yakima teen mom finds strength from within
August 3, 2009 by Adriana Janovich
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By LAURA AGUILERA-FLEMMING UNLEASHED STAFF Jennifer Kerney was 17, a senior at Eisenhower High School when she learned she was expecting twins. Kerney was afraid and didn’t know what to do. She worried about how people would react. She also worried about how to tell her parents. Now, more than a year and a half [...]
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