Schools Report

  Story By Paula Selleck and Mimi Ko Cruz/CSUF -- Video by Matt Gush Rocio Almaraz, who is graduating magna cum laude from Cal State Fullerton with a bachelor of science degree in human services, organized a flash mob dance as a surprise for attendees at her CSUF commencement exercise Sunday in Titan Stadium. For...
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By Allen Bacon/Bosco Fullerton – In Fullerton, California baseball is king. But in 1942 with war breaking out in Europe and our democracy being challenged, even baseball took a back seat in Fullerton to the war. Almost forgotten that year in the events of the day, was the fact that Fullerton High School was...
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The Department of Military Science Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corp (ROTC) at California State University Fullerton (CSUF) will conduct the ceremony to commission 22 new Second Lieutenants into the Active, National Guard and Reserves of the United States Army.  The ceremony will take place on Friday, May 18, 2012 at 10 a.m. at the ECS...
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By Mimi Ko Cruz/CSUF – Since she was a child, avid reader Maureen K. Fox has yearned to travel to all the places in all the books she read. So far, she’s been to 17 countries. “One of my goals in life is to go to every single country and continent in the world,”...
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As the preliminary hearing in the murder and manslaughter trial against Fullerton Police Officers Manual Ramos and Jay Cicinelli, key issues remain unsolved in regards to homelessness and mentally illness. How and where homeless citizens can congregate is an issue known to municipalities all over the world.  The impact of their presence becomes an...
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From left–Kathleen Frazee accepts from Diane Pewes,  a piece of history; the found missing bell of an 1818 San Diego mission, Santa Ysabel. The piece of bell is being donated to COPH.  By Mimi Ko Cruz/Cal State Fullerton  – Photos by Karen Tapia –  A piece of a missing mission bell more than two...
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Hope International University announced a record enrollment of 1,505 students for the Spring semester of 2012. A 35% increase from the Spring semester of 2011, which includes an additional 391 students, is unprecedented. “The enrollment growth HIU has experienced in the past two years is greater than we had anticipated,” President Dr. John Derry...
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The tenth Annual Faces of Fullerton event entertained thousands of people yesterday in the downtown plaza.  As in years past, the weather was hot and enthusiasm high. A dance flash-mob was held for the second year in a row, featuring dancers from the CF Dance Academy in Fullerton, as well as the many event...
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From FullertonStories.com staff – No charges will be filed in the Beechwood Elementary case in during which parents were told of an investigation February 29, but no details were given. According to Fullerton’s Acting Police Chief Dan Hughes, “the investigation discovered potentially inappropriate photographs and videos on a school computer assigned to the teacher. ...
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From the Fullerton School District – The Trustees of the Fullerton School District will select a new district superintendent. Community input about the desired characteristics to be used in recruiting and selecting this person is desired. The Trustees are soliciting input to respond to the prompt: What personal and professional qualities for an incoming...
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