Browse past news stories for Refugio High School in Santa Ynez, CA.

• Refugio High School hosts ‘Empty Bowls’ for People Helping People (The Santa Ynez Valley News)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 03:29:39 pm
  Refugio High School hosted its second “Empty Bowls” luncheon Thursday on its campus on Refugio Road in Santa Ynez. 40 percent more demand for services this year from low-income residents than it had a year ago.
• API performance scores fall at many SY Valley schools (The Santa Ynez Valley News)
  posted on September 30, 2009 at 02:27:55 pm
  While nearly all the school districts in the Santa Ynez Valley exceeded both state and federal academic achievement goals when the state Department of Education released 2008-09 results this month, scores declined at more than half of local schools.
• Refugio High School class of 2009 distinguished by community service (The Santa Ynez Valley News)
  posted on June 22, 2009 at 02:15:30 pm
  Andy Olvera said he was excited about starting the next chapter of his life, focusing on his dream of becoming a firefighter, as he and 18 other students graduated Friday morning from Refugio High School.
• Motherhood instills desire to do better (The Santa Ynez Valley News)
  posted on June 15, 2009 at 02:15:31 pm
  As her peers marked high school graduation by taking trips to Disneyland or elsewhere, Refugio High School senior Lupita Ruiz was celebrating the birth of her son Damian Gonzalez.
• Graduation ceremonies have begun (The Santa Ynez Valley News)
  posted on June 8, 2009 at 02:15:39 pm
  Two private schools kicked off graduation season in the Santa Ynez Valley, with Midland School graduating on Saturday and Dunn School on Sunday.
• Something’s cooking: High school class feeds 1,000 people a day (The Santa Ynez Valley News)
  posted on May 27, 2009 at 02:15:40 pm
  The atmosphere is friendly and comfortable with lots of familiar faces. The special of the day might be anything from club sandwiches to beef satay, shrimp Alfredo with fettuccine, or rosemary pork. And it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.
• Education Briefs (The Santa Ynez Valley News)
  posted on April 21, 2009 at 02:17:00 pm
  Nine midyear graduates of Refugio High School, the alternative high school for Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District, were given certificates by the school board March 10 for outstanding achievement in completing graduation requirements and graduating early.
• Valley News Briefs (The Santa Ynez Valley News)
  posted on March 24, 2009 at 06:22:27 am
  About 5:25 a.m., Bernardo Perez, 30, and Jacinto Brito, 30, both of Panorama City, were southbound in a 1993 Nissan Quest at 70 mph when the vehicle veered onto the right shoulder and hit a dirt embankment, the CHP said. The vehicle came to rest on its wheels, across both southbound lanes.
• Commanding general thanks local church: ‘Iraq Packs’ boosted morale, Gen. Odierno says (The Santa Ynez Valley News)
  posted on February 19, 2009 at 03:26:36 pm
  Good deeds often go unnoticed, or at least unacknowledged, but sometimes a “thank you” comes through loud and clear.