Browse past news stories for Valley Oaks Charter in Bakersfield, CA.

• Playground goes up in a day with volunteer power (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 12:12:31 am
  Dust lingered in the air, mounds of sawdust piled up and music blared from a DJ booth as more than 200 volunteers worked Thursday to build a playground in one day behind the Lori Brock Children's Discovery Center at the Kern County Museum. The project, funded mostly by Albertsons, is built by KaBOOM!, a nonprofit that constructs playgrounds across the country and helps with the financing.
• Stimulus funds shore up local schools (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on September 24, 2009 at 01:08:42 am
  As the budget turned from bad to calamitous last spring, many local school districts were set to hoard federal stimulus money as a buffer to future budget cuts. But that thinking changed when the rules on how to spend the special "stabilization" funding become more clear.
• Locals seeing uptick in home-schooling (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on September 8, 2009 at 05:11:23 am
  Krissy Warren knew it was time for a change when her precocious 12-year-old daughter started coming home with doodles in her notebook and a lagging interest in school.
• Horses + Tehachapi = Good show (Tehachapi News)
  posted on May 27, 2009 at 06:51:51 pm
  PHOTOS BY NICK SMIRNOFF Havannah Ulrich rounds a barrel at the Golden Hills Equestrian Center "Equine Affair" May 16-17 on her horse Willow, a breeding stock Paint. Havannah, 13, a student at Valley Oaks Charter School, also show jumps with Willow and won the Reserve Champion show jumping title at the 2008 PDM Training Stables Equestrian Sports Awards. (NOTE: The name of the rider on the print ...
• Ed roundup: Summer reading, swords and scholarships (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on May 16, 2009 at 09:18:44 pm
  SUMMER READING Second graders at Wingland Elementary got a summer surprise Friday when the Rotary Club of Bakersfield North handed out 130 new copies of "Nate the Great."
• Elegant evening in Tehachapi (Tehachapi News)
  posted on April 11, 2009 at 11:16:54 pm
  VALLEY OAKS CHARTER SCHOOL 3401 Chester Ave. Bakersfield, CA     Phone (661) 633-5288 Fax (661)822-6281 Contact: Suzy Grissom    Phone: (661) 822-6280 TEHACHAPI, CA, APRIL 6, 2009:  On Thursday, April 16, at 6:30 p.m. the community is invited to enjoy an evening of music, dance, art, and photography by local Valley Oaks Charter School students.  The Elegant Evening of the Arts will be held at ...
• Christian Youth Film Festival features budding artists with a conscience (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on March 4, 2009 at 02:00:22 am
  Heritage Bible Church youth pastor Joe Brown started the Christian Youth Film Festival 15 years ago because he noticed the creative kids in youth groups didn't have much of an outlet to express themselves. "There are softball tournaments and dodgeball tournaments and volleyball, but it seemed like there was no tournament or competition for the arts," he said. "You might find arts tournaments and ...