Browse past news stories for Wilson High School in Long Beach, CA.

• Time Is Here To Move On Jaunt (Grunion Gazette)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 10:49:34 pm
  So you are getting ready to sit down to a big Thanksgiving dinner, or perhaps you’ve already eaten. You pick up a Gazette. Suddenly, you know what you have to do.
• Jingle Bells Will Jangle In Shore Before Parade (Grunion Gazette)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 10:47:23 pm
  For most, an opportunity to run in front of a crowd of 40,000 or 50,000 people comes once in a lifetime, if at all. But 500 people will get that chance next month right here in Belmont Shore. It’s the Jingle Bell Jaunt, and it will take place just before the Belmont Shore Christmas Parade on Dec. 5.
• Pinch Of Salt (Grunion Gazette)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 10:46:03 pm
  It has begun. It’s the month-long rush towards Christmas. I could talk about how quickly this season has arrived, but I just did that column a couple of weeks ago — that was for the Fourth of July, wasn’t it?
• Santa Plans To Run In Front At Jingle Bell Jaunt (Grunion Gazette)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 05:49:47 pm
  Picture this — a crowd of children, jingle bells jangling, chasing Santa down the street. Is it a remake of “Miracle On 34th Street?” Perhaps a new “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation?”
• Wilson Student Bands Rock At Holiday Boutique (Grunion Gazette)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 05:46:53 pm
  Once a band forms, it can take months before its members are ready for the stage. But for the newly acquainted members of five student bands from Wilson High School, they only had one month to prepare for the school’s music festival and holiday boutique on Saturday.
• Letters to the Editor (Grunion Gazette)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 05:45:34 pm
  I have been unable to read Nov. 5 edition of the Gazette until today being a teacher from Wilson High School and needing some distance from the tragedy.
• For A Good Cause (Grunion Gazette)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 05:44:06 pm
  Residents of Long Beach help people all year through a variety of activities. Listed below are the results of some projects, as well as more opportunities to reach out to others.
• Freedom writer (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
  posted on November 22, 2009 at 09:44:05 am
  WESTBORO - Born to a teenage mother and gang member father in East Los Angeles, Maria Reyes always expected that she would be a statistic.
• Freedom Writer speaks with Durfee students (Fall River Herald News)
  posted on November 21, 2009 at 01:22:30 am
  Maria Reyes was worth the wait. The original Freedom Writer was supposed to speak before the entire student body at B.M.C. Durfee High School on Friday, but her arrival was delayed by 1 1/2 hours due to travel difficulties.
• Hearing for Ross defendants will be after holidays (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 04:15:31 am
  Two alleged gang members accused of gunning down a 16-year-old honor student at her high school's homecoming game will spend the holidays behind bars as they await their next court date.
• Tim Grobaty: Open warfare gives way to live and let live (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 03:00:30 am
  PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE: Still skittering across our desk like happy dancing mice are tips from readers on how to deal with the sundry rodents that haunt our house.
• Letters to the Editor (Downtown Gazette)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 01:07:43 am
  I am a Wilson High School parent. Last night, I attended a PTA meeting where there was a parent forum (with panelists) to update parents and other members of the Wilson Community on what the school, district and community were doing to protect our kids from any future violent incidents.
• Long Beach teen pleads not guilty to homecoming murder (The Stockton Record)
  posted on November 16, 2009 at 09:08:07 pm
  LONG BEACH (AP) — One of two teenagers accused of killing a Long Beach high school honor student after a homecoming football game has pleaded not guilty.
• Funeral held for Melody Ross, teenager shot after high school football game (Los Angeles Times)
  posted on November 15, 2009 at 05:39:30 am
  Friends, family and dignitaries pay tribute to the Long Beach girl. Melody Ross, the Wilson High School honors student whose shooting death after a Long Beach football game touched off an outpouring of sympathy from around the country, was buried Saturday in Whittier.
• LBPD to be on hand for Wilson home game Friday (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 03:30:28 am
  The Long Beach Unified School District plans to have extra security at Wilson High School's home football game versus Lakewood High this Friday, according to a district spokesman.
• Baja Sonora event aids Melody Ross fund (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 02:15:20 am
  Long Beach. The Wilson Girls soccer team is holding a fundraiser Sunday to benefit the Melody Ross Foundation.
• Witnesses saw armed gunman before Ross shooting, police say (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 06:30:20 am
  Deputy Police Chief Robert Luna told a crowd of worried parents Monday night that witnesses who saw the alleged gunman with a weapon before the shooting of Melody Ross failed to report him. Photo Gallery: Wilson safety meeting
• Video: Funds raised for slain honor student (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 02:00:23 am
  Long Beach restaurants are donating funds in honor of Wilson High School student Melody Ross.
• Shooting Takes Wilson Student’s Life (Grunion Gazette)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 11:34:02 pm
  There were hundreds of people on Ximeno Avenue near Wilson High School about 10 p.m. last Friday night.
• Melody Remembered With Tears (Grunion Gazette)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 11:33:22 pm
  EVENING OF SORROW. With the help of her mother, 1 year-old Sophia Valdoria places a candle on the makeshift memorial at Tuesday night's prayer vigil. —Gazette photo by Thomas Wasper
• Family, Friends, School Leaders Mourn Her Loss (Grunion Gazette)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 11:32:01 pm
  Monday marked a day of mourning at Wilson High School following the shooting death of 16-year-old honor student Melody Ross. In the quad, Ross’s family, including her parents, Chantha and Vanareth Ross, joined Wilson students clad in black to launch balloons in her memory.
• Two Arrested For Student's Murder (Grunion Gazette)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 11:31:51 pm
  It took just five days to arrest a suspect in the shooting death of Wilson High School student Melody Ross.
• Melody Ross's death causes Cambodian parents' wariness and fears to grow (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 05:45:20 am
  Killing of 16-year-old after Poly-Wilson game prompts worries about how safe their children are.
• Melody Ross touches the world (Los Angeles Times)
  posted on November 8, 2009 at 03:11:17 am
  Friends and strangers respond to the tragic death of a Long Beach girl killed in gang crossfire. Sixteen years. Not long enough.
• Two 16-year-olds charged as adults in Melody Ross slaying (Daily Breeze)
  posted on November 7, 2009 at 02:19:38 am
  Two 16-year-old reputed gang members were charged as adults Friday for the shooting death of Wilson High School student Melody Ross at a homecoming football game.
• 2 Calif. Teens Charged in Girl's Death After Football Game (Fox News)
  posted on November 7, 2009 at 02:05:23 am
  Two 16-year-old boys have been charged as adults in the death of a 16-year-old girl who was shot after a homecoming football game in Long Beach.
• Teens charged with killing honors student (UPI)
  posted on November 7, 2009 at 01:25:28 am
  LONG BEACH, Calif., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Two 16-year-olds were charged as adults Friday with fatally shooting a female honors student and wounding two men near a school in Long Beach, Calif.
• Teens charged as adults in Melody Ross case (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 11:30:20 pm
  Two 16-year-old reputed gang members were charged as adults Friday for the shooting death of Wilson High School student Melody Ross at a homecoming football game. Video: District attorney's press conference
• 16 Yr Old Boys Charged As Adults In Long Beach Teen Murder (KNX 1070 Los Angeles)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 11:20:18 pm
  LONG BEACH (CBS) ― Two alleged gang members, both 16, were charged as adults Friday in the shooting death of honor student Melody Ross.
• Boys Charged as Adults in Girl's Murder (FOX 11 News Los Angeles)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 11:18:52 pm
  Two teenaged reputed gang members were charged as adults with murder for the fatal shooting of a Long Beach high school honor student after a football game.