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Family of Four Vacation to Knotts Berry Farm and Soak City: $500+ Detour to "bargain" Hockey Gear and "discount" Dancewear Stores: $300+ Stumbling Onto the Set of Nickelodeon's Drake and Josh Christmas...

Posted by Liane - Fri Aug 8, 2008 23:12:48 PDT -- 0 comments

Take The Voice on Vacation

Posted by Liane - Mon Aug 4, 2008 09:14:54 PDT -- 0 comments

PBVUSD Summer Music Conservatory Program

School may be out for many, but for four weeks of this summer, PBVUSD student musicians practiced hard at their instruments. For the final three days of the session, parents, summer school students and their...

Posted by Liane - Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:53:27 PDT -- 3 comments

It's "Seuss" and So Much More...

About nine years ago, one of my dear friends couldn't use her tickets to the Civic Dance Center's annual "Nutcracker" performance in conjunction with the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra. Being a former big-city girl,...

Posted by Liane - Mon Jul 7, 2008 09:29:07 PDT -- 2 comments

Ladies Night Out... and the City

Not only had I forgotten to wear my Manolos, more importantly I had forgotten my camera! This was absolutely an evening worthy of photography, yet there were no paparazzi in sight. Fashion was everywhere. Hair was...

Posted by Liane - Tue Jun 24, 2008 15:54:52 PDT -- 1 comment

PBVUSD G.A.T.E. Students At It Again

Do you stub your toe on chair legs often? Does your oven mitt tend to fall off? Does it drive you crazy when you try to raise your blinds and they go all crooked? Would you like your toddlers to be learning...

Posted by Liane - Mon Jun 9, 2008 10:52:21 PDT -- 1 comment

Warren Bands Rock!

This just in... Warren Junior High's Symphonic Band also received a Division 1 Superior rating at today's CMEA performance held at Stockdale High School. Congratulations go out, once again, to "superior" bandleader...

Posted by Liane - Mon Apr 14, 2008 09:55:51 PDT -- 1 comment

Meow... Old River 5th Graders See "Cats"

Old River Elementary School 5th Graders travelled to the Harvey Auditorium this morning to see the Bakersfield Music Theater's fantastic production of "Cats". Their very own music teacher, Mr. Malone, performed as...

Posted by Liane - Sun Apr 13, 2008 09:37:18 PDT -- 0 comments

Warren Wildcat Concert Band is Superior!

The Warren Junior High Concert Band attended the California Music Educators Association (CMEA), held at Stockdale High School today. The outcome? The band proudly took the highest rating - a unanimous Division I...

Posted by Liane - Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:03:02 PDT -- 3 comments

Celebrities Abound at Old River Elementary

You may not have caught it on "Extra" or "The Insider," but Thursday, April 4th marked the premiere of Old River Elementary’s Annual Celebrity Reader Day. The newest PBVUSD school may only be in its...

Posted by Liane - Tue Apr 15, 2008 16:34:12 PDT -- 1 comment

It's A Sacramento Field Trip!

The alarm flashes 5am -- on a normal school day, we would cringe at the thought of rising so early, but... it's FIELD TRIP WEDNESDAY! My daughter and I amazingly bounce out of bed, ready ourselves and make it to the...

Posted by Liane - Mon Mar 17, 2008 09:30:49 PDT -- 2 comments

Educator of the Month Winner - Mrs. Scrivner!!

Our nominee: Kathleen Scrivner, 5th Grade G.A.T.E. teacher for PBVUSD, Stockdale Elementary School "She does so many great things, it would be hard to sum it up in one paragraph", said my daughter, Leigh, a Thursday...

Posted by Liane - Sun Mar 23, 2008 21:23:14 PDT -- 2 comments