16 Oct
School Attendance Awareness Month Art Contest

School Attendance Awareness Month Art Contest

As part of its annual School Attendance Awareness Month campaign, KCSOS hosted a student art contest. Students in grades K-6 were invited to create a poster to help promote good school attendance and explain through imagery and words why going to school all day, every day is so important. Winners in each grade level will […]

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14 Oct
Statewide Standardized Test Results  

Statewide Standardized Test Results  

Kern County is making significant progress in closing the achievement gap as evidenced by Kern outpacing the state average in growth over the past four years in both ELA and Math. Click here for Kern’s data The following story was written by Ema Sasic at The Bakersfield Californian and is being re-published here with permission. […]

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03 Oct
Power of Equity in Education Symposium

Power of Equity in Education Symposium

More than 350 local educators and community partners convened at the Bakersfield Marriott in downtown Bakersfield on October 3 for the inaugural Power of Equity in Education Symposium.  The important event was hosted by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools office and presented by Dignity Health. This first-of-its-kind local event was developed to inspire and […]

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22 Aug
Attendance Awareness Kick Off  

Attendance Awareness Kick Off  

2019 PSA Educators and community partners came together this morning at North High School to kick off School Attendance Awareness Month and call attention to a local effort to raise awareness about chronic absenteeism and the value of regular school attendance. In Kern County, more than 12 percent of all students in grades K through […]

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14 Aug
“Do the Math” to begin 18th season  

“Do the Math” to begin 18th season  

The Kern County Superintendent of School’s award-winning “Do the Math” live TV broadcast and free tutoring program is set to return for its 18th season on Sept. 10. For the past 17 years, the live interactive program has helped students strengthen their math awareness as credentialed teachers help them work out math problems on live […]

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13 May
Speech Competition Winners Announced  

Speech Competition Winners Announced  

Thirty-one  fourth, fifth and sixth graders competed on May 9 in the annual Bank of America Speech Competition at the Larry Reider Education Center in downtown Bakersfield. Each of the participants delivered a three to five minutes speech based on an essay they had previously written on the topic of “How Much Screen Time is […]

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08 May
Teachers of the Year Announced  

Teachers of the Year Announced  

6th grade teacher Germaine “Gigi” Maurer from Juliet Thorner Elementary School in Bakersfield and 3rd grade teacher Valerie Perez from Browning Road STEAM Academy in McFarland were honored this evening as the 2018-19 Kern County Teachers of the Year. The finalists are now eligible to apply to move on to the California State Teachers of […]

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01 May
Settlement of Lawsuit Reached  

Settlement of Lawsuit Reached  

May 1, 2019 — A coalition of Latino and Black students, their parents, community groups and the Kern County Office of Education (KCOE) have reached a settlement of a lawsuit involving a dispute over the enrollment of students in KCOE-operated schools. The lawsuit was filed in 2014 against the Kern High School District, the KCOE […]

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29 Apr
Mathematics Field Day Results  

Mathematics Field Day Results  

Nearly 900 middle school students from 40 schools put their math skills to the test Saturday, April 27 during the 50th annual Kern County Middle School Mathematics Field Day held at Liberty High School. Sixth, seventh and eighth-graders competed in a variety of events testing their math talents both individually and in teams, mostly by […]

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15 Apr
Kern County Classified Employees Of The Year Named

Kern County Classified Employees Of The Year Named

The Kern County Superintendent of Schools office has officially announced the names of the six Kern County Classified Employees of the Year. These employees will move on to represent Kern in the  State Classified School Employees of the Year competition. State winners will be announced in late April and will be recognized at a special […]

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