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Class of 2008 Agoura graduates leave on high note

Friday, June 20, 2008
Dressed in royal blue caps and gowns, more than 500 graduates streamed into the Agoura High School stadium and took their seats surrounded by white pillars and lattice fences. The students, most of whom were wearing sunglasses to ward off the blazing sun, faced the stands bursting with several thousand supporters.
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Students graduate despite obstacles

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

In her first two years of high school, Cynthia Rodriguez's family moved back and forth from Ventura County to Washington state, where her parents picked apples. By the end of her sophomore year, Rodriguez had attended four high schools.



Rodriguez is one of 13,000 students in the Ventura County Office of Education's migrant education program, which is one of 24 federally funded regional programs throughout the state.

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Class of 2008 graduates full of high hopes

Sunday, June 15, 2008
With the late-afternoon sun blazing, La Reina High School's Class of 2008 slowly proceeded to their seats, 97 young women clad in white caps and gowns, each carrying a bouquet of yellow roses.
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Oak View Parents, students praise teachers for education and encouragement

Saturday, June 14, 2008
To use Glen Berry's own words: It had a few bumps but overall it was a nice drive. Full story »

Camarillo seniors make memories Cheers, cannon blasts greet grads

Saturday, June 14, 2008
Camarillo High School Principal Glenn Lipman cued the sound effects at Friday night's graduation ceremony, dedicating the ear-splitting booms to the graduating class, to the teachers, and to the parent volunteers. Full story »

A lucky day for Newbury Park Graduates, diplomas after all-night party

Saturday, June 14, 2008
It may have been Friday the 13th, but the day was far from unlucky for the 580 graduating seniors from Newbury Park High School.

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Hueneme senior helped defeat LNG port plan

Saturday, June 14, 2008
With a big cubic zirconia stud in his ear, Luis Zizumbo waited in the gym for his last waltz through campus as a Hueneme High School student. Full story »

Fun-filled ceremony reflects lively Channel Islands class

Saturday, June 14, 2008
The television series "The Office," a comedy about a Pennsylvania-based paper company, doesn't exactly bring to mind the gold and blue of Channel Islands High School in Oxnard. Full story »

Pacifica's fifth and largest graduating class get diplomas

Saturday, June 14, 2008
The Pacifica High School Class of 2008 was the biggest graduating class ever at the biggest high school in Ventura County. Full story »

Rio Mesa grads will miss friends, sense of belonging

Saturday, June 14, 2008
Faculty members began high-fiving and lauding one another as the last of the 397 seniors at Rio Mesa High School filed out of the gym and began the walk to Elmont Michaelson Stadium for the school's 42nd commencement Friday. Full story »

$1.5 million in scholarships earned by Oxnard graduates

Saturday, June 14, 2008
Friday the 13th was a lucky day for the Class of 2008 at Oxnard High School.

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Conejo Valley and Century High schools hold a combined commencement

Friday, June 13, 2008
Excited families and friends cheered the largest graduating class ever from Conejo Valley and Century high schools, which held a joint commencement Thursday in Newbury Park. Full story »

Dr. Seuss quoted in speech by superintendant to Moorpark H.S. seniors

Friday, June 13, 2008
Thousands of rowdy parents and supporters cheered, yelled, hooted and blew air horns Thursday as 555 Moorpark High School seniors dressed in green and gold gowns accepted their diplomas. Full story »

Simi Valley High Principal forgoes long speech, thanks each senior

Friday, June 13, 2008
Some wore tennis shoes, some wore flip flops, others wore sensible pumps and loafers. But all of the Simi Valley High School graduates Thursday night had their maroon robes, mortarboards and "I'm outta here" smiles. Full story »

Ventura High graduates respond to a greater cause

Friday, June 13, 2008
Justin Eubanks could see the students in black and yellow robes around him.

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