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Photo: Art on campus

September 21, 2018 by Editor Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Education, Features, Front Page, News, Photo Tagged With: Benicia, Benicia High School, Hip Hop Fundamentals, mural, photo, Young Audiences of Northern California

BHS nabs 13 Arty nominees apiece for 2017-18 productions; BOTTG nets 5

September 14, 2018 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

The Performing Arts Network (PAN-Arts) announced its nominees for the 34th annual Arty Awards, which honor theatrical productions at all levels in the counties of Solano, Napa and– for the first time this year– Yolo, this morning. Once again, Benicia High School and Benicia Old Town Theatre Group are well-represented among the nominees. Benicia High […]

Filed Under: Features, Front Page, News, The Arts, Theater Tagged With: Artys, Benicia, Benicia High School, Benicia Old Town Theatre Group, Having a Wonderful Time, Legally Blonde: The Musical, She Kills Monsters, theater

Benicia High sophomore raising funds for volunteer trip to Africa

September 5, 2018 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

Olivia Andrade just started her sophomore year at Benicia High School, but she is already looking forward to the summer where she will be embarking on a volunteer trip to West Africa as part of Global Leadership Adventures (GLA). GLA is an organization that offers study abroad programs for high schoolers to provide them service […]

Filed Under: Education, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Africa, Benicia, Benicia High School, Ghana, Global Leadership Adventures, Olivia Andrade

Benicia teen becomes coffee entrepreneur

August 31, 2018 by Nick Sestanovich 5 Comments

At 16, Reid Burford is about the age where one might expect to find him working as a coffee shop barista, but that is not the case. Instead, the Benicia High School junior roasts and distributes his own coffee as part of his business Howling Hounds Coffee Roasters. What’s more: he has been doing it […]

Filed Under: Business, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, Benicia High School, coffee, coffee roasting, Howling Hounds Coffee Roasters, Reid Burford

Benicia Heads Back to Class: What’s new, what to expect at Benicia Unified schools in 2018-19

August 19, 2018 by Nick Sestanovich 1 Comment

Well, summer was fun while it lasted. Tomorrow, scores of students throughout Benicia will be heading back to class. No matter which school they are attending, every Benicia Unified School District site will have something different, whether it is new teachers, new administrators or new construction. The Herald caught up with the principals at the […]

Filed Under: Education, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: back to school, Benicia, Benicia High School, Benicia Middle School, Benicia Unified School District, Joe Henderson, Matthew Turner Elementary, Robert Semple

School board receives Measure S update to start off academic year

August 17, 2018 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

With a new school year ready to commence, the Governing Board of the Benicia Unified School District heard an update on the Measure S bond projects at Thursday’s meeting. Measure S is an initiative that was approved by Benicia voters in 2014 to provide $49.6 million in bond funding for renovation and upgrades of school […]

Filed Under: Education, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, Benicia High School, Benicia Middle School, Benicia Unified School District, fire alarm, Measure S, Performing Arts Building, school board

Benicia Letters Once More: That Teacher

July 24, 2018 by James M. Garrett Leave a Comment

The following “letter” is part of the continuing series from the unpublished novel by James Garrett, “Benicia Letters Once More”. He does not plan to publish the book but instead is choosing to share the letters with the readers of the Benicia Herald. The letters continue the storyline of Garrett’s first novel “Benicia and Letters […]

Filed Under: Features, Spotlight Tagged With: Benicia, Benicia High School, Benicia Letters Once More, James Garrett

Throwback Thursday: Herald headlines for the week of July 15, 1943, 1968 and 1993

July 12, 2018 by Editor 2 Comments

Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago Judge Fines Self For Overtime Parking (July 15, 1943) Expecting to be occupied only for a few minutes, Judge Hartley Russell of the Benicia Police Court parked his car last Saturday in the 20 minute zone near the postoffice. The Judge is a busy man and forgot that […]

Filed Under: Features, History Tagged With: 1943, 1968, 1993, arcade, Benicia, Benicia Herald, Benicia High School, Benicia Intermediate School, Doug Wilson, Herald New-Era, plannign commission, Rachel Wilson, school board, Throwback Thursday

Spirited Benicia High graduation ceremony celebrates accomplishments of 2018 class

June 11, 2018 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

“Many teachers have told me that we were the best class,” Shannon Sweeney, the outgoing Associated Student Body senior president, said in her remarks at Benicia High School’s Class of 2018 graduation Saturday. “I would have to agree.” Sweeney and her teachers were not alone in this opinion. As the speeches by graduating seniors and […]

Filed Under: Education, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benciia, Benicia High School, class of 2018, graduation, Madeline Beyer, Upraj Singh

Photo: Former Falcons return to their nest

June 7, 2018 by Editor 1 Comment

Filed Under: Education, Features, Front Page, News, Photo Tagged With: Benicia, Benicia High School, Mary Farmar Elementary, Senior Parade

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