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Katelynn Abrams Village News Intern Before summer, a new mural was painted at Fallbrook Union High School with a professional muralist guiding the high school students. The mural, which took about three months to complete, was part of an after school project and class, which later expanded to include any students that wished to participate. When the mural project was initiated, Pauline Woolson, a dual immersion teacher at Fallbrook High School, reached out to a professional...
BONSALL – Leo Preston, 15, of Bonsall received the Eagle Scout award, the highest rank in Scouting Thursday, Aug. 24, at the Oceanside First Presbyterian Church. Preston is a member of Scout Troop 731 in Fallbrook with Scoutmaster David Creamer. Preston earned the award by completing his service project that involved building a combination planter and bench for the Fallbrook Land Conservancy. The purpose of it was to provide seating under a rare Catalina cherry tree and to c...
Quotes from brothers Jameson, 7, and Seamus, 5, over the years. Submitted by their mother Kathy Custer. (While playing a fun game Seamus’s face collided hard with Mom’s leg)... Mom: “Are you okay? Do you want some frozen peas to hold against your face?” Seamus, age 2: “No, I want some frozen chocolate.” ____________________________________________________________ Jameson, age 4: "I love fish so much I’m never going to eat it for dinner.” ____________________________________________________________ (Having a large family ge... Full story
SAN MARCOS — An expanded program to encourage high school and college students interested in pursuing a degree in law is now being offered at Palomar College. Through the Community College Pathways to Law School Initiative, high school students can take free college courses that will lead to an associate of arts degree in Law, Public Policy and Society. The degree is transferable to four-year colleges, and students in the Cal LAW program who complete their bachelor’s degree will have their application fees for law school wai...
BONSALL – During the first all-district staff meeting of the 2023-24 term, Stacy Pecore was recognized for teaching music in the Bonsall Unified School District for 25 years. Her Show Choir and Guitar classes are legendary with her students and their families. Principal Angela James said, "When I first came to Sullivan Middle School two years ago, I was blown away by the dedication and heart of all the teachers at Bonsall Unified. They truly go above and beyond for each s...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook High School FFA students are once again hosting their famous Tri-Tip BBQ dinners before all home football games. This will be the 24th year of serving these delicious dinners. Dinner will be served from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Agriculture department, which is located at the east end of the football field. The first home game and dinner is Friday, Sept. 1. Each meal includes tri-tip, beans, salad, dinner roll and a drink. The price for each dinner is $15. Call the Ag department at 760-723-6300 ext. 2508 f...
FALLBROOK – Members of the Youth Advocacy Coalition placed fliers with information on fentanyl in several businesses around town, Sunday, Aug. 20. According to YAC member Litzy Lopez, San Diego County is facing a Fentanyl crisis so her group is sharing information on this serious topic; the fliers have a QR code for the community to scan so they know where, how and when training will be available in substance and prevention workshops. Lopez asks residents to "scan the QR c...
BONSALL – Bonsall Unified campuses launched the 2023-24 school year on Aug. 16 welcoming students to all six campuses, Bonsall High School, Sullivan Middle School, Bonsall Elementary, Bonsall West, Vivian Banks Charter School, Bonsall Virtual Academy. Superintendent Clevenger was on hand at the Sullivan Middle School and Bonsall High School to greet students and their families, “It is always remarkable to feel the energy when students return after summer break. We are so excited to share many new and unique learning opp...
SAN MARCOS – It’s back to school for the 10 community colleges in San Diego and Imperial counties, as thousands of students return to campus or pursue online classes at the start of the Fall 2023 semester. Many colleges are providing new programs to enhance support to students as they pursue their education. Several are offering new degrees and certificates to train students for well-paying careers, such as a new Global Studies program at Palomar College. “The last few years have taught us a lot about the resiliency of our s...
Brave Books reading at Fallbrook Library...
Quotes from brothers Jameson, 7, and Seamus, 5, over the years. Submitted by their mother, Kathy Custer. When Jameson was 3, he put a toy screw driver on his mother’s arm and began to twist it... Jameson: “Mom you’re all screwed up.” *** (With a french fry still firmly stuck up Seamus’s right nostril, we entered the waiting room of the second ER for the day. While standing in line to check in, Seamus, age 2, repeatedly expressed his enthusiasm for wanting to sit in their big...
ADELPHI, MD — University of Maryland Global Campus students Hector Fonseca, Ewelina Guzek and Gabriel Reyes of Fallbrook were named to the Dean's List for the spring semester. To be eligible for the honor, a student must have completed at least six credits during the term, earned a grade point average of at least 3.5 for the term and maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.5 at UMGC. UMGC is the largest public university in the United States with 75 plus years of experience educating working adults and more than 175 classroom and s... Full story
FALLBROOK — The Expanded Learning Opportunities Program concluded another amazing Super Summer Camp for the FUESD students. Super Summer Camp culminated with an “Invention Convention” where students from each location showcased their STEM project and literacy unit. Students and teachers had access to a series of novels and activities tied to famous inventors. Students also had Luminary Arts, CSUSM STEM Ambassadors and a fantastic assembly on “Forces and Motion” at each school site. The Invention Convention occurred July 26 a...
FALLBROOK – The new Monserate Christian School held an Acton Children’s Business Fair to teach leadership, business, entrepreneurial skills, etc. on July 28. Some of the products, including food, jewelry, bath products, and arts and crafts that the students created and sold are pictured below. The fair was held at Servant’s Church in Fallbrook. Village News/Julie Reeder and Annie Heneise photos... Full story
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Gas & Electric announced July 12 that it has awarded $10,000 scholarships to 10 local high school and college students who are pursuing undergraduate studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) – many of them first-generation college students who face financial barriers to higher education. These are the first scholarships given by SDG&E under its newly launched Inspiring Future Leaders STEM Scholarship Program, which builds on the...
BONSALL — For the 2023-2024 school year, the Bonsall Unified School District is participating in the School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program by offering healthy meals every school day. The California Universal Meals Program, AB 130, requires public school districts serving students in grades K–12 to provide two meals free of charge (breakfast and lunch) during each school day to students requesting a meal, regardless of their free or reduced-price meal eligibility. No meal application is required in order t...
Submitted by their mother Kathy Custer. Mom: "We are going to get hens because they make eggs and you love eating eggs." (In an unimpressed tone)... Jameson, age three: "I want to get the animal that makes ketchup." -- Mom: "Mommy has a doctor's appointment this morning; you're coming too. What toy would you like to bring with you?" Seamus, age two: "Chocolate." -- (Trying to watch cartoons while his mother is cleaning-house)... Jameson, age three: "Mom, can you please turn... Full story
FALLBROOK – Samantha Hanlon and Monica Christine Nasry are one step closer to their dream of becoming professional pilots. after many months of ground school, flight training and studying for their check ride, each underwent a two-hour oral exam followed by a 1 1/2 hour flight evaluation Thursday, July 20. At the end of the day, both local teens came away with their private pilot certificates. The teens took their flight lessons at Fallbrook Flight Academy at the Fallbrook A...
The five Fallbrook chapters of PEO (Philanthropic Educational Organization) have recently announced the seven recipients of the 2023 Fallbrook Bonsall PEO Scholarship. The recipients of this local scholarship are the following graduating senior girls, Elenie Espitia, Erica Garcia, Jenna Kreedman, Sophia Morelli, Emma Nelson, Grace Rexrode and Katja Young. A special tea was recently held at the Eastridge Club House, hosted by the five Fallbrook PEO chapters to honor this...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The San Diego County Fair's Student Showcase and Best of Pre-K-6th Grade exhibits include fine art, and two Sullivan Middle School students received Best of Division honors for their pieces. Eighth-grader Paige Hawthorne received Best of Division for two-dimensional collage projects as well as Best of Class for middle school students entering two-dimensional collage pieces. The project submitted by sixth-grader Isla Gonzales was given Best of...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Union Elementary School District and Fallbrook Union High School District announced the policy for serving meals to students under the National School Lunch/School Breakfast Programs for the 2023/2024 school year. All students will be served lunch and breakfast at no charge at the following sites: Fallbrook Union Elementary School District: • Fallbrook STEM Academy • La Paloma Elementary • Live Oak Elementary • Maie Ellis Elementary • Mary Fay Elementary • Mike Choate Center • Potter JR High • San Onof...
FLINT, Michigan — Matthew Kuhn was named to Kettering University's Spring 2023 Dean's List. Kuhn, of Fallbrook, is majoring in Mechanical Engineering. The Dean's List recognizes overall academic performance based on the student's term grade point average (GPA). To be eligible, students must be a degree-seeking student with a minimum term grade point average of 3.5, no grades below B and a minimum of 16 earned credits for the term. Kettering University is world-renowned for its engineering, mathematics, business and science p... Full story
SAN MARCOS – Palomar College has launched a new service that provides on-demand access to visual interpreters for students, faculty and community members who are blind or low vision (BLV), with the goal of providing a more accessible on-campus experience. Palomar College is the first community college in San Diego County to launch the service Aira. Utilizing the user’s cellphone camera allows an agent to visually interpret what the camera sees. Aira was requested by two students who had used it on their own, and Palomar Col...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The 2022-2023 academic year was the first for Sabrina Stanwick as a Fallbrook High School agriculture teacher and National FFA Organization adviser, and the new agriculture teacher and FFA adviser for swine considers her first year to be successful. “It went really great,” Stanwick said. Fallbrook has three agriculture teachers and FFA advisers. Doug Sehnert is the instructor and FFA adviser for cattle, sheep and goats. Before the 2022-2023 school year Margaret Chapman was the teacher and FFA...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Dan Smuts is the new principal at Bonsall High School. Smuts will be the fifth principal of the school which opened in 2014. Bonsall had two principals during 2022-23; Susan Ford was the interim principal after Jason Fowler, who had been the principal since 2018, left the Bonsall district for Imagine School, a K-8 charter school in Coachella. "I'm really excited to take on this position," Smuts said. Smuts is a Rancho Penasquitos native who...