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Rancho Pico, Rio Norte Jr. High Named California Distinguished Schools

Rancho Pico and Rio Norte Junior High schools were named among the 293 middle and high schools that have been selected for the prestigious 2024 California Distinguished Schools Program, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced Thursday. California’s school recognition program recognizes two categories of exceptional schools: those closing the achievement gap and those demonstrating exceptional student performance. Since ...

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Hart District Approves New Principal, Assistant Principal

A new principal of Rio Norte Junior High School and a new assistant principal at Hart High School was approved by the William S. Hart Union High School District Governing Board.  The board approved Brenda Bennett as the Rio Norte Junior High principal and Rich Gutierrez as assistant principal at Hart High School. Both Bennett and Gutierrez have extensive experience ...

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District Tabs Former West Ranch Assistant Principal To Take Over At Rio Norte

Incoming Rio Norte Junior High Principal Audrey Asplund

The departure of long time Saugus High School Principal Bill Bolde seems to have sent a chain reaction throughout the valley, with principal positions opening up at multiple schools. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Audrey Asplund, who has been an assistant principal at West Ranch High School for the last five ...

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Holocaust Survivor Edith Frankie Visits Rio Norte Junior High

Dozens of Hart district junior high students and their parents listened to a real-life lesson plan that accompanied their reading of “The Diary of Anne Frank” on Monday. Holocaust survivor Edith Frankie, 82, visited Rio Norte Junior High to speak with a class of eighth-graders Monday. “I’m happy because it was was an experience I could enrich my students with,” ...

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