Ed. Note: The following article is a news release provided by the William S. Hart Union School District. The American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences has chosen Doris Fossen, a Sierra Vista Junior High School home economics teacher, as its “Teacher of the Year” for the state of California. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right ...

Courtesy of the city of Santa Clarita The city of Santa Clarita Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission is honoring eight students through the SCV Teen Hero program, which seeks young community members who show leadership and overcome obstacles in their lives, city officials said Wednesday.  Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. The ...

Summer school counseling interns in the Santa Clarita Valley have come up with several strategies to further aid students in necessary skill building.

Since February, Sierra Vista Junior High teacher Robert Isquierdo, has collected about 7,000 books from the Santa Clarita Valley to create a new library for his hometown London, in the Central Valley of California. Now he is raising money for a building.

John Costanzo and Mark Crawford, principals at Rio Norte Junior High and Sierra Vista Junior High, respectively, will be transitioning to Hart District high schools this summer, when the principals of Valencia and West Ranch High Schools retire.

Students at Sierra Vista Junior High School learned about what life was like on the frontier 170 years ago, during Friday's Pioneer Day at the school. They watched as demonstrators churned butter, spun wool, chopped wood and played the banjo.

Deputy Devin Freeman, who died on Nov. 28 after a six-year battle with cancer, will be honored at a memorial service at Canyon High School on Saturday, 3:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family is asking that donations be made to the Kimmel Cancer Center.

Sierra Vista Junior High 7th grade students participated in a traditional Japanese tea ceremony on Thursday as part of their world history class. Local tea masters and the advisor at the Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles attended the event.

Students at local Santa Clarita school, Sierra Vista Junior High went to five different centers to learn more about the ancient Mayan civilization.

Los Angeles Kings alumnus Daryl Evans and Kings Fan Development came to Sierra Vista Junior High School on Wednesday to teach physical education classes about the importance of exercise, coinciding with the Mustache Movember campaign on campus.