The Valencia High School Jazz Band is performing their first benefit concert since the pandemic at a local pizzeria on Sunday.  At the Pocock Pizzeria in Valencia this weekend, the Valencia High School Jazz Band is scheduled to perform their jazz numbers to benefit the Valencia High School music programs.  “The first benefit concert since the pandemic, it’s a chance ...

Six comprehensive high schools in the William S. Hart Union High School District offering grades 9-12 (Canyon, Golden Valley, Hart, Saugus, Valencia and West Ranch) have been ranked in the top 13 percent of public high schools in the country by U.S. News & World Report. The publication’s Best High Schools Rankings, released Tuesday, compared the Hart District’s high schools ...

Ten elementary schools in the Newhall School District,  as well as the district itself, have been announced the winners of a state education award recognizing “innovative practice” during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Santa Clarita Valley’s Newhall School District received news this week that all ten of its elementary schools, as well as the district itself, are winners of ...

After the COVID-19 pandemic, our Santa Clarita community faced a completely different situation than ever before. The most dramatic change came in the form of educational changes.

This week, the Castaic Union School District (CUSD) announced the names of the students who would receive the Jene Fielder Trust Scholarship. On Monday, the recipients of the Jene Fielder Trust Scholarship, which ranged from $250 to $2,000 for the first place recipient, were announced by officials with the CUSD. “Reading the essays we received restored my faith in the ...

Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, announced the College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, is expected to receive $646,345 in federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This funding is expected to support a “Welding Education Smart Technology Program” at the College of the Canyons, according to officials. “I am pleased that ...

In a letter to Saugus Union School District (SUSD) officials, representatives from American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a nonprofit organization, objected to the board’s decision to approve layoffs of school counselors in the district. See Related: SUSD Votes To Lay-Off Counselors Amid Changing Times Ed. Note: The following letter was provided to KHTS by ACLU. April 18, 2022 Dear Saugus ...

Several Shelby automobiles drove onto Live Oak Elementary School campus in Castaic on Thursday, after a sixth grader’s drawing for class of a Shelby automobile was posted online and sparked interest from local members of the Ford Motors Shelby Club. Back in the fall semester, a drawing of a Shelby automobile by a Castaic area sixth-grader, Jacob Lensch, piqued the ...

If SB-871 is passed it would mean all California students, from pre-school through high school, private or public would have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (and 10 other vaccines) to attend. The religious and personal choice exemption would be eliminated. KHTS ran a poll with over 1,000 parents from Santa Clarita participating. We were expecting between 15%-20% would pull ...

After two years of moving targets, pandemic fears, and unprecedented challenges teachers have never had to face before in the history of education, Newhall School District teachers gathered in a peaceful protest in support of a living wage.  By definition, a living wage is “a wage high enough to maintain a normal standard of living.” According to protestors, many teachers ...