The Fresno County Superintendent of Schools, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Contest Series featured the outstanding talents of Fresno County students in the categories of art, speech, and essay.

Cultural Arts Rotary Foundation awards Worsley School with a grant for recreational reading books that will help motivate students to read outside of the classroom, strengthening their reading skills. Worsley school serves students who are in custody of the juvenile court system.

Congratulations to the 2023 Innovation Grant Awards recipients! Each year, the Foundation is proud to offer each school district a grant of up to $1,000 to fund an innovative project that will excite and engage students in and out of the classroom.

Every year, the Career Tech Expo draws nearly 2,500 high school students from Fresno and the surrounding counties to learn about careers and educational opportunities available through many trade and training facilities. Students and parents have an opportunity to speak to industry professionals about their experiences and get their outlook on future employment opportunities to assist them in planning future goals and careers.

Congratulations to Gemma Fortunado, the 2023 recipient of the Deb and Dr. Allen Clyde Charitable Fund Scholarship. Gemma is pursuing her bachelor's degree in Agriculture Education with the goal of becoming a high school agriculture mechanics teacher.

FCSS student programs wrapped up in July with the Fresno County Summer Arts Academy showcase. Students had a wonderful time discovering and expanding their artistic talents and skills through courses taught by Fresno City College faculty in choir, concert band, Jazz band, journalism, modern dance, photography, rock band, speech and debate, theatre acting and costume crafts.  

The Resurrection of the Drums project involved Sanger High School students repairing and refurbishing the school’s older marching drums.

The California Missions Project at West Park Elementary gave access to all fourth grade students to learn through a long, complex research project on a California Mission.

Transitional kindergarten students at Goldenrod Elementary had the opportunity to experience STEM activities at home with their family.

The Centering Student Voices project gave students a voice and encouraged engagement in the classroom. With the use of a CatchBox, students were given a fun way of being heard.

Charter Academy's Helping Our Parenting Students Excel (HOPE) program was in need of resources that would strengthen and give efficacy to parenting students.

Students in Mr. Warden’s class at Riverdale High School learned about World History using a GoPro Max 360* camera and a Meta Quest 2 virtual-reality headset.

The Lights, Camera, Action! project allowed students served during REI Extension to utilize green screens and technology to deepen their learning about their subject matter.

With the Innovation Grant, students at Mathew J. Brletic Elementary had the opportunity to create a Yearbook post-COVID.

Students at Kingsburg High School were able to explore food safety including food-borne illnesses, conditions for microbial growth, process of inhibiting microbial growth, prevention of oxidation and Vitamin C titration.

Students at San Joaquin Elementary School learned how to cooperate with a peer to do pair programming.

Together with supplemental funding, the Innovation Grant enabled students at Clay Elementary to create a new garden space on campus.

Technology is moving faster than ever before and through the Robotics project at Pinedale Elementary, students learned new skills in coding and engineering.