Merced County Student Events

It's been a busy few days at the California Academic Decathlon for Merced High School. All of the speeches, interviews, tests and super quiz are done and today is awards day. Go Bears!!

We had a wonderful day today at the Merced County Academic Pentathlon at UC Merced! Winners from today's competition will be announced at an awards ceremony on Thursday night.

It's a packed house as Merced County students enjoy the Children's Concert! Thanks to the Merced Symphony Association for helping teach students about music!

Thank you for the coverage Merced Sun-Star and once again thank you to Merced County Courthouse Museum and the Merced County District Attorney's Office for making this such a success! Winners will be announced tonight at the Awards Ceremony and we will find out which team will represent Merced County at the California Mock Trial in March.

Merced County students get courtroom experience in mock trial High school students from around the county on Wednesday played the parts of prosecutors, defense attorneys and witnesses during a human trafficking case heard at the Courthouse Museum in the county’s first mock trial.

This is so exciting!! We are looking forward to the 1st Annual Merced County Mock Trial tomorrow.

County’s first mock trial will be held in historic courthouse Merced County students will compete in the region’s first mock trial event this week in a historical place where judgments were passed down.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2016 Merced County Elementary Spelling Bee and to Merced City School District 5th grader Nikhil Parikh for winning first place at today's competition!

We're ready for 96 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students for the Merced County Elementary Spelling Bee!

We are excited to welcome the Spelling Bee Winners from MCSD to the County Bee at the end of the month. They will be competing along with students from 15 other districts to find out who will represent Merced County at the State Spelling Bees in the Spring of 2017.

Congratulations to the students from LBE that will be moving on to the Merced County Spelling Bee in November. As we get closer to the competition many schools will be holding their school bees to determine which students will represent them at the county bee.

LBE Tigers know how to S-P-E-L-L! Last night our students and guests were part of the LBE Oral Spell Off. Madison Marian took 1st place and Amiya Tullbane placed 2nd! They will be representing LBE at the County Competition on November 29th. Violet McCormack and Caden Hale placed third and fourth place and they will be serving as alternates if needed. Way to go!! We are so proud of all of our Tigers that participated.

We would also like to recognize and thank Linda Estep, Debbie Garcia, Megan Goin-Soares, Anthony Parreira, Rachel Rodriguez, and Ann Erreca for selflessly donating their time to serve as judges, word caller, and organizers. This event wouldn't have been possible without you all and for that we are G-R-A-T-E-F-U-L.

Lights On Afterschool, which is celebrated in thousands of communities across the nation, is scheduled from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20 in Downtown Merced.

Each October, millions of Americans in thousands of communities across the nation celebrate expanded, after school learning programs that keep kids safe, inspire them to learn and help working families.

This family event will feature student performances, informational booths, games, prizes and a costume contest at 7 p.m.

Lights On will also highlight the importance of early education with a parade featuring some of our youngest students.

The Lights On Afterschool celebration will be held in conjunction with Merced County Local Child Care & Development Planning Council and will feature an early education parade.

The parade begins promptly at 6 p.m. with the formation area on the corner of K and Main Streets in front of the movie theater. Main Street between K and M Streets as well as Canal St to 18th Street will be closed to traffic starting at 1:30 p.m.

This is a walking parade, and while wagons and strollers are recommended for younger children, no motorized means of transportation will be permitted.

The parade will be held rain or shine.

It's a beautiful day at with the Merced County Farm Bureau and over 3,000 Merced County 3rd Grade Students. We are excited to do a nutrition presentation and have already met students from Dos Palos, Atwater and Merced.