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May 20, 2026 • Bill Coate

Board renames Chavez Elementary

The Madera Unified School District’s School Board has voted to change the name of Cesar Chavez Elementary School to Cottonwood Creek Elementary School. At first...
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May 12, 2026 • Bill Coate

Carles Beckett; the rest of the story

When Carles Beckett graduated from Fresno State in 1967 and began his career in education, he could look back on his first 22 years and...
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May 8, 2026 • Bill Coate

Carles Beckett, Madera’s CEO (Chief Encouragement Officer)

It was four in the morning, July 17, 1954, when the woman crumpled to the floor. Her sobbing woke her four children; in an instant...
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April 29, 2026 • For The Madera Tribune

Sherman Thomas STEM Academy named Distinguished School

Sherman Thomas Charter Schools announced that Sherman Thomas STEM Academy has been recognized as a 2026 California Distinguished School, one of the state’s highest honors...
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April 29, 2026 • Jim Glynn

Book Talk: Baldacci, ‘Nash Falls’

David Baldacci has written more than fifty best-selling mystery novels. I think that I’ve read all of them. This one is different. Like his other...
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April 1, 2026 • For The Madera Tribune

Long-time Madera educator passes

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the peaceful passing of J. Gary Adams, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, teacher, and friend, on...
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March 28, 2026 • Jim Glynn

Opinion: Women computer pioneers

As Women’s History Month comes to an end, I’d like to recognize two women who were developing the modern computer long before most Americans even...
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March 11, 2026 • For The Madera Tribune

Career Fair to connect school employment opportunities

Job seekers of all experience levels are invited to attend the Madera and Mariposa County Schools’ Careers in Education Fair on March 17 from 1-5...
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February 28, 2026 • Jim Glynn

Opinion: Don’t nobody talk good no more?

It’s been part of the American ethos that we talk informally, but we write in “formal English.” I don’t know who introduced that rule or...
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February 21, 2026 • For The Madera Tribune

Torres wins Madera County Mock Trial

For the second year in a row, Matilda Torres High School won the 2026 Honorable Edward P. Moffat Madera County Mock Trial that was held...
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