The Kiwanis Club of Alameda held a formal dinner for the recipients of their scholarship program on June 8 at the Alameda Elks Lodge Ballroom. The scholarships were funded by the Alameda Kiwanis Foundation.

Alameda native Michael Proffitt will have his Eagle Court of Honor ceremony on Wednesday, June 29, at the Alameda Elks Lodge 1015 after a two-year delay.

Bay Farm Elementary School student Analiese Tan’s artwork recently won a national contest for the cover of Music K8, a teaching resource for music teachers across the country. It is the first time a Bay Farm student has won first prize in the contest.

The Alameda Sun would like to congratulate the Alameda high school Class of 2022. All graduation ceremonies are complete. St.

The Alameda Free Library celebrated its 2022 Summer Reading Challenge with a kickoff event at the Main Library on Saturday, June 4. The event included crafts for children, teens, and adults; a how-to session with Easy Street Cycling; and special performances by Sterling Johnson, the Bubblesmith.

The Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) LGBTQ+ Roundtable announced the winners of the annual Everyone Belongs Here Poster and Poetry Contest on May 30.

Two Alameda Unified high school students were awarded the Abraham and Sara Kofman Alameda Times-Star Journalism Scholarship this week. Encinal High School senior Katherine Mejia and Alameda High School (AHS) senior Kellsie Pham-Nguyen were each awarded a $500 scholarship.

Encinal High School (EHS) hosted their annual “Extravaganza of Bands” on Saturday, May 21. However, due to increasing COVID numbers, only Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) bands competed this year.

The Alameda Community Learning Center (ACLC) sixth-grade STEM team was announced as the winner of the California section of the U.S. Army Educational Outreach Program’s (AEOP) 20th annual eCYBERMISSION competition on May 6.

Five Alameda high school teens have been awarded college scholarships through their participation in Girls Inc. of the Island City (GIIC).