This year, Alameda Education Foundation’s (AEF) annual Equipped 4 Success drive will provide vital support in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and consider the needs of both students and teachers during this trying time.

Lucy Helms, Alameda High School Class of 2020, proudly shows her scholarship certificate and bouquet of flowers.  The Alameda Chapter of the Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O) Sisterhood recently awarded Helms a $2,500 Star Scholarship. P.E.O.

I don’t know about you, but my wife and I find it hard to keep our kids busy during the summertime. With everyone sheltering-in-place these days it’s even harder to keep keep them busy and keep their screentime down.

The Sun joins the community in congratulating them

Part 2. Due to a misunderstanding, not all the Alameda High School graduates were listed in the Sun’s special edition on June 18. We are very sorry this happened. The missing graduates are listed below.

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Unfortunately the Alameda Sun was not able to obtain a list of the Alameda Community Learning Center’s (ACLC) list of graduates by press time. The Sun is looking forward to publishing the names of the ACLC grads in a future issue.

Alameda High School’s Creative Writing Circle is putting together a journal to distribute to the general public. The Circle accepting poetry, short stories and art pieces from Alameda High students and alumni. 

The results of this year’s National Public Radio Student Podcast Challenge were announced on June 3. The Challenge received more than 2,200 podcast entries from students all over the country.

Encinal High School (EHS) has recognized six scholar-athletes for their work in the classroom and on the field. Volleyball player Madelyn Macaskill has been named EHS Female Athlete of the Year and baseball player Jeriah Lewis has been named Male Athlete of the Year.

The Diversity Committee at Alameda High School interviewed Professor Arthur Shostak (right) for Jewish American Heritage Month in May.