VACAVILLE The Vacaville School District is offering free meals through its Summer Feeding Plan to anyone 18 and under.
No IDs are required. Meals will be distributed on-site daily (masks are required) or with a weekly box service at selected locations.
Those students who visit the daily site will
Jeremy Kreamer assumes directing duties for Orpheus West
VACAVILLE There is a new face manning the baton with the Orpheus West choir. A familiar one.
Jeremy Kreamer is taking over the group for the retiring David Barthelmess, who is heading to Montana.
Kreamer grew up in local theater and still remains involved at J&S Center for the Performing Arts, teaching while working alongside his mother, Serena Kreamer.
Barthelmess approached Kreamer about taking over as the choir director.
“I was immediately humbled and honored. I have been a member of Orpheus West since the beginning and have acted as assistant director for the group,” Kreamer shared in an email.
Vacaville teacher, Benicia skills trades technician take home SCOE awards
Laura Roberts
Laura Roberts, who served time in the military prior to teaching, took home the top educator award.
She grew up in Vacaville, graduating from Will C. Wood High School. Roberts referred to herself as one of the students who fell through the cracks.
After her military service, she discovered a passion for her history and decided her career should be teaching the topic.
Roberts, in the virtual presentation, said she thinks history is more than just memorizing dates.
Bringing in under-represented voices was key, she said.
Roberts fought for ethnic studies classes, saying they are the counter-narrative to traditional history.
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Keynote speaker Rischa Slade addresses the crowd at the inaugural Black History Month celebration at Andrews Park in Vacaville, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. (Susan Hiland/Daily Republic)
Black history event celebrates unsung Solano County heroes/sheroes
VACAVILLE Coach Steven Green’s rallying cry of “Who ya rooting for?!” echoed Saturday through Andrews Park.
Green, the Vacaville High School junior varsity football coach for 33 years, was one of five unsung heroes/sheroes honored at the community’s inaugural Black History Month ceremony.
He has since died, but his rally cry lives on in the students and alumni of Vacaville High.
The Tri-City NAACP, the downtown Vacaville business group, Citizens Financials and Icon Connects hosted the event. The theme was “Amplify Our Voices: Celebrating African American Life and Contributions in Vacaville, California: Past, Present, Future.”