What does it mean to be a mentor?

January 19, 2018 / By We'Ced
Tags: mentor, merced, National Mentoring Month, sons & brothers, spotlight, youth

  In honor of National Mentoring Month, We’Ced sat down with former youth reporter and current mentor Victor Seguin to get his take on what it means to help guide and support young people.

Young Californians Share Their Favorite Holiday Traditions

December 20, 2017 / By We'Ced
Tags: Hmong New Year, merced, Merced County Fairgrounds, Miss Hmong, spotlight

Editor’s Note: The holidays are here and young people across the state are celebrating with their families, friends and communities.

Fight the food coma; Stay woke this holiday

November 21, 2017 / By We'Ced
Tags: animal abuse, feast, food insecurity, holidays, hunger, Indian Country Today, merced, merced county, Merced County Food Bank, Native Americans, Pilgrims, settlers, spotlight, Thanksgiving Day, volunteer

Above: Students and staff hand out free produce at University of California, Merced. Recent studies have shown the campus deals with high rates of food insecurity among its student population, echoing a larger hunger trend within Merced County.

We’ced Reviews Snelling’s Ranch of Horrors

November 16, 2017 / By We'Ced
Tags: Halloween, House of the Dead, merced, merced county, Snelling, Snelling's Ranch of Horrors, spooky, spotlight

Above: Snelling’s Ranch of Horrors was almost too spooky for our youth reporters. (Photo by Aaliyah Jensen) By Cassandra Avitia and Aaliyah Jensen SNELLING, Calif.–Snelling’s Ranch of Horrors originally opened in 2015 in a secluded place out in Snelling.

For Merced Union, school discipline is an evolving artform

October 27, 2017 / By We'Ced
Tags: education, Merced Union, push out, school, school push out, spotlight, students

Over the last decade, school districts throughout the state have begun to reevaluate “black-and-white policies that would discipline students automatically regardless of individual circumstances,” she said. Much of this coincided with the passing of Assembly Bill 1729, which allowed superintendents and principals more discretion to provide alternatives to suspension and expulsion for students, said Mike Richter, associate principal at Golden Valley High School (GVHS) in Merced. Teachers and staff are now encouraged to look at a student’s complete behavioral pattern before determining an appropriate course of action.