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Two Memorial families have recently found success in the world of horse racing, including owning a Preakness winning horse.

Mike Pronovost has been on an upward trend since graduating from Memorial in 2008. Upon graduation, he founded his own company, Pronovost Technologies. But now, he is moving on to a new challenge: Director of Technology and Mobile Programs for the California State University System. Pronovost will serve the college system's 23 campuses, helping to usher the system into the new age of technology.

As the 2020/21 school year draws to a close, I would like to share some news about the start of next school year. The calendar for the 2021/22 school year is included in this issue of the Panther Press. Important dates for the start of the year, vacation schedules, etc are all set for next year.

Congratulations to Tanner Sagouspe, who was presented with the 2021 Vince Wesson Scholarship, sponsored by Wendy's

San Joaquin Memorial High School Junior Ethan Quinn has a lot on his mind outside of school: beyond homework and tests, he's also working hard to maintain his status as one of the top junior tennis players in the United States.

An interview with a member of the class of 1946

As the end of the year approaches, students are earning awards for a year of success. Underclassmen were acknowledged in early May while Seniors received awards they will be acknowledged for at graduation on Saturday, including CSF lifetime membership and Distinguished Service awards. Click below to view awardee information. Seniors will be honored at graduation.

Soon, our 76th class will graduate. An email has been sent to Senior parents and students with more information about events that are tentatively scheduled for the graduating class, including a Senior Luau and Sober Grad and Baccalaureate.

Congrats to the Math Club and this year’s Fresno State Math Field Day participants! 

On Wednesday, April 28th, SJM hosted its own version of the national Poetry Out Loud competition.

Harvard bound Akhnoor Sidhu is among the 20 students in the AP Research class who are currently putting the final touches and edits on the 4000-5000 word academic research paper before submission to the College Board.

The SJM Yearbook staff celebrated their annual "Done-dee” awards.

As San Joaquin Memorial High School transitions from a Head of School model of administration to a President/Principal model of administration, a new interim principal has been named: Mr. Anthony Goston.

Ellie Diener & Nicole Smittcamp were named the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Students of the Year!

On April 6 and 7, a Freshman Beautification Day was held on campus.

SJM Students hosted a Zoom Virtual Pet show for the Fresno Nazareth House recently.

Nathalie Medrano, Spencer Douangphouxay, Izabella Vasquez, Annalisa Rouse and Megan McCraw, juniors at SJM, chose HOPE Sanger as this semester's school-wide canned food drive.