Scholarship award winner Jordan Quintana, recognized for academic improvement in writing and mathematics, while balancing coursework with extracurricular activities. He just completed the 9th grade at Madera South High School, with his Tutor/Mentor and Intervention Specialist, Katherine Valdez of Valdez Educational Services. MADERA, Calif. — Valdez Educational Services honored dozens of students for academic achievement at its fifth annual Celebration of Excellence, held recently at the...

Valdez Educational Services opens its new headquarters, honoring civil rights leader Bonnie Johnson and the long fight for educational equity she helped lead.

The new headquarters of Valdez Educational Services will be dedicated to the late Bonnie Sheree Johnson, a civil rights advocate best known for her role in fighting school segregation during the 1960s and as a “torchbearer” for civil rights in the Inland Empire (advancing educational equality and community empowerment).