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“He’s going to make it,” music teacher Andy Cary said. Science teacher Jess Cooper, who had Valera-Vega in one of his physics classes, was similarly effusive. “He’s going to have success wherever he ends up,” he said. The Pendleton High School senior now is planning a move to Arizona to pursue a career in neuroscience, but the public education system didn’t always have the same faith in his ability as it does today. Born and raised in Pendleton, Valera-Vega attends church at Iglesia Adventista del Séptimo Día Hispana de Pendleton, a Spanish-language Se...

PENDLETON — In the wake of a bleak week, the administrators of Sunridge Middle School donned costumes. Sunridge Principal Dave Williams became an elf, Jingles McKringle-Berry, and Assistant Principal Jared Tesch turned into Santa Claus as they headed out into the community to deliver stockings filled with gifts to children in the community. Williams noted that Sunridge and the Pendleton School District’s other schools have done this tradition for 15 years, but they usually leave the gifts with students before they depart for winter break. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has scrambled ...