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Bret Harte honors boy who drowned
From: Oakland Tribune
Date: 20070614
Author:Sarah Terry-Cobo
OAKLAND -- Eighth-graders from Bret Harte Middle School ended their year on a positive note -- they celebrated their promotion to high school and honored the memory of a beloved classmate, Rudy Rodriguez Jr.
Several hundred family members, friends and community members filled the Scottish Rite Temple in Oakland Tuesday morning to commemorate the Class of 2007: 290 eighth-grade students who will attend area high schools in the fall. Forty-five minutes into the ceremony, nearly every seat was occupied: some parents beaming, some crying, others earnestly fixated with video cameras.
"I am proud ...
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