SCHOOLS & KIDS
La Entrada Spelling Bee
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SPELLING BEE WINNERS!
Eighth grader Andra Bailard took top honors in the eighth annual La Entrada Spelling Bee, held Friday, January 18th.
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on Jan 28, 2008 at 6:31 pm by G. Principe, a member of the La Entrada School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Remembering Marilyn Franklin
Marilyn Jensen Franklin, who devoted her entire 40-year career in education to the Menlo Park City School District, will be remembered at a celebration of her life on Saturday... |
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on Jan 27, 2008 at 3:49 pm by former student, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
'Financial crimes' probe shuts Children's Theatre
A police investigation into "financial crimes" at the historic Palo Alto Children's Theatre has closed the theater indefinitely, possibly for weeks, police Chief Lynne Johnson... |
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on Jan 25, 2008 at 1:57 pm by Ernest, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Election marks course correction for schools
Setting up a classroom for an economics or history class isn't complicated. Find a room with good lighting and ventilation and a door that closes, bring in some chairs and wri... |
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on Jan 14, 2008 at 1:54 pm by Allen, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Menlo-Atherton Bears to Move to Action to Help Alleviate Blood Shortage
The Bay Area faces a dire shortage of blood, this Friday, January 18, the Menlo-Atherton Bears will be working with the Blood Centers of the Pacific (BCP) to collect much need... |
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on Jan 14, 2008 at 11:35 am by Kelly Todd, a member of the Menlo-Atherton High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Letter: Former student finds fault with Woodside High story
As a former student, I am appalled by the portrayal of Woodside High School and public schools in general in the Jan. 2 issue of the Almanac.
Read the full story here http://... |
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on Jan 11, 2008 at 7:25 pm by Galen Rosenberg, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Zero tolerance on gunfire, illegal fireworks
There will be no tolerance for celebratory gunfire or fireworks within the city of Menlo Park, the police department said Thursday in a press release.
Read the full story ... |
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on Jan 10, 2008 at 8:35 pm by courtney, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Menlo Park trustees say "si" to Spanish immersion kindergarten
Young parents passionate about launching a Spanish immersion program for kindergartners at a Menlo Park school next August finally received the answer they have wanted for a ... |
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on Dec 21, 2007 at 8:43 am by MPCSD mother, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
The soccer team that wasn't supposed to be
Dr. Mark Sontag promised his family he would not coach again. But when another dad approached him with a deal -- if Mark would coach the U14 boys AYSO soccer team one more yea... |
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on Dec 19, 2007 at 2:19 pm by chad sefcik, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Ravenswood wins 'inclusive' school award
Ravenswood City School District, in East Palo Alto and east Menlo Park, announced Tuesday that it has been named as the nation's most promising inclusive school district by an... |
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on Dec 10, 2007 at 9:25 am by Lucille Strong, a resident of the Menlo Park: Menlo Oaks neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Atherton shoots down M-A theater settlement
It's back to the drawing board for the settlement that would have ended the town of Atherton's lawsuit over the new $28 million performing arts center being built at Menlo-Ath... |
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on Dec 2, 2007 at 10:24 am by recent transplant to more friendly community, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School communities take up climate change on their own
California's official campaigns against global warming may be taking a hands-off approach to K-12 public school greenhouse gas emissions, but without much fanfare, local schoo... |
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on Nov 28, 2007 at 4:16 pm by David Boyce, Almanac staff writer |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: Uphill challenge for Phillips Brooks School
It is no secret that Phillips Brooks, the private elementary school that has been located on Avy Avenue in Menlo Park since 1978, is eager to move its nearly 300 students to a... |
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on Nov 27, 2007 at 8:46 pm by A neighbor, a resident of the Portola Valley: other neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Local Boy Scouts collect a ton of food
Menlo Atherton Boy Scout Troop 206 collected over a ton of food for the needy in the annual pre-Thanksgiving Scouting for Food drive. Scouts distributed door hangers in the Fl... |
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on Nov 27, 2007 at 4:14 pm by Phil McHale, a resident of the Menlo Park: Suburban Park/Lorelei Manor/Flood Park Triangle neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Safe routes to Laurel School: Council sets special meeting
With a deadline for state funding approaching, the Menlo Park City Council will hold a special meeting on Friday, Nov. 16, to reconsider a previous decision regarding how the ... |
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on Nov 18, 2007 at 7:42 pm by free oconnor school, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Menlo-Atherton Feed Our Families
Feed Our Families – our annual food drive
On Tuesday, November 13, Menlo-Atherton High School kicked off Feed Our Families 2007, our annual drive to feed families within Me... |
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on Nov 14, 2007 at 9:53 pm by Kelly Todd, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Big topics for school meeting: master plan, Spanish program
The Menlo Park City School District's complete master plan for facility projects at the four schools will be presented at the Monday, Nov. 19, board meeting that was reschedul... |
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on Nov 13, 2007 at 7:57 pm by accountability, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
How are your schools dealing with the challenge of global warming?
Almanac staff writer David Boyce has written a cover story this week on how local schools are taking initiatives to teach and practice measures dealing with the problem of glo... |
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on Nov 13, 2007 at 11:24 am by Richard Hine, managing editor of The Almanac |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
SIlicon Valley Moms Blog is tackling the topic of EDUCATION - TODAY!
Hello.
I thought many of you would be interested.
Silicon Valley Moms Blog Web Link is tackling the topic of education (or lack of education) today in SV and ... |
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on Nov 8, 2007 at 11:22 am by SVMom, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Community Resource Center Opens at Menlo-Atherton High School
On Thursday, November 8, Menlo-Atherton High School will be holding the grand opening of our Community Resource Center (CRC) located in Room B-20 on the M-A campus. The CRC i... |
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on Nov 8, 2007 at 7:37 am by Kelly Todd, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Woodside Priory Goes "Green" and Celebrates 50th Anniversary with Founders Day
Woodside Priory School Goes "Green" and Celebrates Fiftieth Anniversary
What: Woodside Priory's Fiftieth Anniversary
When: November 11, 9:30 a.m. mass followed by a buildi... |
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on Nov 6, 2007 at 1:33 pm by Sean Mclain Brown, a resident of the Portola Valley: other neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Mona Lisa lives
A motley collection of costumed characters march in a Halloween parade at Las Lomitas Elementary School on Oct. 31. Among them a walking, talking, living, breathing Mona Lisa.... |
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on Nov 1, 2007 at 10:35 am by Joanna, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
E-thanks? No, thanks!
Never have I been so tempted to write to Miss Manners. I just received an Evite mass e-thank-you note for a birthday party my child didn't attend, expressing appreciation for ... |
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on Oct 26, 2007 at 9:01 pm by Parent, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Oak Knoll Bond Measure, Not What We Voted For
What is proposed for the revamp of Oak Knoll School is not what we voted for. Of course those of us who believe in good schools and good education voted for a bond measure to ... |
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on Oct 23, 2007 at 8:19 pm by Nancy Palmer, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” opens today 10/18 at M-A High
M-A’s International Thespian Society presents “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” the next two weekends on the Menlo-Atherton High School campus.
Four young lovers meet in a moon... |
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on Oct 17, 2007 at 1:04 pm by Drama Booster, a member of the Menlo-Atherton High School community |
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