SCHOOLS & KIDS
The homework myth
I'm disappointed to see Menlo Park school officials backpedal on the District's homework "ban."
It seems to me they have a thoughtful and well-reasoned policy on limiting ... |
Menlo mother |
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on Apr 6, 2007 at 7:39 pm by a former oak knoll parent, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Charter school law: recipe for creating elite schools?
Below are remarks by Pat Gemma, superintendent of the Sequoia Union High School District, during an Oct. 19 meeting in San Jose on charter schools. The event was chaired by... |
Pat Gemma |
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on Oct 23, 2006 at 1:13 am by Pat Gemma, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Meeting Wednesday on reorganizing schools
Trustees of the Menlo Park City School District will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, to hear more information to help them decide how to reconfigure the three elementary sc... |
Richard Hine |
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on Oct 10, 2006 at 10:43 am by Richard Hine, managing editor of The Almanac |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Lawsuit filed after teen
struck in crosswalk
on El Camino Real
A Menlo Park family is suing a motorist and a number of public agencies, including Menlo Park and Atherton, for negligence and the "dangerous condition of public property" as... |
Editor |
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on Aug 30, 2012 at 11:41 am by Peter, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Should a new Hillview Middle School be built, and the old one torn down?
Please post your comments below.
The school board of the Menlo Park City School District plans to meet Tuesday, March 6, to decide on the scope of a plan to rebuild the Hil... |
Richard Hine |
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on Mar 8, 2007 at 11:40 am by Mr. Man, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Local Menlo Park classrooms to have a cow with visit from interactive agriculture program
Mobile Dairy Classroom Gives Children Firsthand Look at Farm Life
WHAT: To teach children about the importance of agriculture and farming, Dairy Council of California’s Mo... |
Susan Chang |
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on Nov 16, 2006 at 11:23 am by Susan Chang, a member of the Laurel School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Local kids who trekked through Nepal post trailer of their documentary on YouTube
Local kids who trekked through Nepal and filmed their adventures have a five-minute trailer of their work-in-progress documentary posted on YouTube.com -- just search YouTube ... |
andrea gemmet |
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on Jan 3, 2007 at 8:52 pm by Diana, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Stanford event: school financing problems
This report is from Stanford University
Michael Kirst, professor emeritus of education and of business administration, and state Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, will... |
Richard Hine |
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on Oct 11, 2006 at 12:05 am by Richard Hine, managing editor of The Almanac |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Update: Two local men arrested in child porn sweep
Detectives from a regional Internet-crimes task force have arrested nine men, including Portola Valley resident Stephen Wolf, 64, and Menlo Park resident Charles Vela Reyes J... |
Editor |
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on Apr 4, 2012 at 7:44 pm by Portola Valley - Stephen Wolf Concerns, a resident of the Portola Valley: Ladera neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
A pitch to head off artificial turf in Woodside
By Patrick Noonan
Am I the only person in Woodside who cares that soon two of our beautiful natural turf playing fields at the elementary school will be dug up and replaced ... |
Patrick Noonan |
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on May 29, 2007 at 3:09 pm by Angela Hey, a resident of the Portola Valley: Brookside Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents to meet over lack of onsite, after-school child care in Menlo Park school district
Katherine Bailey (kjscafe@earthlink.net) e-mailed this message to the Almanac on Feb. 17, 2007:
I wanted to let your newspaper know that there are a growing number of parent... |
Richard Hine |
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on Feb 28, 2007 at 12:23 pm by Rory Brown, Almanac staff writer |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Letter: Time to reform Proposition 13
How ironic that Silicon Valley, the very center of innovation and creativity envied the world over, is saddled with California's outmoded form of taxation that rewards the sta... |
Editor |
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on Mar 13, 2012 at 9:37 am by POGO, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Calling All Kids! New Community Service Programs
Bay Area Nonprofit Invites Students to Engage in Community Service Benefiting Homeless Children
Menlo Park, CA, November 13, 2006 – My New Red Shoes, a nonprofit organizati... |
Heather Hopkins |
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on Nov 17, 2006 at 1:09 pm by Heather Hopkins, a member of the Menlo-Atherton High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Center for a New Generation expands to two more Ravenswood schools
Innovative After-School program started by Condoleezza Rice has students making the grade
Menlo Park, CA – October 19, 2006 – The Center for a New Generation, an innovative... |
Chris Carter |
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on Oct 22, 2006 at 10:11 am by Chris Carter, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
How local teens are raising funds for homeless children
EVENT: A fundraising event, a 5K “Step by Step” Walk/Run, will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at Shoreline at Mountain View. The Junior Board member... |
Richard Hine |
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on Apr 21, 2007 at 7:47 am by Heather Hopkins, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Schools place well in nationwide ranking
The schools in the Sequoia Union High School District with graduating seniors were extraordinary in the 2008-09 school year in their success at preparing average students for ... |
Editor |
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on Jul 10, 2010 at 12:07 am by WP Themes, a resident of the Menlo Park: Suburban Park/Lorelei Manor/Flood Park Triangle neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Motorists are the problem, not cyclists
The following letter by Robert Cronin was published in the Almanac's April 4 print edition:
Editor:
Let's turn Maria Ploeger's (Letters, March 21) question around: B... |
Renee Batti |
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on Apr 10, 2007 at 9:25 am by Positive Solutions, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Ravenswood may cut entire library staff
Peering into a future of hard times, trustees of the Ravenswood City School District, which has schools in Menlo Park and East Palo Alto, voted Thursday to slash the staff tha... |
Editor |
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on Jun 20, 2011 at 5:22 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
"Hillview Robotics" wins 2nd place at Northern California Championship
Are 12 year old 7th graders too old to still play with Lego?
Not if you throw in some motors and sensors and ask them to design and program a robot that is capable to mast... |
Manfred Kopisch |
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on Jul 8, 2007 at 9:35 pm by Arthur Hogan, a resident of the Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Menlo Park School District Expansion - idea propsed..
Since the school district is in the process of considering how to use bond money and increase school sizes- and it seems like they will need more money than they are receiving... |
Curious |
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on Nov 3, 2006 at 10:35 am by Curious, a resident of the Menlo Park: Fair Oaks neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Neighbors fear 'serious consequences' of Hillview rebuild
A petition signed by 80 neighbors of Hillview Middle School raises concerns about the proposed expansion plans at the school designed to accommodate a projected 39 percent inc... |
Richard Hine |
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on Feb 9, 2007 at 9:50 am by Parent, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Classroom divide: School district, teachers face push-back on technology in the classroom
John Davenport was a chalk-and-graphite kind of teacher, but when the Portola Valley School District started offering laptops and technology training for instructors, he not o... |
Editor |
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on Mar 27, 2011 at 5:12 pm by elle, a member of the Woodside School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Loss of heritage trees at Oak Knoll School
This summer, most likely mid- to late-June, six heritage trees at Oak Knoll School in Menlo Park will be destroyed. During the span of one-hundred fifty to four-hundred fifty... |
Carol Taggart |
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on May 28, 2008 at 8:47 pm by just wondering, a resident of the Menlo Park: Felton Gables neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Should Las Lomitas school district increases parcel taxes by 59 percent
The school board of the Las Lomitas Elementary School District is proposing to increase the district's parcel tax by 59 percent, from $196 a year per parcel to $311. Click her... |
Richard Hine |
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on Feb 8, 2007 at 1:28 pm by Anna, a resident of the Menlo Park: University Heights neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
No track classes at Summit Prep, unlike M-A
This letter was published in the Jan. 3 edition of the Almanac.
Editor:
I have two children in high school, one at Menlo-Atherton and one at Summit.
Both are hap... |
Renee Batti |
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on Jan 2, 2007 at 5:09 pm by Renee Batti, news editor of The Almanac |
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