SCHOOLS & KIDS
Colleagues, students say M-A teacher Jim MacKenzie will be missed in his retirement
Classroom B2 at Menlo-Atherton High School will have the same number on the door next fall, but longtime inhabitant Jim MacKenzie — an M-A graduate, an M-A parent and, for 25 ... |
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on Jun 17, 2007 at 7:30 am by Josh Edelman, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Woodside-Carlmont Robotics Team in Local Competition
The Woodside Carlmont High Schools Robotic Team won the “Delphi Driving Tomorrow's Technology Award" at the Davis Regional Competition last year. The team was eligible to sub... |
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on Mar 17, 2007 at 9:32 am by Karen Rago, a resident of the Portola Valley: Westridge neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
If school goes, save Hillview murals
This letter by Cecelia Daye was published in the Almanac's Feb. 14 print edition:
Editor:
It would be tragic if the murals at Hillview School were not protected while the... |
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on Jun 15, 2007 at 11:56 pm by hillview parent, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Menlo Park Kite Day
The City of Menlo Park will host the annual Kite Day on Sunday, April 22 at Bayfront Park from 12 noon - 3PM. A Kite, a hot dog, and a soda can be purchased together for $5. B... |
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on Apr 6, 2007 at 3:23 pm by Rosetta Fort, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Why put your child in danger?
The following letter by Maria Ploeger was published in the Almanac's March 28 print edition:
Editor:
Last week's photo of 5-year-old Hanna Kopisch riding her tiny bi... |
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on Mar 28, 2007 at 7:25 am by Renee Batti, news editor of The Almanac |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Election 2008: It takes a village to spend school bond-measure funds
If voters approve Measure J on Feb. 5, thereby giving the high school district some $165 million to further improve its campuses and construct a new one, a community group wil... |
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on Jan 31, 2008 at 11:07 pm by John, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School parcel tax ballots due next Tuesday
Voters planning to mail in their ballots for the Menlo Park City School District or the Portola Valley School District parcel tax election need to act soon: Ballots must be re... |
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on May 4, 2010 at 9:16 pm by Blue Collar Public Worker, a resident of another community |
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
Experience Key for La Entrada GeoBee Champ
Persistence has paid off for La Entrada eighth-grader Sam Falkenhagen. He won the middle school’s National Geographic geography bee after coming in third place four years ago,... |
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on Feb 1, 2008 at 6:12 pm by carol jensen, a member of the La Entrada School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Corte Madera science students head for state science fair
This story is by Treena Joi, science teacher in grades 6-7 at Corte Madera School in Portola Valley:
Corte Madera School sent 12 student projects to the San Mateo Cou... |
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on May 2, 2007 at 11:28 am by Treena Joi, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Challenging Time for Peninsula Boys & Girls Clubs
The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula is currently facing several challenges. The youth organization, which has clubhouses and school based programs around the community, ha... |
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on Dec 16, 2006 at 11:35 am by Chris Canter, a resident of the Menlo Park: Belle Haven neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Welcome to Town Square!
This is your place to post news, information and opinions about activites and issues involving schools and kids.
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on Oct 9, 2006 at 1:09 am by Richard Hine, managing editor of The Almanac |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
See bats -- upside down and in high-tech
Enter the neo-gothic portal into the new bat exhibit at Coyote Point Museum in San Mateo and you see the world as a bat does -- upside down. And you’ll see centuries of bat l... |
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on Feb 9, 2007 at 6:30 pm by Menlo Park resident, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
M-A tennis team may go undefeated; match on Friday
The girls varsity tennis team at Menlo-Atherton High School may cap its season with an undefeated record this year if it wins against Hillsdale High on Friday afternoon at M-A... |
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on Oct 26, 2006 at 6:26 pm by David Boyce, Almanac staff writer |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Everest charter high school outflanks school district in surprise move
In its oft-thwarted efforts to find a home in Redwood City, officials of Everest (charter) Public High School have invoked the sovereign right of all public schools and now ha... |
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on Jul 29, 2009 at 6:08 am by Go Everest, a member of the Menlo-Atherton High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bursting at the seams
If closing a school is the hardest decision a school board ever has to make, then the second most difficult is deciding whether to open a new school. Next month, the Menlo Par... |
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on Nov 24, 2009 at 9:41 pm by slight abdominal bulge, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Considering a Year End Gift? Support the Boys & Girls Clubs
Considering a year-end gift? Your donation to the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula would be quadrupled. The youth organization, which has clubhouses and school based progra... |
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on Dec 26, 2006 at 9:02 am by Chris Canter, a resident of the Menlo Park: Belle Haven neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Double of Nothing X 3 Boys & Girls Clubs Challenges
The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula is currently facing several challenges. The youth organization, which has clubhouses and school based programs around the community, ha... |
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on Dec 19, 2006 at 10:43 am by Chris Canter, a resident of the Menlo Park: Belle Haven neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Mark Box resigns from school board
The superintendent of the Menlo Park City School District is recommending that the school board avoid a costly election and instead appoint a replacement for board member Mark... |
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on Jun 3, 2011 at 12:52 pm by Not our MPCSD, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Need players for 14U girls softball Fallball SPIN
Hi
Our 14UsSoftball team needs a couple more players for Fall ball - its a super fun team and this Fall we're going to be coached by Shannon Koplitz Stanford thirdbaseman. An... |
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on Sep 4, 2010 at 5:14 pm by Casey, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Phillips Brooks School buys 10 acres near Portola Valley, town official says
Phillips Brooks School, the private preschool-through-grade-5 school now operating at 2245 Avy Ave. in Menlo Park, has purchased a 10-acre undeveloped parcel along Los Trancos... |
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on Sep 25, 2007 at 8:26 pm by A Comment, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: Everest opens auspiciously, despite Sequoia district's obstacles
The founders and leadership team of the area's new charter high school should take a bow. In spite of all the obstacles placed in front of them by Sequoia Union High School Di... |
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on Sep 11, 2009 at 5:07 pm by Concerned Parent, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Stanford professor has theory for improving grades, study habits
A group of junior high school students were able to markedly increase their grades and study habits after being told that their IQs were like muscles and could be increased th... |
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on Mar 22, 2007 at 8:59 pm by Academic411.com, a resident of the Menlo Park: South of Seminary/Vintage Oaks neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Superintendent Ken Ranella to retire in June
Ken Ranella, superintendent of the Menlo Park City School District, will retire effective June 30, he announced in an e-mail to the school community Wednesday night.
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on Jun 16, 2011 at 6:18 pm by And also ps, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park 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 |
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