Students work on a Maker project at Comstock Middle School. Comstock Middle School's Project Make recently earned Santa Rosa City School District the prestigious Golden Bell Award. The award, given by the California School Boards Association, recognizes innovative school programs around the state. "It's a great honor," said Comstock [...]
Three hundred medical biology students at Piner High School this year investigated how health issues interfere with student achievement at their school. They presented their findings to a panel of district officials and community health leaders on Thursday, Oct. 23. The students used a creative problem-solving strategy called Design Thinking, which [...]
Casa Grande High School's United Anglers group will be holding a fundraiser Nov. 1. The Anglers have been active at Casa Grande for 32 years, learning about and raising Chinook salmon and Steelhead trout that are then released to the wild. They also clean up streams and repair habitat for [...]
Kids and their parents can learn to ride bicycles at a Family Bicycling Workshop on Saturday, Oct. 18 held by the Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition. The workshop is designed to teach families how to ride with safety and confidence. They will practice riding through a series of drills and maneuvers [...]
Photos courtesy of Sonoma County Office of Education. About 300 Sonoma County kids and their parents descended on the county fairgrounds Saturday to craft whimsical creations out of old boxes in an event called the Cardboard Challenge. During the challenge, one child wandered around the fairground's hall of [...]
Piner High School on Thursday night is holding its monthly science lecture series open to the community. This time, Sonoma State Chemistry Professor Steve Farmer will present about fluorescence. The series, named after the science, technology, engineering and math disciplines, is called STEM Cafe and takes place in Piner’s new, [...]
Former principals Winnie Hogoboom, Aracely Romo-Flores and Wally Trujillo stand with current principal Aída Diaz. The Wong family stands with Mrs. Phillipson, retired teacher. Janelle Wong, Mrs. Phillipson, Leland Wong, Mrs. Wong, Maelene Wong and husband, Chris Simmons. All of the Wong children went to Biella, as [...]
Green Teen organizers gather at the gathering. How can kids create a recycling program at their school? How can they spread the word about climate change through social media? Or get their peers to ride bikes instead of drive cars to school? These were among the topics teens [...]
Parents and prospective students check Elsie Allen High School's booth at the district showcase Sept. 27. An event to showcase all the schools in the Santa Rosa City Schools District drew about 400 parents and students Saturday. They came to check out more than 70 booths featuring different schools and educational [...]
Gouillon A recent Montgomery High School graduate, Laura Gouillon, was a featured speaker Monday afternoon at a statewide symposium on science, math, engineering and technology. The STEM Symposium, in its second year, is focused on improving science and math education in California Schools. Held in San Diego this year, [...]