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SRMS students create masks for Day of the Dead

[imagebrowser id=28] Santa Rosa Middle School Dawn Thomas (who teaches at Comstock as well) opened the doors of her classroom Tuesday night for students, parents, staff and community members to begin making masks for Day of the Dead, according to principal Kathy Coker. Tuesday night was step one. A follow up [...]

By | September 25th, 2013|0 Comments

‘Trashtastic’ homemade/recycled boat event is this Saturday

Reminder: The Trashtastic Boatacular fest is this Saturday in Santa Rosa. We ran a story last month about the efforts by Comstock and Santa Rosa middle school students to create floatable vessels to enter in the "competition."  To read that story, click here http://bit.ly/11nGUmk The event, which includes a potluck [...]

By | May 9th, 2013|0 Comments

Think your boat can beat the Crusaders’ vessel?

Intrigued by the story that ran in today’s Press Democrat about Comstock Middle School and Santa Rosa Middle School students building boats out of recycled materials to compete in the upcoming “Trashtastic Boatacular”? Well the event is open to the public and organizers are still taking eager participants. The event [...]

By | April 25th, 2013|1 Comment

Comstock’s Nagi is student of the month

Comstock Middle School’s Simran Nagi is Santa Rosa City Schools student of the month for February. Nagi is the school’s third highest reader, with more than one million words read so far this year. Last year, she provide Indian food as a treat for the school’s top readers. Nagi has [...]

By | February 13th, 2013|0 Comments

SchoolsPlus ups its annual contribution to Santa Rosa schools

SchoolsPlus is at it again. The nonprofit that has been supporting athletics and arts in all Santa Rosa City Schools middle and high schools for more than two decades has upped their annual contribution to each campus, according to the group’s leaders. This year, all five comprehensive high [...]

By | February 7th, 2013|0 Comments

Which school has the best attendance rate? The worst? (And why it matters)

Santa Rosa City Schools has released its annual attendance rates for 2011-12, tallied by school. Here is are the average rates of absenteeism (ranked highest to lowest) on each campus: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Brook Hill, 5 percent Steele Lane, 4.94 percent Doyle Park, 4.71 percent Monroe, 4.57 percent Lincoln, 4.24 percent [...]

By | November 14th, 2012|3 Comments

SRCS sports report: Money spent and participation disparities

The annual sports report is out. Santa Rosa City Schools has released its competitive athletic unaudited fiscal analysis for 2011-12. The report details what the district’s general fund pays to support athletic programs at middle and high schools and separates funds that are received and expended via student body accounts [...]

By | November 13th, 2012|0 Comments

Comstock’s Estrella took third in Harvest Fair fun

                I'm a little late on this, but Santa Rosa School Board candidate Jenni Klose sent in these photos from the Harvest Fair Run on Oct. 7. Comstock Crusader Juan Estrella, 14, took third overall in the 10k race with a time of [...]

By | October 15th, 2012|0 Comments

Locals ahead of the curve in kissing gags

Sorry. The first posting of this was entirely cut off. Let's try again. The most recent edition of California Educator, the monthly magazine put out by the California Teachers Association, had a story about innovative fundraising events, including teachers and administrators kissing pigs. It brought to mind at least two [...]

By | May 14th, 2012|1 Comment

Comstock’s Alex Pineda is student of the month

Comstock Middle School’s Alexandra Pineda is Santa Rosa City Schools middle school student of the month for March. Known as “Alex” to her friends, Pineda is a wiz at math and a student many others turn to for help through the roughest algebra problems, according to algebra teacher Mary Ann [...]

By | March 14th, 2012|0 Comments