Brian Belding, a third grade teacher at Wright Charter School, made the good suggestion of getting word out about www.Donorschoose.org. The site, for those not familiar, is an online donation forum where teachers can post pitches for donations for their classrooms. For donors, it’s easily searchable so you can search [...]
UPDATE: The Santa Rosa School Board included the annual scholarship totals on Wednesday night's regular agenda three weeks after it originally appeared after Trustee Bill Carle asked for the item to come back for discussion. (A correction to Piner's totals, made by district staff, has been changed below.) Carle raised concern [...]
The Santa Rosa School Board has selected Santa Rosa High School incoming senior Lily Peterson to be the student representative on the board beginning July 1. The board has included a student representative on the board since 1978. Schools are represented on a regular rotation. Student representatives are given [...]
Maria Carrillo High School’s Xiaoyi “Michelle” Shao is Santa Rosa City Schools student of the month for May. Readers may recall that Shao was honored last week as one of the Press Democrat’s 10 outstanding seniors in the Community Youth Service Award. Shao won in the music category for her [...]
Maria Carrillo High’s Brynna Thigpen earned a first place finish in the Sonoma County “California Poetry Out Loud” contest on Feb. 12. Thigpen, a junior, now advances to state finals in Sacramento on March 25 and 26. Students from 13 high schools in Sonoma County competed in the local competition, [...]
UPDATE: An alert reader notes that I did not include two names on the all-state band lineup. My apologies. The names have been added to the list below. ___ Nine Sonoma County high school musicians have been named all-state honor band members by the California Band Directors Association. If you see [...]
UPDATE: A keen reader noticed that I listed an incorrect web site for the Analy music boosters. The corrected address is shown below. Thanks, Jim. _____ Looking for some good music to enjoy this weekend? Upcoming is two days of live music from student musicians from Sonoma and Marin counties [...]
Maria Carrillo High School's Richard Liang was sworn in as the new student representative for Santa Rosa School Board Wednesday night. Liang is a senior at Carrillo. Student representatives are given a preferential vote on all items except those discussed in closed session. The student rep vote does not affect [...]
Schools Plus is again hosting “A Night Under the Lights” to support sports, music and arts in Santa Rosa City Schools. The second annual event is scheduled for Sept. 24 at The Friedman Center. Dinner will be prepared and served by students in the Maria Carrillo High School Culinary Program. [...]
Reunion season is upon us. As I did last year, I’ll try to post and repost calls for classmates as often as practicable throughout the spring or summer. So if you and your Sonoma County classmates are having a reunion this summer, shoot me an email with the details and [...]