Nelly Gudino Kennedy Petersen Kennedy Petersen of Montgomery High School was the top vote getter in the Sonoma County Poetry Out Loud contest held this week. With the win, Petersen heads to the state competition in Sacramento Marcy 24-25. If she prevails there, Washington, D.C. is next April [...]
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 [...]
Twelve Sonoma County high schools will be sending students to the countywide Poetry Out Loud competition Feb. 10. In the program, students memorize then recite poems. The pieces are not written by the students, but are typically considered greats in the English language. The participating schools include: Analy, Cloverdale, Creekside, [...]
UPDATE: A small change to the committee assignments below. Trustee Laura Gonzalez will not serve on the finance committee as previously noted. The change has been made below. ________ The Santa Rosa City School Board has made its new committee and campus liaison assignments. Board President Bill Carle requested board [...]
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 [...]
Nominations are being accepted for the 2013 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards. The award, given to up to 10 Jewish teens – five from California, five from the rest of the U.S.-- is $36,000 and winners can use the money any way they choose. The awards are based on service [...]
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 [...]
Montgomery High School will hold the last of a series of three open houses for its International Baccalaureate program on Jan. 26. The “Introduction to IB” presentations are geared toward students and families of eighth through 10th graders. The program will include an overview of the IB Diploma program for juniors [...]
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 [...]