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Petaluma pressing on with transitional kindergarten

Registration for Petaluma City Schools’ kindergarten and new Kinder-Prep program is under way. Like Santa Rosa City Schools, Petaluma is pressing forward with the transitional kindergarten program that was signed into law in 2010 despite uncertainty over state financial support of the new program. So-called young fives who enroll in [...]

By | January 26th, 2012|0 Comments

Sixth grade tech academy holding open house

This is a reminder post that officials from the Sixth Grade Academy on the campus of Petaluma Junior High School will host an open house for potential students and their families at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 15. The school, which is housed primarily in two science classrooms on the Bantam [...]

By | December 12th, 2011|0 Comments

6th Grade Academy open house this month

Officials from the Sixth Grade Academy on the campus of Petaluma Junior High School will host an open house for potential students and their families at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 15. The school, which is housed primarily in two science classrooms on the Bantam Way campus, currently has 59 students [...]

By | December 5th, 2011|0 Comments

Piner nabs Golden Bell award, hosting GIS Day Wed

Piner High School has nabbed the prestigious Golden Bell Award for its Geospatial Technology Program. Piner will be honored by the California School Boards Association at their annual meeting Dec. 3 in San Diego. Led by teachers Kristi Erickson and Kurt Kruger, the three-year pathways program teaches students global positioning [...]

By | November 15th, 2011|0 Comments

Holley named asst. principal at Petaluma High

Bennett Holley has been named interim assistant principal at Petaluma High School. He is also joining Petaluma City School’s District Leadership Team, according to the distict. Holley took over Aug. 9 and was introduced to the school board on Tuesday. Holley has taught physical education and sports medicine at Petaluma [...]

By | August 19th, 2011|0 Comments

UPDATED: Co-principals named at Petaluma High

UPDATED: A reader comment prompted me to check back in with Petaluma City Schools on the number of years Brian Howard was principal at Petaluma High. It was four, not six, years. It has been updated below. Good catch, Jake. ____ Petaluma City Schools has tapped two former employees to [...]

By | July 26th, 2011|2 Comments

Bolman: 180 school days not good enough

Petaluma City Schools is adding three days back to its 2011-12 school calendar after the recently-adopted state budget was less horrible than expected. In the midst of the state budget crisis, lawmakers have temporarily lifted requirements that the school year be a minimum of 180 days.  For the last few [...]

By | July 7th, 2011|0 Comments

UPDATED: Sonoma County honors its top administrators

UPDATE: Here are some submitted photos from last night's award ceremoney. Check them out. ___ The Sonoma County Association of School Administrators honored the best among their group Monday night in a ceremony at Paradise Ridge Winery in Santa Rosa. SCASA president Casey D’Angelo provided the opening remarks and the [...]

By | May 10th, 2011|1 Comment

New Asst. Principal at Kenilworth

Kathy Olmsted has been named assistant principal at Kenilworth Junior High. Olmsted came from Forestville District where she was assistant principal and coordinator of special education for the Forestville School and Academy. She has also served as a speech and language therapist for Forestville and the West Sonoma County High [...]

By | January 27th, 2011|0 Comments

Petaluma’s Viguie retiring

Greta Viguie, Petaluma’s longtime superintendent, is retiring. Viguie has been with Sonoma County’s second largest school district for eight years. With Viguie at the helm, Petaluma has won several education awards, including: the Jack London Award, Distinguished School Award, Blue Ribbon School award, and the Golden Bell award. Viguie’s retirement [...]

By | January 12th, 2011|2 Comments