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Wright names Adam Stein new superintendent

The Wright School District has hired Adam Stein as its new superintendent. Stein, currently director of special education with the Napa Valley Unified School District, replaces Karen Salvaggio and begins his stint July 1. Stein began his career as a special education teacher and later served as principal at a [...]

By | June 18th, 2012|0 Comments

Sonoma Academy hosting forum with college admissions advisors

Just a quick reminder on this free event upcoming: A panel of admissions officials from leading colleges will share advice and answer questions in a forum being hosted by Sonoma Academy on May 17. The event, which is free to the public, will begin at 7 p.m. Universities represented include [...]

By | May 14th, 2012|0 Comments

Windsor High’s Vineyard Academy honored with SSU award

Windsor High School has been awarded the Sonoma State University School of Education Jack London Secondary Education Award for their Vineyard Academy. Teachers honored include: Marie Ganister, Bernard Kaufman, Jonathan Weller and Louis Ganzler. Students in the program compete in the Chefs of Tomorrow competition, create menus for visiting dignitaries, design wedding [...]

By | May 3rd, 2012|2 Comments

SSU wins English language learner professional development grant

Sonoma State University has been awarded a national grant dedicated to support professional development activities for elementary and secondary teachers and other educators working with English language learners. Eleven California universities won a total of $3.8 million in 2012 National Professional Development grants from the U.S. Department of Education. Sonoma [...]

By | May 2nd, 2012|1 Comment

Sonoma Academy hosting forum with college admissions advisors

A panel of admissions officials from leading colleges will share advice and answer questions in a forum being hosted by Sonoma Academy on May 17. The event, which is free to the public, will begin at 7 p.m. Universities represented include Sonoma State, the University of California at Berkeley, Stanford, [...]

By | May 1st, 2012|0 Comments

Michael Kirst to talk education at SSU

The president of the California State Board of Education will speak at Sonoma State University March 22. Michael Kirst, a professor emeritus of education at Stanford University, will speak on the current state of education in California during a 90-minute lecture in the Cooperage. Kirst is in his [...]

By | March 20th, 2012|0 Comments

State education board president to speak at SSU

The president of the California State Board of Education will speak at Sonoma State University March 22. Michael Kirst, a professor emeritus of education at Stanford University, will speak on the current state of education in California during a 90-minute lecture in the Cooperage. Kirst is in his second stint [...]

By | March 9th, 2012|0 Comments

Cook’s ‘Compact’ students visit SSU, Elsie Allen

We wrote a story back in November about the inaugural year of the Compact for Success program at Cook Middle School in Santa Rosa. Compact for Success guarantees a spot at Sonoma State University for Cook students who graduate from partner high school Elsie Allen with a 3.0 grade point [...]

By | December 22nd, 2011|0 Comments

SSU’s low cost health exams available this month

This program is still going on, so I'm posting it here again (it last appeared in September): ____ Sonoma State University is expanding to two days a week its low-cost health exam program this fall/winter. Exams will be given Wednesdays and Fridays Oct. 5 through early December. The exams will [...]

By | November 10th, 2011|0 Comments

SSU again offering low cost health screens

Sonoma State University is expanding to two days a week its low-cost health exam program this fall/winter. Exams will be given Wednesdays and Fridays Oct. 5 through early December. The exams will be given by nurses in the SSU Family Nurse Practitioner program. The annual exam program covers low cost [...]

By | September 7th, 2011|0 Comments