Piner High School on Thursday night is holding its monthly science lecture series open to the community. This time, Sonoma State Chemistry Professor Steve Farmer will present about fluorescence. The series, named after the science, technology, engineering and math disciplines, is called STEM Cafe and takes place in Piner’s new, [...]

Former principals Winnie Hogoboom, Aracely Romo-Flores and Wally Trujillo stand with current principal Aída Diaz. The Wong family stands with Mrs. Phillipson, retired teacher. Janelle Wong, Mrs. Phillipson, Leland Wong, Mrs. Wong, Maelene Wong and husband, Chris Simmons. All of the Wong children went to Biella, as [...]

Green Teen organizers gather at the gathering. How can kids create a recycling program at their school? How can they spread the word about climate change through social media? Or get their peers to ride bikes instead of drive cars to school? These were among the topics teens [...]

Parents and prospective students check Elsie Allen High School's booth at the district showcase Sept. 27. An event to showcase all the schools in the Santa Rosa City Schools District drew about 400 parents and students Saturday. They came to check out  more than 70 booths featuring different schools and educational [...]

Gouillon A recent Montgomery High School graduate, Laura Gouillon, was a featured speaker  Monday afternoon at a statewide symposium on science, math, engineering and technology. The STEM Symposium, in its second year, is focused on improving science and math education in California Schools. Held in San Diego this year, [...]

Riffing on the popularity of the Ice Bucket Challenge, Rancho Cotate High School this month plunged some of its top officials into a dunk tank to raise money for the degenerative disease ALS. After students spent about two weeks raising more than $600, six staff members were plunged into the icy [...]

A number of students at Petaluma Junior High School wore mismatched shoes and socks to school this week - on purpose. They donned the unmatched shoes, as well as blue shirts, in support of a 26-year-old Delaware man who was recently the victim of alleged bullying and beatings by teenagers. The mentally [...]

Cardinal Newman staff and students dedicate a new statue of Jesus, By Rory McNamara Cardinal Newman High School celebrated its 50th anniversary on Monday with the dedication of a new statue of Jesus, a blessing ceremony and a visit from Bishop Robert Vasa. The Catholic school first opened [...]

The Petaluma Federation of Teachers held a public question and answer session for Petaluma City School Board Candidates Sept. 2, drawing a crowd of more than 50 people, said union member Carrie Caudle, who co-chairs a committee on political education. Two challengers and three incumbents, Sheri Chlebowski, Michael Baddeley and [...]

Analy High School Students For the fifth year in a row, Analy High has been ranked in the top 735 high schools in the nation by the Daily Beast Media Group, Principal Chris Heller announced this week. To create its top schools list, The Daily Beast reached out to what it [...]