Three Sonoma County students have received National Merit scholarships. To read about them, click here http://bit.ly/otYYOW Thirteen students who were in the class of 2011 were named semi-finalists. To read about them, click here http://bit.ly/qYAZIn
More than 60 Sonoma County teens are spending four days this week learning the ins and outs of finance, courtesy of Redwood Credit Union. The free, four-day Financial Academy covers personal finance, long term budgeting, mortgages, insurance, car buying, credit and other topics that will greet high school graduates. For [...]
There are some administrative lineup changes in Santa Rosa City Schools for the fall. Gail Eagan is moving from Cotati-Rohnert Park to fill the assistant superintendent of K-6 curriculum post made vacant by Greg Espinoza’s retirement after 35 years with the district. Eagen held a similar post with Cotati-Rohnert Park. [...]
Maria Carrillo High School sophomore Adrian Devitt-Lee won the California TrigStar math competition and will head to the national contest in June. Devitt-Lee dominated the state competition, earning a 100 percent score in a speedy 11 minutes. For perspective, contest organizers reminded readers that Ian VonSeggern, the Santa Rosa High [...]
The Santa Rosa School Board has selected Maria Carrillo High School incoming senior Richard Liang 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 a [...]
UPDATE: At the Santa Rosa City School Board meeting Wednesday night, the board honored retiring teachers and staff. The list of those retiring was updated from a previously published list. Here is the updated version: ____ When the school year ends later this month, Santa Rosa City Schools will say [...]
An addendum to an item I did this week on Piner High’s recent win at the annual Wine Country Chefs of Tomorrow event at the Vintners Inn should have included the prize taken by the culinary students at Maria Carrillo High. The Carrillo students, under the tutelage of Nectar Restaurant [...]
Just in time for lunch, check out the award-winning menu prepared by 17 Piner High School culinary arts students who took home the top prize at the “Chefs of Tomorrow” competition at Vintner’s Inn on April 7. Lamb loin with cocoa nib crust, mint chimichurri and a forget-me-not flower Chili [...]
Want to know what happens when salt water comes in contact with pole beans? Or whether teenagers are motivated more by personal or group gain? How about if there are variations in the vigor of the pathogen that causes sudden oak death? If these concepts keep you up at night, [...]