Milla Gentry of Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts is Santa Rosa City Schools student of the month for March. Gentry, a fifth grader, is described by her teachers as an enthusiastic student who always goes above and beyond what is asked of her. “As a person, she is [...]
Elsie Allen High School’s Cristina Garcia and Alexis Vargas are both Santa Rosa City Schools students of the month for February. Garcia, a junior, and Vargas, a senior, are both cheerleaders for the Lobos. Garcia is described as an amazing personality who is a loving friend and daughter. Vargas is [...]
Comstock Middle School’s Simran Nagi is Santa Rosa City Schools student of the month for February. Nagi is the school’s third highest reader, with more than one million words read so far this year. Last year, she provide Indian food as a treat for the school’s top readers. Nagi has [...]
Cindy Rosales of Biella Elementary School is Santa Rosa City Schools student of the month for February. Rosales is described as a stellar student with a patient streak that allows her to work well with others. She was called “creative, intelligent” and a problem solver who soaks up information. Rosales’s [...]
$25 down, $999,975 to go. In a Close To Home column published in the wake of the school shootings in Newtown, Conn., Santa Rosa Teachers Association President Andy Brennan advocated against calls for arming school teachers. A better strategy, he said, would be to invest in the installation of “Columbine [...]
Proctor Terrace Elementary School sixth grader Lily Batchelor is Santa Rosa City Schools elementary school student of the month for January. Batchelor is described by school officials as kind, patient and friendly to all. She is humble and reflective, thinking of others before herself, they said. A student with an [...]
Steele Lane Elementary School sixth grader Tom Anderson is Santa Rosa City Schools elementary school student of the month for January. Anderson has attended Steele Lane since kindergarten and stands out as a student with a ready smile and willingness to pitch in on myriad school activities, according to school [...]
Amelia Ketzer-Dean is Santa Rosa City Schools high school student of the month for January. Because Ketzer-Dean spent her freshman year living on St. Martin Island, she was deficient credits when she enrolled at Santa Rosa High her sophomore year. None of the credits she earned her freshman year were [...]