An all-girls chess tournament sponsored by the local non-profit group Chess For Kids is scheduled for Saturday. Registration for the fourth annual event is still open for girls ages five to 17. All skill levels are welcome. The event will be held at 90 Ursuline Rd. Proceeds from the $20 [...]
Chess for Kids, a local organization dedicated to teaching and promoting chess for area school kids, is hosting an all girls chess tournament on Feb. 11. The third annual event is open to girls ages 5-17 of all levels of chess playing ability. Players are grouped in quads of similar [...]
For the first time in its 47-year history, Cardinal Newman High School in Santa Rosa is awarding the John Henry Newman Award to a woman. Patti Konicek Dietzen, Ursuline High class of 1974, and Dennis Crandall, teacher, coach and principal at Newman, will receive the annual award at a private [...]
Reunion season is winding down but there are at least two events upcoming. As I did last year, I’ll try to post and repost calls for classmates for a few more weeks. So if you and your Sonoma County classmates are having a reunion coming up, shoot me an email with [...]
Nine Sonoma County high school seniors are scheduled to be honored today in Sacramento for winning Comcast’s Leaders and Achievers Scholarship. The local winners are: Austin Schmidt of Cloverdale High School Elizabeth Fox of El Molino High School Suzanne McNamara of Casa Grande Senior High School Laura Smith of Petaluma [...]
The communities of Cardinal Newman and Ursuline high schools will celebrate the completion of a portion of a mural project that has seen the installation of four large pieces on the walls of the Redwood Gospel Mission shelter for homeless men. A celebration of the work is scheduled for 1 [...]
Remember the story about students at Ursuline and Newman dancing for a video to promote the Catholic Charities Family Support Center last month? Well the final product/production is out and you can check it out here: http://bit.ly/m0EsmF Read the original story about how Newman and Ursuline got tapped to show off [...]
On May 29 Ursuline High School in Santa Rosa will celebrate its 130th graduating class – its last. We are preparing our coverage for the final graduation of Ursuline High and are looking for alums to share their memories of their time as Ursuline Bears. Are you an Ursuline grad? [...]
The theater students at Ursuline and Cardinal Newman high schools in Santa Rosa are staging “Planet Z: A Sci-Fi Musical With Zombies” tonight and April 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9. All performances begin at 7 p.m. in the Ursuline gym, 90 Ursuline Road. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 [...]
Santa Rosa Christian School Board president Lawrence Lehr said he’s heard the rumors too, but the 43-year-old school is not planning on closing its doors prior to the planned last day of school in May. “There has been no decision to close the school early but there certainly is a [...]