| Wednesday, March 03, 2010 Club Scouts Visit Lamorinda Weekly Seven first graders from Den 6 of Pack 200 of Springhill Elementary recently visited the offices of the Lamorinda Weekly. The first grade Tiger Cubs are working to complete their Tiger Cub Rank achievements of: Making My Family Special, Where I Live, Keeping Myself ...By Jean Follmer
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| Wednesday, March 03, 2010 Outsourcing College Advising Many parents of college-bound students are surprised to find out that they may work with a private advisor outside of the high school setting. This is a relatively new phenomenon and reflects economic developments in California that date back to the 1960s. At that ...By Elizabeth LaScala, Ph.D.
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| Wednesday, March 03, 2010 Fiscal Outlook Bleak for Schools Lamorinda's public schools are facing ...By Jean Follmer
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| Wednesday, February 17, 2010 The Importance of Family Time for Teens Anyone who has teenage children knows that parents' popularity takes a rather drastic dive during these years. We go from being the center of our darlings' universe when they're little, to the years of being well-tolerated and sometimes admired servers and providers, ...By Margie Ryerson, MFT
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| Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Rheem Sings a Story The San Francisco Opera Guild has put together a program, under the direction of Jennifer Ashworth, called "Sing-A-Story" designed to bring opera directly into the classrooms of public and inner-city schools. The idea is to engage young children directly both as ...By Bonnie McNab
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| Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Acalanes Continues Decathlon Tradition Acalanes High School was announced as the overall team winner of the 2010 Contra Costa County Academic Decathlon at an awards ceremony on February 11th. This is Acalanes' fourth year in a row as the county's team winner. The top high school teams that followed ...Submitted by Jonathan Lance, CCCOE
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| Wednesday, February 17, 2010 AUHSD Prepares for Dramatic Budget Reductions The Acalanes Union High School District ...By Cristina Kim
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| Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Lafayette Girl Scout Troop Honors Gold Award Recipients Members of Girl Scout Troop 30752 were honored in a special ceremony in January at Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church and nine were recognized for achieving Girl Scouts' highest honor, the Gold Award. In recognition of the Gold Award recipients' commitment to ...Submitted by Gwenly Carrel
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| Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Committed to Scouting Each year the Lafayette Service Unit of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. recognizes girls who have completed 10 years as a Girl Scout. Young women in this community have lots of choices about how to spend their time, and the girls that were honored on January 26, 2010, have ...Submitted by Linda Bailey Wurgley
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| Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Lafayette Elementary's International Night With the theme sporting Winter Olympics, Lafayette Elementary School Families gathered Wednesday night, January 27th to celebrate cultural and ethnic diversity in the community.
In the ...By Rosylyn Aragones Stenzel
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| Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Drama class at Campolindo High School The Advanced Drama class at Campolindo High School performed four children's plays for the elementary school children of the Lamorinda community. The productions were self-written and directed, and acted by the students in the Advanced Drama class.
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