| Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Acalanes Freshman Creates Digital Flyer for Senator Carol Liu
When Acalanes High School Digital Design teacher Susan Lane approached her student, Marisa Hummel, about creating a flyer for 21st District California State Senator Carol Liu, Hummel quickly jumped at the chance. Through her role as Chair of the Select Committee for ...By Jean Follmer
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| Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Young Students Bring Holiday Cheer
The kindergarten classes from Los Perales Elementary School visited two assisted living facilities, Moraga Royale and Aegis of Moraga, before their winter break. According to teacher Terryl Miller, "The students decided to forego their holiday party, and instead be the ...
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| Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Burns to Lead Moraga School District
Bruce Burns, currently the principal of Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School, will step up to the post of Superintendent of the Moraga School District (MSD), taking over for Superintendent Rick Schafer, who is retiring. The transfer will take effect in July, 2010.
By Andrea A. Firth
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| Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Girl Scout Leader-Daughter Tea
Miramonte choral members Marina Allen, Emily Nenni, Hannah Tennant, Jamie Riley, Emma Smith, and Danielle Albo sang at the Orinda-Moraga Girl Scout Association Annual Leader-Daughter Tea. Leaders and their daughters come together every year to be honored for all ...Submitted by Janet Riley
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| Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Schools Go Solar
Lafayette Superintendent Dr. Fred Brill flipped the switch during a ceremony at Lafayette Elementary School on December 7th, bringing that school's solar panels on-line. Solar panels are now in operation at Stanley Middle School, Burton Valley Elementary and ...
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| Wednesday, December 23, 2009
8th Grade Poetry Winner
Earlier this year Molly Swain, an 8th grade student at Orinda Intermediate School (OIS), submitted a poem to a contest that was held for young poets. Swain's poem was selected from thousands of entries as one of the top ten in her grade division. The contest was held ...Submitted by Stacy Swain
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| Wednesday, December 23, 2009
The Planet Protection Project A student-led green club at JM
Marissa Monopoli and Margaret Hunger are 7th graders at Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School (JM) and share a passion for improving the planet. A few months ago they contacted their Science teacher, Kim Lockett, to discuss ways to reduce the use of Styrofoam in Moraga. ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Ask Dr. Harold "Lawnmower" Parents
A couple of weeks ago I was conducting a training with a group of Catholic school principals. The subject of helicopter parents came up. I heard a new term when the superintendent said, "We call them lawnmower parents because the blades are much closer to the ...By Harold Jules Hoyle Ph.D.
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| Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Jewish Day School Opens New Building
Ten years of vision came to fruition when the Contra Costa Jewish Day School (CCJDS) opened the doors of its new school building to students for this school year. CCJDS celebrated with a grand opening ceremony on Sunday, December 6th in Lafayette.
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| Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Girl Scouts Expecting Special Visitor
Girl Scouts from Lafayette and Pleasant Hill have been working hard on raising money through their annual nut and candy sales to bring an orphaned nine-year old boy from Ukraine to California for an extra special Christmas. Viktor, a 9-year old little boy who has lived ...Submitted by Cara Helberg
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| Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Orinda Schools Recognized by Business
The Orinda Union School District announced ...Submitted by Kathy Frenklach, OUSD
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA