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Burton Valley student pushes school to go green this Earth Day
Burton Valley Elementary School is ditching the use of plastic utensils in the lunchroom starting April 22, appropriately enough on Earth Day. As impactful as that is, it is all the more remarkable for being introduced by an environmentally conscious fifth-grader who, ...By Pippa Fisher
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Campolindo High School's 2018-19 educator of the year selected
Paul Verbanszky, Campolindo's social studies teacher, was selected as the Acalanes Union High School District's Educator of the Year for the Moraga school.
Each year staff members from ...By Vera Kochan
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Peace, Love and Pancakes - an event for the whole family
Brett Lorie, the Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School math teacher behind the 10,000 Lunches Program to feed the homeless, has another worthwhile cause on the horizon. The Peace, Love and Pancakes fundraiser, entering its sixth year, benefits MainSpring's The Janada ...By Vera Kochan
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Moraga School District looks to fill void on school board
Joe Rosenbaum, former board president of the ...By Vera Kochan
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Burton Valley fifth-grader advances to GeoBee state finals
Burton Valley Elementary School fifth-grader Jacob Jo won this year's National Geographic GeoBee at his school and passed the qualification test to enter the state finals. According to its website, The National Geographic GeoBee includes three levels of competition; ...Submitted by Diane Hong
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The College Admissions Scam
The recent college admissions scandal that was revealed in a March 12 New York Times article quickly spread to all the major news media. The article reported how William Singer, a businessman who owns the Edge College & Career Network, also known as The Key, opened a ...By Elizabeth LaScala
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Several Lamorinda Odyssey of the Mind teams advance to state finals
After facing tough competition at the regional finals held March 2 at Concord High School, several local Odyssey of the Mind teams advanced to compete at the Northern California State finals this year: Orinda Rotary, Moraga Rotary A, Glorietta Elementary School Red, ...Submitted by Nancy Phan Fields and Hannah Yan
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Acalanes alum speaks to local teens about anxiety
Anyone who is a teenager, has a teenager or ever was a teenager can fully understand what the experts say: those teen years are difficult. Young people, perhaps more so today than in the past, are stressed, anxious and overwhelmed. A recent afterschool.com poll asked ...By Diane Claytor
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Saint Mary's College seeks job placement opportunities for its students
It comes as no surprise to anyone living in Lamorinda that there is a prestigious college within our midst. Looking to add another link in the town-gown bridge is Saint Mary's College Graduate School Advisor Brother Glenn Bolton.
By Vera Kochan
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Ribbon cutting at St. Perpetua's new community center - building 'community and connection'
The culmination of 18 months of construction is in sight for the brand new, state-of-the-art, multimillion dollar community center tucked away on Hamlin Road at St. Perpetua Church. Although the center is still a month away from completion, a well-attended ribbon ...By Pippa Fisher
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Acalanes and Campo place 3rd and 4th in County Mock Trials Competition
For four weeks (seven evenings) 17 Contra Costa County high school Mock Trial teams have been battling it out with each other inside the superior courthouse courtrooms of Martinez during the 38th Annual Contra Costa County High School Mock Trials. Each school ...Submitted by Jonathan Lance, CCCOE
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA