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JM to Move to Later Start Time This Coming Fall
Starting on August 22, students at Joaquin ...By Sophie Braccini
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Athayde Wins Community Award Honoring Denny
It was one of the best kept secrets ever. The longtime music legend who has guided Stanley Middle School students for years, Director of Bands Bob Athayde, was completely surprised when he received the inaugural Ann Denny Memorial Community Award at the Spring Concert ...By Cathy Tyson
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Voters Embrace Local Schools By Passing Measure C
A small but zealous team of parents representing each of the neighborhood schools in the Lafayette School District, coupled with the efforts of Superintendent Rachel Zinn, enabled the overwhelming endorsement of Measure C in the June 7 election. In unofficial vote ...By Cathy Tyson
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Paws a Bit to Relieve Finals Stress
Miramonte High School quite literally went to the dogs June 7 and 9 thanks to a student suggestion and the follow through of administrative assistant Betsy Canty.
Therapy dogs - golden ...By Cathy Dausman
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Teacher Dupont Says Goodbye to Campo
Longtime woodworking instructor Don Dupont is hanging up his tool belt this month. He will clock out for the last time when school ends and head for the great world of retirement.
"I ...By Chris Lavin
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JM Students Shine in Annual Math Olympiad
There is no need to be a math genius to ...By Sophie Braccini
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Scout Summer Camp Out of the Woods
It was only a handful of years ago that Lafayette's hidden gem that has served generations of campers, Girl Scout Camp Twin Canyon, was in dire financial straits. Operating at a deficit, faced with aging infrastructure and rising costs, the 35-acre camp near Briones ...By Cathy Tyson
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'My Son Pinocchio!' is Geppetto's Story
Wagner Ranch Elementary School will present its annual spring musical, 'My Son Pinocchio!' on Friday, June 3 and Saturday, June 4.
The play retells the classic Disney story of a little ...Submitted by Shiho Harada Barbir
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Stanley 'Stem-inists' are Building More Than Boxes
Lighthearted banter rises above the sweet smell of sawdust in the woodshop, along with sounds of scratching sandpaper, the tap-tap of hammers, the buzz of cordless drills and the occasional whine of a chop saw, but this is not your father's workshop. This is your ...By Cathy Dausman
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AUHSD Considers Graduation Requirement Changes
How many and what kinds of classes are necessary to graduate from one of Lamorinda's high schools? Over many months, a 45-member-strong volunteer Graduation Requirements Evaluation Committee researched possible changes.
By Cathy Tyson
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Can Bullying Be Stopped?
Sending a child off to school for the first time can fill most parents with a sense of apprehension, but the anguish one Moraga mom felt over the course of two and half years when dropping off her son at a local elementary school, knowing he was being continually ...By Jennifer Wake
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA