| Wednesday, May 21, 2014
10-Year-Old Del Rey Student Qualifies for Chess Championships
Del Rey Elementary School student Hans Niemann, age 10, has qualified to play in the World Youth Chess Championships in Durban South Africa. He was the youngest winner of a recent Mechanics Institute Chess Club tournament in its 159 year history.
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| Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Bookmark Contest Draws Hundreds of Entries
Nearly 450 Lafayette students participated in the annual Friends of the Lafayette Library and Learning Center's Bookmark Contest. The Awards Ceremony took place at the Lafayette Library on April 30. Each first-time winner received a $25 gift certificate from the ...Submitted by Mary Ransdell
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| Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Campolindo Returns as Champions in the National Academic Decathlon
For the second year in a row, Campolindo High School's Academic Decathlon team, representing the entire state of California, recently earned National Champion status for medium-sized schools.
 Submitted by Jonathan Lance
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| Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Rules of Engagement
Visitors to Ann Ralph's Moraga classroom shouldn't be surprised to see her 23 third graders stomping their feet and swinging their arms to some jazzy music. Or, if they arrive during "genius hour," visitors might have the opportunity to hear one of the students say ...By Diane Claytor
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| Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Springhill Students Artwork Displayed in SF
A celebration of kid wisdom and creativity can be found in San Francisco through June 27 in an exhibit at the Commonwealth Club called "Befriending the Imagination," which examines human imagination as an essential natural resource - not rare, but precious.
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| Wednesday, May 21, 2014
New Website Helps Students Study Mandarin Online
Will Goldie loves a challenge. Recently, the Acalanes High School junior designed a website to help fellow students learn Mandarin.
When Goldie searched online for Chinese language ...By Cathy Dausman
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| Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Rally in Plaza Park
Organizer Jean Follmer is not kidding around, with eye-catching orange and white hats, loads of orange balloons and snacks, she and a group of supporters gathered at Plaza Park in Lafayette last Friday afternoon to express their frustration with the current funding of ...By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, May 07, 2014
Overcoming Irritations
We all have that one friend or family member who is consistently annoying. He or she borrows your belongings without consent, bumps into you without apologizing, or constantly complains. The issues are sometimes more grave like gossiping about your personal life or ...By Linda Lan Phung
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| Wednesday, May 07, 2014
Water the Focus of JM's Earth Week Celebration
"Water - Don't Waste It" was the theme for the fourth annual Earth Week Celebration at Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School. Sponsored by the school's ECO club (Environmental Conservation Organization), the club's 25 student members planned, organized and ran lunchtime ...By Hillary Hoppock
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| Wednesday, May 07, 2014
Burton Valley Students Return to Mural Site for Earth Day
To commemorate Earth Day, former students from Kyra Rodriguez's and Mimi Bupp's second grade class at Burton Valley Elementary School gathered in late April at the site of a mural they painted two years ago. "In 2012 ..., our second grade class painted drawings of ...Submitted by Mimi Bupp
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| Wednesday, May 07, 2014
History Comes to Life for Moraga Third Graders
When Mary Ostrander talks to third graders about life on a dairy farm at the beginning of the 20th century, she speaks from experience. The soon to be 100-year-old, who still drives her red car from Moraga Royale to the library where she volunteers with the Historical ...By Sophie Braccini
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA