| Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Program Focuses on Coping with Betrayal and Pain in Middle School
When you ask high school girls from the Sister-to-Sister series - a life skills program for middle school girls offered by the Lamorinda branch of the American Association of University Women - about the most painful memories of their years in middle school, half of ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, February 26, 2014
High Schools Prep for Stellar Spring Productions
For many of us, the word "musical" conjures up images from the most classic Broadway productions: Curly beaming while belting out "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" in "Oklahoma" or Fantine executing a tear-jerking rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" in "Les Mis." So when you ...By Clare Varellas
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| Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Team Bentley Runs to Raise Funds for Growing Robotics Program
Bentley School, which has campuses in Oakland and Lafayette, is fielding its fourth annual team of runners and walkers for the Oakland Running Festival on Sunday, March 23. Team Bentley has grown steadily over the last three years from 125 runners to 175 runners. Its ...Submitted by Jenna Starkey
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| Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Spreading the Love Around
To be or not to be MINE? That is the question that many teenagers think about on Valentine's Day, along with coming up with a romantic gesture for their significant other. This day, like any other holiday, brings joy as well as other benefits.
 By Linda Lan Phung
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| Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Why Not Every Day?
The romantic nature of Valentine's Day began with Chaucer and Shakespeare even though the disputed existence of St. Valentine occurred years earlier. Valentine's greetings were popular in the Middle Ages but the real market for ready-made cards began in 1913 with the ...By Youngjoo Ahn
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| Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Safeway eScrip Changes Spark School Fundraising ConcernsOscar night party planned to drum up donations
Normally the purview of acclaimed actors during Academy Awards season, nausea and nail biting have also become habits du jour for members of the Miramonte High School Parent Club (MHSPC). It all started in October when the normally upbeat group learned that actions by ...By Laurie Snyder
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| Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Greenlight on Lafayette School District Parcel Tax
With a unanimous vote, Lafayette school board members approved putting a measure on the May 6 ballot to replace property tax measures that will sunset in 2015. Voters will be asked to make a decision on the $539 tax that would include an exemption for seniors, a cost ...By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Campolindo Robotics Wins First Place at Regional Competition
The Campolindo High School Robotics Team 524, "Boss Bots," duked it out at Jefferson High School in Daly City Jan. 18 with 31 other teams from across the Bay Area in the First Tech Challenge (FTC) Robotics competition that puts robots head to head in a sporting-style ...By Andrew Wang
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| Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Parents, Get Ready for Kindergarten!
2014-15 Kindergarten and Transitional ...
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| Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Stanley Students Get the Scoop about Writing for Our Local Paper
Stanley Middle School eighth grade English students in Geoff McCalmont's class learned a little about news writing from Lamorinda Weekly staffers Cathy Tyson and Cathy Dausman. Tyson explained her work on the Lafayette city beat; Dausman spoke about feature writing.
By Cathy Dausman
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| Wednesday, January 29, 2014
The Sound of WritingYouth Ink 2014 contest deadline is Feb. 18
"The word 'listen' contains the same letters ...By Laurie Snyder
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