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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Miramonte Art Students re-Paint Picasso
Miramonte High School visual art students are getting a feel for the depth and breadth of Pablo Picasso's paintings by observing, re-creating and then interpreting some of his works in a project they call "Homage to Picasso." Over thirty student-created works in ...Cathy Dausman
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
New Sports Field at Camino Pablo Elementary
The bell rang at 10:55 a.m. on Thursday, December 8. Like a flock of birds taking over a newly-seeded field, the children of Camino Pablo Elementary (CP) in Moraga ran running and screaming, on that crisp and bright morning, across the new sports field. The grass ...By Sophie Braccini
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Ask Dr. Harold: Spiritual Development
My pre-holiday column last year focused on the activities that you could do with your child and I received several notes requesting that I talk more about the meaning that our winter celebrations hold. So this year I will take a psychological look at the spiritual ...By Harold Jules Hoyle Ph.D.
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THE APP RAP
Shake to Answer
 Eric Pawlakos
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Lafayette School District's Cost-Saving Demo Garden
According to Barbara Williams and Brad Crane, it costs $1.70 a square foot to maintain a lawn, so replacing decorative patches of grass with drought resistant native gardens that won't require any maintenance should make accounting sense. The idea appealed to ...By Sophie Braccini
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JMIS Launches Environmental Program: Trash Transformed into Energy
Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School (JM) students are talking trash these days - and that's a good thing! Middle school students are lining up daily to sort and save food scraps from their lunches at specially designed ECO (Environmental Conservation Organization) ...Submitted by Hillary Hoppock, JM History Teacher
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Stanley Teacher Brian Mangold Wins Award
Christmas came a bit early for Stanley Middle School Special Education teacher Brian Mangold. He was honored by the Warren Eukel Teacher Trust as an instructor who has exhibited extraordinary commitment to his students. He wins a monetary grant of $10,000, a generous ...By Cathy Tyson
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Mural to Honor Moraga School District Teacher Carol Robak
Teachers and staff at Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School invite the community to contribute their artistic talents and support for a mural memorializing Carol Robak, who taught in the Moraga School District for thirty-four years. The theme for the mural will ...Submitted by Hillary Hoppock, JM History Teacher
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
What's Wrong with the "Best Fit" College?
About a year and a half ago my youngest daughter, Angela, announced in a distraught voice, "It didn't happened, Mom. I didn't feel any of the colleges we visited was 'the right fit.' What am I going to do now?" She had been offered admission to a few fine US ...Elizabeth LaScala
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
215 Reasons to be Thankful
Over 200 Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School eighth grade students enjoyed an outdoor Thanksgiving meal last Thursday as the culmination to their history lesson about the very first Thanksgiving.
 Cathy Dausman
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011
Step-Parenting Pitfalls
These days many children have a step-parent, and there are important considerations in making the new family unit work well. Some parents expect their children to make an easy adjustment to a new person in their household and do not provide much help for them. Their ...By Margie Ryerson, MFT
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA