Republic of Thrift donates $5,500 to local schools

Republic of Thrift, a thrift store located in the Springs, has donated $5,500 to Sonoma Valley Unified Schools. Each school will receive a gift of $500. Voted the best thrift store of 2014 in the Sun's Best of Sonoma Valley, Republic of Thrift is a non-profit... Continue

Making finance of interest to kids

Union Bank volunteers Molly Fedorchak, Senior Community Relations Manager, and Robin Gold, Sonoma Branch Manager, teach the final class of a financial education program at Flowery School. For the third year, Union Bank partnered with financial dignity nonprofit Operation HOPE and Boys & Girls Clubs... Continue

Imagining a better high school

Seeking public input on a master plan for Sonoma Valley High School, the School District will host a community meeting on campus Thursday, March 19, 6:30 to 8 p.m. The planning process began in October 2014. The timeline included and continues to include opportunities for... Continue

Essay winner: what makes America unique

Gregory Papadin is the winner of the 2013 essay contest sponsored by Sonoma Valley Repulican Women Federated. The teenager, off to his first year of college at San Diego State, attended Prestwood Elementary, Adele Harrison Middle School, and finally Sonoma Valley High School. “My father... Continue

Boosting student activities at Sonoma High

[caption id="attachment_37277" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Veronica Brooks, co-president of the Sonoma Valley High School Boosters, starts another year of fundraising to support 40 student activity programs."][/caption] When parents register their students at Sonoma Valley High School this week, Veronica Brooks wants them to enrich their child’s... Continue

Grad Night celebration seeks community support

Sonoma Valley High School’s Grad Night 2013 brings Sonoma graduates together for a drug and alcohol-free celebration. Grad Night is solely funded by a combination of ticket sales and community support. So it relies on donations -- of time or money – to make it... Continue

La Luz honors ESL Students

Pride, empowerment and a few tears marked a ceremony for the 46 students who completed English as Second Language (ESL) classes from La Luz Center. “It was truly a family-community celebration,” said Maricarmen Reyes-Larios, who oversees the program, in which classes are held at three... Continue

Connected: Music, creativity and the family legacy

Award-winning speech by Emilie Marenec To be honest, I haven’t invented an App, or battled a life threatening disease. At the age of nine I didn’t really see anything inherently different, or special about myself. But when I was in fourth grade, a violin class was... Continue

Royal power couple gets its kicks

Halli Dobson and Pedro Napoles may be the reigning Sonoma Valley High School Homecoming Queen and King, but they are not resting on their royal laurels. They not only play varsity soccer, they formed an indoor league – for the South American variant Futsal --... Continue

Red & White Ball raises $150,000 for local schools

Sonoma Valley Education Foundation Executive Director Laura Zimmerman couldn’t be more pleased with the turn out at this year’s Red & White Ball where a total of $150,000 was raised that will support educational programs in Sonoma Valley schools. The historic Plaza played host to... Continue