Intervention options help students stay on track

The Sonoma Valley Unified School District provides a variety of intervention options for students struggling academically to meet grade level expectations. Offered as after-school classes, the elementary school level interventions go a long way towards helping students succeed. At the August school board meeting, Lynn... Continue

Spitzer joins Altimira staff as VP

Come August, Mary Ann Spitzer will join the team at Altimira as middle school’s new vice principal and academic coordinator, pending board approval. Spitzer has worked in the District since 2003 in various capacities including special education teacher, curriculum and intervention coordinator, and volleyball coach. Most recently,... Continue

Sonoma Valley Fund honors legacy donors

On June 29, more than 150 Sonoma residents will be honored at a special reception hosted by the Sonoma Valley Fund. Committed to leaving a portion of their estates to designated nonprofits serving a broad spectrum of the Valley, this group marks the inauguration of... Continue

School board approves developer fee increase

The Sonoma Valley Unified School District approved a resolution at this week’s board meeting to increase developer fees. The fees are levied against any new construction within its boundaries for the purpose of funding the construction or reconstruction of school facilities. Developer fees haven’t been... Continue

Support Grad Night 2012

Grad Night 2012 Chairperson, Kathy Petersen receives a $1,000 donation check from Dean Zellers, Native Sons of the Golden West Sonoma #111. Sonoma Valley High School’s Grad Night brings Sonoma graduates together at an all-night drug and alcohol-free graduation party for one final hurrah before... Continue

Republic of Thrift distributes $6,000 to Sonoma public schools

After just three months of operation, Republic of Thrift has exceeded expectations in terms of both the volume of donated goods and the public’s support. Set to donate $500 to each of the Sonoma Valley School District’s 11 public schools as well as the Sonoma... Continue

First Todd Trust Grants awarded

[caption id="attachment_31509" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="The first Todd Trust grant recipients pose for a photo at a reception held recently in their honor at the Sonoma Valley Grange. They are, left to right: Kara Reyes from La Luz; Alejandra Cervantes and Richard Dale of the Sonoma... Continue

Teacher of the Year – David Donnelley

Long-time educator David Donnelley will be honored as Teacher of the Year at a celebration on Friday, May 18 starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Temple Lodge at 669 Broadway. Donnelley has been a teacher for 28 years, the last 19 of them in Sonoma. ... Continue

SVHS honors Students of the Year

At Tuesday night’s school board meeting, Sonoma Valley High School honored Sarah Summers and Jonathan Wieland as Students of the year for 2012. Wieland, you may recall, was featured in a just joan column in The Sun on December 1, 2011. Joan Huguenard profiled Wieland’s... Continue

School solar – full steam ahead

The school district’s ambitious solar project has come under some fire in recent months – mostly from neighbors disgruntled over the appearance of the now-installed panels. Despite the resounding approval of Measure H – the bond measure that enabled the funding of the installations, which... Continue