[caption id="attachment_29228" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Students at St. Francis Solano School prepare for their “Our Town” art and music show, coming on March 23."][/caption] Take a unique look at Sonoma as seen through the eyes of St. Francis students at the “Our Town” Art and Music... Continue

Keeping up with Sonoma Valley students just got a little bit easier, thanks to new web sites at both Adele Harrison and Altimira middle schools.  The new sites went live in late February and, according to Adele Vice Principal Glenn Moll, are meeting with rave... Continue

As the school district grapples with yet more impending cuts to the budget, the Governor’s office is introducing plans for a potential funding strategy that could wreak havoc on school budgets throughout the state. With Sacramento continuing to toy with the numbers, the local school... Continue

[caption id="attachment_28908" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Sonoma Valley High School students build nesting boxes at Bouverie Preserve as part of Project GROW."][/caption] Over the course of the past three years, Sonoma Valley High School students have worked diligently to install what will, when completed, constitute all the... Continue

[caption id="attachment_28850" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Omar Barrigan, a U.S. Bank personal banker, answers a question from Ari Encarnacion during the recently held financial literacy seminar at the Teen Center."][/caption] The first of three free financial literacy seminars was offered on a recent Saturday morning at the... Continue

In the end, the cuts came down as planned and not one single person in the room was happy about it. At stake? Some $2.6 million in cuts to the 2012-2013 public school budget that will rake five days out of the school calendar, nixes... Continue

[caption id="attachment_28533" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Local bank managers will team up the Sonoma Valley Teen Services to offer a series of financial literacy seminars fo teens. Pictured here, back row, left to right: Sue Andrieux, Omar Barragan, U.S. Bank; Lisa Deffenbaugh, Paco Villasenor, Westamerica Bank. Front... Continue

[caption id="attachment_28005" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="The Boys & Girls Clubs 2011 Youth of the Year candidates are, from left to right:  Gemma Bolaños, Anelyn Burquez,  Ely Hernandez and Gene Truong"][/caption] Four candidates have been selected for the Boys & Girls Clubs’ annual Youth of the Year award. The 2011 candidates... Continue

[caption id="attachment_27935" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="The Wizbotz team found success at a First Lego League competition recently. They are, from left to right, top row: Andrew Powers, Gregory Kenton, Erik Serbicki, Liam Sheldon; bottom row: Jack Boydell, Ty Brenninger, Trevor Griggs-Demmin, Sam Weisiger"][/caption] A recent fall... Continue