Run for the money

Prestwood School held their annual Jog-a-Thon recently raising more than $20,000 in pledges during the popular event. The money raised will be used for maintenance and support of the school’s computer lab as well as to purchase new playground supplies like tether balls and jump... Continue

New principal for St. Francis Solano School

Debbie Picard will take the reins as St. Francis School's new principal starting in the fall. Picard is no stranger to the St. Francis community having been a teacher at the school since 1996 when she was hired to teach first grade. Five years later... Continue

New principal for St. Francis Solano School

Adele Harrison on display

Adele Harrison Middle School served as a model educational institution earlier this week as Dr. Richard Elmore came for a visit. In addition to being Professor of Education at Harvard University, Elmore is also the developer of the Instructional Rounds in Education program. He has... Continue

Reaching out at Creekside High School

[caption id="attachment_24650" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Aaron McClymonds and Ramon Cairo talk to the students at Creekside High School about the consequences of angry behavior and how to manage it."][/caption] For the past year or so Aaron McClymonds has been plying a new trade at Creekside High... Continue

Project GROW wraps up year two

[caption id="attachment_24646" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Sonoma Valley High School students monitor an oak sapling at Glen Ellen’s Bouverie Preserve as part of Project GROW."][/caption] Sonoma Valley High School students recently wrapped up their second year of biological monitoring at Audubon Canyon Ranch’s Bouverie Preserve. The students... Continue

Read books, pass Go

[caption id="attachment_24423" align="alignnone" width="420" caption=" Clare O’Brien, the beloved librarian of the Sonoma Valley Library, displays some of the great books available for reading with her Sassarini School pals, Julian Castro (l) and Cristian Amaral."][/caption] I ’ll buy Boardwalk and build two hotels… Those dreaded words... Continue

Just ducky

Prestwood students Luis Garcia (l) and Vianny Paredes (r) took top prizes in last week’s California Junior Duck Stamp contest. Out of a total 1,084 entries in the fourth through sixth grade category, Paredes was awarded a second place while Garcia received an honorable mention.... Continue

Senior project raises money for Unicef

Bella Baxter’s dream is to become an anthropologist and work with indigenous cultures to provide education and medical technology. To get a little closer to realizing that goal, Bella is holding a fundraiser for Unicef as her senior project for Sonoma Valley High School. The... Continue

Senior project raises money for Unicef