SCHOOLS & KIDS National Merit semi-finalists announced Forty seniors from Palo Alto High School and 33 seniors from Gunn High School have earned recognition as semi-finalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
Read th... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 18, 2012 at 5:35 pm There have been 21 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 30, 2012 at 11:32 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Beechwood School in Menlo Park reopens after fire Beechwood School, a private K-8 nonprofit school located at 50 Terminal Ave. in Menlo Park, reopened Monday morning after a fire Thursday destroyed the administrative offices ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 17, 2012 at 3:58 pm There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 19, 2012 at 6:47 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Question for PAUSD High School Parents re Grammar Sentence Diagramming? For parents whose children have gone all the way from elementary school through high school in the Palo Alto Unified School District, were your children ever taught sentence d... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Grammar?, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Sep 16, 2012 at 8:21 am There have been 21 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 24, 2012 at 5:42 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS In search of high-quality preschool for all With a Stanford University education and decades of hands-on experience with kids, Carol Thomsen is something of an expert on the education of toddlers. Armed with little more... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 14, 2012 at 4:42 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 17, 2012 at 11:15 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Fire destroys three portable buildings at Beechwood School Firefighters were still at work this morning trying to extinguish hidden pockets of fire that remain from a structure fire that consumed three connected portable buildings on ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 13, 2012 at 2:05 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Sep 13, 2012 at 2:05 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Paly teacher Ellen Austin wins Dow Jones award The Dow Jones News Fund has named Ellen Austin of Palo Alto High School "National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year." Entering her sixth year at Paly, Austin is one o... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 12, 2012 at 7:13 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 16, 2012 at 5:19 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Community invited to Paly-Gunn football game The community is invited to watch football and tour construction under way on the Palo Alto High School campus when the Gunn and Paly football teams clash there on Friday, Sep... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 11, 2012 at 1:26 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 19, 2012 at 10:12 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Lucile Packard Children's Hospital celebrates expansion milestone After years of plans, negotiations and design work, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital officials celebrated a major milestone Thursday in their effort to expand and upgrade th... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 7, 2012 at 9:28 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 7, 2012 at 3:23 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Palo Alto students narrow achievement gap Palo Alto's African-American and Hispanic elementary and middle school students made significant achievement gains between 2008 and 2012, according to test data presented to t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 5, 2012 at 8:37 am There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 5, 2012 at 8:27 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Stanford appoints online-learning vice provost Stanford University has appointed computer scientist John Mitchell its first vice provost for online learning. The appointment is part of a larger Stanford Online initiative t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 4, 2012 at 10:18 am
SCHOOLS & KIDS Palo Alto test score trends analyzed Palo Alto's elementary and middle school students are making progress in closing the achievement gap, with students of all ethnicities improving their standardized test scores... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 4, 2012 at 10:07 am There have been 18 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 15, 2012 at 2:04 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS East Palo Alto's health challenges greater than county's East Palo Alto's poorest residents and the city's population in general live with far greater health problems than San Mateo County's as a whole, according to a county study a... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 31, 2012 at 1:21 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 10, 2012 at 10:09 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Startup schools for 'gifted' emerge as state cuts public funding As public schools reduce extra services for gifted children following state funding cuts, a few startup private schools and support networks have emerged locally with a broade... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 31, 2012 at 11:47 am There have been 63 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 12, 2012 at 2:21 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Do you drive your kid to school?
I am interested in having a good discussion about why those who drive their kids to school do so. Is it because you think they are safer? Is it because it is easier for yo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Parent, a member of the Palo Alto High School community, on Aug 30, 2012 at 2:50 pm There have been 62 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 8, 2012 at 9:33 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Palo Alto makes bid for bike-bridge funds Palo Alto's vision of a curvy, elegant bike bridge spanning U.S. Highway 101 at Adobe Creek remains up in the air, with coveted grant funding far from guaranteed. But question... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 29, 2012 at 8:21 am There have been 42 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 2, 2012 at 3:08 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Paly sophomores play games to break the ice Sophomores at Palo Alto High School -- more than 500 of them -- spent the morning of Monday, Aug. 27, playing team-building games as part of the school's guidance-counseling p... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 27, 2012 at 10:06 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 28, 2012 at 11:14 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Cannabis smoking 'permanently lowers IQ'
"Teenagers who regularly smoke cannabis are putting themselves at risk of permanently damaging their intelligence, according to a landmark study.
Researchers found persi... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Aug 27, 2012 at 2:51 pm There have been 16 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 8, 2012 at 8:30 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Possible future for Safe Ride program? A former volunteer has offered to convene a community meeting about the future of Safe Ride, a recently canceled program that provided rides home to intoxicated teenagers on F... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 26, 2012 at 8:38 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 27, 2012 at 4:23 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS School building boom biggest since the 1950s In the midst of its biggest building boom since the 1950s, the Palo Alto school district is modernizing and adding space to its 17 campuses across the city.
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SCHOOLS & KIDS High school sports gets a network of its own The Central Coast Section (CCS) and PlayOn! Sports (PlayOn) announced the launch of the Central Coast Network, a partnership providing multi-platform distribution of Californi... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 23, 2012 at 10:53 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 23, 2012 at 3:19 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS School board: state ballot measures 'critical' With school districts across California slashing programs and payrolls, four Palo Alto school board members Tuesday said they would endorse both school funding measures on Cal... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 22, 2012 at 11:00 am There have been 27 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 27, 2012 at 2:47 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS A new middle school for Palo Alto? A potential new school for Palo Alto will be a topic of discussion tonight as the Palo Alto Board of Education meets for the first time in the 2012-13 school year.
Read the f... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 21, 2012 at 10:59 am There have been 18 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 9, 2012 at 2:25 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Stanford Math Circle Elementary I was looking for ways to enrich my first graders math experience when I came across this: Stanford Math Circle Elementary (Web Link). It a... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Elementary Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Aug 21, 2012 at 10:46 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 22, 2012 at 8:23 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS City marks earliest back-to-school date in history More than 12,000 Palo Alto students kicked off the 2012-13 academic year Thursday, Aug. 16 -- the earliest back-to-school date in local history. Teachers, whose first official... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 16, 2012 at 9:07 pm There have been 17 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 21, 2012 at 9:42 am.
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