SCHOOLS & KIDS Ronald McDonald House eyes major expansion On a typical day, 11-year-old Adrienne Tamayo takes classes, plays a video game that requires her to dance like Michael Jackson, crafts Shrinky Dinks or colorful picture frame... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 13, 2012 at 11:23 am There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 21, 2012 at 2:03 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS High schools and rain! (and middle schools too) What do the schools do with wet jackets and umbrellas on wet days? My high schooler and middle schooler won't take jackets or umbrellas because there is nowhere to put them in... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Parent, a member of the Palo Alto High School community, on Feb 13, 2012 at 8:34 am There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 15, 2012 at 12:35 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS School libraries in Palo Alto embrace digital age As technology spawns a profusion of student options for researching and completing school projects, Palo Alto's two high school libraries have remade themselves into gathering... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 10, 2012 at 9:27 am There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 17, 2012 at 2:20 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Mountain lion reported near Portola Valley school Someone reported seeing a mountain lion near the back fence of Corte Madera School in Portola Valley Wednesday, Feb. 8, the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office reported.
Read t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 9, 2012 at 10:59 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 11, 2012 at 2:27 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Tech, new schedules drive changes at Gunn, Paly A "seismic shift" at Palo Alto High School -- the switch to the block schedule that began last year -- has rippled across the campus in areas as diverse as student mental heal... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 4, 2012 at 3:39 pm There have been 25 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 12, 2012 at 3:33 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Welcoming the year of the dragon For many of Chinese descent, the Chinese New Year is the most important holiday of the year -- a bit like Christmas and New Year's Eve rolled into one. Festivities for the hol... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 4, 2012 at 8:37 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Feb 4, 2012 at 8:37 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Take a second for our kids I used to love reading "My Turn" in Newsweek magazine. This was an article submitted by a reader on a topic of choice. The one article I remember over the years was from a new... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 3, 2012 at 1:09 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Feb 3, 2012 at 1:09 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Portola Valley schools superintendent resigns under cloud of investigation Tim Hanretty has resigned from his position as superintendent of the Portola Valley School District while an investigation is conducted into suspected "financial irregularitie... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 3, 2012 at 9:42 am There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 4, 2012 at 3:00 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Hope for Parents Thanks to a 7yr old's letter to a 49er Thanks to a 7yr-old’s letter to Kyle Williams!
By Samantha Woo
I hope I will be part of a ripple effect of better parenting. I say this in faith, as I am assuming others ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Samantha Woo, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood, on Feb 2, 2012 at 11:42 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 6, 2012 at 10:09 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS 'Youth of the Year' finalists share stories Four low-income teenagers told stories of persevering against hardship in a recent "Youth of the Year" speech competition at the Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula.
Read th... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 2, 2012 at 10:33 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 3, 2012 at 11:06 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Voices from 10th grade Menlo-Atherton High School Students The following letters are written by 10th grade students at Menlo-Atherton High School. Any positive feedback about any or all letters would be much appreciated.
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Tee... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Emily Lee, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Feb 1, 2012 at 9:07 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 13, 2012 at 4:23 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS VIDEO: Teens unite at 'Break Through' bonfire Jade Chamness, founder of Break Through the Static, talks about the Jan. 28 bonfire hosted in Palo Alto and the organization's aspirations to create a peer-to-peer support net... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 1, 2012 at 12:55 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 2, 2012 at 10:38 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Plan would boost Palo Alto grad requirements Palo Alto would boost its high school graduation requirements to match entrance criteria for California's four-year public universities under a proposal floated Tuesday by Sup... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 1, 2012 at 10:10 am There have been 38 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 7, 2012 at 10:11 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Area Under the Curve The natural work ethic for teachers drives many of them to promote an environment that rewards and promotes the development of quality teachers. But I think taxpayers and pare... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Caring Parent, a resident of Stanford, on Jan 31, 2012 at 10:57 am There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 23, 2012 at 9:28 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS High school graduation criteria debated Algebra 2 has become a focus for a debate over whether the Palo Alto Unified School District should boost its graduation requirements to meet entrance criteria for the Califor... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 28, 2012 at 9:02 pm There have been 32 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 8, 2012 at 6:52 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS At JLS Middle School, a global crossroads Lines of kids and parents stretched out the door last week when Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School celebrated the "Many Faces of JLS" with a potluck dinner and international ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 27, 2012 at 5:14 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jan 27, 2012 at 5:14 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Apparent 'pipe bomb' linked to Palo Alto juvenile The suspicious object that resembled a pipe bomb and prompted Palo Alto police to shut down a section of Middlefield Road in August was accidentally dropped on the road by a j... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 27, 2012 at 11:08 am There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 29, 2012 at 8:48 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Feature story: All the world in a single classroom Fully one-third of Palo Alto's 12,300 public school students report that they speak a language other than English at home. Mandarin is predominant, followed by Spanish, Korean... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 27, 2012 at 8:37 am There have been 26 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 24, 2012 at 6:21 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Crosstown Rival Basketball Transfer Examined Last year, just about this time, Jabari Bird’s family and his head coach were scrambling to get the 6-5 Benicia High School transfer to Salesian-Richmond reinstated with his h... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by EBAL Fan, a resident of another community, on Jan 25, 2012 at 6:29 pm
SCHOOLS & KIDS Gunn senior Jin Pan among Intel contest finalists Gunn High School senior Jin Pan said he got hooked on science when he took Casey O'Connell's honors chemistry class his sophomore year. Wednesday, Pan was named one of 40 nati... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 25, 2012 at 6:07 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 26, 2012 at 9:38 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Host an exchange student and bring the world home! AFS in the Peninsula is looking for host families for our newest exchange students for the 2011-2012 school year! Welcome a student into your home for a school year, a semeste... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Kate C., a resident of Mountain View, on Jan 24, 2012 at 8:31 pm
SCHOOLS & KIDS New 'performing-arts center' approved for Paly Groundbreaking for a state-of-the-art "performing-arts center" at Palo Alto High School is planned for the summer of 2013. School leaders said they envision the new center ser... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 24, 2012 at 10:59 am There have been 29 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 17, 2012 at 10:34 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Apple and PAUSD As a parent, I found out that all the computer products in the PAUSD district office and schools are Apple products, with very few exceptions. Apple products are expensive, pl... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by A parent, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood, on Jan 24, 2012 at 10:49 am There have been 18 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 26, 2012 at 11:52 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Bringing culture to the classroom At James Flood Magnet Elementary School in Menlo Park Friday, the first graders were finding it hard to contain their enthusiasm. Artist Claude Ferguson had come to lead the c... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 23, 2012 at 2:47 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jan 23, 2012 at 2:47 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Have Intramural Sports disappeared? I am looking for a non-competitive team sport for my teen at Paly. It seems that neither Paly nor Gunn have such a thing. When I was young ( as all old people say when startin... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Intramural Sports at Paly or Gunn, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood, on Jan 20, 2012 at 5:19 am There have been 15 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 25, 2012 at 12:07 pm.
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