Feel like slammin’? Teen poets wanted
Sonoma County teens are invited to try their hands at a slam this weekend. A teen poetry slam will be held Saturday as part of the Sonoma County Book Festival in Old Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa....
View ArticleFinal numbers from walk, roll to school day
Final tallies for International Walk and Roll to School Day in Sonoma County are in. Seventy-three schools participated in the Oct. 6 event, up from 50 last year. More than 10,600 students walked and...
View ArticleBolman: 180 school days not good enough
Petaluma City Schools is adding three days back to its 2011-12 school calendar after the recently-adopted state budget was less horrible than expected. In the midst of the state budget crisis,...
View ArticleFree whooping cough clinic Saturday
The Sonoma County Department of Public Health will hold two free whooping cough vaccination clinics for middle and high school students beginning Saturday. Seventh through 12th graders are required to...
View ArticleCursive: Are teachers still teaching it?
Is cursive being taught in Sonoma County schools anymore? When do kids learn cursive and what purpose does it serve? Have some schools/districts abandoned the practice? I’m thinking about doing a story...
View ArticleSchools of Hope growing rapidly, still looking to expand for ’12-13
At the Santa Rosa School Board meeting Wednesday night, officials recognized the rapidly expanding Schools of Hope program backed by the local United Way and Volunteer Center of Sonoma County. I...
View ArticleMore than one way to volunteer in schools. Read on…
A story outlining a push to dramatically expand the Schools of Hope volunteer program in Sonoma County schools ran in today’s paper (read it here http://bit.ly/OBmgYH). The partnership of United Way of...
View ArticleWant to know how your grade, school, district did on STAR?
Looking for details on how your school did on the recent round of Standardized Testing and Reporting program exams? Use Press Democrat researcher Janet Balicki’s database to isolate individual...
View ArticleHillcrest Middle Schoolers claim both elem, Jr. High spelling bee titles
Hillcrest Middle School is the home of the winners of both the elementary and junior high school Sonoma County spelling bees held earlier this week. The county spelling bee includes fourth, fifth and...
View Article927 years of experience retiring from SRCS
At the close of the current school year, Santa Rosa City Schools will say goodbye to scores of staffers who have spent more than 927 years serving Sonoma County’s largest school district. Some of the...
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