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A grandma playing veterinarian with her five-year-old grandson picked up a stuffed animal and asked the “vet,” “What should I do about my...

When she was a student in our fourth grade, Amy Weinstein told her mother that her teacher, Christie Vinson, was one of her best friends....

Isabella, a guinea pig whose home had been one of our kindergarten rooms for seven years, died on December 27. “Isabella was a wonderful...

The most exciting breakthroughs of the 21st century will not occur because of technology but because of an expanding concept of what it...

Kevin Kentfield taught in our elementary school many years ago. A number of his former students are now on our staff. He lives in...

The Meher Schools is committed to honoring diversity. We believe that by getting to know each other, children will not only learn to...

What did you say when you broke your opłatek on Christmas Eve? Breaking the opłatek, or “Christmas wafer,” might not be something many...

Second grade teacher Karima Hastings was at wit’s end. It was March 2020, and thrust practically overnight into remote teaching, she was...

“This moment won’t last forever” – I’m not saying this to predict the future but to offer an example of a phrase that can reprogram our...

The Seven Circles Garden welcomed some new residents recently: 11 baby quail. They’ll earn their keep by providing pest control,...

Room 6 kindergarten teacher Shelby Gregg and her mother, Felicia, have been sewing facemasks since the beginning of the pandemic. They...

Awareness and Supervision Minimize Online Risks Children today have never known a world without the internet. They can log on using home...

Our 14th annual Holidays Without Hunger food drive for the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano began Monday. Inflation makes it even...

Somewhere tonight homeless Contra Costa County residents will be warm and dry thanks to the generosity of Meher Schools families. Our...

Make your child’s December manageable by creating a visual calendar. This month, always an exciting one, seems to offer up even more new...

In honor of the season, our kindergarten through fifth grade students did two cooking projects with pumpkin recently. Third, fourth, and...

Parents often ask me questions about sending their children on playdates. Understandably, they wonder about allowing their children to go...

More than 50 families snuggled up against the chilly autumn air to share our first-ever Outdoor Movie Night on Saturday. As they came...

“What were the happiest and hardest things that happened today?” One family posed that question at dinner each night, and invited family...

The Meher Schools is holding a holiday drive to fill 50 emergency backpacks with items to keep homeless Contra Costa County residents...