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Meher School Community
May 12, 20212 min read
AAPI Heritage Month: Week 2
May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. As part of the school’s activities this month, the Equity and Inclusion Committee has...
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Meher School Community
May 6, 20213 min read
Accreditation Committee Report: “Strong and Resilient”
Our response to the pandemic and the contributions of our Equity and Inclusion Committee are highlighted in the accreditation report we...
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Meher School Community
May 6, 20211 min read
Supporting a Survivor
“Remember the day you got that really bad news and you didn’t know how to move on?” Room 1 teacher Chris Cameron does. “For our family,...
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Susie Kohl
May 6, 20212 min read
Rewards as Incentives, Not Bribes
Companies are spending millions to research what incentives motivate employees to give their best. Fitness and dieting gurus use...
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Meher School Community
May 5, 20213 min read
AAPI Heritage Month: Week 1
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. As part of the school’s activities this month, the Equity and Inclusion...
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Meher School Community
May 4, 20212 min read
Staff spotlight: Ms. Indi (Room 7)
We’ve been fortunate to see Indi Wibisono’s smiling face at The Meher Schools for 15 years, as one of our most experienced kindergarten...
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Meher School Community
May 3, 20211 min read
Springtime Crafts: Toilet Paper Tube Bird Feeders
On Friday, Ms. Chloe brought her Room 7 kindergartners to the Butterfly Garden, where they gave their feathered garden friends special...
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Meher School Community
Apr 30, 20212 min read
A “Royal” Celebration
Elizabeth and Joseph Newton’s daughter, Sasha, started preschool here at the age of two in 1999 and graduated from fifth grade in 2008....
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Meher School Community
Apr 29, 20211 min read
It's Butterfly Season
Spring is butterfly season at our school. Every spring we buy caterpillars for each preschool room. Room 8 teacher Ann Pinkas explains...
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Susie Kohl
Apr 29, 20212 min read
Naming Those Big Feelings
“My friends left me out today. No one likes me.” It can be hard for adults to know how to respond to children’s painful feelings. We want...
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Susie Kohl
Apr 22, 20212 min read
Admitting Our Mistakes, Resetting
“You need to reset your voice,” one of our first graders reminds his mother when he thinks her words are carrying too much intensity. How...
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Meher School Community
Apr 21, 20213 min read
Exploring the Nurtured Heart Approach: The Inner Wealth Initiative Chapter 1
Parents are often drawn to our school because of our use of the Nurtured Heart Approach, and many have asked to learn more about it and...
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Meher School Community
Apr 15, 20211 min read
Speaking Out
Seventh Grade Alum an Organizer of Anti-Asian-Racism Rally in Berkeley Twelve-year-old Meher School graduate Mila Cavagnaro was one of...
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Susie Kohl
Apr 15, 20212 min read
When a New Rule Is Needed
A kind of daily art auction began occurring in one of our preschool rooms. Individual artists would spontaneously give work to their...
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Meher School Community
Apr 13, 20212 min read
AAPI Compassion in Action: Resources
We’re including resources below for families and staff about things they can do to increase awareness and put compassion into action....
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Meher School Community
Apr 12, 20211 min read
The Ballad of Weston and Levi and John
Many of you know Mr. Max as one of our kindhearted and playful preschool teachers, but when he started here more than 20 years ago, he...
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Meher School Community
Apr 4, 20212 min read
Staff Spotlight: Ms. Ana (Room 3)
When she first started subbing in a White Pony preschool class in 2006, Ana Fontan had never worked at a school before. She had moved to...
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Susie Kohl
Mar 31, 20212 min read
Resisting the Temptation to Blame
“It’s all their fault.” Last spring a few kindergarteners announced that Asian people had caused the coronavirus. Their teachers, who...
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Joseph Schneider
Mar 26, 20212 min read
The Ethnic Origins of Beauty
I wanted to do something special for Women’s History Month, so I contacted Natalia Ivanova, the brilliant photographic artist behind Les...
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Meher School Community
Mar 25, 20211 min read
Gopher Baskets and Words to Grow By
Twenty-five parents and children came to school Saturday morning for our second Family Garden Day, and a very productive morning it was....
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