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Celebrating the Outdoors

The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Committee has regular meetings, often including dinner, where parents, teachers, and...

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Fitting In

Teacher’s New Book Celebrates Each Child’s Unique Contribution Most children feel at least a little nervous as a new school year...

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From Meher School Graduate to Olympic Water Polo Athlete: Jewel Roemer Continues Her Successful Journey

That’s Meher School graduate Jewel Roemer on the cover of Skipshot, the official publication of USA Water Polo. Jewel, a Stanford senior...

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Preparing for the Next Chapter: Insights from Meher School Alumni Survey

A parent recently expressed concern about her child graduating from Meher School and entering a public middle school because, as she...

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Founders Day 2023: Looking Back

Founders Day 2023 Founders Day, February 25, marks the shared birthdays of our school and its founders, Ivy O. Duce and the Indian...

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Alum’s Moment of Fame: The Story Behind the Photo

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/01/01/san-francisco-flooding-rainfall-record/ Have you seen the photo in the article linked...

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Mari Pongkhamsing Has Plans for Our Library

Meet Mari Pongkhamsing, our new librarian. Mari has been a student and a parent and a teacher at The Meher Schools and has worked here on...

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Meher Schools Alum Named U.S. Attorney for New Mexico

Meher Schools graduate Alexander M. M. Uballez was sworn in on May 24 as the U.S. attorney for the District of New Mexico. Alex was...

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A Glimpse Inside the World of Video Games

Meher School alumnus Colin MacKie knows video games inside out – literally. He’s been designing them for nearly 25 years and has worked...

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Expecting and Excited

Room 10 first grade teacher Laura White announced to her class last week that she’s going to have a baby. Once they got over their...

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Meet Amy Weinstein, Our New Drama Teacher

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....

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In Second Grade, Using Yoga and Breathing Exercises to Reduce Stress and Anxiety

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

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Staff Spotlight: The Alumni (part 3)

Including the spring and summer, there are 22 Meher Schools staff members who attended the school as children. We asked this special...

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Former Classmates Are Now Colleagues

In our last issue, we noted that 22 of our staff members are Meher Schools alumni. Now that Brenda Barnhart has returned to the fold,...

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Staff Spotlight: The Alumni (part 2)

Including the spring and summer, there are 22 Meher Schools staff members who attended the school as children. We asked this special...

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Staff Spotlight: The Alumni (part 1)

“No way. I NEVER want to be a teacher.” This is how Elementary Co-Principal Vince d’Assis says his elementary self would have responded...

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Zebo Girls: Jessica Williams-Kauzer

Marine Scientist, New Mom Earlier this year we told you about “Zebo,” the gazebo on the hill behind Room 6 that was built by an all-girl...

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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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Happy Birthday, Zebo! Tracking Down the Girls Who Built It

Founders Day, February 25, marked not only the birthday of our school and its founders but the 21st anniversary of the dedication of...