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Pediatritian Joins the Board

Pediatrician Gwen Hamilton joined our board of directors Sunday. She replaces psychologist Wendy Ritchey, who retired after 19 years on...

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Kitties, Bunnies, Engineering, and Math

There are many reasons people love to crochet. That crocheting animals involves engineering and math is probably not high on most...

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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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Former Teacher Returns, Helpful as Always

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

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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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Teacher and Her Mom “Masking for a Cause”

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

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Meet Our Nurtured Heart Trainers: Susie Kohl

This is the third in a series about our Nurtured Heart Approach trainers who work at The Meher Schools. in a series. Before she became...

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Meet Our Nurtured Heart Trainers: Caryl Morton

This is the second in a series about our Nurtured Heart Approach trainers who work at The Meher Schools. "My dedication to using the...

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Meet Our Nurtured Heart Trainers: Michal Mader

We first learned about the Nurtured Heart Approach in 2002 in a flyer for a workshop in South San Francisco. “The timing was perfect,”...

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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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Staff Spotlight: Mr. Clark (Facilities Supervisor)

You might catch Benedict (“Dick”) Clark high on a ladder or rushing to resolve a plumbing or electrical emergency, but there is always a...

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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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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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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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Teaching Teams: Scott Rose and Wendee Lipnick

Third grade teachers Scott Rose and Wendee Lipnick’s day unfolds like a well-choreographed dance, with Scott teaching in Room 12 and...

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Another Author in Our Midst: Ms. Karina

I Am Happy and I Am Thankful, two new bilingual children’s books by Room 1 aftercare teacher Karina Jacob, were published last fall. A...