Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Share your congratulations with the eighth grader.
Margaret Wang, an eighth-grade student from Miller Creek Middle School, became the California State Junior High Spelling Bee Champion on May 12. Miller Creek Middle School hosted the Spelling Bee, which included 54 seventh-, eighth- and ninth-grade students from 27 counties throughout California. Julie A. Fukunaga, an eighth-grade student from San Joaquin County, finished second and Fayyaz Ahamed, an eighth-grade student from Kings County, finished third. Three other students made it to the final round of competition, finishing in the following order: Fourth Place – Varun Jain, a seventh-grade student from Contra Costa County Fifth Place – Shilpa Rao, an eighth-grade student from Contra Costa County Sixth Place – Darius Rucker, an eighth-…
Friday, May 11, 2012
The deadline to apply is May 18.
The San Rafael City School District will be hiring two full-time positions and one part-time position for San Rafael High School. The positions are for a French teacher, a social studies teacher and a music teacher. The deadline to apply for these positions is May 18. Go here for more information on the application and salary details.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
The assistant principal at San Rafael High School just got a new job at a Marin City non-profit.
Assistant Principal Whitney Hoyt will be leaving San Rafael High School this year to join a Marin City non-profit. Hoyt will become the educational director of Bridge the Gap College Prep, the Marin County non-profit group which serves Marin City students through tutoring and after-school programs. “I am looking forward to working with Bridge the Gap and their great team of dedicated staff and volunteers to help close the achievement gap of Marin City students,” she said. The 51-year-old San Rafael resident will help lead Bridge the Gap College Prep’s program growth, and work closely with Sausalito and Marin City and Tamalpais Union High School Districts to support students. “Whitney is well known and respected in the educational …
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
The San Rafael City School Board hired Gloria Estavillo as Bahia Vista Elementary School's new principal beginning in July, the Marin IJ reports.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Grants can be used for equipment, training, workshops or other learning tools.
The San Francisco Peninsula Press Club is offering grants to high school journalism programs. Grants can be used for: Grants will be awarded at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club. The grant program is open to all Bay Area high schools with journalism programs. Applications may only be submitted by the school's journalism teacher or class adviser. To apply, send a one-page letter on school letterhead with the following information: Grants will be considered year-round. Applicants will typically be notified within six weeks of receipt of the request. To apply, send the above information to penpressclub@comcast.net or to the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club, 4317 Camden Ave., San Mateo, CA …
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Blake Benson, Nick Cauz and Jack De Graves won in environmental science for their project "Lead Is In What?"
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Thursday, March 29
Three fifth graders from Dixie Elementary School took home the grand prize in the Marin County Elementary Science Fair. Blake Benson, Nick Cauz and Jack De Graves won in environmental science for thie project "Lead Is In What?" There were 150 projects entered in the fair for fourth through sixth grade students. The projects were on display at Vallecito Elementary School in San Rafael on March 27. Did you take photos of the Science Fair? Submit them above. Other winners include: BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE Grade 4 First Place: Abby Lauter, Brookside School Upper Campus Second Place: Grace Reilly, St. Rita School Third Place: Hannah Kaye/Sydney West, Brookside School Upper Campus Grade 5 First Place: Charlotte Willin, St. Rita …
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
San Rafael High students bring to life the 1959 Marilyn Monroe classic.
For showtimes, visit the Some Like It Hot page on our San Rafael Patch Calendar.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Listen to the song "Come Away to the Water," where a 2009 Marin Academy grad sings with Maroon 5's Adam Levine.
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Thursday, March 22
The Marin Independent Journal reports that Rozzi Crane, a 20-year-old graduate of Marin Academy, sings a duet with Maroon 5's Adam Levine on the soundtrack for the new movie The Hunger Games. Crane and Levine sing "Come Away to the Water," (listen to the recording above) written by Irish singer Glen Hansard. Hansard won an Oscar for his song "Falling Slowly" from the movie Once in 2007. The Hunger Games, based on the popular teen book trilogy by Suzanne Collins, is set in a futuristic world where adolescents have to fight to the death in a dangerous forest. The movie opens tomorrow. Century Northgate will be screening the movie at midnight. Read more about Crane on the Marin Independent Journal.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) for a fifth year has honored Dominican University of California as a leader among institutions of higher education for their support of service-learning, volunteering, and civic engagement. This pa
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Two students won prizes at the 44th High School Jazz Festival held in Boston.
Marin Academy jazz musicians took home prizes after their trip to the Berklee College of Music's 44th High School Jazz Festival in Boston. Saxophonist Michael Blasky and keyboard player Tom Wilson won Outstanding Musicianship Awards at the festival, which included more than 3,000 students and 200 bands. Bands from all over the country competed for $175,000 in scholarships in the five-week performance program that began March 10. Listen to a recording of the Marin Academy band.
Melissa Bradley
10:03 am on Thursday, May 17, 2012
Wow! Margaret, we are so proud of you! Congratulations! more ›