Wednesday Messages

Sunday, February 25, is Founders Day, when we observe the shared birthdays of our school and its founders, Ivy O. Duce and Meher Baba....

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

Kindergarten teacher Chloe Gilmore teaches an introductory Spanish class for kindergartners and first graders in our Explorations...

Every year the American Library Association awards one Caldecott Medal to the picture book with the best illustrations and several...

Think that image you see in the mirror is you in real time? If so, you’d be wrong. As our fifth graders can tell you, when it comes to...

Monday was Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. On Friday Room 8 kindergartner Eva showed her class a photo of her great-grandfather,...

The spirit of the season shone brightly at Saturday’s Holiday Crafts Faire. Scores of families flowed in and out the two classrooms...

A Global View of Elementary Students’ Academic Growth This week and next week, parents of our elementary students will be meeting with...

Few things are more intriguing to a preschooler than an empty box—so many possibilities! This box began as a shipping container from...

Last week’s Wednesday Messages included an article about two of our former first grade teachers, Kimberley Warkentin and Holly Burns, who...

There are an estimated seven billion rats in the world. A number of them make their home on the wooded hillside behind the school. They...

A change of perspective and a new appreciation for all that parents do A former first grade teaching team is back at The Meher...

Preschool substitute teacher Doug Tambling always draws a happy crowd when he plays his melodica for the children. The melodica is a...

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

Thank you to all the families who helped make our fall Toy, Book & Clothing Swap a huge hit! And a special thanks to the five moms who...

Nancy Burgess, who was a teacher at our school when we first opened our doors in 1975, has retired. In 1981 she left to teach in the...

“I’m not good at spelling.” We all have things we’re “not good at,” whether it’s spelling or math or playing piano or swimming...

Nurtured Heart Workshop For Parents and Caregivers September 12 The Nurtured Heart Approach encourages positive behavior in all children...

Preparations are underway for our third annual fall Clothing, Toy & Book Swap. A project of Sustainable Meher Schools, the swap is a way...

Some two dozen Meher Schools students and parents spent Saturday morning at the White Pony Express distribution center in Pleasant Hill...