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THE MEHER SCHOOLS
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Wednesday Messages
Weekly messages with school news, upcoming events, and fun stories.


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...
Meher School Community
Dec 17, 20213 min read


New Feathered Friends in the Seven Circles Garden
The Seven Circles Garden welcomed some new residents recently: 11 baby quail. They’ll earn their keep by providing pest control,...
Meher School Community
Dec 15, 20212 min read


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...
Meher School Community
Dec 9, 20211 min read


Holidays Without Hunger Drive Underway
Our 14th annual Holidays Without Hunger food drive for the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano began Monday. Inflation makes it even...
Meher School Community
Dec 4, 20211 min read


Cold-Weather Drive: 45 Backpacks!
Somewhere tonight homeless Contra Costa County residents will be warm and dry thanks to the generosity of Meher Schools families. Our...
Meher School Community
Dec 2, 20211 min read


Ensuring Your Child’s Safety On Playdates
Parents often ask me questions about sending their children on playdates. Understandably, they wonder about allowing their children to go...
Susie Kohl
Nov 18, 20213 min read


Outdoor Movie Night!
More than 50 families snuggled up against the chilly autumn air to share our first-ever Outdoor Movie Night on Saturday. As they came...
Meher School Community
Nov 12, 20212 min read


Cold-Weather Gear for Contra Costa’s Homeless
The Meher Schools is holding a holiday drive to fill 50 emergency backpacks with items to keep homeless Contra Costa County residents...
Meher School Community
Nov 4, 20211 min read


Halloween 2021: A Festive Relief from COVID Stress
Check out our Halloween video here ! Halloween has always been the most festive day of the year at our school, but this year’s...
Meher School Community
Nov 4, 20211 min read


Help for Haitian Immigrant Mother and Son
GoFundMe Site Supports Refugees Taken In by Meher Schools Family Haylene Anesoir, the mother of Pearla in first grade and Marielle in...
Meher School Community
Oct 21, 20212 min read


Mysteries of the Rock
Just off the Tier 3 driveway, behind a storage shed in a fenced-off area that was once our “Beetopia” garden, lies the largest rock on...
Meher School Community
Oct 7, 20212 min read


"Latinx": All Under the Same Roof
Juan is a Meher Schools parent and member of the Equity & Inclusion Committee. For the first time after many years of embracing,...
Juan David Arboleda
Sep 30, 20212 min read


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...
Meher School Community
Sep 30, 20212 min read


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,”...
Meher School Community
Sep 23, 20213 min read


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,...
Meher School Community
Sep 2, 20211 min read


Graduation 2021
A new world calls across the ocean A new world calls across the sky A new world whispers in the shadows Time to fly, time to fly... With...
Meher School Community
Jun 9, 20212 min read


Lessons from the Pandemic
Parents Reflect on What They've Learned From a Year of Sheltering In Place In our April 24 parent discussion group, participants shared...
Meher School Community
May 12, 20212 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...
Meher School Community
May 6, 20213 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,...
Meher School Community
May 6, 20211 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....
Meher School Community
Apr 30, 20212 min read
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