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THE MEHER SCHOOLS
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News & Updates


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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Apr 28, 20223 min read
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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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Apr 14, 20221 min read
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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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Feb 4, 20221 min read
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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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Jan 13, 20223 min read
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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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Jan 6, 20221 min read
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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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Dec 17, 20213 min read
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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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Dec 9, 20211 min read
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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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Oct 7, 20212 min read
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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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Sep 30, 20212 min read
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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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Sep 23, 20213 min read
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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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Sep 7, 20212 min read
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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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Sep 2, 20211 min read
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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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Aug 27, 20213 min read
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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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Aug 13, 20213 min read
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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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Jun 23, 20212 min read
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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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May 6, 20211 min read
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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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Apr 12, 20211 min read
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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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Apr 4, 20212 min read
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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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Mar 10, 20213 min read
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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...
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Feb 22, 20211 min read
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