Meet Sidney the Snake and her human friend Jess, Meher School parent and alumna! Jess, a naturalist from East Bay Regional Parks District, visited some elementary classes this week to teach students about native animals and their habitats. In addition to getting to pet Sidney, students compared teeth of carnivores and herbivores, felt coyote fur, observed a taxidermy acorn woodpecker, and deepened their understandings of the natural world we live in.

Our Halloween parade on Friday featured a happy assortment of princesses, animals, skeletons, angels, characters from TV, movies, and books, and more. Here “big kids” (elementary students) stroll through the preschool yard, a highlight of the day for both groups. The cleverest costume may have been one that many people at first didn’t even realize was a costume—fifth grade teacher John Murphy dressed up (very convincingly) as elementary Co-Principal “Mr. Vince” d’Assis. He even cut his bushy...

Preschool and TK mom Renata Michalani offers a guest a sweet treat from Brazil at Saturday’s Culture Fair. Brazilian was one of about 20 cultures represented at the event, which included displays, performances, music, and delectable samples of cuisines from around the world. No one went away hungry! From South Korea there were drumming and taekwondo demonstrations and a K-pop singing group. Check out more photos below!