The fifth grade play this year, based on another original script by Judith Nielsen, depicts a dramatic period in Bay Area history, the...

I was so grateful that a father took time recently to email me about his hope that his daughter wouldn’t be labeled as shy the way he was...

One day I whispered "Do you need help?” to a little girl sitting at a table where people were concentrating, as she seemed frustrated...

Our younger elementary students had what for most of them was their first taste of opera recently. Andy Truett, a tenor with the San...

Every year teachers and parents stop at this time and ask, “What’s happening? Have our children become problems overnight?” Then we...

Ollie (in the red sweatshirt) fields questions from transitional kindergartners in the library Monday. His mother, Mari, is seated next...

Our elementary school librarian, Mari Pongkhamsing, has the fun of observing children’s budding interests as they expand and develop with...

Perceptions about time change over generations. Before electricity, people spent at least half their days in the dark or candlelight....

When my dad yelled “Calm down!” he didn't mean “Find a quiet place within yourself” or “Breathe deeply.” “Calm down!” was his code for...