Mari Pongkhamsing Has Plans for Our Library
Meet Mari Pongkhamsing, our new librarian. Mari has been a student and a parent and a teacher at The Meher Schools and has worked here on...
Meher Schools Alum Named U.S. Attorney for New Mexico
Meher Schools graduate Alexander M. M. Uballez was sworn in on May 24 as the U.S. attorney for the District of New Mexico. Alex was...
A Glimpse Inside the World of Video Games
Meher School alumnus Colin MacKie knows video games inside out – literally. He’s been designing them for nearly 25 years and has worked...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Zebo Girls: Jessica Williams-Kauzer
Marine Scientist, New Mom Earlier this year we told you about “Zebo,” the gazebo on the hill behind Room 6 that was built by an all-girl...
Speaking Out
Seventh Grade Alum an Organizer of Anti-Asian-Racism Rally in Berkeley Twelve-year-old Meher School graduate Mila Cavagnaro was one of...
Happy Birthday, Zebo! Tracking Down the Girls Who Built It
Founders Day, February 25, marked not only the birthday of our school and its founders but the 21st anniversary of the dedication of...