Nari Souleiman’s 6,000-Mile JourneyTo the White Pony
Some White Pony teachers begin working here directly out of college. Some have worked at other schools, or even in other fields, before...
A Bright and Caring Environment, Full of Potential
Meet new third grade co-teacher Kimberly Marks With seven years’ teaching experience, including two at highly regarded private schools,...
Warren Wallace’s Escape from Alcatraz
Sometime during the night of June 12, 1962, three prisoners escaped from Alcatraz. They were never heard from again. Did they make it? Or...
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...
A Song for Ukraine’s Children
One of our fifth graders was awed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s leadership when his country was invaded by Russia in...
Librarian to Retire from “This Place of Love”
After 33 years of checking books out and in, shelving them, and teaching library classes and reading stories to thousands of children,...
From The Lion King to The White Pony
If you’re someone who watches the credits at the end of movies and you happened to be watching The Lion King (or Pocahontas or James and...
Pediatritian Joins the Board
Pediatrician Gwen Hamilton joined our board of directors Sunday. She replaces psychologist Wendy Ritchey, who retired after 19 years on...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,”...
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...