Meher School CommunityLibrarian 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,...
Meher School CommunityFrom The Lion King to The White PonyIf 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...
Meher School CommunityPediatritian Joins the BoardPediatrician Gwen Hamilton joined our board of directors Sunday. She replaces psychologist Wendy Ritchey, who retired after 19 years on...
Meher School CommunityKitties, Bunnies, Engineering, and MathThere are many reasons people love to crochet. That crocheting animals involves engineering and math is probably not high on most...
Meher School CommunityExpecting and ExcitedRoom 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...
Meher School CommunityMeet Amy Weinstein, Our New Drama TeacherWhen she was a student in our fourth grade, Amy Weinstein told her mother that her teacher, Christie Vinson, was one of her best friends....
Meher School CommunityFormer Teacher Returns, Helpful as AlwaysKevin Kentfield taught in our elementary school many years ago. A number of his former students are now on our staff. He lives in...
Meher School CommunityIn Second Grade, Using Yoga and Breathing Exercises to Reduce Stress and AnxietySecond grade teacher Karima Hastings was at wit’s end. It was March 2020, and thrust practically overnight into remote teaching, she was...
Meher School CommunityTeacher 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...
Meher School CommunityMeet Our Nurtured Heart Trainers: Caryl MortonThis is the second in a series about our Nurtured Heart Approach trainers who work at The Meher Schools. "My dedication to using the...
Meher School CommunityMeet Our Nurtured Heart Trainers: Michal MaderWe first learned about the Nurtured Heart Approach in 2002 in a flyer for a workshop in South San Francisco. “The timing was perfect,”...
Meher School CommunityStaff 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...
Meher School CommunityFormer Classmates Are Now ColleaguesIn our last issue, we noted that 22 of our staff members are Meher Schools alumni. Now that Brenda Barnhart has returned to the fold,...
Meher School CommunityStaff 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...
Meher School CommunityStaff 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...
Meher School CommunityStaff 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...
Meher School CommunitySupporting 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,...
Meher School CommunityStaff spotlight: Ms. Indi (Room 7)We’ve been fortunate to see Indi Wibisono’s smiling face at The Meher Schools for 15 years, as one of our most experienced kindergarten...
Meher School CommunityThe 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...
Meher School CommunityStaff 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...