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Published on June 21st, 2023
Moraga 8th-graders meet Congressman in D.C.
The graduating class of eighth-graders at Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School traveled to Washington D.C. the week of June 12 with their teachers Ms. McDevitt and Ms. Warmboe and met with U.S. Congressman Mark DeSaulnier.˙˙These students will be headed to Campolindo ...Submitted by Kena Hudson
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Published on June 7th, 2023
Zheng, Acalanes head to Speech Nationals for first time
Eighty-three years after its founding, Acalanes notched a new "first" this year, with freshman Andrew Zheng qualifying to the National Speech and Debate Association's (NSDA) National Tournament in Phoenix this June, becoming the first Don to make nationals.
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Published on June 7th, 2023
Campolindo Robotics Club offers new Girl Scouts STEM program
Thanks to patience, persistence, and dedicated community support, the Campolindo Robotics Club (active since 2006) helped develop, and is offering, a new Girl Scouts STEM program.˙ The Robotics Club is known for competing with other Bay Area robotics teams in the FIRST ...Submitted by Meera Phadnis
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Published on June 7th, 2023
Miramonte graduates revisit their elementary schools, inspire young students
About 150 students graduating from Miramonte High School participated in a parade on May 23 during which they visited all four elementary schools in Orinda. This first occurrence of the "Cap and Gown Parade" was enthusiastically welcomed by the younger children, as ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on May 24th, 2023
Lamorinda celebrates its graduates
Elena Sophia Acuff
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Published on May 24th, 2023
Community members offer counter protest outside Lafayette Elementary School
Those who traveled down Moraga Road on May 19 to fetch their children from Lafayette Elementary School were greeted with bouquets of rainbow-colored balloons, rainbow pride flags and more than a dozen people offering affirmative messages of support for students of all ...By Sharon K. Sobotta
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Published on May 24th, 2023
Acalanes seniors enjoy spirited car rally prior to graduation
Hundreds of cheering supporters of the Acalanes High School Class of 2023, many with air horns, balloons and colorful signs, lined Mt. Diablo Boulevard in Lafayette on May 19 as a car parade of graduates slowly made its way through the city's downtown.
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Published on May 10th, 2023
Stanley middle schoolers headed to OM World Championships
With many of the team members having worked creatively together since the second grade, a team of seventh-graders will represent Stanley Middle School and Lafayette at the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals in Michigan later this month.
 Submitted by Manju Lind
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Published on May 10th, 2023
Minson takes over musical direction at Stanley; Jazz Cafe planned, May 12
When Todd Minson graduated from Stanley Middle School in 1992, he didn't imagine that he'd be back 30 years later to fill the big shoes of his music teacher Bob Athayde.
After ...By Jennifer Wake
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Published on May 10th, 2023
Annual Senior Car Rally planned for May 19
Acalanes High School seniors will once again be expressing their school pride prior to their upcoming graduation in decorated cars during the annual Senior Car Rally '23 at 5 p.m. May 19 on Mt. Diablo Boulevard in Lafayette, from Oakwood to McDonalds and back. ...By Jennifer Wake
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Published on May 10th, 2023
As Lafayette School District works to amplify inclusion efforts, outside community members stage weekly protests
When Lafayette Elementary School joined schools and entities across the country with displaying a flag in honor of Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31 after a resolution was unanimously passed for the Lafayette School District, many people celebrated the victory ...By Sharon K. Sobotta
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA