Senior Miramonte Athletes Finally Play During Compressed Seasons
(Mark Bell, Photographer)
You can’t keep a good Mat down! The Miramonte Matadors played their last game of the revised football season on Friday, April...
OUSD Superintendent Announces Retirement after Years of Service
(Sally Hogarty, Photographer)OUSD Superintendent Dr. Carolyn Seaton announced her retirement in May after five years with the district. She and her husband are moving...
OUSD Expands In-Person Learning; Plans Intervention Summer School
With vaccinations increasing and COVID cases declining, the Orinda Union School District (OUSD) expanded in-person learning to its elementary schools and Orinda...
Wagner Ranch Places First in Odyssey of the Mind
(Regina Gordon, Photographer)
The fifth grade team at Wagner Ranch Elementary rose to the challenge amidst a pandemic year and placed first in...
The Making of Cub Reporters at The Glorietta Times Student Paper
While much negativity has come out of the pandemic, so has the positive, which led one elementary school librarian, Anne Lowell, to...
Kids Helping Kids During Pandemic and Beyond Through a Non-profit
Everyone loves a snack, right? But if you are food-insecure, a snack takes on an entirely different meaning. This is where Pantry...
Students Take “The Masks We Wear” to New Level through Drama
(Sally Hogarty, Photographer)Co-writers/directors Aya Banaja (on screen) and Mina Jenab (R) direct their cast in Honeybee, one of four short plays to be performed...
Teachers of the Year Announced
While in-person learning has only been a reality for a short time in Orinda, teachers have been hard at work the entire...
Miramonte Youth Environmentalists Create Project HEART to Help Local Restaurants
(Courtesy Yuji Watanabe)
(L-R) Ryan Sinnreich, Julian Rustigian, Aidan Chan, Vajra Vo, Wyatt Barnes, Jonas Dao, Devon Bradley, Leo Cardozo, James Patrick, Dalai Vo, Sheng...
Orinda All-Girl Robotics Team on Their Way to Finals Competition
Team Stampede, the all-girl robotics team from Orinda, who won the award for “Best Robot Design” at the FIRST® LEGO® League robotics...
Poul Anderson Writing Contest
The submission deadline for 2021’s Poul Anderson Writing Contest this year is Friday, April 16 at midnight. The contest, open to...
Boy Scouts 52 Pinewood Derby Rolls on Via Zoom
By Jon Bergschneider, Contributing Writer
(John Doyle, Photographer)Colin Doyle (Den #4) of Boy Scouts Pack #52, was proud to take 2021 championship with his car...
Young Local Voices of Democracy Heard Loud and Clear at Ceremony
(Photo Courtesy of VFW District 10)District 10 Commander Mark Steinberg presents Claire Kane with her award for winning the Voice of Democracy essay contest....
STEM Conference Goes Virtual
(Courtesy of Franceska Hinkamp)STEM keynote speaker Franceska Hinkamp is a pioneering genetic counselor in pediatrics, adult medical genetics, neonatal intensive care and cancer predisposition...
OUSD Navigates Changing Requirements for School Campus Openings
(Sally Hogarty, Photographer)
This classroom at Wagner Ranch Elementary School is ready to go. All that is missing are the students.
Continual changes and...
District Endeavors to Reach Students With Virtual Equity and Diversity Curriculum
As protests swept the nation in the weeks following the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, a video surfaced on...
Registration Open for 18th Annual High School Visual Arts Competition
The Lamorinda Arts Council reminds the area’s students and families that online registration for its 18th Annual High School Visual Arts Competition...
OUSD Kinder/TK Registration – February
Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten registration for children entering an Orinda public school in August 2021 will be open Feb. 1 – 4....
Wagner Ranch Nature Area Provides Joy for Children in the Outdoors
Once again, the voices of children floated over the trails and along the stream at the historic Wagner Ranch Nature Area, as...
Exhilarating Process for Miramonte High School Student Magazine Staff
(Moona Nandi, Photographer)Miramonte’s Journalism Club students (L-R) Alex Finegan, Mia Singleton, Chaya Tong, Scarlett Mosher, Miriam Yee and Olivia Eukel, proudly showcase their 2018-19...
