Students get creative to raise cash for schools
May 13, 2010, 01:40 AM
By Heather Murtagh
Daily Journal
Matthew Pavao donned a chicken suit late last month, spending lunchtime dancing at a rally at Ralston Middle School.
The dean of students for the Belmont school didn’t lose a bet. On the contrary, it was a reward — not for him, but for his students.
Students set a goal of raising $5,000 to donate to School Force, the education foundation supporting Belmont-Redwood Shores School District. In one week, the kids raised $7,000 and earned the right to celebrate with Pavao in a chicken suit. Click here to read more.
A birthday wish for education
March 30, 2010, 02:51 AM
By Heather Murtagh
Daily Journal
Qiao first thought of donating her $5 monthly allowance to help with the district’s financial problems and then came up with the birthday idea. She hoped to raise $500 in donations and made a collection box that looked like a pink house for any contributions. Click here to read more.
Sandpiper Student Gives Birthday Presents To School-Force to Save Teacher
By Kristen Sze
KGO
Thursday, March 25, 2010
REDWOOD SHORES, CA (KGO) -- About 30,000 California teachers and school employees have received pinkslips for the fall, because of the state's budget crisis. One 10-year-old girl on the Peninsula fighting to save her teacher's job is getting lawmakers' attention, by foregoing something she had been looking forward to for two years. Click here to read more.
Belmont-Redwood Shores School District to shutter libraries to save money
By Neil Gonzales
San Mateo County Times
Posted: 03/11/2010 09:42:02 PM PST
Updated: 03/11/2010 11:16:25 PM PST
The Belmont-Redwood Shores School District plans to shutter all its libraries and take other drastic cost-savings measures as it seeks to slash millions of dollars from the budget to keep financially solvent. Click to read more.
Pink slips issued to 23,000 teachers
March 16, 2010, 01:12 AM By Bill Silverfarb
The Daily Journal
More than 23,000 teachers and other school employees across the state have received notices of potential layoffs, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell said yesterday. Click to read more.
Ralston tops other schools in fundraiser
February 26, 2010, 01:32 AM By Heather Murtagh
San Mateo Daily Journal
Ralston Middle School students hold an oversized check representing the donation raised by students to the San Francisco-based AIDS Emergency Fund as part of the ‘Every Penny Counts’ campaign. Click to read more.
Belmont parents prepared to camp out for kindergartners
Posted: 02/26/2010 06:30:57 PM PST By Neil Gonzales
San Mateo County Times
BELMONT — The Long family plans on an overnight camping trip this weekend.
They'll pitch a tent, have hot chocolate ready and make sure to bring something to read. Click here to read more.
Survey shows support for school bond
February 26, 2010, 01:31 AM By Heather Murtagh
Survey results show community support for a possible $75 million bond measure in the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District but the board wants to study facility needs more before moving forward with the proposal. Click here to read more.
