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Menlo Atherton High School teacher Marei Kane named San Mateo County Teacher...
Earlier this fall, Menlo-Atherton High School English (AP) and English Language Development teacher Marei Kane was named the 2013 San Mateo County Teacher of the Year by Superintendent Anne...
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M-A photographers see red everywhere in February
Two Menlo-Atherton High School photographers, Annalise Deal and Zoe Pacalin, contributed to the M-A Bear News feature The Spread. Noted the accompanying text: “The theme red is introduced by this...
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M-A accreditation review complete – school praised for its many strengths
On March 20th, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) concluded M-A’s six-year accreditation review. For the three day visit, which M-A had been preparing for over the past 18 months, a...
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Menlo-Atherton High School’s hidden gem – radio station KCEA, on the air...
It is 8:00 pm on a Wednesday night at Menlo-Atherton High School and most staff members are long gone, leaving only a few janitors on campus to clean rooms. However, those passing through the B-Wing...
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Lori Stenstrom takes the helm of M-A swim teams – and encourages kids to...
In December, Lori Stenstrom was named girls and boys swim coach at Menlo-Atherton High School. While at Stanford, Lori was a 17-time All American and NCAA Champion. She also was a member of the USA...
View ArticleM-A receives two awards for its canned food drive
At the recent “Make Hunger History” Second Harvest Food Bank Awards, Menlo-Atherton High School received two awards. One was the Blue Diamond Award based on direct food donations and financial...
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Menlo-Atherton High School named a California Distinguished School
The State Department of Education once again named Menlo-Atherton High School a California Distinguished School on April 11. The school was previously recognized in 1986 and 2007.In total, State...
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Community support sought to defray Jose Felix Mayen funeral costs
Update on May 2: Community support has been terrific and the Mayen family is very appreciative. Here is information about funeral and memorial services planned for Jose:- A funeral service will be held...
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Spotted: Cardboard boat races at Menlo-Atherton
Mr. DeCurtins’ AP Physics class at Menlo-Atherton High School raced cardboard boats that were seemingly held together with little more than wit and duct tape across the M-A swimming pool this past...
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Spotted: Happy M-A graduates
Menlo-Atherton junior (now senior!) Patrick Viruel, a student in Betsy Sergeant Snow’s digital photography class, took these photos at the high school’s graduation ceremony yesterday.
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Community event to support M-A grad Jose Mayen family set for June 8
InMenlo photographer Irene Searles emails:“Please mark your calendar for Saturday, June 8th for a community event to benefit the family of Jose Mayen. the M-A grad who was killed in an automobile...
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Peninsula College Fund awards 2013 scholarship to 15 first generation college...
The Peninsula College Fund (PCF), a non-profit organization dedicated to helping local low-income, first-generation college students achieve their educational and career goals, announced that it has...
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Coach’s daughter Brooke Stenstrom looks forward to successful swimming career
Menlo-Atherton High School swimmer Brooke Stenstrom, a sophomore in the Fall, has perhaps the brightest future of any swimmer currently at M-A. She competed for M-A at the CCS finals, capturing second...
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Stanford has its Sixth Man – but Menlo-Atherton has it Seventh Woman
After lacking true leadership and consistent participation for the past two years, the Seventh Woman Club is making a comeback at Menlo-Atherton High School for the 2013 girls Volleyball season, led...
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Spotted: M-A girls volleyball team spending community service day at Haven...
Emails Vicki Knapp: “The Menlo-Atherton Girls Varsity Volleyball team left the gym courts behind last weekend and headed to Shelter Network’s Haven Family House in Menlo Park. The players wanted to...
View ArticleAcademy Mentor Program at M-A is seeking volunteers to meet with students...
This Menlo-Atherton High School Academy Mentor program is now in its ninth year and works to pair mentors with Sophomores and Juniors to act as mini- advisors/parental types offering input on topics...
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Love Rides the Rails is Menlo-Atherton High School fall drama department...
Lead actors Gray Perrone (pictured, left) and Chris Macrae (right), the hero and heroine of Love Rides the Rails (or Will the Mail Train Run Tonight?) share at least one thing in common. They’ve both...
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Local high school students host Freedom Fair at Fremont Park in Menlo Park
This past Sunday, students from Menlo-Atherton and Sacred Heart high schools hosted a successful anti-trafficking information fair at Fremont Park in downtown Menlo Park. The goal of the fair was to...
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What’s next for Menlo-Atherton High School’s quirky Donut Club?
The Donut Club is a mysteriously wonderful Menlo-Atherton High School club that provides the student body with tasty treats in exchange for cans. Although this club was doing better than ever last...
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M-A classmates remember “where were you?” on Nov. 22, 1963, when Kennedy was...
We were sophomores at Menlo-Atherton High School on Nov. 22, 1963, the day President John Kennedy was assassinated. We may have thought we were sophisticated young citizens of the world — if we had a...
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