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M-A’s Camping Club is staging a warm jacket and sweater drive through Dec. 19
‘Tis the season of giving at Menlo-Atherton High School. With the Canned-Food Drive completed, students of the Camping Club have taken the initiative to continue the holiday spirit by sponsoring a...
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M-A’s New Voices for Youth needs to raise final $1,320 before midnight to...
M-A mom (and InMenlo photographer) Irene Searles emailed that the high school’s New Voices for Youth (NV4Y) program — profiled on InMenlo in November — is just short of its campaign goal of $15,000 to...
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Lauren Heller’s world revolves around competitive sports – and that’s just...
Lauren Heller is one very focused eighth grader with much of her world revolving around her athletic pursuits. She’s on Vision, a nationally-ranked volleyball club, works out with a trainer at...
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson visits Menlo-Atherton High School – and dons Bear Wear!
Civil rights leader and Baptist minister, The Rev. Jesse Jackson visited Menlo-Atherton High School today, appearing before a packed audience of 500 students and faculty at the Performing Arts Center....
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M-A students reflect on the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s visit to their school
Editor’s note: A number of students sent InMenlo their observations of the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s visit to the Menlo-Atherton High School campus on Thursday, February 20. Below are edited versions. And...
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Seussical the Musical brings Dr. Seuss characters to life in Menlo-Atherton...
Menlo-Atherton High School sophomore Lucy Hall (pictured above) was one busy person when we stopped at the Performing Arts Center during a recent rehearsal of Seussical the Musical, the Drama...
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Spotted: Purdue Glee Club performing at Menlo-Atherton High School
A number of Menlo-Atherton High School students were lucky enough to witness a special performance from the Purdue Glee Club, held in M-A’s Performing Arts Center on March 19. Small talk was quick to...
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Classic car auto show at M-A today through 2:00 pm – and it’s free!
We stopped by the Menlo-Atherton High School campus this morning where the America’s Pastime Car Show is running today through 2:00 pm. Admission is free. A fundraiser for the school’s baseball team...
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M-A Big Bear Run takes place on Sunday, May 4 – fundraiser for school athletics
The 9th annual Big Bear Run is set for Sunday, May 4. Proceeds from the race support Menlo-Atherton High School’s 50-plus sports teams. Professionally timed, the 5K run begins at the M-A gym lot on...
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Great Frame Up in downtown Menlo Park hosts M-A student art show
The Great Frame Up store on Santa Cruz Avenue in Menlo Park, is hosting the Menlo-Atherton High School Creative Self-Expressions Art Contest. The students in the Drawing and Painting, Photography, and...
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Twelve M-A students receive Student Service Awards
Twelve students received Principal’s Student Service Awards at Menlo Atherton High School PTA’s May 27th meeting. Each year, the PTA and Principal Matt Zito present these awards to 9th through 11th...
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30 M-A grads will pursue athletics at college
The Menlo-Atherton High School Class of 2014 includes 30 grads who will pursue athletics at the college level. (Note: some are missing from the photo.) Water Polo Jessica Heilman (Brown), Evan...
View ArticleM-A awarded Peninsula Athletic League Commissioner’s Cup for 6th year in a row
For the 6th year in a row, Menlo-Atherton High School was awarded the Peninsula Athletic League Commissioner’s Cup. The Commissioners Cup is awarded annually to the Peninsula Athletic League school...
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M-A Alumni Association awards scholarships to two college-bound seniors
The Menlo-Atherton High School Alumni Association recently announced the recipients of this year’s scholarship awards. The committee screened over 35 applicants and narrowed the choices down to three...
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Visiting with the three Peninsula College Fund scholarship recipients who are...
This year the Peninsula College Fund, founded by Menlo Park resident Charles Schmuck, awarded scholarships to 20 high school students. The non-profit organization focuses on helping low-income,...
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Menlo resident Alan Propp heads to Ghana this summer to work at orphanages
Menlo-Atherton High School grad Alan Propp, who’s finishing up his second year at Stanford, is headed to Ghana this summer to work with the Kaeme Foundation in partnership with the Ghanian Department...
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Ted Minnis returns to Menlo Park, recruiting water polo players for Harvard...
A tall and athletic 8th grader at Nativity School, Ted Minnis had caught the attention of legendary Menlo-Atherton High School football coach Ben Parks. But on the way to the football field, Ted took...
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Spotted: ALS ice bucket challenge at Menlo-Atherton High School
Principal Matt Zito and four teachers — Paul Snow, Steve Kryger, Lisa Otsuka, Mike Amoroso — took the ALS ice bucket challenge today at Menlo-Atherton High School. The photo collage contains...
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Once a pastry chef, M-A teacher Shannon Kirkpatrick speaks many languages but...
This article was written by Natalie Silverman and Lexi Lobdell: it first appeared in M-A Bear News. New AP English composition and English III teacher, Shannon Kirkpatrick, enthusiastically began her...
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Eight M-A students are National Merit Scholarship semifinalists
There are eight 2015 National Merit Scholarship (NMS) Award semifinalists from Menlo-Atherton High School. They are seniors Matthew Baszucki, Ryan Cole, Alexander Iyer, Christopher Jarrett, Healey...
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