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10th annual M-A Big Bear Run attracts almost 1,000 participants
On Sunday, May 3, 938 registered runners participated in Menlo-Atherton High School’s 10th annual Big Bear run, including the first international runner, a young lady who was visiting San Francisco...
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Menlo Park Kiwanis awards scholarships to five Menlo-Atherton High School...
Three of five Menlo Atherton High School seniors received scholarships at the Kiwanis Club’s annual scholarship luncheon, Tuesday, May 12, at Allied Arts Guild. The other two seniors missed the...
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Nine M-A students honored for their volunteer service to greater community
Nine students received Student Service Awards at Menlo Atherton High School’s PTA meeting on May 26th. M-A’s new Principal Simone Kennel (pictured right) presented the awards. Each year, the PTA and...
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Former Menlo Oaks resident recalls growing up in the same neighborhood as...
Did you know that Gayle King, CBS This Morning co-anchor (and, of course, Oprah’s best friend), lived in Menlo Oaks during the late 60s through early 70’s and graduated from M-A? Her father’s job as...
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Spotted: Gals from M-A & Woodside high school class of 1966 catching up
In September, 2012, there was a gathering of folks who graduated from Hillview, Oak Knoll and Encinal in 1962 when the schools were all K-8. That prompted some to meet for lunch on a more regular...
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Schuyler Knapp’s Eagle Scout project benefits his high school – M-A – and...
This summer, Schuyler Knapp, a current sophomore at Menlo-Atherton High School, built 10 lunch tables for his fellow students as his Eagle Scout project. Schuyler is a member of Boy Scout Troup 206....
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Talking teen drug use with Marsha Rosenbaum, director emerita of Drug Policy...
In what will be her second appearance, Marsha Rosenbaum, PhD, is returning to her alma mater, Menlo-Atherton High School, to talk to parents about teen drug use. The talk, titled Safety First: A...
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Peninsula College Fund alumnus Luis Pimentel pursues career in biotech
When Luis Pimentel entered Menlo-Atherton High School as a freshman, he was placed in remedial English. He’d been in this country just a few years, immigrating with his family from Mexico and settling...
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Scholarship created to honor long-time M-A college advisor Alice Kleeman
She didn’t want a party. She wasn’t interested in recognition for the 6,000 students she advised as they navigated the college selection and application process. But Alice Kleeman, who retired in June...
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Romance, crashers and grade school friends on display at Zott’s this afternoon
The Menlo-Atherton High School class of 1965 held its 50th reunion this weekend at various venues on the Peninsula. The events concluded today at Zott’s out in Portola Valley, with folks from the...
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M-A’s Jordan Mims selected High School Player of the Week by the San...
The San Francisco 49ers High School Player of the Week Award for week 7 goes to Jordan Mims of Menlo-Atherton High School. The Junior running back had a night for the record books in M-A’s 31-10...
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M-A’s Big Band Dance set for November 21
M-A’s Big Band Dance, the annual fundraiser for the school’s bands and orchestra, will take place this year on Saturday, November 21, at Ayers Gym on campus. There will be an early opening for those...
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M-A Girls Volleyball team is in SoCal to compete in California State...
By winning three sets in a row and beating first-seed Monte Vista High School (Danville) in the Northern California Regional Championships on Wednesday evening (Dec. 2), the Menlo-Atherton Girls...
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M-A Foundation hosts annual fundraiser on March 12
The Menlo-Atherton High School’s Foundation For the Future is hosting Rock n’ Roar 2016, an auction party on March 12, 2016, to raise funds to support vital programs at M-A. The Foundation’s goal is...
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M-A Girls Varsity Soccer win first ever CCS title
The M-A girls soccer team won its first ever CCS title on Saturday night in a torrential downpour with winds nearing 30 mph. The Bears fell behind 0-2 in the first half when the #10 seeded Branham...
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Academy mentor and M-A senior look to future after working together for three...
Academy mentor Joanne Andrews and M-A senior Luis Acosta started working together three years ago and earlier this month met for one last time before Luis heads off to a four-year college, which was...
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10 teams gather at first Quiz Bowl tournament held at Hillview Middle School
On Saturday, March 26, Hillview Middle School held its first Quiz Bowl tournament. Quiz Bowl is a game similar to the TV show Jeopardy, but with easier questions. Students compete at the middle...
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Students in M-A Academy program rewarded for their 3.0 or higher grade point...
Editor’s note: We got this report from Menlo-Atherton High School teacher Chris Rubin, who heads the school’s Academy Program (explained in this 2012 post). “What a day! We traveled to San Francisco...
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Former M-A science teacher Harry Wong now tours the world talking about being...
You’re a poor kid who grew up in San Francisco’s Chinatown, who heads first to Lowell High School and then on to Cal Berkeley with thoughts of going to medical school. Only there’s this little...
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Emailed Carrie Du Bois, President of the San Mateo County School Boards Association: “This Monday evening (May 23) the San Mateo County School Boards Association will be holding our 36th annual Kent...
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