Beekeepers Anthony Fontaine (L) and Eric Rocher inspect their new hives at King Middle School’s Edible Schoolyard in Berkeley on Dec. 5, 2012. Fontaine built the hive out of recycled woods. They will manage the hive for the school garden. Photo: Mary Flaherty Beekeepers Anthony Fontaine (L) and Eric Rocher inspect their new hives at […]
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Berkeley schools show gains on standard tests
The California Department of Education yesterday released its 2012 Accountability Progress Report, which show significant gains for Berkeley schools on both the state Annual Performance Index (API) and the federal Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). (Details of both district and individual school results for API and AYP can be seen on the state’s Accountability Progress Reporting site.) […]
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Berkeley’s King school voted one of nation’s ‘coolest’
Students shuck corn at the Edible Schoolyard at MLK School in Berkeley, named of the country’s 25 coolest schools Students shuck corn at the Edible Schoolyard at MLK School in Berkeley, named of the country’s 25 coolest schools Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Middle School is one of the “25 coolest schools in the nation” according to […]
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Olympic star Natalie Coughlin runs with King students
Natalie Coughlin with students at Berkeley's King Middle School on Wednesday May 16. Photo: Nancy Rubin On Monday, 11-time Olympic medallist Natalie Coughlin introduced First Lady Michelle Obama at a Let’s Move press conference in Dallas. Yesterday, the Cal grad and Lafayette resident took time out from her training schedule to join with students at […]
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New group with Berkeley roots aims to get kids outside
A new global group — with roots here in Berkeley — wants to put the play (and some risk) back in childrens’ outdoor environments.
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King eighth-grader sent to hospital after beating by friend
The atmosphere at Martin Luther King Middle School is normal today, following a fight on Wednesday between two students that sent one to the hospital. Two 14-year old eighth graders who are friends got into an argument on the blacktop outside the school gym around 8:15 am, according to Sgt. Mary Kusmiss of the Berkeley […]
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Ex Berkeley teacher Marie Schumacher plays hometown
Marie Schumacher, a former teacher at King Middle School in Berkeley, plays the Subterranean Art House on Saturday Back in the mid-1990s when Marie Schumacher was teaching at Berkeley’s King Middle School, her students didn’t know she was living a double life. By day she elucidated math and science for sixth graders, and by night […]
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A freezing morning in Berkeley
The track at King Middle School. Photo: Aaron Glimme The temperature gauge read 29 degrees this morning in Berkeley. Citizen reporter Aaron Glimme took a shot of a determined runner on the frost-covered track at King Middle School. The cold, clear weather that has parked itself over the Bay Area for the past six weeks should be […]
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Record $244,000 in grants to 400 Berkeley teachers
A BPEF grant of $44,000 will help complete the establishment of over 160 K-5 classroom libraries with consistent collections of titles. Photo: BPEF The Berkeley Public Education Foundation (BPEF) announced this week a record total of $244,000 in grants funding over 400 teachers in Berkeley public schools. “We’re counted on by teachers who are now […]
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Summer cooking camps: tales of solar oven berry crisp
Happy campers at Sprouts Cooking Club. Photo: Anna Dmitruk The long foggy days of summer in Berkeley mean summer camp for many kids. In such a food-focused town it’s not surprising to learn that camps designed to encourage edible adventures are popular among the next generation of home cooks and potential professional chefs. What may […]
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Berkeley schools see new appointments at the top
Audrey Amos: newly appointed principal at John Muir Elementary School It’s like a game of musical chairs at Berkeley schools right now, as a group of new faces move into top positions following the departure of key personnel. John Muir and Oxford Elementary schools, King Middle School and Berkeley Technology Academy (B-Tech) have new principals, and […]
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Chickens let loose on Berkeley High campus were stolen from Edible Schoolyard
Four chickens that were let loose on the Berkeley High campus last week were stolen from King Middle School’s Edible Schoolyard, according to Jonah Mossberg, a gardener and garden teacher at the school. They are now safely back in their coop on the school premises. Last week we reported that four chickens — a New Hampshire Red, […]
