Schools

Schools to Serve Free Meals

Jun 13,2019

This summer the Alameda Unified School District will serve free breakfasts and lunches in Alameda for all children and teens 18 years and younger Monday through Friday, except for Thursday, July 4. 

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Music Cuts Protested

May 30,2019

A newly created community group called Alameda Bands Together formed in April upon learning about a sudden two-thirds cut to the music program at Encinal High School for the next school year as well as the subsequent reassignment of its long-time music director to Alameda High School (AHS), which

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Supe Moves on

May 23,2019

Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) Superintendent Sean McPhetridge announced his departure from the school district in February. He announced June 30 as his last day on the job here.

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Courtesy photo &nbsp&nbsp Members of the student poetry club “The Mighty Pens” teamed up with the Alameda Island Poets for a reading May 1. Left to right, back row: Cat Crawford, Sammy Oster, Truly Edison, Josie Whittock, Cathy Dana; front row, left to right: Elizabeth Pelaez Norris, Ellie Dodds, Phoenix McCain-Novakowski.

‘Mighty Pens’ Read with Island Poets

May 16,2019

Student poets from Alameda Community Learning Center (ACLC) and St. Joseph Notre Dame High School were featured together at the Alameda Island Poets reading at the Frank Bette Center for the Arts May 1.

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Courtesy Alameda County Safe Routes to School &nbsp&nbsp At the skills-and-drills bicycle rodeo, kids to learn confidence and ability while riding a bike.

Citywide Bike Festival & Rodeo Scheduled for Sunday, May 19

May 09,2019

Otis Elementary School, 3010 Fillmore St., will play host to the sixth annual Alameda Bike Festival & Rodeo set for Sunday, May 19, from noon to 3 p.m. Everyone is invited to this family friendly event with the goal to inspire, educate and encourage bicycle riding.

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Eman Khatri

Alameda High School Student Earns National Scholastic Honors

May 02,2019

Eman Khatri, a member of Girls Inc. of the Island City (GIIC) and a student at Alameda High School, has been selected as a 2019 Girls Inc. National Scholar. As a National Scholar, Khatri receives the Girls Inc. Lucile Miller Wright $20,000 scholarship. She is one of 23 Girls Inc.

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