This November marks 75 years since Kristallnacht. Also known as the Night of Broken Glass, Kristallnacht was a series of coordinated attacks against Jews carried out by Nazi paramilitary and civilians on Nov. 9 and 10, 1938 throughout Nazi Germany and Austria. Jewish Family and Children’s Services invites you to learn from survivors of Kristallnacht at… Read More
Archives: Education
Stanford Online
Stanford Online is offering free public courses taught by Stanford faculty. Registration is open now. Some courses start soon. Please visit a course’s web page to learn how to participate. You can find out more about Stanford programs and the courses offered at online.stanford.edu. Read More
Stanford Splash
Splash is a two-day marathon of classes open to all students in grades 7-12 (ages 11-18 if homeschooled and if they lack a formal grade level). The classes you take are completely up to you. Sign up for up to 14 hours of classes. Set your schedule the way you want it. Take short one… Read More
Student Leadership Forum
Nov 8 – 10, 2013 @ San Francisco, California Mission High School – 3750 18th Street, SF, CA 94114 On Friday, November 8, the Coalition of Essential Schools will bring back the Student Leadership Forum as part of our Fall Forum Pre-Conference Day. The Essential Question guiding this year’s Student Leadership Forum, “What do we (students)… Read More
Day at Law School
LITQUAKE AT MoAD
Acclaimed author ZZ Packer has been the recipient of a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award, a Whiting Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her story collection Drinking Coffee Elsewhere won the Commonwealth First Fiction Award and an ALEX award, and was selected for the Today Show Book Club by John Updike. She is currently at work on a novel, Thousands, about… Read More
Aim High!
If you’re interested in meeting, having fun with, and tutoring local middle school students, sign up to tutor with Aim High! Tutoring begins October 1 and will take place every Tuesday and Thursday after school until 5pm at LWHS. You can sign up with Cristal in the Admissions Office, or with Debbie ’14 (locker #267). Read More