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Former Sonoma Valley mentees laud long-term benefits of their experiences
2+ hour, 53+ min ago (1665+ words) This is second of a two-part story about the experiences of mentees in the Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance's program. In this story, people who previously were mentored in the program describe how they have benefitted from it in their careers…...
Sonoma Valley Unified School District projects major financial strides
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (849+ words) After facing major financial struggles, the Sonoma Valley Unified School District is projected to have increasingly large, positive general fund and reserve balances during the current and following two fiscal years, although subsequent additional expenditures are expected to reduce the…...
Sonoma’s Valley of the Moon Nursery School keeps on keeping on
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (943+ words) It's been housed in the same historic adobe building a block away from busy Sonoma Plaza and Sonoma State Historic Park for the past 71 years, yet many residents aren't even aware it exists. Valley of the Moon Nursery School, 136 Mission…...
Sonoma Sister Cities sends $24,000, winter clothing to help Kaniv, Ukraine
1+ week, 5+ day ago (777+ words) Sonoma Sister Cities Association's Kaniv Committee wired $24,000 to Kaniv, Ukraine, in late November to help repair a school and apartments that were attacked by Russia and sent 19 boxes of warm winter clothes and 1,500 pairs of Bombas socks to help the…...
SVUSD board to interview 6 candidates for superintendent job
1+ week, 5+ day ago (847+ words) The Sonoma Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees has selected six candidates to interview for the superintendent position next month. Interviews will take place on Jan. 10 and two or three finalists will return for more in-depth interviews on Jan....
Proposed charter school in Sonoma strives to create community partnerships
2+ week, 6+ day ago (273+ words) Board members and supporters of an effort to establish a new charter school in Sonoma are working to create partnerships with community organizations that would help boost the Sonoma Valley's educational offerings. Transcendence Theater Company and the Boys & Girls Clubs…...
Sonoma Valley High School junior serves on state student leadership board
2+ week, 6+ day ago (928+ words) When Sonoma Valley High School teacher Tammy Rivara attended the California Association of Student Leaders conference in 2024, she became fully aware of the popularity of one of her student participants. "It felt like the whole conference knew Austin Cheeseman," she…...
Consultants: Sonoma Valley Unified’s superintendent search has a desirable problem
2+ week, 6+ day ago (231+ words) The Sonoma Valley Unified School District apparently has a desirable problem in its search for a new superintendent: too many well-qualified candidates. Ron Calloway and Scott Mahoney, experienced consultants who are assisting the district in its search, said that typically,…...
Sonoma Valley Unified School District consultants to hold online update of superintendent search
3+ week, 2+ day ago (266+ words) The two consultants who are helping Sonoma Valley Unified School District find a new superintendent will offer an update on the process on Zoom this week. At its meeting on Nov. 18, the school district's board of trustees approved a motion…...
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley’s 2026 Youth of the Year hones leadership skills to help others
4+ week, 1+ day ago (891+ words) While advancing through the Sonoma Valley Unified School District, student Andrea Ayala Hernandez was tired of not sharing her voice and opinions, so she decided to do something about it. "I felt that I had to be heard and the…...