Castilleja School News

Browse past news stories for Castilleja School in Palo Alto, CA.

• Community rallies to find bone-marrow match - Palo Alto Online
  posted on December 19, 2012 at 05:52:06 pm
  Community rallies to find bone-marrow matchPalo Alto OnlineNalini Ambady, a professor of psychology at Stanford University and parent of two students at ...
• Olympian Amy Chow dives into a new challenge
  posted on July 14, 2011 at 11:04:18 pm
  by PaloAltoOnline.com When we last saw Amy Chow on a competitive stage, the Castilleja School grad was launching herself skyward in the pole ...
• Pizarro: San Jose Stage honors best in high school musical theater
  posted on June 7, 2011 at 11:36:40 pm
  Big wins at the second annual Top Honor awards went to San Mateo High ...
• Standout season for Castilleja grad McLaughlin
  posted on December 21, 2010 at 09:23:58 pm
  by PaloAltoOnline.com Freshman Erin McLaughlin from Castilleja School has been honored for her stellar play after helping the New York University women's volleyball to an outstanding season. ...
• 71 Palo Alto students National Merit semifinalists
  posted on October 5, 2010 at 04:15:37 pm
  by Chris Kenrick Thirty seniors from Gunn High School and 28 seniors from Palo Alto High School have been named as semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship ...
• What makes a great teacher
  posted on October 2, 2010 at 07:07:27 am
  A Palo Alto English teacher learned a lot doing interviews for his new book, 'Conversations With Great Teachers.' Bill Smoot of Castilleja School says, 'I think learning occurs ...
• Castilleja's new head wants more students to pursue math and sciences
  posted on September 11, 2010 at 03:12:05 am
  As the new head of all-girls Castilleja School, Nanci Kauffman says she intends to ...
• New Castilleja head takes aim at 'leadership barrier'
  posted on September 10, 2010 at 04:30:13 pm
  by Chris Kenrick Castilleja School today marks a changing of the guard for only the fifth time in its 103-year history. Nanci Z. Kauffman, ...
• Castilleja 8th grader in national spelling semifinals
  posted on June 5, 2010 at 03:16:55 am
  Sarah Gadre, an eighth grader from Castilleja School in Palo Alto, reached the semifinal round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in ...
• Castilleja students win $30K to design phone app
  posted on April 27, 2010 at 10:21:30 pm
  Four Castilleja School students have won $30,000 in venture ...
• Castilleja School Uses Rjenda.com to Proactively Manage Student Workload and Stress
  posted on September 29, 2009 at 11:49:23 pm
  SAN MATEO, ...
• With joy, bubbles and bullhorns, Palo Alto's high school seniors, families celebrate graduations
  posted on June 11, 2009 at 06:12:30 am
  With bullhorns, bubbles and great celebration, Palo Alto's two public high schools graduated 873 seniors Wednesday night. Gunn had 452 graduates and Palo Alto High School ...

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