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The federal government decided to implement a new set of standardized testing starting in 2014.
“The Superintendent for Public Education has suggested that the STAR tests be suspended until the new …
Proposition 30, a government measure to increase state funding for education, was passed on Nov. 6. After years of deep cuts in educational budgets, all public schools needed money to …
Read MoreFrom the week of March 11- 15, Peninsula’s Best Buddies Club organized Disability Awareness Week. Lunchtime activities encouraged the interaction between kids in the special education program and the general …
Read MorePeninsula is ranked 23rd for education in California. Still, some students have opted to take the non-traditional, off-campus path of online courses.
Online courses are usually taken to make up a …
On Nov. 14, one of the most traumatic mass shootings in America’s history took place at Sandy Hooks Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Of the 28 casualties, 20 were …
Read MoreThe long awaited question has now been answered- How will Proposition 30 directly affect the school calendar for Peninsula. The final schedule for the second half of the 2013- 2013 …
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Jill Verenkoff, an English 2 Honors and English 4 AP Lit. teacher, has been teaching at Peninsula for 20 years. In that time, she has accompanied two presidential scholars …
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On Sept. 7, 2012, Caroline Vierzba, a beloved staff member of seventeen years, passed away after a five and a half year battle with lung cancer. Among the students …
Read MoreOn the early morning hours of Monday Feb. 20, a Peninsula parent finished a run on the track and walked through campus. She was met with obscenities, insults and taunts …
Read MoreBlown up structures on the lunchtime amphitheatre, stereos playing at lunch, flash mobs, Disney characters and dogs walking campus all have one thing in common; they all would be completely …
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