Petaluma City Schools
Developing Effective Communicators & Critical Thinkers
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PCS Board President Honored by CSBA as Board Member of the Year
CSBA honors Petaluma City Schools Board President Joanna Paun as 2022 Board Member of the Year. The Golden Gavel Award honors an individual school board member who exemplifies best practices in effective governance.
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Our Board meetings continue to be held in a hybrid format. You can join us in-person at 200 Douglas St, Petaluma in our Board Room, or online via Zoom, accessible via the link below: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87569176453 Or One tap mobile : US: +16699006833 Or Telephone: US: +1 669 900 6833
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McDowell Elementary Debuts Dual Immersion Program
The first dual immersion program in the Petaluma City School District, and the second of its kind in the city , opened to students Tuesday as the school’s teachers and administrators look forward to a new and diverse era of learning. McDowell Elementary School, which opened in 1958 at 421 S. McDowell Blvd. , is now offering curriculum in two simultaneous languages — English and Spanish — for students starting in kindergarten through second grade, alongside its traditional English-speaking K-6 classes.
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Penngrove goes wild with new roadside mural
With a little assistance, and some genuine inspiration, from the 4th grade class at Penngrove Elementary School, an unsightly roadside retaining wall near downtown Penngrove has received a first-class upgrade, and the results are nothing short of wild. That’s “wild” as in “wildlife,” the Sonoma County kind.
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‘She’s not nervous so we’re not nervous’: Petaluma students, staff head back to school
Jaime Buschman was greeted Tuesday by a sea of smiling faces and energetic “Good mornings” from third grade students while they molded clay sculptures at their desks. It was the first day back from summer break at the Petaluma City School District, and the first time Buschman would welcome students as Valley Vista Elementary’s newly hired principal. “I am so excited to be a part of this community,” Buschman said Tuesday morning. “Valley Vista is always spoken amongst us as a hidden gem; that it is just such a unique school in that the sense of community from (transitional kindergarten) to sixth grade is so strong.”
