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March 3, 2010
Beechwood Weekly
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February 24, 2010
Beechwood Weekly
Parenting Education Workshops
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February 17, 2010
Beechwood Weekly
Teacher Wish List
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Beechwood News & Events
Events
Top-Notch Musicians Vist Beechwood
Beechwood School endeavors to educate the whole child. In doing so, we strive to expose our students to the performing arts through field trips, music classes, musical productions and visiting artists. Recently we had two outstanding groups come to Beechwood to perform for our students.
Through Stanford Lively Arts, we were able to arrange a performance from renowned percussionists So Percussion. They performed for the entire school and did a special class for our 5th Graders. Here's a clip of that class:
We also were treated to a performance from the Saint Michael Trio, who are resident artists at Menlo College. The children loved the music and asked great questions of the musicians who patiently answered each of them. Here's a clip of the Saint Michael Trio:
Beechwood values creativity and Beechwood values the arts!
Christmas Celebration 2009
Our first-ever outdoor Holiday Celebration was a great success - what an amazing evening it was. The campus looked beautiful with all the lights and decorations. The performances were inspired and fun. The audience was attentive and appreciative. Most importantly, the success of the evening was a true community effort with contributions from the Board of Directors, the staff, the parents and the students.
Thanksgiving Feast 2009
On Wednesday, November 25th, the Beechwood extended family gathered for the annual Thanksgiving Feast. The children form into mixed-grade groups with the 8th graders serving as the leaders of the families. Once formed, these groups of about 15 students go to their dining room (classrooms) where they do a craft project, set the table, say what they are thankful for and dine together using their best table manners. The teachers take a back seat during this event, letting the older children practice being leaders. The parents donate all of the food and the time required to prepare and serve it. It is one of our greatest traditions and a great way to start the holiday season
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News
October 9th 2009
Nobel Prize Winner's Visit to Beechwood Featured in Palo Alto Weekly
Mario Cappecchi, a Nobel Prize-winning geneticist from the University of Utah, paid a visit to Beechwood and spoke with fifth- through eighth-graders. A story about the visit was published in the Palo Alto Weekly. Read more »
September 16th 2009
Beechwood art at Menlo Park Children's Library
Beechwood's entire Third Grade Class has their artwork on display at the Menlo Park Children's Library for the next two weeks. Please stop by to see it if you have a chance. The Library is located at 800 Alma in Menlo Park. Tim Goode of the Friends of the Menlo Park Library is the director of the Library's Annual Book Fair Youth Art Contest is very impressed with our students and with their teacher, as you will read in the letter which he delivered to the Prinicipal.
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February 20th 2008
Beechwood article in the Almanac
The unassuming entrance to Beechwood School is accessible only by turning right at the end of the Onetta Harris Community Center’s driveway. Outside of Menlo Park’s Belle Haven neighborhood, this small private school of fewer than 170 students isn’t well-known. Despite the lack of attention, it’s been quietly — and successfully — educating children from the community, and neighboring East Palo Alto, for 20 years.
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