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Piner Highlights
• Congratulations to Kayla Poulsen, P.E. Student of the Month for November! Kayla carries herself with a
wonderful attitude that is contagious. Her effort, attendance, and demeanor serve as a guide for what is expected from all our students on
campus. As a result of these qualities she is currently earning 138% in PE. Not to be overlooked, Kayla was a contributing member of our
Women's varsity Soccer team as a freshman. Congratulations from Mr. Aubin and the entire PE department! • The latest Early College Magnet Program (ECMP) Newsletter is posted. Check it out. LOTS of great information is included. • Congratulations to Piner's Brandon Zavala, Santa Rosa School Board's Student of the Month!
• Congratulations to Piner Mens Varsity Cross Country Team on their 5th consecutive pennant. SCL Champs for 2014!
• Piner Students at the recent Science Discovery Day. • Read the lastest "Student Testimonial from Class of 2014 Graduate, Chelsea Wood. • Lots of art happening at Piner. Check out the latest cool creations from Mr. Pedersen's Commercial Art and Design class on their Piner TShirt Club Facebook page. There are photos of a digital photography assignment using Photoshop. • Join us for the next STEM Cafe Nov 6 at 7pm in the SPARQ Center. The featured speaker is Michael Van Grouw, Software Architect, Oscilloscope Products Division. The presentation is "How the 86100D Digital Communications Analyzer is Used to Design and Test the Next Generation of High-Speed Internet Devices". Come learn what it is and play with cool electronic gizmos!
• Piner's Office Staff get into the Halloween Spirit. • North Bay Business Journal article "Piner observatory seen as a tech-education model"
• Piner Golfer, Sierra Sanchez, shown here with Coach Gregus, is only the 3rd Piner Lady Golfer to qualify for NCS. Congratulations!
• Press Democrat Teen Face - Pim Khunmom. • 10,000 Degrees is hosting a series of meetings about college planning on Thursdays starting October 9th for Seniors and Parents/Families of Seniors: College Roadmap to Success (en Espanol)
• Lots of ways for parents to stay involved at school. Piner PTSA (Piner Parent-Teacher-Student Association) supports education and the classroom, Piner Boosters supports athletics, Piner Project Grad, and ELAC supports English Language learning.
• Ms. Michiel's 1st period class shows their school spirit for Homecoming - Pink Out Day.
• Ms. Michiel's 5th period class shows their school spirit for Homecoming - Comfy Cozy Spirit Day. • State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson stopped in at Piner High School on Friday, part of a statewide tour to recognize schools that emphasize career and technical training on October 3rd. He lauded Piner High School programs. "“I hear great things about the programs here,” Torlakson told a morning gathering of students, local business leaders and officials from Piner, Santa Rosa City Schools and the Sonoma County Office of Education. “You’ve been pioneers.”" Read the full Press Democrat article.
• Congratulations David Chaparro, PE Student of the Month.
• Piner's Music Teacher, Mike Milbrath, bringing music back to Comstock Middle School. "Recognizing the need for band programs at Comstock and Piner, Schools Plus has decided to hold a special drive at its annual October fundraising event with the goal of raising $100,000 for instruments, uniforms and other supplies at both schools." Photo credit: Crista Jeremiason, The Press Democrat.
• Mr. Castro's Advanced Spanish Class showing the fruits of their hard work in the Piner Garden. Thank you!
• Piner's STEM program teams up with Sonoma State University to promote science education. "Piner announced a new partnership with Sonoma State University that will recognize ...students who commit to an intensive science education program by guaranteeing them early consideration for admission to SSU’s science and engineering department. They’ll also earn a certificate at graduation that reflects their specialty in an area of learning known as STEM, which stands for science, technology, engineering and math.". Photo credit = Christopher Chung, Press Democrat. • Piner PTSA invites you to join for the 2014-2015 school year. Membership is $5. Members signing up for the 2014-2015 year receive a coupon for Baskin Robbin for a scoop of ice cream. Sweet! The PHS PTSA is a non-profit, 501(C)3 organization. 100% of donations benefit Piner High School students. • Stay up to date with STEM at Piner. Information is posted for the STEM Certificate. The next STEM café on Thursday,October 9th will be awesome, learning and exploring the Chemistry of Fluorescence…and we get to play with glow sticks in the After café! Food will be provided by 4th Street Deli so it will be even more fun!
• Thanks to a grant from last year we finally got a 3D printer. We printed the wrench today. It took about 20 minutes from warm up to finish. 10 years from now a large percentage of households will have one. Very cool. PHS Student Justin Wedel set it all up and printed the first item. He got to take the wrench home.
• The Santa Rosa Press Democrat's latest Teen Face article featured Piner Senior, Brandon Zavala. Photo credit = Christopher Chung, Press Democrat
• Piner Boosters raised $13,000 for Piner Athletics for the 2013-2014 school year. Thank you!
• The latest Early College Magnet Newsletter is now posted.
The Early College Magnet Program (ECMP) is in its 9th year with a total of 285 students
participating in the program this year, and we just keep growing! We now have 86 freshmen
(with more on the waiting list!), 65 sophomores, 65 juniors, and 69 seniors enrolled,
with juniors and seniors taking over 300 units at Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) for the
fall semester
• Congratulations to Piner's Garden Club! Their exhibit placed 3rd at the recent 2014 Heirloom Seed Festival at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds.
• Congratulations to the Piner Varsity Boys XC (Cross Country) team! They won the small school division at the Lagoon Valley Classic Invitational and throughout the team there were a lot of competitive races. Team photos
• Piner Student, Aidan Carpenter, participated in Pepperwood Preserve's Teen Nat Program as a Teen Nat Leader. These photo collages were created by Aidan.
• Piner's PAC wanted to acknowledge Mrs. Michiels' contributions to Piner. Thank you!
• Check out this year's Senior Wall courtesy of the Class of 2015. Artists: Kiana, Sydney, Madison, Annabell, Natasha, Ashley, Garrett, TJ, Brandon, Crystal, Laken, Sarah, Allie, Brianna, Clayton, Kristen, Laura, and more!
• Kurt Kruger and Sharon Stevens represented Piner High School as Outstanding Educators at the annual Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce Breakfast honoring educators on Friday, August 15, 2014. Mr. Kruger was honored as Co-Winner of Outstanding High School Educator of the year! Read more in the Press Democrat article.
• Piner's STEM Program looks back at a productive year.
• Piner High School was featured as a KPIX Cool School featuring our new Science Center and Observatory.
• Piner High School has been accepted into the 21st Century Learning Institute at the Sonoma County Office of Education.
• Congratulations to Nayeli Becerra, Estefany Abarca, Destiny Martin and Tommy Nguyen. UCLA bound this Fall! Wonderful hearing about all of the successes for our Piner Grads. Go Prospectors!
• Congratulations to the Piner Varsity Boys Track Team for winning the SCL Championship! It was the first pennant since 1994. Check out all of the detail on PDPreps.
• Congratulations Ms. Barcelon!
• Piner Teachers Ms. Barcelon and Mr. Mantoani attend and "out of this world"
STEM conference in New Orleans.
"We have returned from our mission with awesome ideas about STEM journals, new ways to incorporate engineering into all of our activities, some hands on activities
about enzyme use in biofuels, stickleback evolution, genetics of cancer and nanotechnology. We have better ideas how to guide students in independent research projects,
incorporate service learning into our classes and to have access to a Scanning electron microscope at the Beckman Institute in Chicago.
• A sample from the 2014 Piner Art Show. More photos here.
• Check out this article about Piner Teacher, Nick Mancillas, and his current art show.
• Ms. Spearman's AP Language Class (65 in all, our largest group yet) wearing this year's t-shirts, designed by the students, before taking the AP test. This year's shirt reads (front to back), "AP Language has 99 problems, but the Test ain't one"
• Piner High School's SPARQ Center featured in the May 5th North Bay Business Journal article. "Piner High SPARQs STEM Education"
• Congratulations to Piner's Kasey Riedmuller, Santa Rosa Teachers' Association Student of the Year for Piner High School. The SRTA
has an award ceremony every year at different schools. This year it was Piner's turn. Each school (high school, middle, and elementary) picks a student to represent
the school. At the ceremony, teachers talk briefly about why the student was chosen.
• Piner's Golf Team featured in April 23rd Press Democrat. Photo credit to The Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
• Piner's World History class exploring the French Revolution in style!.
• Piner's Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) class recently welcomed Alan Soule, one of the first owner's of a Tesla Roadster, who gave a presentation to the class about electric vehicles. After his presentation, Mr. Soule allowed the class to check out his Tesla Roadster.
• Congratulations to Piner's Edrei Lopez. Ed is in the Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) class and took 3rd place in the Level 3 (Algebra 2/Precalculus) mathematics contest at the Northern California MESA Day in Stockton.
• Piner students selected by their English teachers to receive a free novel on World Book Night. Mrs. Armstrong selected "The Dog Stars" by Peter Heller and Mrs. Walls selected "Same Difference" by Derek Kirk Kim. World Book Night promotes the love of reading and is celebrated every April 23rd.
• Piner's Math Steeplechase Team at the 26th annual Math Steeplechase. The math steeplechase is a competition where students are placed
into multi-school teams to collaborate in nine different problem-solving challenges. Pictured are Nate Kinser, Aidan Carpenter, Zack Alexander, Nicole Greogorio, Meghan Bogges,
Tommy Nguyen, Nayeli Becerra, Shahab Jalali, Jonathan Rosenwrith, and Lauren Lau. Nicole was on a 2nd place team and Aiden was on a 3rd place team. Congratulations to all of the participants.
• Piner High School Health Expo: A day to discuss Health on campus and in the community. These pictures are from the Community Health Expo
where students learned about Safe Dating, Dental Health, Mental Health, and more. We had Planned Parenthood, Al Anon (and our own student tell her story about the effects of
alcohol), Positive Images for self esteem and YWCA introduced students to a program called Coaching Boys into Men.
• Congratulations to Piner Track Athletes Conor Celeri, Sheena Blackwell, and Isiah Roybal.
• KPIX (Channel 5) Morning News featured Piner High School as the "Cool School" of the day on April 17th! Check out their video featuring Mr. Kruger and Piner Students. Congratulations!
• SPARQ Grand Opening ribbon cutting with Mr. Kruger, Prospector Pete & Penny and Piner Students. Congratulations!
• Noel Hernandez named Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce Student of the Month. Congratulations!
• Schools Plus donated $22,000 to Piner High School at the "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The funds are for music, art, and athletics. Thank you Schools Plus!!
• Piner High School held our 4th Annual Career Day today! Great speakers and presentations representing a cross section of industry sectors.
• Thank you to everyone who volunteered at the April 5th PTSA sponsored School Spring beautification including Piner's Environmental Club, ASB, Staff, Family and Friends!
• Scenes from Piner's Spring Play "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
• Piner's Baseball Team hosted a Chili Cookoff at their March 28th game against Elsie Allen.
•
Dan Peters, Ph.D. presents nationally on many topics related to parenting gifted children.
We are fortunate enough to be able to host him locally this coming Wednesday, March 26, 7:00-8:30pm
at the Rincon Valley Middle School library, for a workshop entitled, "Parenting Your Advanced Learner
for a Successful Life." RVMS is located at 4650 Badger Road, at Middle Rincon, in Santa Rosa. This
presentation is free and open to the public; no registration is needed. Please join us to experience
this engaging speaker! See the attached English Flyer
or Spanish Flyer for more information. Please arrive early to find
parking in the neighborhood, as softball season can fill up the school's parking lot.
• Piner's Asian Club held its annual Culture Night on Friday 3/7.
They showcased live entertainment and provided a sampling of Asian foods.
• Check out the latest STEM newsletter.
• Assembly Member Marc Levine and the Sonoma County Office of Education
invites you to a Common Core Town Hall Thursday February 27th 6:30pm-8pm at Elsie Allen High School.
This is a free community event open to the public. Speakers from the state and local level will be on hand to help members of the community understand
the impacts of Common Core State Standards (CCSS).
• Piner Students, Family, and Friends showing their school spirit at the Piner/Analy SCL playoff game.
• Piner's Environmental Club planted this plum tree a year ago during last year's Earth Week on Arbor Day. Check out the beautiful blossoms this year.
• Piner Wrestlers heading to NCS.
• Check out the latest HSB Blog.
• Mrs. Grove and the Boys Basketball Team.
• Piner Soccer Player, Marco Barragan, signs with UC Davis.
• Congratulations to all of the Piner Players who made Press Democrat All-Empire.
• Piner's Boys Varsity Basketball Team hosts Elsie Allen in an SCL Playoff Game on Tuesday February 18th at 7pm. Wear your maroon and gold and watch an exciting game.
Ticket prices: $8 General Admission, $5 Seniors (65+) and Students, $3 Students with valid ID. Military ID and valid ASB FREE!!!
• Piner Teacher, Mike Erickson, named California League of High School (CLHS) Educator of the Year for Piner High School.
Mr. Erickson was recognized at a California League of High Schools event on January 24th at the Villa Chanticleer in Healdsburg. He was nominated by his peers
and was among nine educators who were honored that evening.
• Piner's Debate Team competed at a match at Lowell High School in San Francisco on Saturday February 1st.
• S.T.E.M. Cafe - Thursday, February 6th 7pm in the new Science Center.
Students, Teachers, Scientists and Community Members are invited to a night of information and dialogue. The topic is "Concussions:
Dangers, Long term effects, Assessments, Treatments, and Prevention. Our guest speaker is Ty Affleck, M.D., Doctor of Sports Medicine
and Community Leader in Concussion Awareness. We would like to thank Raley's for providing refreshments.
• Piner's Andy Campbell ties for 4th place in the Annual Martin Luther King Oratorical Contest.
• Sonoma County Poetry Out Loud competition will be held on February 2nd from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the Glaser Center,
547 Mendocino Ave. The contest will feature top scoring students from Analy, Cloverdale, Creekside, El Molino, Elsie Allen, Maria Carrillo, Montgomery,
Piner, Rancho Cotate, Roseland University Prep, Santa Rosa and Sonoma Academy high schools. The winner will advance to the state competition. The
competition pits students against each other as they perform oral interpretations of poems. Poetry Out Loud is a national recitation program initiated
by the National Endowment for the Arts.
• Cash for College! FAFSA is Free Application for Financial Student Aid.
If you are or have a Senior who is planning to attend college in the 2014-2015 school year...mark you calendars for January 27th at 6:30-8:30pm in the
Piner High School Library. There will be free help for all students who are filling out their FAFSA applications. There will also be a chance to fill
out the California Dream Application. Don't miss this chance to make your life easier!
• Spring Sports Clearance Information posted on the
Athletics page. Concussion screening (Baseball/Softball) Jan 25th 9am-11am and Feb 1 9am-11am. Feb 8th 8am-1pm = Spring Sports Clearance Day (ALL SPORTS).
• Piner Alumni
and Cross Country star, Luis Luna, continues to find success in college, has ultimate goal of competing in the Olympics.
• Members of the Piner Cross Country team volunteered at the annual New Year's Day Resolution Run.
Volunteering at the New Year's Day race has become a tradition for the Piner High School cross country team. This year, about 25 current and former Piner runners and coaches in gold and maroon helped with the Empire Runners Club 5k run at Montgomery Village.
Photo credit to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
• Winter Concert with Piner High School and Comstock Middle School
• On December 10th 2013 Piner Teacher Kurt Kruger (left) and Principal Sally Bimrose received the Top Real Estate
Project Award for the new Piner High School Science & Technology Center from the NB Business Journal.
• Learn more about current STEM (Science Technology Engineering and
Math) activities at Piner.
• Piner ASB's 14th Annual Season of Giving Toy Drive benefiting Monroe Elementary school was a success!
• North Bay Business Journal
of Sonoma, Marin and Napa Counties names Piner's Science & Technology Center the Top Real Estate Project in 2013 in the category of K-12 Education.
• New S.T.E.M. Cafe announced. December 3rd at 6pm in the Science & Technology Center. The speaker is Immunologist Dr. Lin.
The topic is Vaccines and the Inner Workings of the Immune System.
• Congratulations to Piner's Efren Reyes for winning the individual Division 4 title and qualifying for the CIF State Cross Country Championships in Fresno!
Efren, scorched the Division 4 competition with a 14-second victory, finishing in 15:39.
From the Press Democrat article:
"Reyes went out front quickly but stayed close to the pack for a mile before turning on the jets. By the time he started Mile 3 on the three-mile course,
he had a 50-yard lead on the next guy."
The Varsity Boys Team finished 3rd at NCS Championship.
• Piner captures first football playoff win in 10 years! On the road and shut-out/held scoreless in the 1st half,
Piner roars back to score 43 in the 2nd half to win by a final score of 43-29.
• Piner's Geospatial Technology Pathway and HSB participated in the Bay Area Science Festival @ the Sonoma County Fairgrounds
on 10/26 that was attended by over 10K people.
• Piner's Technology Assistant, Barbara Ryan, (center, in pink) retires after 16 years at Piner. Congratulations!
• Piner Tennis Coach, Ed Weber, named SCL Tennis Coach of the Year. Congratulations! In the top photo, Mr. Weber
is presented with an award from his tennis team.
• Piner's Vicky Nguyen is the Santa Rosa City School's High School Student of the Month for November 2013.
• Piner High School's "Every 15 Minutes" Programn video from this past April 2013 is available for viewing.
• The Fall Play, Neil Simon's "Rumors", runs November 13-16 7pm in the Performing Arts Center. Be advised there
is mature language used in the play and so it may not be appropriate for younger children. A hilarious comedy about 4 couples meeting to celebrate
an anniversary who are confronted with gunshots, gossip, rumor and innuendo in a delightful comedic farce. Admission is $5 Students and Senior
Citizens and $7 Adults.
• Piner Varsity Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams are 2013 SCL Champions!
• Piner's Vicky Nguyen is the Santa Rosa City School's High School Student of the Month for November 2013.
• Join Piner High and Comstock Middle School for a Winter Concert on December 11 at 7pm in the Performing Arts Center. Admission is $5.
• Piner's Latino Club participated in Dia De Los Muertos celebration at Old Courthouse Square.
• Have a safe and fun Halloween! PHS Jack-o-lantern courtesy of Piner Parent, Kristy.
• Piner High School invites you to check out 21st Century Learning
• Garden to Plate Dinner was held on Saturday, Oct. 26th. It was a celebration of the harvest and included a
delicious dinner cooked by our award winning Piner Culinary students and speakers John Ash, Mei Ibach and Jennifer Una.
• ASB held its first ever "Walk for Change" on Saturday, October 26. This family-friendly
event included fun games, face painting, a cake walk, and more. Proceeds were donated to the American Cancer Society.
• Fall Beautification Day sponsored by PTSA. Thank you to our Piner PTSA Student Rep, Environmental Club,
Culinary, and everyone else who came to help out.
• Piner ASB at the Making Connections Conference on 9/23 with Mike Smith.
• Prospector Pete and Penny at the Piner vs Analy Varsity Football game.
• Check out our latest Student Testimonial on what makes Piner High School a great place to go to school.
• Piner Boosters donated $12,000 to Piner Athletics
for the 2012-2013 school year. We want to thank all of the parents and families for their support!
• Piner High School has a new Vision Statement: "Piner High School will be a dynamic
educational community filled with compassionate individuals prepared to engage the 21st century. We will promote inquiry, collaboration,
creativity, perseverance, and rigor in order to foster civic involvement and personal success."
• Press Democrat's Extra Credit Blog "Piner High Senior: Gov. shutdown is scary".
• Piner Senior, Paloma Romero, featured in Press Democrat's Teen Life. Photo copyright the Press Democrat.
• Piner's Science Department presented the first STEM Cafe. Attendees heard a lecture by Julie Mangada, a Buck Institute research scientist, learned about stem cells, enjoyed refreshments, and participated in an activity about stem cells after the lecture.
• Fall 2013 Spirit Week - Fashion Disasters
• Check out the bounty being grown in the Piner Garden
• Piner High School posts 2nd largest API score gain in Sonoma County. "Nearly three out of four schools in Sonoma County saw their state academic score drop this year. Piner bucked the trend, posting a 36-point gain in its API score. Only the single-grade Sixth Grade Academy in Petaluma made a larger gain." (quote and photo credit Press Democrat). In the photo, Mary Nguyen (left) and Karla Lopez work on a lab project.
• 2013 Press Democrat Football Preview.
• 2013-2014 Welcome letter from Superintendent Shiels.
• Piner Educators Dante DePaola (4th from left) and Sarah Walls (4th from the right) named Educators of the Year from Piner High School.
Each school chooses two teachers that exemplify great teaching. Honorees attended the Chamber of Commerce's 28th Annual "Excellence in Education Awards" award breakfast at the Flamingo Hotel.
• Piner Class of 2013 Graduate, Yessica Moran, featured in the Press Democrat's July 28th Teen Life.
• Piner Teacher, Dante DePaolo, teaching at Maker Camp Comstock Middle School.
• Check out Piner's Health Science & Biotechnology (HSB) blog
• Piner Biotech students are working at SSU for a two week internship. They are designing the lab protocols for our genetics unit for Year 1 HSB. This involves finding genetic markers to test for GMO's in common foods.
The Piner HS/SSU Summer Internship Crew (left to right) is Sera Matasau, Victoria Trier, Anissa Garcia, Chris Campbell, Ryan Williamson, Christian Barnard, Raya Zopolos, Tommy Nguyen.
• Class of 2013 Piner Graduate, Yessica Moran, is the 2013 Career Technical Education Student of the Year by the Sonoma County Office of Education. Yessica will be acknowledged at the June 27th SCOE meeting.
• Piner's Connor Celeri goes to the State Track Meet on Friday May 31st
• Piner High School's Maker Program profiled on "Makerspace"
• Piner High School Senior Awards Night. Congratulations to all of our students!
• Piner Spring Outdoor Concert and Art Show • Piner Science Students tour local company, Medtronic for STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Awareness Day.
• Piner Senior, Allison Lopez (bottom right), named 2013 All-Empire Large-School Girls Scholar Athlete. Winners received a $500 college scholarship to recognize their achievements. Photo courtesy of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
• Listen out for radio ads about two of Piner's awesome programs, Early College Magnet Program & Geospatial. They are scheduled to air from 5/13-5/26 on KSXY Y100.9FM and KXTS EXITOS (Spanish language).
• Ms. Spearman's AP Lang Class of 2013 carries on the tradition. Dancing to "A Little Party Never Hurt Nobody" (sic),
Ms. Spearman's AP Language and Composition class, 46 strong, took the College Board Advanced Placement test today (May 10, 2013).
It is a Piner High School tradition for the class to design a t-shirt to wear on the big test day. This year's theme was inspired by the
Hollywood release of 'The Great Gatsby', which Ms. Spearman's students went to see. Wearing shirts emblazoned with "Party Like Gatsby," "AP Language,"
and "PHS '14" the students marched into the quad and danced to music from the new soundtrack before entering the testing room. This tradition of shirts,
marching, and dancing has inspired many students who might not consider taking a college-level course to test the waters and see if they can swim. In
2004 the AP Language roster was in the 30s. The class now regularly supports two sections topping off at 50. In 2004, 13 students passed the exam.
27 passed last year's exam! Currently, 81 students have signed up to take the course in 2013-2014. Perhaps a little AP never hurt nobody!
• Piner Senior-Faculty Basketball Game 2013
• Piner PHAST Club (Piner High Astronomy, Science, and Technology), Space Science, and GIS student overnight field trip to the Robert Ferguson Observatory at Sugarloaf. Students spent time observing the moon. • Parent Meeting regarding summer plans for students with Guess Speaker Efren Carrillo on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 from 6 PM to 8 PM at Cook Middle School at 2480 Sebastopol Rd. in Santa Rosa.
• Piner's Matt Mulligan (bottom left) selected as one of the Community Youth Service Award winners. Click on the link for the complete list of nominees including Piner students: Holley Maasen, Bryan Lococo, Yessica Moran, Malika Lewis, Allison Lopez, and Ian Carpenter.
• Check out the latest Piner Makers class blog. • Piner Assistant Principal, Tim Zalunardo, participates in Restorative Justice video which was presented to the Santa Rosa City School Board.
• Piner's Environmental Club plants a plum tree in our organic garden in honor of Earth Day.
• Piner students received a free novel in celebration of World Book Night April 23, 2013.
• Glass and Steel. Art and Science. Piner's new Science Center takes shape.
• Hands-on learning at Maker Faire for kids. Griffin Vorhaus, 5, right, prepares to shoot off the rocket he made with the help of Piner High School's Cristian Avalos, 17, second from right, while Rick Vorhaus and Gabriel Grover, 9, left, watch during the Sonoma County Maker Kids Mini Maker Faire on Saturday at the Sonoma Country Day School.
• Piner PTSA sponsored a Spring Beautification. Thank you to our Environmental and Key Clubs for helping out.
• Piner High School Administration Building Dedication for former Vice-Principal, Bob Zeni.
• Schools Plus of Santa Rosa presents Piner High School with a check for $20,000 for art and sports.
• Piner Students participated in the Every 15 Minutes Drinking and Driving Awareness Program • Piner Art Teacher and Artist, Nick Mancillas, featured in Sunday's Press Democrat. Mr. Mancillas' current show, “Cardboard Currency,” is on display at the Capital One 360 Cafe Gallery in San Francisco through April 22. • Piner "Mathletes" participate in annual Math Steeplechase. In the event teams compete with schools all over Sonoma County using math to solve puzzles. Piner's Will Tran received 1st place and Tommy Nguyen 2nd place for the Jr/Sr division. Nicole Gregorio got 2nd place for the Fresh/Soph division.
• Piner's Ryder Schalich featured on the Press Democrat Teen Face article
• Piner's 2013 Talent Show. Photos here.
• Piner HOSA students attended the State Conference. Yessica Moran (second from right) received a $500 Kaiser scholarship. Students attended seminars, participated in courtesy corps and Ms. Barcelon judged 2 events. One of our Forensic teams made it to the second round (Kristine Soy and Holley Maasen).
• Piner High School students on the Migrant Ed Debate Team: Eric Chavez, Omar Lopez and Dalia Alvarado
won 1st place at the regional competition and will be going on to compete at the State competition. Karla Cuin won 2nd place for prepared
speech and 1st place for surprise speech. Edith Meza took third place for prepared and surprised speech. • Congratulations to Piner Sophomores Guadalupe Escutia-Jacobo, Mariela Martinez, Danile Rojas, and Monserrat Salas for being awarded a scholarship from the prestigious Summer Search project, a national leadership development program! They will receive 2 life-changing summers traveling, plus year-round mentoring and college and financial aid advising. • The March/April Piner Early College Magnet Program newsletter is now available • Piner High School students help open younger eyes to science during Piner Science Day
• Piner Senior, Brennen Urutia, organizes a work day in the Piner Garden.
• Piner gets a new wind turbine.
• Piner's Marylyn Duong profiled in the Press Democrat's Teen Face section.
• Piner's new Observatory dome arrives! The 4,000-square-foot facility will house the observatory, a planetarium and computer lab. It will be headquarters for the school’s award-winning Geospatial Technology Pathway but will be open to science, math and other classes that need high-tech presentation space. Principal Sally Bimrose said construction should be completed in June and classes will be held in the building next fall.
• Piner High School celebrates Asian culture.
• John Bribiescas, and Schools Plus representatives present the 2013 Schools Plus allocation of $160,000 to SRCS Board Member, Donna Jeye and SRCS High School Principals at the start of the William Barclay Memorial Choral Scholarship Concert on Friday, February 22, 2013 at the Green Music Center. Piner Principal, Sally Bimrose, is 5th from the left.
• Piner High School Choral students perform at SSU Weill Hall. • Video showing how Piner's wood oven was created.
• Lexi Palm selected for CA Girls State. Girls State is a program to develop leadership skills in young women. One girl is chosen from each school to participate in a summer retreat.
• Aidan Carpenter wins the Piner Poetry Out Loud competition and moves on to the City wide competition.
• Piner High School's Debate Club participates in its first Tournament in San Francisco. • The latest Piner Maker Program blog is up. Check out how the students designed and made their own gliders. • Piner Juniors, Lexi Palm, Marylyn Duong, and Destiny Martin, accepted to be a part of the Sonoma County Commission on Human Rights' Junior Commission • Piner Junior, Marylyn Duong, to attend the February 2013 Young Women's Political Leadership Program in Los Angeles put on by Running Start, a group dedicated to helping young women become involved in politics. She received an all expenses paid trip via a scholarship from Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
• Piner Counselor, Barry Sullivan, honored as Piner's CLHS Educator of the Year
• Farewell to Piner Secretary Kayelean Killen. Kayelean is moving on to the District Office.
• Piner's new Science Center starts to take shape.
• Piner Classrooms get into the holiday spirit. • Piner Teacher & Staff Flash Mob
• Piner's "Team Organic Garden" build a new garden fence. Piner's Culinary students provided an awesome lunch with burritos, salsa, pie and lemonade.
• Mr. Castro's Spanish Speakers Class celebrate "Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) at Old Courthouse Square on November 1st
• Piner's Front Office gets into the Halloween spirit
• Piner Cross Country Boys Team showing a little patriotism
• Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey holds Q&A with Piner Seniors
• Star Rico named Homecoming Queen
• Piner PTSA's Fall Beautification Day
• The dawn of a new day at Piner High School! The glistening Observatory Pad of Piner's Science and Technology Center underneath the Moon and Venus.
• Piner's Ian Carpenter is Santa Rosa City School's Student of the Month for October 2012
• Piner Maker Program is the first of its kind in Santa Rosa City Schools. Scroll down to the Notices section for a description of this innovative program. In this photo below the students are building their own classroom work benches.
• Piner Culinary Instructor, Debbie Grove, wins First Place and Best of Show, Best Medium Awards at the 2012 Sonoma County Harvest Fair for her watercolor painting of a cow and calf grazing. • Piner Drama students participate in Neighborhood Listening Project
• Piner's Culinary Students sell cookies at the 2012 Sonoma County Harvest Fair
• Piner's GTP Students at the Piner marquee announcing the sponsorship of Trimble Navigation Ltd for Piner's new Science and Technology Center. • PHS Counseling Department recommended article: Connecting With Your Child's School Counselor for a Successful School Year • Piner's Luis Luna named Track and Field Athlete of the Year. • Piner's Kyra Johnson named Track and Field Athlete of the Year.
• Piner Teachers Karen Coster and Andrea Correia honored at the Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce's 27th Annual Education & Business Partnership Breakfast. Both teachers have been nominated as "Educators of the Year" from Piner High School.
• Welcome Letter from incoming Santa Rosa City School's Superintendent Socorro Shiels
• Construction on Piner's Science and Technology Center begins!
• Piner Science Department brings out the telescopes to watch Venus travel in front of the Sun.
Here is an image taken by Mr. Kruger. Venus is the largest black circle. The other smaller spots are sun spots. • Piner's Luis Luna places fifth at State Track Meet.
• Seen around the parking lot on Graduation morning. • Piner's Culinary students share a Pork and Bok Choy Stuffed Pot Stickers recipe made for the "Stark Reality Battle of the High School Chefs" during the Luther Burbank Rose Parade Festival.
• Piner's Science Department hosted a solar eclipse viewing party on May 20th.
• Piner's Early College Magnet Students at the End-of-Year BBQ
• Piner's 2012 AP Language Class - This year
43 Piner High School students took the rigorous AP Language and Composition
test on May 16th. Marching to the testing site with "This Is How We Do It"
blasting from a stereo, Ms. Spearman's class wore student-designed T-shirts
commemorating the big day (a Piner AP Language tradition going on seven years
now). This year's shirt marked the "Year of the Dragon," the Class of 2013's
"Beast Mode," and also a dedication to the passing of Ms. Spearman's father, who always told
young adults to "Follow Your Bliss." This truly was a special day.
• 10 years of hard work and dedication by many people,
especially Piner Faculty Kurt Kruger and Kristi Erickson, came to fruition on Wednesday
May 9th when the City of Santa Rosa School Board approved the bid for Piner's Science and Technology Center.
Construction to begin Summer 2012!
Read an article in the North Bay Business Journal.
• Piner's Spring Beautification Day
• Piner's Golf Coach, Rich Gregus, named 2012 Boys' Golf Honor Coach
• Piner's T-Shirt Club demonstrates how to silk screen a t-shirt.
• Santa Rosa City School Board approves the naming of Piner's Administration Building for former Piner Vice Principal, Bob Zeni (third from left).
• Rain or Shine...Piner Prospector Swim Team (below) competes strongly against Montgomery High at Finley Aquatic Center March 27, 2012
• Congratulations to Piner's Monica Acosta who placed in the Top 10 in Prepared Speaking at the 2012 California State Leadership Conferences
• Piner sets meet records at Gold Rush Relays
• Piner's Mr. Erickson and the Piner Christian Club host "Piner's Got Talent!" Click on the picture below to see more photos.
Spirit Week - February • Piner Soccer Coach Barry Commerford named 2012 Girls Coach of the Year (North Section) of the California Youth Soccer Association.
• Piner Junior Monica Acosta took first place in the Windsor Lions Student Speaker Contest.
• Next time you are at Raley's on Fulton, check out the window art by Piner Ceramics Club.
• 2012 Poetry Out Loud Winner for Piner High School, AJ Smither • Piner's Luis Luna featured in the 2/5 Press Democrat's Teen Life section
• Piner's Isabel Lopez-Ochoa named Santa Rosa City School District's MEAP Honor Student of the Year
• Piner's HOSA Program holds First Annual Student Health Fair. Read more about it here or in the Press Democrat's Extra Credit blog. • Piner's GIS Program presented with Golden Bell award at January 25th School Board Meeting • Congratulations Luis Luna and Kyra Johnson, NBL All-Empire Cross Country Runners of the Year! • Congratulations to the Piner Athletes making First Team for their sports: Cross Country: Luis Luna, Jaime Silva, Efren Reyes, Jason Saler, Kyra Johnson, Dezirae Johnson; Football: Kyle Patterson, Tight End Many other athletes received Second Team recognition and honorable mentions. Please go to Press Democrat Preps (PDPreps) online for more information. • Piner places 4th in the Sonoma County Classic. Click here for photos. (Photos courtesy of Freshman parent Mr. Snetsinger)
• The Piner Art Show was a big success, especially open mic.
Mi Thong did a solo clarinet piece. Mr. Mizera somehow simultaneously channelled the essence
of 1970's William Shatner and Katie Perry in a performance art/poetry piece that had the audience
enthralled, confused, and cracking up all at the same time. Mr. Dillilo and Elijah Alexander
shared some poetry and music was performed by PJ McGinnis and Thersa Gellesch. • Latino Club members and Art students visit SFMOMA and San Francisco Art Institute • Congratulations to Luis Luna for finishing 30th at the 2011 Cross Country National Championship!
• Congratulations to Luis Luna for qualifying for the Cross Country National Championship!
• Congratulations Piner Cross Country Boys Team for placing 3rd at State! Congratulations to Luis Luna for placing 5th at State!
• Mr. Dilillo's Culinary Art's students start the holiday season off right by learning to cook and carve turkeys. All the meat was donated to help feed local homeless people. • Thanks to our own Mr. Lopez, Piner High School was selected to receive a SAGE Mitsubishi Fellowship Grant. • Santa Rosa City School Superintendent Sharon Liddell announces Piner High School's GIS Program wins prestigous CSBA Golden Bell Award
• Piner Senior, Leonard Carter, is the Santa Rosa City School's High School • Piner Boys, led by Luis Luna, shatter records and win NBL Cross Country Championship. Piner Senior, Kyra Johnson, took first place. Varsity Girls tied for second place. JV Boys took second place. • Teachers Jose Castro and Lorie Wilcox voted "Best All Around Staff" by PHS students • "Don't Stop Believin'" - Piner Varsity Football gets first win • Piner Boys Cross Country Team wins Ukiah Invitational • Piner Educator Judy Barcelon honored by SCOE as Career Tech Teacher of the Year for work done in the Health and Science Pathway. • Piner's Luis Luna posts fastest 5K in Empire history and wins Stanford Cross Country Invitational Division III race. • Piner Graduate Mindy Yu, profiled in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. • Congratulations Piner students! Piner had the highest API score increase (33 points) from 2010-2011 of all SRCS high schools and is above 700 for the first time. • Piner Boys, led by Luis Luna, dominate Cross Country Meet • Piner's Principal, Sally Bimrose, provides Guest Opinion in the Press Democrat
• Piner Educators Sandi Lacey (L)
and Patty Michiels (R) honored by Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce.
Ms. Lacey was awarded the High School Educator of the Year for Santa Rosa
• Karen Coster named Early College Magnet Program Coordinator
• Piner's Luis Luna selected for Nike Elite Running Camp
Varsity gets the first win of the season!
Prospector Pete's Security Team
Spirit Week Day 5 - Mourn the Panther
Spirit Week Day 4 - Santa Rosa Nerd Day
Spirit Week Day 3 - Piner Pride Day
Spirit Week Day 2 - Twin Day
Spirit Week Day 1 - Breast Cancer Awareness
2010-2011 School Year
• Meet Piner's Tiffany Tran - Sonoma County's Outstanding CTE Student of the Year in Medicine
• Piner's Early College Magnet Program featured in the SRJC Oak Leaf
• Piner Teacher Simone Spearman featured in Sonoma Family Life magazine
• Piner's Early College Magnet Program wins SSU Jack London Award for Educational Innovation
• Piner Second Year Culinary Art students win the 2011 "Chefs of Tomorrow" competition at the Vintner's Inn
• Piner Students win Sonoma County History Day competitions and head to State Meet
• Simone Spearman named California League of High Schools (CLHS) Educator of the Year!
• Piner tops in SRCS, and 5th in Sonoma County, for sending students to California 2 & 4 year colleges
• Piner Art Students win awards in The National Arts Program, Santa Rosa exhibit
• Meet Piner's Tiffany Tran - Sonoma County's Outstanding CTE Student of the Year in Medicine
• Congratulations Luis Luna for placing 6th at State in the 3200 meters! He shattered the Empire's all-time record!
• Congratulations Kyra Johnson for placing 7th at State in the 300 meter hurdles! Second best in Empire history!
• Piner's Luis Luna and Kyra Johnson headed to State Track Meet
• Piner's Luis Luna NSC Champion
• 2011 Rose Parade
• Piner Cross Country Coach Luis Rosales named Coach of the Year
• Piner's Jason Saler and Angel Tran named Scholar Atheletes of the Year for Piner
• Piner's Luis Luna and Kyra Johnson named NBL Atheletes of the Year for Piner
• Piner's Early College Magnet Program featured in the SRJC Oak Leaf
• Piner Juniors Kyra Johnson and Luis Luna lead Prospectors at NBL Finals
• Piner Teacher Simone Spearman featured in Sonoma Family Life magazine
• Piner's Emily Wood honored for SRCS Green Team input
• Piner's Early College Magnet Program presented with the SSU Jack London Award for Educational Innovation
• Press Democrat Letter to the Editor from former Piner Parent higlights Piner and the Early College Magnet Program
• Piner Juniors Luis Luna and Kyra Johnson take track gold
• Piner's Luis Luna breaks two records at Woody Wilson Relays at UC Davis
• Piner Seniors learn how to save a life
• Piner's Early College Magnet Program wins SSU Jack London Award for Educational Innovation
• Piner Sophomore Ketnapha Poungnachith awarded Honorable Mention in art show "Growing Up Asian in America" (sponsored by the San Francisco Asian Art Museum)
• Piner Second Year Culinary Art students win the 2011 "Chefs of Tomorrow" competition at the Vintner's Inn
• Piner to hold 6th Annual Athletic Hall of Fame Dinner to celebrate Prospector Legends
• Piner Students win Sonoma County History Day competitions and head to State Meet
• Luis Luna named 2010 All Empire Cross Country Runner of the Year
• Simone Spearman named California League of High Schools (CLHS) Educator of the Year!
• Piner tops in SRCS, and 5th in Sonoma County, for sending students to California 2 & 4 year colleges
• Piner Art Students win awards in The National Arts Program, Santa Rosa exhibit
• POUSD to honor Piner's Advanced Spanish Students for Elementary Spanish Program
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