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Spotted: Minnie the therapy dog visiting students at Encinal School

by Parke Treadway on December 11, 2018

It was a very happy Monday morning yesterday in Menlo Park City School District when six-year-old poodle Minnie visited  the special education program at Encinal School. Leonor Delgado and Arlene Esquivias of the Humane Society’s Animals Everywhere program brought Minnie to the classroom.

Minnie is a certified therapy dog specially trained to work with medically-fragile children and has lots of experience visiting children’s hospitals. The district’s team of special education teachers and para-educators set up the visit, and the Humane Society reports that Minnie and her human friends had just as a great a time as the children.

More partnerships with the Palo Alto Humane Society is in the works across the district.

Photos courtesy of Stephanie Sheridan 

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Encinal School celebrates Day of the Dead

Approximately 400 hundred people attended a community celebration for the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) on November 2nd at Encinal School in Menlo Park. The evening was hosted by the school’s Spanish Immersion and World Language Programs. It consisted of arts and crafts, face-painting, and the showing of the movie Coco. Community […]

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Encinal 5th graders celebrate successful completion of Spanish immersion program

Seventeen Encinal 5th graders noted their successful completion of the school’s Spanish immersion (SI) program with a ceremony and dancing last Monday (June 4). “The dance they performed was a mix of dances they’ve learned over the years since kindergarten,” explained SI teacher Aimee Oprandy-Weiss, who’s taught at the school for five years. To complete […]

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Encinal Students have the “write stuff” when it comes to thank you notes

This Fall students at Encinal Elementary School in Atherton added something extra to their weekly library time. They combined kind thoughts and skilled hands by writing letters to some very special people, with leadership from teacher librarian Denise Healy. As the North Bay fires raged on in early October students began writing “thank you notes […]

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First school-based Charlie Cart mobile kitchen classroom on the Peninsula makes its debut

The new Charlie Cart mobile kitchen classroom made its debut last week at Encinal School’s Science Night and proved to be the most popular part of the evening. “Kids were pressing flour into tortillas and chopping fruit and veggies for salsa, reading cooking/nutrition books, and of course sampling what they cooked,” observed Encinal parent Gina Hart. Following […]

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Japan is featured country at this year’s Encinal School Cultural Arts Day

Every year, Encinal School’s PTO picks a country and organizes a day-long celebration of its culture. Past Cultural Arts Days have featured Polynesia, India, Brazil, and the United Kingdom. This year’s country was Japan. The San Francisco Japanese School lent their tama-ire set (kind of like bean bag basketball) and their 100-foot rope, imported from Japan for […]

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Spotted: Dancing kids at Encinal School fall family picnic

The fall family picnic was held at Encinal School yesterday. Faculty, students, and parents danced to the rockin’ DJ Nikki Matteo and enjoyed activities such as Bubble Soccer, Inflatable Derby Horse Races and a Giant Inflatable Slide. Principal Sharon Burns called the students to gather in front of the DJ on the baseball field to show the dance routines […]

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Spotted: Good fun at Encinal Family Science Night

On Friday, April 29, Encinal Elementary School’s PTO hosted the annual Encinal Family Science Night from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Students exhibited their Science Fair posters, enjoyed interactive science events from the Lawrence Hall of Science, and made over 60 take-home Lava Lamps and other science experiments with the Menlo-Atherton Leo Club and science teacher, Dr. […]

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Encinal School second graders celebrate Dr. Suess Day

On March 2nd, students all over America celebrated Read Across America or Dr. Seuss Day to celebrate the birthday of American writer and author Theodor Seuss Geisel. Here, in Menlo Park, at Encinal Elementary School, all of the second grade classes were excited to wear their most cozy pajamas to school and to bring their […]

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Encinal School adds science fair to family fun night

Last afternoon Friday (4/25) the rain stopped, the sun came out, and Encinal Elementary School’s Family Fun Night was underway. The PTO-sponsored SPINGO event includes science, pizza, and bingo. Singers and musicans from Menlo-AthertonHigh School, including some Encinal alumni, serenaded attendees, and Lawrence Hall of Science provided a hands-on interactive science session “Wizard’s Lab”. Some […]

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With fundraising goal exceeded, Encinal School principal kisses a pig

Emails Sara Richter: “Here’s an update on the Chores for Change fundraiser at Encinal School: “We are proud to announce that the grand total raised for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society was $7,290.46. In addition, we had several adults donate their blood to the Stanford Blood Bank. This was an amazing experience for the entire […]

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