Art | K-5 | Music | Synergy community
Celebrating Lunar New Year
One of the challenges of the pandemic is adapting community traditions to together on Zoom. Every February, the students and staff gather in the Big…
Art | K-5 | Language Arts | Synergy community
Read Aloud with Author Grace Lin
On Wednesday, following Synergy’s Lunar New Year celebration, children’s author and illustrator, Grace Lin joined the weekly Community Read Aloud. Lin has written and illustrated…
Judd Winick Shares His Story with Synergy School
Judd Winick, local author-illustrator and creator of the wildly popular HiLo graphic novel series, brought laughter and life lessons to Synergy students on February 10, 2021, in…
Art | K-5 | Middle school | Parents | Synergy community
The Gay Men’s Chorus: A Conversation with the 6th and 7th Grades
After the chorus closed their performance with the most beautiful and inspiring mash-up of Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors” and Sara Bareilles’ “Brave,” most of the…
Art | Field Trip | K-5
4/5 Visits SFMOMA
The fourth and fifth grade visited the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art on Monday in mid-September. Teachers Sandy, Rea, Roy and myself eagerly led…
Art | Drama | K-5 | Middle school | Music | Synergy community | Teachers | Uncategorized
Mahala’s Last Spring Concert
Like spring itself, Synergy’s Spring Concert is eagerly anticipated each year—along with daffodils, stone fruit, longer days, and—of course—spring vacation. Tons of work, weeks of…
Art | K-5 | Middle school | Parents | Rainbow Room | Synergy community | Teachers | Uncategorized
TAB in the Synergy Art Studio
Over the years I found myself wanting to give my students a more authentic and meaningful art experience, one that would not only build student…
Art | K-5 | Language Arts | Library | Middle school | Parents | Rainbow Room | Synergy community
Graphic Novelist Nidhi Chanani’s Visit
Nidhi Chanani, author of the magical new graphic novel, Pashmina, gave an entertaining and informative presentation to Synergy students grades 4-6 during a special assembly on…
Our visit to the Mission Cultural Center
Here are some pictures of our visit to the Mission Cultural Center for you to enjoy. You can find many more on smugmug. https://synergyphotos.smugmug.com/2016-17-school-year/Dia-de-Los-Muertos Students…
Art | K-5 | Middle school | Parents | Rainbow Room | Synergy community | Uncategorized
Mosaic Mural Honors Endowment Campaign Donors
A couple years ago (before I started teaching at Synergy) the school had a large capital fund endowment campaign. The biggest donors were to be…
Art | Drama | K-5 | Middle school | Music | Parents | Rainbow Room | Synergy community | Uncategorized
Synergy Talent Show
Synergy students showcased their special skills and talents yesterday afternoon at our Talent Show, an annual school wide event that never fails to entertain and…
Art | Drama | Humanities | K-5 | Language Arts | Music | Parents | Synergy community | Teachers | Uncategorized
Eastender & Skylight Plays
After countless nights of memorization, art classes devoted to backdrops and props, and mornings spent rehearsing the songs over and over, the Skylights and Eastenders…