Alumni Parent Podcast: HippieDocs 2.0 Re-Humanizing Medicine
One of the many reasons families choose Synergy is for the the warm and welcoming community. A community of families with diverse backgrounds, and parents…
Community Service | K-5 | Middle school | Rainbow Room | science | Synergy community | Synergy trips | Uncategorized
Environmentalism at Synergy
Here at Synergy, everyone cares about our environment and community. The campus is full of plants. There are trees on the…
Middle school | science | STEM | Teachers | Tech | Uncategorized
Makers in the Mission
In Kristi’s elective tinkering class, students are makers: they take random materials and make light-up bracelets, wire sculptures, and puppets, among other creations. One afternoon…
Middle school | science | STEM | Teachers | Uncategorized
Synergy Science with Kristi
Making and tinkering come naturally to middle school science teacher Kristi Coale. Her grandmother was a seamstress and a pattern maker, and her mother taught…
Community Service | K-5 | Middle school | Parents | science | Synergy community | Synergy trips | Uncategorized
Community Service Day
On a stunning November morning, Synergy families gathered at The Garden Project’s property next to the San Francisco County jail in San Bruno. This is…
Farm School | Humanities | Language Arts | Middle school | science | STEM | Synergy trips
Farm School 2015
The 6th and 7th graders spent a glorious week at Ocean Song in Occidental, CA, studying diverse environments, playing badminton, sanding soapstone, putting flowers in…
Farm School | Parents | science | STEM | Synergy trips | Teachers
4/5 Farm School
Farm School, Synergy School’s main outdoor ed program, is one of my favorite parts of the year. Kids learn so much when they are out…
K-5 | Middle school | science | STEM | Synergy community
Earth Day
The Synergy community celebrated Earth Day with flare—including a recycle relay, leaf rubbing, insect drawing, seed planting, energy audits, and a poetry reading. The Ecoteam,…