It’s been all smiles (and a few tears) back at Synergy this week! The first day of school included the annual welcome-back song and dance…
In previous years, both teachers and students have noticed a social unfamiliarity between kids in the younger and older grades. Dominic Altieri, the middle school…
“This must be my lucky day!” exclaimed Zaiden, a sunroom student, as he fished out Frog and Toad are Friends from under a pile of books. Synergy’s…
Pizza and cookies, anyone? How about Escape from New York pizza, Anthony’s Cookies, sports games, and old friends? These are the promises Synergy makes to…
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…
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…
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…
Never mind that downtown was a zoo because of the Super Bowl. Synergy’s all school skating trip (one of my personal favorites) was on the…
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…
It’s lunchtime at Synergy School, and kids are starting to flood the halls. Most are yelling, screaming, and rushing towards the freedom of the outside,…
Two students sat in tiny chairs at the front of the classroom as third grade teacher Teresa taught a math lesson. The goal was to…
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…