Synergy Times
Keeping Kids Safer Online
Every day at Synergy, our teachers are working to help students make better online choices to focus on their school work. Recently we implemented Securly, a…
Lunar New Year: A Celebration of Renewal, Family, and Community
Lunar New Year is one of the world’s oldest and most widely celebrated holidays. Marking the arrival of spring, it follows a lunisolar calendar…
Hard Yard Make Over: Community Supports Court Resurfacing
A new softer, hard yard surface is making a big difference in outdoor play at Synergy School. Thanks to the generosity of the Synergy…
One Scoop at a Time: Creating Community Through Journalism
The Synergy Scoop is an all-middle-school newspaper that features comics created by fourth- and fifth-grade students. In the Newspaper elective, ideas range from recent…
Author Kyla Zhao’s Winning Strategy for Inspiring Young Readers
Author Kyla Zhao made all the right moves during her visit to Synergy School on October 10, 2025, captivating our Sun Room, Skylights, and…
Graphic Novelist Thien Pham Shares Stories & Food with 7th Grade
In Thien Pham’s book, Family Style he shares the stories he remembers through food throughout his life. He not only talks about hard things…
In Her Own Words: Ebony Manion: The Many Jobs of Teaching
Note: This is a story from Ebony Manion, Rainbow Room on the Teachers in Their Power website. The online storytelling project focuses on changing…
Connecting With Nature Helps Build Confident Seventh Graders
In early May 2024, Synergy seventh graders took off on backpacking expeditions in Point Reyes National Seashore. Ariel Leighton, Synergy’s Outdoor Education Teacher, and…
50th Anniversary: Celebrating a Remarkable Institution
On a sunny afternoon in April, current Synergy students, staff, parents, alums, and community members joined together to mark the momentous occasion of 50…
Remembering Tammy Damon
In Memoriam: Tammy Damon 1948-2023 Tammy Damon devoted so much of herself to Synergy and the education of many generations of students. Our family…
Events To Celebrate 50 Years Of Synergy School
Calling all alums, alum parents, and friends of Synergy School: Please Join us in March and April as we celebrate 50 years of Synergy!…
New 50th Video Captures The Essence of Synergy School
For more than 50 years Synergy School has thrived. Watch and learn how the school’s founders planted the seeds of an educational cooperative that…