Community Partners Helping Us Build a Culture of Continuous Improvement

COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND NORTH BAY BUSINNESSES RECOGNIZED

During December 2009, several community members and North Bay businesses volunteered their time and labor and/or donated materials to the improvement of two gardens on the Bayside Elementary School campus, the Primary Garden at the KPod and the Intermediate Garden behind the upper classrooms. Pictured above: SMCSD Board members recognize volunteers at the January 21, 2010 Board Meeting.
The Board wishes to acknowledge and thank everyone involved in this event:

  • Conservation Corps North Bay - Skye Telka
  • GrowingGreat Marin City - Marika Bergsund
  • Changing-Places, Inc. - Margaret Feary Walsh
  • Eric Jacobs Landscape Design/Measure Up - Eric Jacobs
  • Ghilotti, Bros. Inc. - Fred Smith
  • Gardens and Gables - Kathleen Slattery Phelps, AIA
  • Marin Sanitary/Marin Recycling & Resource Recovery - Joe Garbarino
  • UrbanFarmer Store - Bill Shaw
  • The Away Station - Carrie Bachelder
  • American Soil and Stone - Alfonso Garcia and James (Doc) King
  • Mekisich Horticultural Services - Tony Mekisich
  • Rebecca Lawrence

 

MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PLEDGES $35 MILLION FOR EDUCATION

SMCSD Board President, Mark Trotter, Vice President, Dr. Shirley Thornton, Trustee, Dr. Bill Ziegler, Bayside Elementary Principal, Jonnette Newton, MLK, Jr. Academy Principal, Dr. Stephen Strachan, Superintendent, Dr. Debra Bradley, and Marin Community Foundation Executive Director, Tom Peters attended the July presentation of the MCF Achievement Gap Strategic Initiative. Click on photo for Marin IJ story.


Carlos Santana's Milagro Foundation, W.K. Kellogg, and GrowingGreat Partner with The Sausalito Marin City School District to Provide Nutrition Education and Access to Healthy Foods.

Pictured: GrowingGreat, Marika Bergsund, Milagro Foundation Executive Director, Shelley Brown, Board President Mark Trotter, Vice President, Dr. Shirley Thornton, Trustee, Dr. Bill Ziegler, Trustee Thomas Newmeyer, and Superintendent Dr. Debra Bradley accept the donation that will result in a generational garden project located at the new Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy middle school facility in Marin City. Click on photo to read official press release.

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