Critical Thinking EXTRA: The episode on conformation bias ( I know critical thinking fans are waiting for it!) will be out next week. I wanted to take a moment to show how critical thinking can impact our world at the local and national level- the college admissions bribery case got me started thinking… Earlier this year a community member...

Dear Bolinas-Stinson School Families, Earlier this week, a parent brought to my attention a concern about an internet threat directed at children. The parent wanted to reach out to me and other parents to alert us about potential threats and inappropriate content children may be inadvertently exposed to online. I followed up this conversation by researching more...

Monday March 11-NO SCHOOL-Staff Development Day. Tuesday March 12-One bus run morning-No Pre-K bus & One bus afternoon

Dear Bolinas-Stinson School Families, 2018-19 GOLDEN BELL AWARDS Congratulations to our Golden Bell Recipients - Gohar Yervandyan (7th/8th Grade Teacher), Colin Schlitt (Instructional Aide), and Steve Aikenhead and the Bolinas-Stinson Book Fair! The Golden Bell Awards are a countywide annual recognition of local outstanding educators, school advocates and...

Critical Thinking Terms # 2: Fallacies and the fallacy of “argument from ignorance” A quick warning when you try to get kids to learn about critical thinking: Be careful when you train your adolescent to spot fallacies! You may empower them to thwart you and make you look silly. But it’s worth it if you want them to be inspired critical thinkers. ...

AFTER SCHOOL ACADEMIC SUPPORT We are excited to offer families two new after school academic support classes (free of cost) starting when we return from mid-winter break! Please give Kara your completed Registration Form. We have a limited amount of space, so please turn in your registration form as soon as possible. After School Math Club ~ Instructor: Don...

Dear Bolinas-Stinson School Families, I hope you and your family fared well in the recent storm. To help us better prepare for future storms, please read the following information about our new emergency notification system. EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ALL FAMILIES AND STAFF We had to implement our new school emergency notification system to alert staff...

Using the Bolinas-Stinson School App The Bolinas-Stinson mobile app is intended to provide parents with fast, convenient access to school information. When you tap on the pull-down menu in the upper left corner of the app’s home screen you will see quick links to a Live Feed (brief messages about a variety of topics) News, Events, Staff, Dining, Documents,...

Critical Thinking. Please consider the first phrase in the Bolinas-Stinson School Vision Statement: We educate students to be inspired critical thinkers… I think that is wonderful! Since we believe our job is to facilitate critical thinking in our students, we should also want adults in our school community to think critically so that they...

Welcome to the Bolinas-Stinson School Our Vision We educate students to be inspired critical thinkers, confident of their creativity and motivated to achieve academic excellence. Essential learning, grounded in sustainable community and environmental stewardship, prepares each student to successfully pursue the opportunities of life. Our Mission We are...