Dear Bolinas-Stinson School Families and Community, WELCOME SARA LIEBER - OUR NEW 5TH & 6TH GRADE TEACHER! Sara is our new teacher who will be team teaching with Willow Regnery in the 5th & 6th grade. Sara has an amazing background in designing garden curriculum, implementing nature projects, and teaching hands-on lessons to students through gardening. Sara...

Dear Bolinas-Stinson Families and Community, Restorative Circles & Restorative Dialogue - Supporting our Students Bolinas-Stinson staff and students are committed to using restorative circles and restorative dialogue to address daily conflicts as they occur. These practices help our students develop empathy and foster healthy peer relationships. Restorative...

Dear Bolinas-Stinson School Families and Community, May Day Celebration at the Stinson Campus - Music, Dance, Flowers, & Fun! A huge thank you to our Bolinas-Stinson staff, community members, the Bolinas Children's Center staff and students, parent volunteers, and our music teacher, Anny for providing a beautiful and entertaining May Day celebration. The...

Dear Bolinas-Stinson School Families, The Bolinas-Stinson Track and Field Day was a huge success! This event was uplifting, heartwarming, and just an all- around good time. A huge thank you to Carlos, our dedicated Physical Education instructor, and all the wonderful volunteers who made this day so special. I have received such an outpouring of positivity around...

Be sure to stop by the Stinson Library to check out our student artwork currently on display until May 20th. This is an amazing opportunity for the Bolinas-Stinson School to share student artwork with the community before the big art show at the end of the school year on May 24th. Students have created unique pieces, in each of the four art shops using a variety...

Dear Bolinas-Stinson School Families, I hope you enjoyed a relaxing spring break with friends and family. Take a look at the following important upcoming school events and be sure to mark your calendars! Please Join us for the 37th Annual Bolinas-Stinson Track and Field Day! I hope you are able to join us this Friday, April 19th, for our 37 annual Track and...

37TH ANNUAL BOLINAS-STINSON UNION SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD DAY Come join the fun on Friday, April 19, 2019! SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 9:50 - Warm-up-Kindergarten-third grade students 10:00 - Kindergarten through third grade events begin 11:00 - Lunch break - School cafeteria lunch for K-8th grade students only 11:30 - Torch Ceremony 12:00 - K-3 Grade...

Dear Bolinas-Stinson School Families, Equinox Open Mic Night fun! Thank you for coming out to support our Equinox Open Mic Night! The kids did a great job sharing their various talents and we raised over $500.00 for the Bolinas-Stinson Parent Group! This money will help provide food and supplies for upcoming family events and help fund enrichment for our...

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...

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...