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Dec 12, 2019 | Local Nonprofit Welcomes New Executive Director
With changes in leadership, financial woes and school consolidations in the Ravenswood City School District, a local nonprofit is working to provide a sense of stability to district students. Over the next year,... |
Nov 25, 2019 | Menlo Park Resident Angie Holman is New Executive Director at All Students Matter
Menlo Park resident Angie Holman is the new Executive Director of All Students Matter, a nonprofit devoted to working with teachers in the Ravenswood City... |
Nov 13, 2019 | Students Picking Out Books at Belle Haven School
Students at Belle Haven School loved being able to select five books each at this pop-up book fair... |
Nov 5, 2019 | All Students Matter Names Executive Director: Angie Holman Takes the Helm of the Growing Nonprofit
All Students Matter, a nonprofit devoted to working with teachers in the Ravenswood City School District to support the success of underserved students... |
Fall 2019 | Info Menlo: Education - Classes, Tutoring, Resources
Tutoring: All Students Matter teaches literacy and social/emotional skills ... |
Sept 10, 2019 | InMenlo: All Students Matter Expands Support for Building Literacy Skills Among Ravenswood Students
Improving literacy skills is a top priority for Ravenswood City School District, as those skills are critical for reading, writing, and common core math. Local volunteer organization All Students Matter... |
Sept 26, 2018 | The Almanac: Meet the Winners of Menlo Park’s 2018 Golden Acorn Awards
I believe our democracy is at stake if we do not re-establish a sense of community,” said Rich Gordon, former state assemblyman... More on this topic... |
Dec 1, 2017 | Palo Alto Weekly: Educating Students One by One
Inside a quiet classroom at Brentwood Academy in East Palo Alto on Monday afternoon, Gyna Monroy reclined on a blue beanbag, carefully reading aloud from a picture book called “There’s a Bird on Your Head!” With a tutor’s gentle prompting, the third-grader worked her way through more difficult words... PDF version of the article |
Apr 5, 2017 | The Almanac: Volunteers Support Students 'Where They Are'
It’s just after Friday morning recess and the students in Cassanndra Wicker’s first-grade classroom at Belle Haven School are lined up to go back to class. Grins emerge as the students see a familiar face appear, that of Carolyn Blatman, who volunteers in their classroom each Friday morning... |
Jan-Mar 2017 | East Palo Alto Today: Volunteer Organization Makes a Difference
More than 200 volunteers from All Students Matter organization are changing the lives of Ravenswood City School District students on a daily basis. Trained volunteers assist... |
Mar 6, 2015 | Palo Alto Pulse: All Students Matter: Palo Alto Volunteers Make a Difference for Kids in East Palo Alto
In 2008, three resourceful Palo Alto moms-Sharon Purcel, Ann Carter & Carol Chalmers had a revelation: they should stop battling other parents to get on the sign up sheets in their children’s PAUSD classrooms, and figure out a way to give their time and energy to schools in East Palo Alto, where parents did not have the luxury to volunteer... |