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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 School District to support the success of underserved students in East Palo Alto and eastern Menlo Park. Angie is a four-year member of ASM’s... |
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 in East Palo Alto and eastern Menlo Park, announced Angie Holman has been named as the organization's new Executive Director. |
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 supports Ravenswood students in building literacy, with about 200 volunteers set to work with... |
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... |