Support music education I was delighted to attend Mary Farmar Elementary School’s music fundraiser held at Lucca Beer Garden on July 25. As a retired math teacher, I know evidence has shown that music helps the brain. Music makes you smarter, happier and more productive at any age. Mary Farmar is a wonderful elementary school. […]
Letter: They got the Beat
They got the Beat Kudos to our great community for coming out to support the “Gimme A Beat” benefit concert at Lucca Bar & Grill last Wednesday to help fund music programs at Mary Farmar Elementary School. Fun was had by all, including the kids. Music is such an integral part of a child’s growth. […]
Farmar PTA to raise funds for music program with benefit concert at Lucca
Lucca Beer Garden is generally not open Wednesdays, but to help raise money for a good cause, the stage will be filled with the sounds of music for a special concert benefiting the music program at Mary Farmar Elementary School. The Mary Farmar PTA Music Committee will be hosting its Gimme a Beat! Benefit concert […]
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BUSD budget among items on packed school board agenda
Thursday’s school board meeting will be the last of the 2017-18 year while school is in session— and if the agenda is any indication, it will be the busiest of the entire year by far. One of the biggest items is a public hearing on Benicia Unified School District’s proposed budget for the 2018-19 school […]
School board rejects bids for fire alarm upgrades
Bids will reopen at later date At Thursday’s meeting, the Benicia school board unanimously voted to reject bids for fire alarm upgrades at two elementary schools and reopen them at a later time. As part of the Measure S initiative, which was approved by voters in 2014 to provide $49.6 million in bond funding to […]
Benicia Middle School campus modernization dominates school board meeting Thursday
A quarterly bond update was delivered at Thursday’s school board meeting. The biggest item discussed was the modernization of Benicia Middle School’s campus. BMS modernization One of the largest remaining items to be funded by Measure S is new construction at BMS to give the school more of a 21st century look. Lee Pollard of […]
Throwback Thursday: Herald headlines for the week of Feb. 11, 1943, 1968 and 1993
Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago Board Refuses Los Angeles “Scrap Plyboard” Makeshift For Benicia School Children (Feb. 11, 1943) Refusal by the Board of Trustees of the Benicia Unified School District to accept demountable former WPA storehouses constructed from plyboard to house Benicia school children has failed to check the FWA regional office […]
Mary Farmar students taking part in kindness challenge all week
Elementary schoolers already have a tendency to be kind, but this week at Mary Farmar Elementary School, students are taking it to a whole new level. For the second year in a row, Farmar is taking part in the Great Kindness Challenge, an international bullying prevention initiative in which students spend the last week of […]
Arts Benicia to host After School Art program at Farmar in February
While a school day is not always enough time to learn the basics of art, Arts Benicia is here to make sure creatively inclined students have additional opportunities to hone their craft. After School sessions will be held at Mary Farmar Elementary School throughout February. Arts Benicia’s After School program, sponsored by Benicia Unified School […]