Ralph Cantor, a highly-regarded speaker on adolescence, drugs, and alcohol, spoke at a well-attended parent education event on April 24. During his lively and informative presentation, he talked about eye-opening recent research on the effects of drugs and alcohol on young people’s learning and emotional well-being. See a PDF of Ralph’s presentation [...]

On Thursday, March 8, 2012, The Berkeley School made the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle’s Bay Area section with a story about our nine-week collaboration with nationally-known musician and instrument-maker Paul Dresher. Students in our 4-5th grade classrooms worked with Dresher and his colleagues to learn about the physics and mechanics of [...]