Browse past news stories for Novato High School in Novato, CA.

• Local Marines to celebrate Corps' birthday Monday (Marin Independent Journal)
  posted on November 7, 2009 at 11:36:52 pm
  Dozens of grizzled veterans of the U.S. Marine Corps will gather at San Rafael Joe's restaurant during the lunch hour Monday to wish the Corps a happy 234th birthday.
• Novato Notebook (Novato Advance)
  posted on November 7, 2009 at 04:19:26 pm
  Hoffmann shoots 86 in NCS golf tourney Novato High freshman Ali Hoffmann shot a 12-over-par 86 at the North Coast Section Golf Championships at Baywood CC in Arcata Monday.
• Lobbying for lights (Novato Advance)
  posted on November 7, 2009 at 08:44:37 am
  Dale Kline, the President of the Novato High School Sports Boosters Club, has been leading the charge to get lights for night games installed at Novato and San Marin high schools.
• Upfront: A house divided (Pacific Sun)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 11:52:36 pm
  "I understand I'm illegal here, and the law is the law, and they have to do their job. But they don't have to treat us like criminals"... by Ronnie Cohen
• Novato parents deported, leaving two behind (Marin Independent Journal)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 04:58:06 am
  After a fit of last-minute pleas for intervention went unheeded, three members of the Novato family whose legal saga has garnered national attention were deported Wednesday evening.
• As deportation nears, Novato family draws national attention (Marin Independent Journal)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 07:21:52 am
  With the scheduled deportation of his parents fast approaching, the case of Gilbert Mejia-Perez, an 18-year-old Novato resident in legal limbo until July 2010, is drawing national attention.
• Novato school officials struggle to quell clamor over lights (Marin Independent Journal)
  posted on October 28, 2009 at 08:51:42 pm
  Novato school officials have given themselves two weeks to decide whether to use leftover bond money to install lights at the district's two high school football fields.
• Sound to be turned down at NHS games (Novato Advance)
  posted on October 28, 2009 at 07:54:13 pm
  Neighbors who oppose athletic-field lights for night football games at Novato High School weren’t able to get the school board to abandon the idea.
• Upfront2: Gilbert Mejia deportation delayed (Pacific Sun)
  posted on October 23, 2009 at 09:55:56 pm
  "Unfortunately, my country is a place that's not safe, especially for people his age, and that's why I'm very afraid for him to go back...that's why I brought him here." by Ronnie Cohen
• Student absences at Marin schools on the rise (Marin Independent Journal)
  posted on October 21, 2009 at 11:36:42 pm
  The number of students out sick at San Marin High School in Novato returned to normal this week after a spike last week, but public health officials continue to see an upswing in absences throughout the county as seasonal flu season converges with swine flu concerns.
• Forums on stadium lights postponed (Marin Independent Journal)
  posted on October 17, 2009 at 01:03:01 am
  Two community forums to discuss the idea of stadium lights at Novato High School and San Marin High School football fields have been postponed.
• Tense stadium-light debate at school board (Novato Advance)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 08:36:27 pm
  The debate over nighttime lighting of the San Marin and Novato High School football fields continued at last night’s meeting of the Novato Unified School District. A standing-room-only crowd gave the school board a piece of its collective mind.
• Endorsements for College of Marin board (Pacific Sun)
  posted on October 9, 2009 at 06:11:09 pm
  Not long ago the College had major problems on multiple fronts with declining enrollment, deteriorating facilities, and an accreditation warning. Fran White has been president of the College now for about five years, and during that time progress can be seen in a number of areas. by PaloAltoOnline.com
• Novato high schools plan for stadium lights concerns neighbors (Marin Independent Journal)
  posted on October 5, 2009 at 02:51:42 am
  In other parts of the country, Friday night high school football is as American as apple pie. But there are only two high school stadiums in Marin County - San Rafael High and Tomales High - that have lights, forcing the rest of the teams to play Saturday afternoons.
• 50th NHS class reunion Saturday (Novato Advance)
  posted on September 30, 2009 at 07:38:34 pm
  Bonnie Russell Broxton, Yvette Borloz Jackson and Carryll Patterson Mountjoy — all students from the Novato High School Class of 1959 — joined together with three Novato High seniors from the Class of 2010 to create a digital slide show of photos for Saturday’s NHS 50th Class Reunion.
• PREP CROSS COUNTRY: Sehome shines at Stanford Invite (The Bellingham Herald)
  posted on September 27, 2009 at 05:43:32 am
  Eric Schneider led the Sehome boys' cross country team to a second-place finish at the Stanford
• 20 Marin students selected as National Merit semifinalists (Marin Independent Journal)
  posted on September 16, 2009 at 10:36:43 pm
  Twenty high school seniors from Marin were among the 16,000 students nationwide named this week as semifinalists in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship program.
• Truck spills chemical near Novato schools (Marin Independent Journal)
  posted on September 3, 2009 at 01:06:52 am
  A truck dropped a pile of pool chlorine tablets in the street Wednesday afternoon in Novato, forcing police to divert traffic at two schools while a hazardous materials crew cleaned up the chemicals.
• Letter of the Week: (Pacific Sun)
  posted on August 25, 2009 at 10:34:49 pm
  Just read Samantha Campos's Back to School issue story about failing schools in high-priced neighborhoods ("Higher Miseducation," Aug. 14)... by Gary Steiger, Ross
• Novato High cheer, dance teams place first (Novato Advance)
  posted on August 24, 2009 at 09:29:31 pm
  The Novato High School Cheer and Dance team took part in the United Spirit Association (USA) earlier this month in Santa Cruz and made a strong impression.
• San Rafael man touts raw food in new documentary (Marin Independent Journal)
  posted on August 24, 2009 at 05:58:45 am
  As a college student studying nutrition in the late 1990s, Michael Bedar developed an interest in raw food and the importance of a healthy diet.
• North Bay Business Journal (North Bay Business Journal)
  posted on August 17, 2009 at 09:15:48 am
  The Business Journal shines a spotlight on 25 top electrical contractors in the North Bay. The following is based on a list of largest contractors published in the Feb. 16 issue and organized alphabetically by company.
• Teens Turning Green wants Novato chapter (Marin Independent Journal)
  posted on August 15, 2009 at 06:22:50 am
  A Marin-based group called Teens Turning Green, which works to eliminate toxic exposure in daily life and advocates for environmentally conscious practices, is interested in forming a chapter in Novato.
• Peter Michael 'Pete' Ratto (Sonoma Index-Tribune)
  posted on August 11, 2009 at 07:54:03 pm
  Peter Michael "Pete" Ratto, died suddenly at his home in Sonoma, on July 23, 2009. He was 53. Pete was born in San Rafael, on June 4, 1956. He went to Novato schools and was a graduate of Novato High School class of 1974.
• Home prices fall as you head away from S.F. (San Francisco Chronicle)
  posted on August 2, 2009 at 11:56:44 am
  If you are like the typical American worker, you commute 24 miles round trip to your job each day. Is it financially worthwhile to double that commute? For San Franciscans looking to flee the city's still relatively high housing prices, the answer depends on...
• Ex charged with beating Novato woman to death, taking their baby (Novato Advance)
  posted on July 17, 2009 at 12:09:56 am
  When Danielle Keller attended Novato High School, she was on the staff of “Harvest,� the school’s literary magazine.
• Cops having top performances at Infineon (Vallejo Times-Herald)
  posted on July 16, 2009 at 03:42:47 pm
  The Vallejo Police Department has done well in the Top The Cops showdown at Infineon Raceway this season, thanks mostly to the quick reactions of Officer Matt McCrea. A diffferent name stepped up last week as Rudy Quesada handed the Vallejo PD another victory, defeating
• Read More » (Novato Advance)
  posted on July 15, 2009 at 09:09:46 pm
  It began as an effort by Melody Osheroff’s Girl Scout troop to add some color and cheer to the Osheroff’s front yard as they mourn the loss of 9-year-old Melody and await the return of her dad, Aaron, from the hospital. It blossomed into an all-out labor of love by the community at large.
• Porn king's son held on murder charge (San Francisco Chronicle)
  posted on July 13, 2009 at 03:05:19 pm
  The Mitchell Brothers family, which pushed all things X-rated into San Francisco's social consciousness and was later rocked by fratricide, recorded a tragic new chapter with the arrest of one of the porn kings' sons on charges of bludgeoning to death the...
• NHS student had H1N1 (Novato Advance)
  posted on July 1, 2009 at 09:22:47 pm
  A Novato High School student who was traveling in South America tested positive for H1N1, or swine flu, confirms Fred Schwartz, MD, Marin County Public Health Officer.