Browse past news stories for Mcdowell Elementary School in Petaluma, CA.

• Community effort aims to get youth 'Ready by 21' (The Petaluma Argus-Courier)
  posted on November 17, 2009 at 09:45:32 pm
  Published: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 1:05 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 1:05 p.m. Ready by 21 is the latest development in an ongoing effort to help Petaluma’s youth achieve the most out of their education and life experiences growing up.
• McKinley tackles several challenges (The Petaluma Argus-Courier)
  posted on November 2, 2009 at 07:00:45 pm
  Sonoma State University intern Connor Ross, right, offers a piece of mint from the McKinley Elementary School garden to students James Menendez, left, and Jessica Mayo.
• Recession stirs parishioners to seek solutions (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  posted on October 19, 2009 at 12:10:50 am
  By RANDI ROSSMANN THE PRESS DEMOCRAT A group of Petaluma parishioners Sunday gathered to learn how to help local residents who are suffering in the Great Recession, and several offered their own stories. “My three grown sons all were laid off from their jobs,” said Nancy McFarland. “I was laid off,” said Jeanne Torassa. “... and I was laid off again.”
• School test scores yield mixed results (The Petaluma Argus-Courier)
  posted on September 28, 2009 at 06:00:32 pm
  Published: Monday, September 28, 2009 at 10:40 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, September 28, 2009 at 10:40 a.m.
• Local schools improve proficiency levels (The Petaluma Argus-Courier)
  posted on August 28, 2009 at 08:30:10 pm
  Published: Friday, August 28, 2009 at 12:33 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, August 28, 2009 at 12:33 p.m.
• Petaluma Bounty launches mobile market (The Petaluma Argus-Courier)
  posted on July 10, 2009 at 10:01:41 am
  Published: Friday, July 10, 2009 at 3:00 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 3:33 p.m. Local farm fresh veggies are becoming easier to get a hold of thanks to Petaluma Bounty’s new Bounty Mobile Market.
• Home: Ain't nuthin' but a veg thang (Pacific Sun)
  posted on May 6, 2009 at 03:14:45 pm
  It's always mystified me that people who can afford health insurance and Whole Foods have access to clean and safe food, while those who can't afford a doctor's visit are left to buy cheaper processed food lacking nutritional value, which increases their chances of obesity, heart disease, diabetes and a plethora of other debilitating diseases. What dimwit created this unjust food system? by ...
• Telling a story with fabric (The Petaluma Argus-Courier)
  posted on April 1, 2009 at 07:06:16 pm
  Published: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 11:47 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 11:47 a.m. The quilt that Louise Lattimore is most proud of is not one she made herself, but one her great-grandmother hand-pieced and quilted together in her sod-roofed cabin in the Montana Territory.