Uncategorized Wondering, worrying, waiting: A 5th grader reflects on life during a pandemic By Jia Ramakrishnan | April 3, 2020 Jia Ramakrishnan always wanted to live through a time that would go down in history, but not like this.
Featured in Category Former Piedmonter shares personal COVID-19 story By Morgan Smith | Exedra Staff | April 2, 2020 Morgan Smith started feeling sick around March 20. He's sharing his firsthand account to help drive home the seriousness of the illness.
Featured in Category TPH Editorial | Why PHS should move to pass/fail grading for second semester By The Piedmont Highlander | Editorial Board | April 2, 2020 The grading scale needs to reflect that distance learning is not equivalent to being in the classroom.
Featured in Category Older Piedmonters stay home, reflect on the new normal By Sally Senior | March 31, 2020 Missing family and grandchildren, learning Facetime, rationing simple pleasures, and managing new fears, hopes and frustrations are all part of daily life now.
COVID-19 Letter from Rome By Catherine Barber | March 20, 2020 In a special to the Exedra, a Californian describes life in in Italy as the country struggles in the grip of coronavirus.
Featured in Category Commentary | To help ourselves, help the most vulnerable among us By Shanti Brien | March 20, 2020 We have the capacity to transcend our self-interest -- and we are ready to contribute to the good of the whole.
Uncategorized View from a dorm room: a Cal student reacts to life under COVID-19 By Rachel Barber | March 19, 2020 When your dorm room is no longer in a campus dorm but has been relocated to your family home -- nowhere near Berkeley
Around Town Kelly Corrigan | Making Time By Kelly Corrigan | February 11, 2020 A serendipitous encounter with an old friend comes at just the right moment.
California Commentary | OK, Boomer? Kids these days? Why generational warfare gets us nowhere By Stacey Torres | Special to CALmatters | December 31, 2019 If your holidays and intergenerational family discussion featured the newest catchphrase 'OK, Boomer' -- here's some food for thought.
Featured in Category Letter to the Editor | School Board says, “Thank you, Piedmont!” By Amal Smith, PUSD School Board President | November 12, 2019 With the passage of Measures G&H, we are grateful for the continued support this community has given to our schools.