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2012-2013 School Year

• Farewell to Piner Secretary Kayelean Killen. Kayelean is moving on to the District Office.

• Piner's new Science Center starts to take shape.

• Piner Classrooms get into the holiday spirit.

• Piner Teacher & Staff Flash Mob

• Piner's "Team Organic Garden" build a new garden fence. Piner's Culinary students provided an awesome lunch with burritos, salsa, pie and lemonade.

• Mr. Castro's Spanish Speakers Class celebrate "Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) at Old Courthouse Square on November 1st

• Piner's Front Office gets into the Halloween spirit

• Piner Cross Country Boys Team showing a little patriotism

• Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey holds Q&A with Piner Seniors

(photo credit the Press Democrat)

• Star Rico named Homecoming Queen

• Piner PTSA's Fall Beautification Day

• The dawn of a new day at Piner High School! The glistening Observatory Pad of Piner's Science and Technology Center underneath the Moon and Venus.

• Piner's Ian Carpenter is Santa Rosa City School's Student of the Month for October 2012

• Piner Maker Program is the first of its kind in Santa Rosa City Schools. Scroll down to the Notices section for a description of this innovative program. In this photo below the students are building their own classroom work benches.

• Piner Culinary Instructor, Debbie Grove, wins First Place and Best of Show, Best Medium Awards at the 2012 Sonoma County Harvest Fair for her watercolor painting of a cow and calf grazing.

• Piner Drama students participate in Neighborhood Listening Project

• Piner's Culinary Students sell cookies at the 2012 Sonoma County Harvest Fair

• Piner's GTP Students at the Piner marquee announcing the sponsorship of Trimble Navigation Ltd for Piner's new Science and Technology Center.

• PHS Counseling Department recommended article: Connecting With Your Child's School Counselor for a Successful School Year

• Piner's Luis Luna named Track and Field Athlete of the Year.

• Piner's Kyra Johnson named Track and Field Athlete of the Year.

• Piner Teachers Karen Coster and Andrea Correia honored at the Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce's 27th Annual Education & Business Partnership Breakfast. Both teachers have been nominated as "Educators of the Year" from Piner High School.

• Welcome Letter from incoming Santa Rosa City School's Superintendent Socorro Shiels

• Construction on Piner's Science and Technology Center begins!

2011-2012 School Year

• Piner Science Department brings out the telescopes to watch Venus travel in front of the Sun. Here is an image taken by Mr. Kruger. Venus is the largest black circle. The other smaller spots are sun spots.

• Piner's Luis Luna places fifth at State Track Meet.

• Seen around the parking lot on Graduation morning.

• Piner's Culinary students share a Pork and Bok Choy Stuffed Pot Stickers recipe made for the "Stark Reality Battle of the High School Chefs" during the Luther Burbank Rose Parade Festival.

• Piner's Science Department hosted a solar eclipse viewing party on May 20th.
Thank you Mr. Kruger and Mr. Carpenter for arranging the public viewing party. The crowd was big and enthusiastic. It was great to see so many people interested in science. People also discovered science on their own. We found that you could make a "pinhole camera" with your hand and see the eclipse. The light through the trees also created a lot of mini-eclipses.

• Piner's Early College Magnet Students at the End-of-Year BBQ

• Piner's 2012 AP Language Class - This year 43 Piner High School students took the rigorous AP Language and Composition test on May 16th. Marching to the testing site with "This Is How We Do It" blasting from a stereo, Ms. Spearman's class wore student-designed T-shirts commemorating the big day (a Piner AP Language tradition going on seven years now). This year's shirt marked the "Year of the Dragon," the Class of 2013's "Beast Mode," and also a dedication to the passing of Ms. Spearman's father, who always told young adults to "Follow Your Bliss." This truly was a special day.

• 10 years of hard work and dedication by many people, especially Piner Faculty Kurt Kruger and Kristi Erickson, came to fruition on Wednesday May 9th when the City of Santa Rosa School Board approved the bid for Piner's Science and Technology Center. Construction to begin Summer 2012! Read an article in the North Bay Business Journal.

• Piner's Spring Beautification Day

• Piner's Golf Coach, Rich Gregus, named 2012 Boys' Golf Honor Coach

• World Book Night 2012

• Piner's T-Shirt Club demonstrates how to silk screen a t-shirt.

• Santa Rosa City School Board approves the naming of Piner's Administration Building for former Piner Vice Principal, Bob Zeni (third from left).

• Rain or Shine...Piner Prospector Swim Team (below) competes strongly against Montgomery High at Finley Aquatic Center March 27, 2012

• Congratulations to Piner's Monica Acosta who placed in the Top 10 in Prepared Speaking at the 2012 California State Leadership Conferences

• Piner sets meet records at Gold Rush Relays

• Piner's Mr. Erickson and the Piner Christian Club host "Piner's Got Talent!" Click on the picture below to see more photos.

Spirit Week - February


Ms. Michiels Spanish Class

• Piner Soccer Coach Barry Commerford named 2012 Girls Coach of the Year (North Section) of the California Youth Soccer Association.

• Piner Junior Monica Acosta took first place in the Windsor Lions Student Speaker Contest.

• Next time you are at Raley's on Fulton, check out the window art by Piner Ceramics Club.

• 2012 Poetry Out Loud Winner for Piner High School, AJ Smither

• Piner's Luis Luna featured in the 2/5 Press Democrat's Teen Life section

• Piner's Isabel Lopez-Ochoa named Santa Rosa City School District's MEAP Honor Student of the Year

• Piner's HOSA Program holds First Annual Student Health Fair. Read more about it here or in the Press Democrat's Extra Credit blog.

• Piner's GIS Program presented with Golden Bell award at January 25th School Board Meeting

• Congratulations Luis Luna and Kyra Johnson, NBL All-Empire Cross Country Runners of the Year!

• Congratulations to the Piner Athletes making First Team for their sports: Cross Country: Luis Luna, Jaime Silva, Efren Reyes, Jason Saler, Kyra Johnson, Dezirae Johnson; Football: Kyle Patterson, Tight End Many other athletes received Second Team recognition and honorable mentions. Please go to Press Democrat Preps (PDPreps) online for more information.

• Piner places 4th in the Sonoma County Classic. Click here for photos. (Photos courtesy of Freshman parent Mr. Snetsinger)

• The Piner Art Show was a big success, especially open mic. Mi Thong did a solo clarinet piece. Mr. Mizera somehow simultaneously channelled the essence of 1970's William Shatner and Katie Perry in a performance art/poetry piece that had the audience enthralled, confused, and cracking up all at the same time. Mr. Dillilo and Elijah Alexander shared some poetry and music was performed by PJ McGinnis and Thersa Gellesch.

• Latino Club members and Art students visit SFMOMA and San Francisco Art Institute

• Congratulations to Luis Luna for finishing 30th at the 2011 Cross Country National Championship!

• Congratulations to Luis Luna for qualifying for the Cross Country National Championship!

• Congratulations Piner Cross Country Boys Team for placing 3rd at State! Congratulations to Luis Luna for placing 5th at State!

• Mr. Dilillo's Culinary Art's students start the holiday season off right by learning to cook and carve turkeys. All the meat was donated to help feed local homeless people.

• Thanks to our own Mr. Lopez, Piner High School was selected to receive a SAGE Mitsubishi Fellowship Grant.

• Santa Rosa City School Superintendent Sharon Liddell announces Piner High School's GIS Program wins prestigous CSBA Golden Bell Award

• Piner Senior, Leonard Carter, is the Santa Rosa City School's High School
Student of the Month for November 2011

• Piner Boys, led by Luis Luna, shatter records and win NBL Cross Country Championship. Piner Senior, Kyra Johnson, took first place. Varsity Girls tied for second place. JV Boys took second place.

• Teachers Jose Castro and Lorie Wilcox voted "Best All Around Staff" by PHS students

• "Don't Stop Believin'" - Piner Varsity Football gets first win

• Piner Boys Cross Country Team wins Ukiah Invitational

• Fall School Beautification

• Piner Educator Judy Barcelon honored by SCOE as Career Tech Teacher of the Year for work done in the Health and Science Pathway.

• Piner's Luis Luna posts fastest 5K in Empire history and wins Stanford Cross Country Invitational Division III race.

• Piner Graduate Mindy Yu, profiled in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.

• Congratulations Piner students! Piner had the highest API score increase (33 points) from 2010-2011 of all SRCS high schools and is above 700 for the first time.

• Piner Boys, led by Luis Luna, dominate Cross Country Meet

• Piner's Principal, Sally Bimrose, provides Guest Opinion in the Press Democrat

• Piner Educators Sandi Lacey (L) and Patty Michiels (R) honored by Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Lacey was awarded the High School Educator of the Year for Santa Rosa

• Karen Coster named Early College Magnet Program Coordinator

• Piner's Luis Luna selected for Nike Elite Running Camp

Varsity gets the first win of the season!

Prospector Pete's Security Team
(aka Principal Sally Bimrose and Vice Principal Steve Mizera)

Spirit Week Day 5 - Mourn the Panther
Homecoming Rally - Sophomores

Spirit Week Day 4 - Santa Rosa Nerd Day
 

Spirit Week Day 3 - Piner Pride Day

Spirit Week Day 2 - Twin Day

Spirit Week Day 1 - Breast Cancer Awareness