San Marin Debuts Program to Emphasize Arts

They're calling it smARTt — San Marin Arts and Technical Arts — and they hope it will attract parents and kids who might be pondering other options for freshman year.

Megan Caldwell, a senior at San Marin High School, will contribute occasional stories to Novato Patch throughout the school year. This is her fifth assignment for Novato Patch. Thursday is a big day at San Marin High School — not just for the eighth-graders who are shadowing to learn more about high school life, but also for faculty at San Marin involved in a new program called smARTt — San Marin Arts and  Technical Arts. The program is not just a marketing campaign but a coordinated effort by school departments to increase opportunities for students to experience what San Marin offers. “The launch of smARTt is our way of bringing focus to the outstanding achievements of San Marin’s existing arts programs, and we encourage greater …

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Sylvia Barry

8:24 am on Sunday, April 29, 2012

Hi Steve: I think both high schools have it's pros and cons; advantages and disadvantages. The two high schools have different emphasises. If you are looking for high school for your kids, you really should look at your kids' strength and weakness, likes and dislikes; bring them to each high school, observe and ask questions to find out which high school is a better fit for them. Keep an open …   more ›

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Novato Theater Company Eyes New Home, Forms LLC

Property at 5420 Nave Drive is explored to provide an expanded main stage and supporting retail.

As the Novato Theater Company struggles to stage ever-larger productions in a theater space that it is outgrowing, board member and technical director Gary Gonser is trying a new tactic for expansion by establishing a limited liability corporation to purchase a mostly vacant strip mall on Nave Drive. The mall would serve as the star vehicle for an expanded performing arts theater with a supporting cast of revenue-generating retail spaces. Gary Gonser and business partner Ken Bacon are in escrow on the property at 5420 Nave Drive, originally listed at $2.85 million. But according to Gonser, the price was negotiated down significantly for only one of the two buildings. Gonser is the treasurer on the board of the NTC — not affiliated with the…

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