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Ohlone Elementary School, Palo Alto, CA
50 Years of Teaching Hearts and Minds
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Don Bartel Multi Purpose Room
COMMENTS MADE BY SUSAN HAHN ON THE OCCASION OF DEDICATING THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM TO THE MEMORY OF DON BARTEL JUNE 8, 1984 When I first met...


How Ohlone Got Its Name
As told by Jim Mathiott.


A History of the Development of the Ohlone Alternative Program 1970-76
The 1976 PAUSD Board's decision to designate the its first school of choice grew out of the era's wider cultural debate.


1996: Happy Memories
Teacher Joyce Bryson shares her recollections of Ohlone for the 20th Anniversary.


Ohlone in the News
Newspaper articles archived by the Palo Alto Historical Association


1996: Jim Mathiott on Ohlone at 20
Jim sends his regrets on not attending the 20th anniversary Spring Picnic.


The Ohlone Pumpkin Patch
The Ohlone Pumpkin Patch (2005-2006) View Original Document Kim Prescott and I were approached by farm parents to pursue an Environmental...


2014: Peace Corps Mural
Meredith and Dan Miller Vostrejs (RPCV E. Caribbean 95-97, they met in the Peace Corps) bought supplies and Dan outlined the map. The...


1996: Remembering Ohlone/s
Teacher Pat Robinson's recollections on the occasion of Ohlone's 20th anniversary.


1984 - 2005: Outdoor Learning
The Ohlone Farm: Twenty Years of Outdoor Learning
1984/1985 - 2004/2005


1982 - 2012: Farm History
Timeline of Ohlone Farm History
by science teacher and Ohlone parent Tanya Buxton.


1994: How the Open School Began
This historic 'origins' essay written in 1994 outlines how the Ohlone concept came about in 1971.


1971: "Ohlones Plan"
Minutes from the June 21, 1971 School Board Meeting in which James Mathiott, Principal of Ohlones School, discusses the "Ohlones Plan".


1994: Ohlone at 25
Links to articles on Ohlone from around the school's 25th anniversary.


1993: History and Philosophy
Ohlone School: History and Philosophy written in 1993.


1985: Farm Proposal
Proposal to build the Farm from Principal Jim Mathiott to Superintendent Dr. Newman Walker.


2010: Lunar New Year
Video and Photos of the 2010 Lunar New Year celebration. Email summary of the parent planning that went into the event.


1971 - 1976: Ohlone Origins
This calendar of events from 1971 through 1976 describes the discovery of and transition to an ‘open education.’


2015: Ohlone Brochure
Ohlone Brochure for interested parents from the mid 2010s.


1990: Farm News
March 1990 Ohlone Farm News publication highlighting "Russian Visitors Come to the Farm".
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