Tag archives: Crane School

Crane’s Respond-A-Thon Benefit
By Elizabeth Karlsberg   |   April 19, 2018

March 23 was the last day of school before students at Crane Country Day School were set to head off for spring break, yet they had one important assignment they wanted to complete. It didn’t involve homework. It didn’t require writing a paper or even reading a book, but it did mean they had to […]

Crane Respond-A-Thon
By Kelly Mahan Herrick   |   March 15, 2018

Next Friday, March 23, Crane students will take part in a Spirit Day and “Respond-A-Thon”, an all-school jog-a-thon to raise money for organizations that supported Santa Barbara and Montecito during the Thomas Fire and Montecito Debris Flow.  The school has a goal of raising $5,000, and a generous donor is offering to match up to $10,000 […]

Crane Back to School
By Kelly Mahan Herrick   |   February 15, 2018

On February 12, Crane Country Day School welcomed students back to its San Leandro Lane campus, after several weeks of hosting classes at four satellite locations. “It was one of the highlights of my career,” said head of school Joel Weiss, adding that the campus reopening was a sort of homecoming for the students, staff, […]

Reopening the Village
By Kelly Mahan Herrick   |   February 1, 2018

Within the last week, Montecito started to return to normal, with the gradual reopening of the upper village shops, the YMCA, Montecito Library, several preschools, and Montecito Union School.   The shops and restaurants in the upper village were closed a significant portion of December, due to mandatory evacuations during the Thomas Fire. Reopened for […]

Crane School Hero, Joel Weiss
By Montecito Journal   |   February 1, 2018

On the morning of January 9, our family narrowly escaped a tsunami of mud waters and our family is lucky to be alive. When the mountain of mud came at us, we fled our home as fast as we could. My husband took one car and I took another. We went to the right and […]

Montecito’s Year in Review 2017
By Kelly Mahan Herrick   |   January 4, 2018

As another year passes, we reflect on notable events in the Montecito community. From California’s largest wildfire, progress on development and new businesses, school happenings, retirements, and more, 2017 was a busy year in Montecito. While far from all-inclusive, here is a snapshot of our community’s happenings in 2017.  Thomas Fire   Without a doubt, […]