• Joan S. Dentler, Patch Staff Verified Patch Staff Badge

  • Belmont, CA

Joan has written for several local news organizations, including the Belmont City News and the Palo Alto Daily News, where she was advertorial editor and columnist for nine years.  She is active in a variety of community service organizations: Peninsula Humane Society, Companions for the Soul, and Samaritan House.  Joan is married to Eric, a wireless product specialist for Cisco; they have two sons in college, a loyal Labrador retriever and two curious cats.

Born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1959, I was raised in Columbus, OH, and attended Ohio University in Athens, where I received a bachelor's degree in journalism. I've been living in the Bay Area for 20 years and am an avid runner, tennis player and SF Giants freak. 

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BRSSD Names Two New Principals

Cipriani and Redwood Shores elementary schools will each have a new principal starting in the 2013-14 school year.

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Hawaiian Princess Gifts $100K to Notre Dame High

The donation was made to the Gleason Fund for tuition assistance. The fund was established this year by the NDB Board of Directors in honor of Rita Gleason’s 22-year tenure as principal.

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Game Ends in Tie, But Winner is School-Force

The 2013 Parent Softball Fundraiser between Fox and Sandpiper elementary schools was held last Saturday. The game raised $1,250 for School-Force.

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