Girl Rising Club students participated in a 2-hour workshop with Talena Handley, owner of Girlie Garage, an automotive consulting company. Our students got under the hood of two different cars to learn basic automotive safety and maintenance, as well as how to navigate working with a mechanic and handling any potential emergency situations.
On May 2, Girl Rising Club students participated in a 2-hour workshop with Talena Handley, owner of Girlie Garage, an automotive consulting company. Our students got under the hood of two different cars to learn basic automotive safety and maintenance, as well as how to navigate working with a mechanic and handling any potential emergency situations. The students practiced changing a tire, checking oil, and changing an air filter with Talena's guidance, all with the goal of empowering our students around a traditionally-male activity. Like many of the initiatives here at Grauer, this collaboration with Girlie Garage was student-driven and aligned well with our school's mission, core values and emphasis on project-based learning.
Reporter Abbie Black, a television reporter from CBS Channel 8, came to campus to cover the Girlie Garage workshop activity. She interviewed Principal Alicia Tembi, Talena Handley, and Esme M. '27 for the television coverage. You can click here to read the news story and view the video on the CBS Channel 8 website.
What if one of the greatest gifts a school can give its students has nothing to do with diplomas or college admissions? Please read this letter with your graduating family and friends.
Narrative psychology examines the value of stories and storytelling in giving meaning to people’s experiences. In Psychology class, students’ final projects involve making a narrative tree, or a “tree of life”.
Students in Dance PE class presented a Jazz Dance performance for friends and families. The students spent months developing their jazz dance technique, and then several weeks rehearsing the two dances shown in the performance.
11th and 12th Grade mentors were matched with Middle School students early in the school year. We celebrated the end of a very successful mentoring year with a pizza party!
Grauer Yearbooks were distributed by the Yearbook team during lunchtime on June 3. Thanks to the 2025-2026 Yearbook team for all of their hard work in creating The Grauer School's annual yearbook with the theme of the "A Year in Color."
I was invited to headline this year’s Encinitas Mayor's Prayer Breakfast despite possessing no known qualifications for such a charge. Here are a few blessings from a school founder who has learned that discovery begins where certainty ends.
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