June 21 – 23 was the USA Judo Junior Olympic National and International Championships, held at the David Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburg, Pa. Four young Santa Clara residents who study at Santa Clara’s Nakano Judo Academy attended this competition to demonstrate their Japanese martial arts smarts. Elijah Bergado, 10, won second place in the … Read more
In late May, Santa Clara University (SCU) celebrated its newest outdoor public art installation. With each letter standing 6 feet in height and the entire word spreading out to 25 feet in length, the sculpture reading “SOMOꙄ” refers to the Spanish phrase, “we are.” This art installation is located near the de Saisset Museum. “For … Read more
On June 15, Kimberly Vernon, 27, of Santa Clara, was crowned Miss California 2024 at Miss California’s week-long Centennial Celebration held at the Visalia Convention Center. On Tuesday night, June 11, Vernon received awards in the categories for Health and Fitness and the Preliminary Evening Gown. Vernon won a total of $21,000 from the Miss … Read more
The community at Washington Open Elementary School has been partying like it’s 1973 to celebrate the parent-participation school’s 50th anniversary. “Washington Open started in the 1973 to 1974 school year,” said Sherry Ernst, an alumni parent and a retired fourth grade teacher at the school. “Initially, the program was called Westwood Open. In 1996, the … Read more
On May 17, Wilcox High School’s annual fashion show was set to take place in the evening at the Mission City Center for Performing Arts. According to Mindy Trisko, Fashion Design and Marketing Teacher, two-and-a-half hours before the show was about to begin, a power outage hit the theater and rippled through Monroe Street. The … Read more
Notelove is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization with several chapters in the United States. One of them is based in Silicon Valley. The organization’s premise is to provide young people, especially those from a low-income background, free music lessons from volunteer student instructors with a forte in music. Omar Shohoud, a former Homestead High School … Read more
On Feb. 2 at San Jose’s Signia, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley recognized Matthew Van, 18, as its “Youth of the Year.” Van received $10,000 in scholarship money. A senior at Santa Clara High School, Van has also since participated in the Boys & Girls Clubs’ Northern California’s Youth of the Year … Read more
In May 2022, when Nick Morris, now 18, was a high school sophomore, he led 20 volunteers to rebuild 14 picnic tables for YMCA Camp Campbell in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Because of this achievement, Morris, a member of Scouts BSA in Troop 394, earned the rank of the Eagle. Morris’s family, scout leaders, church … Read more
“In the State of California, there have always been high school women in wrestling since the ’90s,” said Nick Garcia, Head Wrestling Coach at Santa Clara High School and school alum. “Santa Clara High School always had women who placed in competitions. But women’s high school wrestling was not a sanctioned sport in California until … Read more
Amanda Pease, President of the Board of Directors of the Santa Clara Swim Club, is busy planning for the Swim Club’s “Casino Night,” a fundraiser to be held on Saturday, March 30 from 6 to 10 p.m. at 1600 Martin Ave. where the Aquamaids’ Bingo Hall is located. “We just want some community bonding and … Read more