“I don’t see any reason why a Chinese woman can’t be as good a pilot as anyone else. We drive automobiles so why not fly planes?” That was the question Katherine Sui Fun Cheung posed in director Ed Moy’s documentary “Aviatrix: The Katherine Sui Fun Cheung Story” shown at Northside Library on May 22 near … Read more
“Central Park School doesn’t get any more money than other schools in the district so I spent a lot of time writing grant applications for iPads and robotics equipment,” said Tesin Dosch, parent volunteer at Central Park Elementary School, sharing advice about grant writing. “Out of every grant we won, there were about 30 we … Read more
Taking Fashion 2 at Wilcox High School, Timothy Le, 16, realized that using a sewing machine was easier than he had expected. Inspired by a character from a video game called Blazblue, Le designed a vest and large coat. While serving as a stage design coordinator, Le modeled his clothes at Wilcox High School’s May … Read more
O n May 1, Emma Kaliterna, 98, styled three heads of hair at her salon and trimmed a tree before heading over to Central Park Library to hear award-winning author Ying Chang Compestine speak. Compestine’s talk was held in honor of Kaliterna, a Santa Clara philanthropist who, over the years, has raised over $100,000 for … Read more
On May 20, the heavy beating of drums sounded in Santa Clara’s Whole Foods as lion dancers from Buu Kim Tu pranced through the Tap Room. Next, dancers from Expressions waved their arms and twirled around while performing Indian cultural dance. Celebrating Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, the entertainment accompanied the afternoon’s Noodle Cook-Off where three … Read more
“Last year, I came to Planet Granite and I was afraid of heights,” said Dino Beslagic, 13, of his experience in Sunnyvale’s rock climbing gym with walls that go from 40 to 60 feet. “But now that I went last year and I’m here again this year, I’m not as afraid of heights as I … Read more
At the Great Barrier Reef at California’s Great America, teams of students built boats from cardboard and duct tape. Next, some students raced each other by getting onto their boats and paddling across the water. The theme park’s Physics, Science & Math Days occurred on three Fridays in May, with the park closed to the … Read more
“I was volunteering at the 49ers youth football junior training camp,” said first grade teacher Alice Williams of her afternoon at Don Callejon School’s May 19 Spring Fling. “I saw Mr. Tyler Hellingson doing floor hockey and basketball with kids. I was at a booth where kids were making necklaces with charms and spelling their … Read more
Dan Alling, a sophomore at Santa Clara University, took Lecturer Renee Billingslea’s course in Exploring Society Through Photography, which came with a requirement called Experiential Learning for Social Justice (ELSJ). Alling’s experiential learning involved spending time with the Santa Clara Fire Department. In Alling’s photograph “Zach McGhie-Firefighter,” the firefighter was talking to a little girl … Read more
Noor Hamdan, a student in George Rivera’s Beginning Drawing class, wanted to draw something with her new Prisma pencils. Inspired by a Google image, she spent four to six hours using the pencils and black and white ink to fashion a chocolate cupcake with strawberry frosting and a raspberry on top. The finished product was … Read more