Local school news, educational institutes’ news reporting in Santa Clara and Sunnyvale.
On Thursday, April 7th, Mission College in Santa Clara will host a college fair put on by the Western Association of College Admissions Counselors. 133 national and international colleges and universities have confirmed participation. This event is a tremendous resource for Junior and Senior high school students and their parents and is absolutely free. Also … Read more
Following Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, Santa Clara High School students were quick to respond with help. The students launched the “We Love Japan Club” and are selling red and white “Love Japan Love the World” bracelets to raise money for relief efforts. The effort began small at SCHS during lunch break and at school … Read more
Since the mid-1980s, there has been an increasing howl of complaint that public school teachers “make too much money” – reaching a crescendo around 2000. It’s an assertion made routinely by right-wing TV pundits who garner tens of millions in income by unearthing egregious betrayals of the public trust and passing them off as the … Read more
Not all young learners can interpret an expository essay or apply the quadratic equation at the drop of a hat. Unfortunately, some district administrators allow students to “sink or swim” in their learning. But this is not the case with the Santa Clara Unified School District, whose administrators have implemented effective intervention programs to help … Read more
Faced with a budget cut from the state of $9 Million, the Santa Clara Unified School Board voted unanimously to layoff 18 teachers at a special Board meeting held on Monday night, March 14. The layoffs will affect six Counselors, six librarians, two music teachers, four english teachers and two math teachers. The original staff … Read more
On March 6, the dining room of the Santa Clara Senior Center was packed with people there to learn more about music, and to support the Ambassadors jazz band in raising funds for their 2011 summer trip to Spain, Andora and Santa Clara’s sister city, Coimbra, Portugal. ìOmaggio means homage or celebration in Italian and … Read more
March 10, 2011 Roll Call All board members were present. Closed Session 3.1 Discussion of expulsion of students A & B, Govt. Code 54957 – Consent Item F.9 3.2 Public Employee/Appointment/Discipline/Dismissal/Release, Govt. Code 54957 and 54954.5(e) – Consent Item F.1 3.3 Public Employee/Appointment/Discipline/Dismissal/Release, Govt. Code 54957 and 54954.5(e) Certificated/Classified Management 3.4 Public employee appointments, Govt. … Read more
Wilcox High School students exploring the possibility of careers in food service can build a solid resume and get a head start in the field before they even graduate by enrolling in CHAMP—the Culinary Hospitality and Management Preparation program. Students do more than learn to boil an egg. The 1,080 hours of classes at three … Read more
In the November 2004 election Santa Clarans—72 percent of those who voted—approved the issuance of $315 million in general obligation bonds to fund renovation of the district’s time-worn three middle schools and two main high schools. (Measure B bond funding approved in 1997 was earmarked primarily for elementary school improvements.) The largest and most expensive … Read more
Bucking the trend by some school districts to balance budgets by cutting back on elective classes, the Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) celebrated the opening of Adrian Wilcox High School’s renovated electives wing at an open house for the community February 8. Ten renovated classrooms now house state-of-the art equipment for art, automotive technology, … Read more