Local school news, educational institutes’ news reporting in Santa Clara and Sunnyvale.
Eight Cabrillo Middle School students have received national recognition at the annual Thermo Fischer Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge. The students comprised three teams, each of which submitted a scientific solution to a real world problem. While the projects were submitted during the 2023-24 school year, the announcement of the top 300 was only released recently. … Read more
Paired Power and Santa Clara University (SCU) have partnered to provide direct clean energy to the University’s maintenance fleet and other electric vehicles. In October, the university announced that Paired Power, a leading American-made solar and microgrid electric vehicle charger manufacturer, installed two PairTree solar electric vehicle (EV) chargers at Santa Clara University’s facilities yard. … Read more
Clarity matters when explaining to parents how their children did on standardized tests. An imprecise characterization of a complicated score can mislead parents into assuming their kids performed better than they did. That issue is at the heart of the opposition to draft revisions to descriptions of students’ scores on the Smarter Balanced assessments that … Read more
Being billed as innovative and sustainable, Sunnyvale School District will add 23 classrooms to its portfolio. These two new Sunnyvale Middle School classrooms will accommodate adaptive learning, a technique that tailors learning to each student. The new campus will feature five student breakout spaces, an art classroom, a dedicated teacher collaboration space and a landscaped … Read more
Most people never know what it is like to fly in a helicopter. But one local educator got to experience that thrill as part of Fleet Week. The annual military tradition sees ships dock in San Francisco Bay with a host of spectacles such as air shows. Cathy Thornton works at the Santa Clara Unified … Read more
The Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) has almost settled a lawsuit filed by former teacher Dominic Caserta. Pending approval from the Joint Powers Authority Board, the district along with the Joint Powers Authority will pay Caserta a one-time settlement of $1,579,000. However, the true total of the settlement is at least one million dollars … Read more
California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond vowed on Nov. 15 to fight President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to abolish the U.S. Department of Education, which he said represented a “clear threat to what our students need to have a good education and a great life.” “We cannot be caught flatfooted,” Thurmond said during a … Read more
Three advocacy groups have filed a complaint against the local school district, alleging it has created a culture hostile to Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims. On Oct. 31, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), and the Arab Resource & Organizing Center filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department … Read more
Last week, students of The King’s Academy (TKA) in Sunnyvale kicked off the season of giving, coming into school early in the morning to make the holidays brighter for local residents in need. About 100 TKA middle school students packed 3,000 bags of food and hygiene kits that were donated to local social service agencies, … Read more
All eyes are on the Santa Clara Unified School District and Board of Trustees after a student committed suicide last week. The community is grieving, but they are also angry. They’re angry that not enough was done to protect this young life. Culture of Bullying Bullying is unacceptable, is what Superintendent Dr. Gary Waddell … Read more