By Cupertino district honors volunteers
The Cupertino Union School District, of which Montclaire School in Los Altos is a member, honored its volunteers last month with the Honorary Service Awards. This year’s recipients, who were nominated by their peers, are Deborah Golzen, Mimi Hawini, Barbara Loebner, and Cecile Vaughters-Johnson.
Springer fifth-graders featured in premiere
Three West Coast composers will introduce a one-hour presentation of their newest compositions, performed by the Peninsula Women’s Chorus at 2 p.m., Sunday, in Spangenberg Auditorium on the Gunn High School campus.
The compositions feature poems written by three fifth-graders from Springer School in Mountain View: Hannah de Kleer; Christopher Mitchell; and Matthew Wilde. Fifth-grade teacher Barbara Pforzheimer is a member of the chorus.
The performance is free.
For more information, call 327-3095 or visit the chorus’ Web site at www.pwchorus.org.
Schools sponsor parent-ed seminar
Blach Intermediate, Loyola and Oak schools’ Parent-Teacher Associations jointly sponsor a parent education program, “Raising Responsible Children,” from 7:30 to 9 p.m., May 2, in Blach’s multipurpose room.
Steve and Patt Saso, inspirational speakers, will discuss skills needed to raise respectful and responsible children. The PTA’s present this seminar as a service to Los Altos parents and educators.
For more information, call 961-8818. Blach is located at 1120 Covington Road.
SV Scholars offer college scholarships
Applications are now available for Silicon Valley
Scholars’ $20,000 scholarships for public high school sophomores who wanted to student engineering, math and science.
The program includes exploration of career opportunities with a mentor, group workshops, seminars on college financial planning and visits to Silicon Valley companies and laboratories.
Students in the top 10 percent of the class who are residents of the area for at least five years, attend school in the Santa Clara or San Mateo counties, or in the Fremont Unified School District, and whose families earn no more than $125,000 annually are eligible to apply.
The application deadline is May 26.
Applications may be obtained at high school guidance centers or by calling Silicon alley scholars at 324-1390.
Nursery school hosts fiesta
Palo Alto Friends Nursery school holds its annual Children’s Fiesta from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday.
The fiesta features games, crafts, music, food, a bake sale and a silent auction.
Admission is free, but tickets must be purchased for individual activities.
Palo Alto Friends Nursery school, a non-profit school sponsored by Friends Meeting, is located at 957 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto.
All proceeds from the event benefit the school’s tuition scholarship fund.
For more information, call the school at 856-6152.
Foothill registration begins next month
Registration for Foothill College’s summer session starts May 30.
Classes start June 26 and continue through Aug. 5.
Fees for California residents are $7 per unit.
Continuing students can register on-line or by phone May 30 through June 1.
New and former students can register on-line or by phone June 8-21.
Late registration is in-person June 19-21 in the Admission and Records Office.
For more information, call 949-7325 or access www.foothill.fhda.edu.
