Almond walkathon to be held Saturday
Almond Elementary School has scheduled its annual Walkabout fund-raiser, “Groove your feet to the Almond beat,” 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday. The PTA-sponsored event gives students a chance to help their school by raising funds with their walking. The PTA uses the funds to buy classroom and library books, art supplies and instruction, music instruction, computers, technology instruction and other items to complement the school budget.
Public can decode learning differences
Los Altos Christian School has scheduled a workshop in which participants can learn what it is like to have a learning disability 7 p.m., March 14, in Room 620 of Burkhart Hall, on the campus, 625 Magdalena Ave. The International Dyslexia Association is sponsoring simulations to help interested individuals develop new patience and compassion for bright children with auditory processing difficulties, dyslexia, fine motor delays and non-verbal disabilities.
The public is welcome to attend the free workshop. For more information, call the school office at 948-3738.
Keys to learning languages offered
Early childhood development expert Sylvia Ford is scheduled to speak on “Raising Your Children to Be Multilingual” noon to 1:30 p.m., March 15, at Castro Elementary School. She will discuss windows of opportunity for learning more than one language and explore ways to help children retain and build on the languages they are learning. Her talk will include information on the key aspects to multilingual success. The school is located at 505 Escuela Ave., Mountain View.
To reserve a place, call the school office at 526-3590.
PTA schedules blood drive
The Los Altos-Mountain View PTA Council has scheduled its annual blood drive 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., March 24, at Springer School, 1120 Rose Ave., Mountain View. The Stanford Blood Center will administer the drive. The Stanford Blood Center is the largest supplier to five local hospitals, including Stanford, Lucille Packard Children’s, El Camino, O’Connor and the Veteran’s Hospital. Supplies are always short and the Blood Center counts on drives such as this one. Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments are preferred. Call 723-7819 or e-mail blooddriveappts@hotmail.com. Child care will be available, and refreshments will be provided.
Donors must present a photo ID, be 17-74 years old, have no cold or flu symptoms, weigh at least 110 pounds, be well hydrated and have eaten four to six hours before donating. Allergies and allergy medications are acceptable.
For medical questions regarding giving blood, call 725-9968 or logon to www.bloodcenter.stanford.edu.
Rumpelstiltskin rocks at St. Andrew’s School
Can straw really be spun into gold? Not until Rumpelstiltskin casts his spell and makes life rough for a certain princess-in-training. “Rumpelstiltskin, A Rock and Roll Musical” is St. Andrew’s School’s musical retelling of the fairytale with a rock ‘n’ roll twist. It was adapted by Shauna McGuiness of Children’s Theatre.
Appropriate for all ages, the show is full of great singing and dancing by humorous fairytale characters. You’ll meet goblins, fairies, forest animals, people of the kingdom and of course sly Rumpelstiltskin.
Third- through eighth-grade students will sing “I Wanna Talk About Me,” “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” “Hit The Road Jack” and many more rockin’ hits. The show’s cast of 55 children have been working on the production for five weeks.
Performances are scheduled for 7 p.m., March 18-19, and 2 p.m., March 19. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the school. For more information, call (408) 867-3785. St. Andrew’s School is located at 13601 Saratoga Ave., Saratoga.
