Honor band selects Los Altos High students

The 2007 Santa Clara County Honor Band has selected four students from the Los Altos High School Instrumental Music Program as members.

Leslie Rogers (clarinet), Joseph Tsai (clarinet), Gabe Slotnick (percussion) and Kelly McMeekin (bassoon) passed an audition and were chosen to join the ensemble.

The Santa Clara County Honor Band has scheduled a concert 2 p.m. Jan. 12 at Saratoga High School, 20300 Herriman Ave.

Girls’ Middle School holds open house

The Girls’ Middle School in Mountain View has scheduled an open house for prospective fifth-grade parents and students 7-9 p.m. Thursday at the campus, 180 Rengstorff Ave.

For more information, call 968-8338 or visit www.girlsms.org.

SELPA 1 CAC sponsors
talk on bipolar children

SELPA 1 CAC, an organization that aids parents of children with special needs, has scheduled “It’s Nobody’s Fault: Anger, Anxiety, Depression and Bipolarity in Kids” 7 p.m. Jan. 17 in the Covington Elementary School multipurpose room, 205 Covington Road, Los Altos.

Navah Statman, past president of the National Alliance of Mental Illness, and Gina Sessions, director of clinical services at Children’s Health Council, will discuss identifying problems, seeking help, finding resources and developing coping strategies. Problems at home and at school will be examined for students in elementary through high school. Sessions will answer clinical questions.

Admission is free and open to the public. No registration is necessary.

For more information, contact Karen Mueller at 964-3689 or mueller4@ix.netcom.com. For more information on SELPA 1 CAC, visit www.selpa1cac.org.