Loyola K-Kids launch eyeglasses drive

The Loyola School K-Kids Club, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Los Altos, will attempt to set a club record during its eighth annual “Share Old Spectacles” drive. The students have set a goal of collecting 1,500 pairs of eyeglasses.

The K-Kids Club, comprising second- through sixth-graders, has collected more than 9,000 pairs of glasses in eight years with the help of the public and local storeowners who offered space for collection buckets.

The glasses are sent to Direct Relief International in Goleta, where they are repaired, prescriptions identified and distributed to those who need them in the U.S. and throughout the world.

Collection boxes are available at Loyola School, 770 Berry Ave.; Los Altos Bakery, 692 Fremont Ave.; the Los Altos Town Crier, 138 Main St.; Heritage Bank of Commerce, 419 S. San Antonio Road; Wildberry Yogurt, 656 Fremont Ave.; Brian’s Restaurant, 680 Fremont Ave.; and the El Camino YMCA, 2400 Grant Road.

Egan Junior High offers parent info events

Egan Junior High School has scheduled information events for parents of new students and students currently in the sixth grade. Parents are invited to tour the campus, observe classroom activities and ask questions.

Tours are scheduled 9:30-10:45 a.m. today, 1:30-2:45 p.m. Thursday, 9:30-10:45 a.m. and 7-8:15 p.m. March 27 and 1:30-2:45 p.m. March 28.

The hourlong sessions include a presentation by the principal, current student perspectives, questions and answers and a quick campus tour. All tours will offer the same information, but the evening program will not include a campus tour.

Egan Junior High is located at 100 W. Portola Ave. in Los Altos. The school serves seventh- and eighth-grade students who reside in the Los Altos School District.

For more information, call 917-2200.

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