The Cupertino Union School District’s preschool program expanded to Montclaire Elementary School in south Los Altos this school year and is set to grow to two more schools in the fall.
Dozens of times each year, Foothill College physics instructor Frank Cascarano lays down on a bed of nails as hundreds of school children watch. Fellow physics teacher David Marasco then puts another plank of nails on top of Cascarano, followed by a cement block.
When Oak Avenue School student Chase Nakayama heard about the Kincade Fire, which burned more than 75,000 acres after igniting Oct. 23 in Sonoma County, he knew he wanted to do something to help.
Even psychology majors get stressed out sometimes. As the college students work toward their degrees, their stress levels increase – often leading to insomnia, anxiety or depression – according to Quyen Tiet, Ph.D., a psychologist with a practice in Los Altos.
Hundreds of parents and students lined up outside the multipurpose room at Mariano Castro Elementary School in Mountain View on the evening of Nov. 22 to receive a free laptop.
For the fifth year in a row, eighth-grader Uma Chirotarrab is slated to hold a fundraiser in downtown Los Altos to help save elephants at risk of poaching in Africa.
