Paradise Valley Elementary School student Hanna Doting and San Martin/Gwinn Elementary School student Sandra Arellano have been honored by the Morgan Hill Rotary Club with Outstanding Student Achievement awards.
Hanna was recognized along with parents David and Sharon Doting, Paradise Valley Principal Kathy Kelly and teacher Johanna Miller.
Sandra was recognized with parents Javier and Mirella Arellano, San Martin/Gwinn Principal P. J. Foehr and teacher Denise Simmons.
The students received their awards along with U.S. saving bonds during the Feb. 6 Rotary Club meeting. The awards recognize and reward outstanding student achievement including academic performance, individual leadership, commitment to community and overall commitment to excellence.
All public and private Morgan Hill schools have the opportunity to annually select one outstanding student for the honor. Awards are announced on a rotating basis throughout the year.
Sister City Exchange Program
Parents of sixth- and seventh-grade students are invited to an information meeting at 6 p.m., Feb. 28, at Morgan Hill Unified School District headquarters, 15600 Concord Circle to discuss the new Sister City Exchange Program with Mizuho, Japan.
The City of Morgan Hill and the school district are beginning the program in July. The program is looking for families of sixth- and seventh-grade students who would be willing to host a Japanese student age 12-14 for a week this summer.
Morgan Hill students will also travel to Mizuho, Japan, in the summer of 2009 in what is hoped will be an annual cultural exchange.
Details: Barbara Nakasone at 201-6260 or Kathy Kelley at 201-6460.
Fourth-graders need support for trip
The fourth-grade students at P.A. Walsh Elementary School are trying to accomplish something extraordinary! During this school year much of the social studies curriculum revolves around learning about the state. A field trip is being planned for early spring where every fourth-grade student would visit Sacramento!
This field trip would include taking a commercial bus to Sacramento where the children would tour the State Capitol building, tour the popular Suter's Fort, go to the famous train museum and visit Old Town Sacramento.
Unfortunately, the cost of a trip is substantial. The students are excited about the possibility of the Sacramento trip. They, along with their parents, are having several fundraising events to help accomplish their goal.
They're asking the public to consider making a tax-deductible donation to them by making a check out to P.A. Walsh School/Fourth Grade Sacramento Trip. Donors' names will be published in the school's newsletter.
Details: Karen MacDonald or Kelly Herrell at 201-6500.
Silicon Valley Reads author visits Morgan Hill
Bo Caldwell, author of the 2008 Silicon Valley Reads selection, "The Distant Land of My Father," will discuss her novel at the Morgan Hill Library at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
This is the sixth year of Silicon Valley Reads One Book, a program that encourages everyone in Silicon Valley to read the same book at the same time and then gather together to discuss it.
Sponsors of the Morgan Hill event include Friends of the Library, Morgan Hill Times, City of Morgan Hill, American Association of University Women Morgan Hill Branch, BookSmart and the Morgan Hill Library.
"The Distant Land of My Father" tells the story of Anna, who lives in exotic pre-war Shanghai with her wealthy young parents. Later, when Anna and her mother flee the Japanese-occupied city to return to California, her father stays behind. Through Anna's memories and her father's journal, readers learn of his fall from charismatic millionaire to tortured prisoner. Anna must grapple with her own issues of love for her father, feelings of abandonment and the possibility of forgiveness and reconciliation.
"The Distant Land of My Father" may be purchased at BookSmart or at the event at a 10 percent discount.
For more information, visit www.siliconvalleyreads.com, or contact the library at 779-3196.
Britton Middle School Honor Roll Students
Superintendent Award 4.0
seventh Grade
Katarina Avendano, Stacy Ayraud, Amanda Baker, Mikayla Bejarano, Cassandra Bingham, Jeffrey Dale, Lorynn Dukelow, Moira Foster, Nicole Fumagalli, Jennifer Gonzalez, Kelly Harris, Mark Holmstrom, Omar Hussein, Vanessa Johnson, Emily Kyle, Jasmine Leiser, Blake Linebaugh, Megan Lobach, Megan Medland, Cameron Moeller, Daisy Moreno, Donna Muhn, Amanda Naranjo, Juliet Olsen, Anna Parker, Michelle Pham, Jessica Pohl, Andrew Poonia, Nicole Price, Eric Romano, Brittany Schmidt, Sean Silveira, Mariah Taylor, Amber Thomas, Jodie Turner, Kate van Keulen, Robert Victor, Roshni Vyas, Jingyi Wei, Xiao Anna Yang
eighth Grade
Nathaniel Batey, Allison Bettencourt, Jocelyn Binn, Matthew Boyd, Wendy Carmona, Mark Fisher, Karen Freda, Emily Frederick, Benjamin Hartl, Megan Hartman, Robin Jensen, Eunice Kim, Emily Kyle Alyssa Liardon, Roya Lillie, Brittany McCaw, Elena McElheny, Gloria Navarro, Anisha Patel, Tyler Pederson, Marcus Pereira, Jacqueline Protsman, David Robertson, Anastasia Rud, Allison Shedden, Benjamin Stacer, Jenna Thorne, William Watson, Ernest Yip
Principal's Award 3.5-3.9
seventh Grade
Aasim Ahmed, Gena Acevedo, Joshua Acosta, Diego Arriaga, Jacqueline Astorga, Sydney Barker, Victoria Beasley, Jesse Benefiel, Matthew Bergantz, Michael Bergantz, Matthew Blazzard, Stephanie Bray, Kaitlyn Bueno, Long Bui, Shiesta Butte, Bradley Cachopo, Jordan Cambra, Sebastian Carrillo, Gianna Cary, Jarrod Cerniglia, Austin Chenoweth, Isaac Chun, Dane Cleeton, Kathryn Conti, Lucas Cook, Nicole Cortez, Kenya Covarrubias, Alejandra Cruz, Codi Davis, Catherine Deosaran, Yasmin Deosaran, Gabriel Dominguez, Cassidy Eddy, Jordan Fedalizo, Allyson Forman, Rachel Foster, Reyna Garcia Cantero, Joseph Garibaldi, Braden Gillispie, Cristal Gonzalez, Travis Graves, Azusena Gutierrez, Niamh Haller, Mallory Harmel, Eleanor Harnett, Sherryl Hendrix, Nicholas Hofmann, Erica Hounshell, Daniel Johnson, Isabelle Jones, Jubran Jubran, Wadeaa Jubran, Morgan Jud, Tara Kelly, So Ra Ko, Thomas Kono, Nicholas Locsin, Lindsey Lomanto, Amanda Long, Monica Luna, Heather Lutticken, David Markowski, Destinee Martinez, Mariana Martinez, Ryan McCombs, Chandler McCone, Zaira Medina, Daniel Melean, Demi Miller, Ryan Mitchell, David Molyneux, Guadalupe Munoz, Amanda Mussynski, Thomas Naranjo, Jessica Nunez, Karina Ocampo, Mitchell Pasek, Adrianna Peretto, Mariah Pompa, Blake Porzio, Brenda Prado Nava, Roberto Romo, Emily Roth, Ashton Rutledge, Ardean Salvador, Huafa Saulala, Victoria Shimko, Gursimran Sidhu, Brenden Stocksick, Shanley Sullivan, Danielle Thompson, Courtney Thomson, Justin Thorne, Jennifer Turner, Alexandra Urban, Kyle VandenBrandHorninge, Erika Vant Rood, Jada Williams, Nicholas Williams, Celine Williamson, Nancy Zheng
eighth Grade
Kaleasha Acevedo, Juan Baca Jimenez, Valarie Banuelos, Jennifer Barnes, Candice Baumgardner, Alexis Bejarano, Ariel Benitez Littlefield, Engelberto Berumen, Elizabeth Burke, Samuel Campos, Nemerta Cherra, Mikayla Collins, Ian Cruz Lopez, Matthew Cummings, Nicholas Darnell, Lawrence Dizon, Chloe Doporto, Kirsten Doting, Marisa Faust, Amy Fearnside, Joseph Feskanin, Aubree Garber, Michael Godfrey, Katelynn Golden, Gladys Gonzalez, Alexander Haferbecker, Travis Harmel, Kayla Horn, Heather Johnson, Macie Kerr, Nicolette Lau, Emma Loughridge, Nicholas Martini, Michael Medland, Paige Menage, Janet Montoya, Ashley Mulliner, Alizabeth O Connor, Amy Paul, Andrew Paveza, Connor Porzio, Samantha Riolo, Stephanie Rosales, Mary Roth, Sierra Rubio, Halie Ruebsamen, Auston Rutledge, Inderbir Sidhu, Victoria Smith, Caylee Southland, Erika Svensson, Saskia Vinkhuyzen, Josephine Vo, Jessica Westall, Gail Wiselogel, Victoria Wright Ortiz, Bruce Ziegelman, Jeremy Zimmerman,
Honor Roll 3.0-3.49
seventh Grade
Tyler Acosta, Kassandra Albarran, Evan Altieri, Janaye Amdur, Ricardo Bearden, Lucy Brown, Andrew Bueno, Timothy Camarillo, Jerardo Caro, Kaille Casaje, Maria Castillo, Gabriela Castro, Dylan Corbus, Gabriela Cortez, Jessica Davenport, Alexis Daw, Annalise DiSalvo, Steven Eckelberger, John Forestieri, Laura Freiberg, Denise Galvan, Adrian Garcia, Clarissa Garcia, Kathy Garcia, Lorena Gonzalez, Rubi Guerrero, Kuetzaly Gutierrez, Natasha Harried, Rachel Harris, Victoria Hattick, Kelsey Hernandez, Charles Huynh Tu, Christopher Jauregui, Aaqeela Taqqisha Kader, Tristan Keith, Morgan Kelly, Kiandra Kirkman, Samantha Krull, Khoa Le, Travis LeVell, Brandon Lehmann, Rafael Lopez, Zhan Xue Lu, Johnathon Martin, Flor Martinez, Mariah Mulliner, Andrea Murillo, Alyssa Nelson, Jacquelyn Nelson, Jaason Nichols, Benjamin Nuno, Claudia Ortega, Claire Parker, Anna Penaloza, Jose Perez, Justin Phillips, Kenneth Ratzlaff, Tyler Robeson, Bianca Robinson, Viviana Rojas, Adelina Ryburn, Stephanie Salas, Sydnee Sorce, Crystina Tinajero, Kyle Trujillo, Brianna Turner, Marry Valdez, Jessie Vega Camacho, Jim Yang
eighth Grade
Bianca Aguayo, Lorenzo Aguayo, Miranda Aven, Wayne Beecher, Danielle Budde, Charles Campa, Carley Carapinha, Julieta Cazares, Estefany Chiquillo, Carissa Colwell, Stephanie Coreas, Guaneet Dheri, Isaac Dreyfus, Ashley Garcia, Hunter Gilson, Karen Guevara, Lucy Gutierrez, Lyza Harried, Tyler Healy, Shawn Henner, Scott Henningsen, Justine Holler, Amelia Hollis, Robert Hultsman, Alison Jensen, Kalei Jud, Chelsey Kalata, Jordan Kroen, Tyler Lerma, Aaron Lipscomb, Chawntell Lowe, Ethan Maaske, Ruben Magana, Edwin Mazariegos, Caitlin Miller, Daniel Milligan, Natalie Mills, Quetzani Montano, Amber Moore, Bryce Mulder, Angeles Munoz, Jessica Munoz, Viviana Munoz, Michael Napihaa, Alysia Nelson, Tram Nguyen, Erik Nielsen, Marc Noble, Jennifer Pecot, Haley Price, Laura Purdie, Daniel Ramirez, Justine Ramirez, Mark Robb, Sandra Romero, Kody Root, Lizbeth Ruiz, Kimberly Sakai, Anthony Saenz, Martin Saenz, Timothy Salvotti, Derek Satterlee, Jennifer Schwegler, Kay Lee Simmons, Peter Simonsen, Alison Steffel, Robert Sullivan, Hunter Sutton, Jason Swanson, Alyssa Tacci, Derrick Taylor, Brandon Tice, Jess Tolson, Hailey Whitehead, Andrew Whitling, Elizabeth Ybarra, Jeff Zane, Jesseka Zappe, Ashley Zerr
n New education foundation
The Santa Clara County Education Foundation and the San Jose Education Foundation have merged to create the Silicon Valley Education Foundation, officials have announced. The newly created organization will serve more schools this way, as a central focus for businesses and individuals who want to donate to schools.dramatic changes and reinventions of traditional bàtá performance in recent years, showing how they are continually recreated, performed and sold. Klein delves into the lives of Yorùbá musicians, focusing on their strategic collaborations with artists, culture brokers, researchers and entrepreneurs worldwide.
n State deficit increases classroom woes
The Teachers Aide Coalition, recipient of the 2006 Gavilan College Spirit Award, has announced its annual spring classroom supply giveaway. Teachers in the Morgan Hill Unified School District will be able to get items for their classes on Feb. 28 at P.A. Walsh Elementary School, 353 W. Main Avenue.
TAC President Roger Beaulieu hopes the community will step up to help. Donations of school supplies or money to buy specific items would help teachers and students. Volunteers are also needed for the 2008 classroom supply giveaways, and TAC's other events.
Every year the group finds a fun wine-related way to drum up support for local teachers. A "Salute to King Cab" (as in Cabernet) is being planned as the next TAC fundraiser. TAC's fundraising chairman Jon Hatakeyama announced that the tasting and talk will take place on Oct. 23 at Clos La Chance Winery. The featured wine discussion will be by culinary expert, Dorothy McNett. KBAY radio personality Jona Denz-Hamilton will act as host.
Those interested in volunteering or donating to the fall giveaway in October should contact Roger Beaulieu at 779-5308 or by e-mail at booman6@charter.net.
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