Schools
Schools
SCU’s Lifelong Learners Offer Back-to-School Preview
August 17, 2016
“We don’t ever stop learning,” explains Dr. Dorothea French, professor emerita in Santa Clara University’s History Department and one of...
OpinionSchools
SIX TIPS TO MAKE A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR
August 17, 2016
Here we go again! It’s time for shiny new shoes, logoed backpacks and bright-eyed kids excited to meet their new...
Schools
National Summer Learning Day
July 20, 2016
National Learning Day is July 14th. It’s intended to spread awareness about the importance of summer learning in helping close...
Schools
Pat Eldridge is SCUSD’s Classified Employee of the Year
July 20, 2016
At the beginning of her career, Pat Eldridge started off as a health clerk before transitioning into her current job...
Schools
Kids Love YMCA Summer Learning Program at Hughes Elementary
July 6, 2016
The 80 first-through-fifth-grade children participating in the YMCA of Silicon Valley’s Summer Learning Program (SLP) at Kathryn Hughes Elementary School...
Schools
Michele Burchfiel is SCUSD’s Administrator of the Year
July 6, 2016
At Mariani’s on May 25, Santa Clara High School principal Greg Shelby and Pomeroy Elementary School principal Tricia Ringel introduced...
Schools
Nada Meck is CCAE’s Teacher of the Year
June 29, 2016
On a leisurely weekend, Nada Meck might be spotted frolicking barefoot on the sands of a Santa Cruz beach while...
Schools
Angie Scott is SCUSD’s Teacher of the Year
June 22, 2016
At Santa Clara Unified School District’s May 25 Employee Recognition Tea at Mariani’s, Angie Scott listened as the biography of...
OpinionSchools
Dad’s Matter Just As Much As Mom
June 15, 2016
In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson declared that the third Sunday in June would be Father’s Day, 50 years after the...
Schools
Gold Panning and Square Dancing at Laurelwood School’s California History Day
June 15, 2016
About 100 fourth graders at Laurelwood Elementary School dressed up on Friday, May 27. Some boys came in blue jeans...






