Live Oak High School Baseball Coach Mark Cummins and the 2008 Live Oak High School varsity baseball team received a standing ovation from the Morgan Hill Unified School District Board of Education and staff and Board of Education meeting attendees Tuesday. The team won the Central Coast Section (CCS-CIF) Division III Championship by defeating number-one seed Santa Cruz High School 3-2 on May 24.
This is the first baseball CCS championship for Live Oak High School. "This is an extremely talented group of individuals who, above all, personify the concept of team," Live Oak High School Principal Nick Boden said.
In addition to this recognition, Cummins was selected as 2008 CCS Honor Coach for spring. Cummins was recognized for his commitment to his student athletes and to the quality program he oversees, which instills character and integrity in his students, as well as an appreciation and passion for the game.
NWS PEACE Program seeks local families to host international students
The non-profit NWS PEACE Program is seeking caring families to host high school students from Ecuador, Turkey, Brazil, Vietnam, Belgium, France and other countries for the 2008 school year. The students are between 15 and 18 years old and will begin arriving in August to spend the upcoming five to 10 months with a family while attending a local high school.
Single parents, retirees, and families with or without children are encouraged to apply.
The students are prescreened, speak English and are looking forward to learning about American culture while teaching about their culture and country. They have medical insurance and their own spending money to cover such things as clothing, school supplies and entertainment. Host families are not paid but may be able to claim a $50 per month charitable contribution on their income tax.
Since early placement is crucial to the success of the program, NWS PEACE Program officials hope to have the students matched with host families by July 1.
Details: 866-846-3977 or www.nw-services.com
Student enrollment for 2008-09 school year to be done at district school sites after June 30
To better meet the needs of staff and the community, all student enrollment will now be handled at the school sites.
As of 5 p.m. June 30, the Enrollment Center at the Morgan Hill Unified School District office will no longer be responsible for enrolling elementary students.
Parents will go directly to their school site for address changes and registration. Enrollment for students for the 2008-09 school year will resume at all schools as follows:
High schools: Monday, July 28
Middle schools: Thursday, July 31
Elementary schools: Friday, Aug. 1
School sites will be open 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1-3 p.m., Monday through Friday, for registration.
Details: (408) 201-6001.
14 graduate from Mount Madonna School
Mount Madonna School sent 14 seniors on to college during last week's graduation ceremony.
Shashi Sarnaik was the class Valedictorian, and Aaron Colton and Alexa Rosendale were the 2008 Co-Salutatorians.
Sarnaik, who lives in Gilroy, will attend the University of California, Los Angeles. The university is home to the renowned UCLA Medical Center; Sarnaik plans a pre-med course of study.
Colton, a Soquel resident, will head east to attend Vassar College, located in the heart of New York's Hudson Valley. Founded in 1861 to provide women with an education equal to that once available only to men, the college began enrolling male students in 1969.
Rosendale, who lives in Watsonville, will head to the Pacific Northwest to attend Portland State University. She plans to major in civil engineering. A talented volleyball player who helped take the MMS Hawks to the Division 5 state championship last fall, Rosendale has signed to play as an outside hitter for the Vikings, an NCAA Division I program. In addition to Sarnaik, Rosendale and Colton, Mount Madonna School's Class of 2008 includes 11 other college-bound students.
Santa Clara County host families needed
Foreign high school students are scheduled to arrive soon for academic semester home-stay programs, and the sponsoring organization needs a few more local host families. Pacific Intercultural Exchange President John Doty said the students are all between 15 and 18 years old are English-speaking, have their own spending money, carry accident and health insurance, and are anxious to share their cultural experiences with their new American families. Programs range in length from a semester to a full academic year.
Details: Pacific International Exchange, (866) 546-1402.
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