Extra Credit Briefs

Live Oak’s ROP Fashion Show

LIVE OAK HIGH SCHOOL clothing students will be modeling their original designs at 4pm and 7pm May 10 in the Little Theater on the Live Oak campus, 1505 E. Main Ave.

More than 200 student-created garments will be modeled by 140 students. Students featured in the fashion show are enrolled in Live Oak’s clothing classes and Regional Occupational Program fashion-design classes. Students learn garment construction, color and textile selection and pattern drafting. Classes train students for jobs in fashion design and manufacturing.

Featured in this year’s show are many original designs. Students selected the theme “Portcards from California” to emphasize the worldwide influence California has on the fashion industry.

Third-year clothing students and graduating seniors will exhibit their design lines. Live Oak students Teresa Alongi and Bree Abraham created original garments, chose a theme and music to reflect their designs.

Also featured at this year’s show will be a collection of quilts created by the students.

Morgan Hill’s Quilter’s Guild, West Valley Community College and Joanne’s Fabrics as well as local clothing manufactures lend their support in training and jobs which is beneficial to student learning.

Details: Donna Foster, (408) 201-6100, ext. 2104. Tickets are $4 for the 4pm show and $6 for the 7pm show.

Chamber Seeks Education Award Nominees

The MORGAN HILL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE is seeking nominees for its second annual GOLDEN APPLE AWARD given to individuals, businesses and organizations that support education.

Nominations are due to the chamber on June 1. They will be reviewed and evaluated by the chamber’s Education Council’s Golden Apple Award Task Force during the summer. Winners will be announced at the beginning of September. The chamber will also recognize winners at the Golden Apple awards ceremonies Oct. 4.

Details: Nomination forms available at www.morganhill.org, or call Dan Ehrler, president of the Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce,

779-9444 or de*****@mo********.org.

Mount Madonna Students Qualify for National Merit Scholarship MOUNT MADONNA SCHOOL has announced that junior SHASHI SARNAIK, of Gilroy, has qualified for the 2008 National Merit Scholarship Program. Shashi is among 50,000 of the highest-scoring juniors of approximately 1.4 million entrants nationwide.  

“Shashi Sarnaik is a brilliant student who excels in math and science, and is also a talented violinist. Her keen intellect and self-discipline enable her to penetrate concepts that are difficult for many of us,” said Mount Madonna’s head of school Dr. Sarada Diffenbaugh.

In September, about 16,000 of the 50,000 will move on as National Merit semifinalists and compete for approximately 8,000 Merit Scholarship awards. The remaining 34,000 will be honored as “Commended Students.”

High school students enter the National Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which serves as an initial screen of entrants each year.