Patriot Club Seeks Donations
Live Oak High School’s Patriot Club is holding its second annual donation drive to help support troops overseas.
Participants are encouraged to bring supplies, monetary donations, or address of loved ones overseas to Live Oak High School, 1505 E. Main Ave. The school will provide donation bins at BookSmart for supplies like toiletries, games, books, snacks, etc.
For more information, call (408) 201-6100.
Miss Teenage California Seeks Candidates
The 28th annual Miss Teenage California Scholarship Competition is looking for young women ages 13-19. The 2007 event will be held April 20-22 at the Radisson Hotel at the Los Angeles airport.
More than $42,000 in college scholarships and prizes will be awarded. Miss Teenage California will win a $10,000 college scholarship to the university of her choice, plus $5,000 cash, wardrobe, laptop, color television and other prizes. Four runners-up will receive $5,000, $4,000, $3,000 and $2,000 scholarships. An additional $8,000 in scholarships will also be handed out.
Candidates must be single, never married and at least 13 years old by April 22, 2007 and not over the age of 19 as of Aug. 31, 2007. The pageant has no swimsuit or talent competition. Contestants are judged on their achievements and activities, personality, poise and presence.
For an application, write Danfranc Productions, 9046 Molinero Court., Elk Grove, Calif., 95758. Visit www.missteenageca.com, e-mail Da**********@ao*.com or call (916) 684-4225.
The Morgan Hill Teachers Aid Coalition
The Morgan Hill Teachers Aid Coalition is having its annual classroom supply give-away for local public school teachers. For the past eight years TAC has conducted a classroom supply drive and give-away to benefit public school educators in light of education funding challenges.
TAC is accepting financial contributions to help purchase the much-needed school supplies for local teachers. For more information contact Roger Beaulieu at (408) 779-5308. Classroom supply donations can be dropped off at the offices of Dr. Jon Hatakeyama, (408) 779-7391, 370 W. Dunne Ave. Ste. #3, in Morgan Hill during regular business hours.
TAC will conduct its classroom supply give-away on Sept. 19 at 3:30pm at the district warehouse distribution center on Tilden Avenue
Gavilan College Gets Online Access
Gavilan College students can now register for classes, add or drop classes, look for open class sections, and run unofficial transcripts with OLGA, the new OnLine Gavilan Access system quietly rolled out last week.
“We wanted to make sure it was working well and easy to use before we publicized it” said John Pruitt, vice president of student services. “As it is, a number of students found it on our Web site and found it easy to use.”
In the first four days of operation, 100 students had used OLGA to register online, and close to 500 had used it to check for open sections or look up their class schedules. Pruitt predicts that increasing numbers of students will choose to use online services rather than the telephone or standing in line. “Once word is out, we expect this to be a very popular way for students to access admissions and records services.”
Students can access OLGA at www.gavilan.edu. OLGA’s hours of operation are 8am – 10pm, seven days per week, however there is no help desk service available on weekends. OLGA makes registration and other services easy and convenient.
Although most fall semester classes started Sept. 5, there are still a number of late-start classes that will begin in September, October, and November. Late-Start class listings are available at http://www.gavilan.edu/schedule/late/departments.htm.
Biotechnology Now Offered at Gavilan
Staff Report
Gilroy – For the first time, Gavilan College students will have the chance to sign up for a biotechnology course – a class that could definitely lead to a lucrative career.
“This is a great class for people who think they may have a career interest in science and want to learn more,” said Fran Lozano, dean of liberal arts and sciences, in a press release. “It’s a chance to explore the work that goes on in a bioscience lab and it’s perfect for beginners.”
Biotechnology – a rapidly expanding field considered the future of science – involves the manipulation of biological material to develop specific products and organisms, such as beer, milk and weapons.
The new course is the primary piece of the biotechnology certificate and degree program, soon to be offered at Gavilan. In Biotechnology 103, students will learn basic laboratory skills through hands-on projects.
Students will learn how to use and care for instruments and scientific methods, such as maintaining a lab notebook and writing reports. Previous lab or science experience is not required but students should have completed at least one high school course and earned a “C” or better.
In addition, college officials recommend that students who sign up for the course are eligible for English 250 and Math 205 according to the Gavilan College Assessment Test. When the program is launched, which may be in the fall, students will be able to choose a specific area and acquire new skills by working in the field.
Biotechnicians serve as laboratory aides, technicians,
assistants in biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, agriculture/seed testing, wine making and the food industry.
