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Pets are wonderful Members of the Girl Scout Daisies troop at Phillips Brooks School in Menlo Park recently gathered 100 days of food and toys for pets, which they donated to Pets are Wonderful Support (PAWS), a volunteer organization that provides for companion animals for low-income seniors and people with disabling illnesses. Standing by decorated donation boxes, which they had made themselves, the Daisies (Girl Scouts in kindergarten) encouraged people to donate to PAWS at the Pet Place and Bow Wow Meow in downtown Menlo Park.
Woodside native is finalist in handbag design competition By Barbara Wood Special to the Almanac
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ame, if not fortune, could be just around the corner for Woodside native Mary Spenser Poletti, a 2009 graduate of Scared Heart Preparatory in Atherton, whose design for a lambskin and rabbit fur backpack is a finalist in the 2012 Independent Handbag Designers Award competition. If Ms. Poletti wins enough online votes for her backpack to become the “Audience Fan Favorite,� it will be featured in the September issue of InStyle Magazine. The Woodside Elementary School graduate is attending the Savannah College of Art and Continued from previous page
being developed to address the “how� of the district’s educational goals outlined in the first phase. “She really seemed to understand where we were trying to go with our plan, and was thrilled with the focus� on the plan’s learning goals, Ms. Doktorczyk said. Ms. Cesario said implementing the plan “will be one of my major functions — to make sure the plan comes alive, that it’s not just something on paper.� The district’s strategic plan, she said, “is about learning in the classroom,� whereas in some districts, it’s more about budgets and facilities. “Those things are important, but the main thing is
Design, in Savannah, Georgia, where she is working on a bachelor’s of fine arts in accessory design. “I am studying under top cobblers and handbag designers, in order to actually design, pattern, and hand produce my own creations,� she said. Her whitepearlized lambskin and rabbit fur backpack, is in the French modern style, Ms. Poletti says, and is a finalist in the Best Student Made Handbag category. Visit tinyurl.com/Bag-602 to view the handbag designs and vote before June 8. Ms. Poletti, whose parents are Susan and Paul Poletti of Woodside, says she will be in New York City at the awards ceremony on June 13. about kids.� Seventeen people applied for the position, and the board interviewed five finalists, Ms. Doktorczyk said. Ms. Cesario’s annual salary will be $185,000. Mr. Hartwig is making $198,000 per year. A resident of Redwood City, Ms. Cesario earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a master’s degree in educational administration from Santa Clara University. She has served as an adjunct professor in the master teacher leadership program at San Jose State University. The district oversees Las Lomitas School (K-3) in Atherton, and La Entrada School (4-8) in Menlo Park.
Visit tinyurl.com/Bag-603 to see a YouTube video about the competition.
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