FEBRUARY 2002 (VOL. 8, NO. 10)
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An Evening at the Conservatory Place DDR Time Feb. 1 & 2, 8:00 Ticket Prices $10 for family of 3 or more $5 individual Presented by the music students of the Conservatory Bel Canto Show Choir Instrumentalists Senior certificate candidates
For tickets and information, contact Musical Director Cathy Snider at catherines@harker.org
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STUDENT ■ MS Counselor Deanna Barnett reported that a group of middle school students sent 1,000 paper cranes in December to Mayor Giuliani of New York City in a show of support and friendship. The leadership project, headed up by 8th grader Ariel Wang, was inspired by the Japanese story of 1,000 paper cranes that her friend Mika Sugawara had shared with her. Since October the students have devoted time during lunch, school breaks and after-school to make the cranes, with assistance from ESL teacher Eric Siemens. The cranes, which symbolize peace and hope for the future, were boxed and sent to New York, and Ariel received a thank you letter from the mayor’s office. Congratulations to Ariel for organizing such a wonderful project, and to the following students for their countless hours making the cranes: Ariel Wang, Mika Sugawara, Leo Liu, Nicole Chuang, Milton Lee, Robert Yu, Katy Yu, David Woolsey, Young Jo Kim, Andy Lin, Anthony Liu, Michael Lee, Daisuke Ito, Michael Choi, Rita Leung, Jack Wu, and Mr. Siemens. ■ In January, the US Key Club participated in a Creek Clean Up Project in Portola Valley, planting native grass at an old landslide site on MROSD land. From there the members volunteered for “Loaves and Fishes,” preparing and serving lunch to homeless people at St. Patrick’s Church in Santa Clara. During the entire month of February, US students will join other high schools in Santa Clara County by participating in “Pennies for Patients,” a fundraising program for the Leukemia/Lymphoma foundation. Harker “adopts” an individual in Santa Clara County with leukemia, and our funds go towards that individual’s care, as well as to other general needs for the Foundation. This fundraiser will be a class competition, and though
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Ariel Wang pictured with the 1,000 paper cranes recently sent to New York City pennies are all that count for the class competition, quarters, nickels and dimes are used to “negate” points from opposing teams! It’s all in good fun, and the
bottom line will hopefully be a great deal of change donated to this wor thwhile cause. Watch for an update in the March newsletter!
Middle School Notes ■ The MS Student Mentor Program, now in its 3rd year, provides opportunities for selected 8th graders to form supportive relationships with 6th graders and help them address a variety of issues important to the age group, such as friends, cliques, popularity, homework and peer pressure.
This new program is also intended to help our 6th graders feel more comfor table with the transition to the Saratoga campus when they move up to the middle school. The 8th graders visit with the 6th graders on the Bucknall campus once per quarter. continued on Pg. 3
This year’s student mentor participants are Ellen Harris, Mina Lee, Rohini Venkatraman, Ira Patnaik, Elizabeth Moul, Meghana Dhar, Miles Bredenoord, Tanuj Thapliyal, Keir Myers, Aaron Nemetz, Michael Lee, Asavari Gupte, Muhammed Ahmed and Gareth Sheerder. Terry Walsh