Lice on the loose at Lakeside
Head lice remain a problem among some students at Lakeside Elementary School. Although most students with lice have already been treated with medicated shampoo, daily head-checks by school personnel have uncovered a few students who have unhatched or hatched louse eggs--also called nits--in their hair. Any student with more than five lice or nits will be sent home for treatment, as head lice spread easier from person to person. School personnel urge parents to continue checking their children before sending them to school. Washing clothing and pillows and vacuuming the house also help prevent reinfestation.
Spelling bee champ will compete in San Francisco
Fifth-grader Joey Auricchio took top honors at the San Francisco Examiner Spelling Bee, held Jan. 24 at Louise Van Meter School. Joey, along with more than 50 fourth- and fifth-graders, competed in a written bee, after which the field was narrowed down to a dozen top spellers who competed in an oral bee. First runner-up among those students was Matthew Finelli. The others who made it to the oral bee were Aileen Aranovsky, Max Benesi, Mallory Carlson, Laney Chinn, Lindsay Funston, Greg Geldman, Matt Herrick, Jeffrey Huang, Shana Ravel and Chloe Wilder. As winner, Joey will go on to compete at the regional spelling bee in San Francisco in late February. The regional bee's winner will be flown to Washington, D.C., to compete in the 70th Annual National Spelling Bee, scheduled for late spring.
Parents have LGHS visitation day in March
The Los Gatos High School PTSA is sponsoring a visitation on March 6. Parents of current high school students or eighth-graders and interested members of the community are invited to attend. The high school day begins at 7:45 a.m., and class periods are 50 minutes long. Visitors should arrive 15 minutes prior to the class they wish to attend. Visitors can pick up class schedules and campus maps at an information table in the hall outside the main office. For more information, call Daelene Groff at 395-9215.
This article appeared in the Los Gatos Weekly-Times, February 26, 1997.
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