Scholarships available to health students
The Auxiliary of the Community Hospital of Los Gatos will be awarding several $2,000 scholarships for local high school seniors pursuing careers in the health science fields.
To qualify, applicants must be accepted to a four-year college or university and be majoring in one of the following: medicine, nursing, dentistry, radiology, medical technology, pharmacology, physical therapy, social services or dietetics.
Deadline for applications is May 1. For more information, call Betty Cromie at 378-6131.
High school students can study in Brazil
The Study Abroad Scholarship Program of Academic Year in the USA International offers high school students the opportunity to spend the 1997-98 school year living and studying in Brazil. No prior foreign language experience is required, although familiarity with a Romance language is desired. Scholarships cover program fees, language tutoring, international airfare and placement with a host family. AYUSA also offers U.S. families the chance to host international students. Application deadline for the Brazil program is May 2. For more information, call (800)727-4540.
Local students land on Mars
Ever had the desire to visit the big red planet or dreamed of designing a robotic lander/rover that can safely crash-land on a shallow Martian crater and then make its way out again?
About 1,000 elementary through high school age students--including a handful from Los Gatos and Leigh High schools--have accepted this mission to Mars as part of Tech Challenge '97, an annual competition arranged by the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose.
On April 23, more than 200 teams will operate their devices in front of a panel of judges from 3 to 7 p.m. in the San Jose Civic Auditorium. The event is open to the public. For more information, call 279-7150.
LGEEF to host thank-you party
The Los Gatos Elementary Educational Foundation will be hosting a "Thanks a Million" party on June 1 for parents, children and the community in celebration of reaching its $1 million fundraising mark.
Beginning at 12:30 p.m on the Los Gatos High School lawn, the Van Meter Dad's Club will be selling food and the LGHS Wildcat Marching Band will provide cold drinks. Participants are welcome to bring picnic lunches. Students from the Los Gatos Union School District's music program will play, as will the Fisher Jazz Band and the Joe Sharino Band. There will also be a drawing for a 1997 Chevrolet Suburban.
For more information, call Martha at 356-4954 or Peter at 356-9955.
This article appeared in the Los Gatos Weekly-Times, April 23, 1997.
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