On Campus

SUSD students display artwork

Six fourth and fifth graders in the Saratoga Union School District recently displayed samples of their artwork during the California Association for the Gifted 1999 convention held in Santa Clara March 5 to 7.

Andrea Desmond, Julia McKechnie, Sonnet Sparacino, Laura McGowen, Jessica Hwang and Tina Sato were chosen by their teachers as having shown talent in the visual arts. The students' works were displayed in the Saratoga Community Library until recently.

Local student named to college honor roll

Benjamin Sun was recently named to the Creighton University of Omaha, Nebraska Dean's Honor Roll for the 1998 fall semester. To be eligible for the honor, Sun had to maintain at least a 3.5 grade point average while taking 12 units.

SHS math club takes top honors

The Saratoga High School Math Club received a first-place trophy on March 16 for winning the ninth annual Math Challenge sponsored by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy.

Aaron Jow, president of the Math Club and club advisor Julio Scola accepted the award on behalf of Chun Chi Lin, Henry Tam and Cereone Rhee, who represented SHS in the competition designed to spark students' interest in math.

The LG-SJUHSD has a new website

The Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District has a new website, thanks to Saratoga High School parent Richard Tam.

The new custom-built district website was offered free of charge to Superintendent Cynthia Ranii by Tam, who is the CEO and president of Kaleidoscope. Dan McBride, the district's website coordinator and an English teacher at SHS worked with EdUniverse, an online education service developed by Kaleidoscope in the construction of the website at http://www.edUniverse.com/schools/lgsaratoga/mainpage.htm.

Those interested in the district will find school board information, bond updates, contact information, job opportunities and more on the website.

Sheriff's Report

Asian American Parent Association encourages involvement in education

Saratoga Federated Church gets new senior pastor

Portola Systems builds business software that is exciting to use and see

Saratoga Sampler: Good Sam doctor Harry Cornbleet is top Open Space District docent

Sports Briefs

Westmont baseball team defeats Pioneer

Saratoga, Prospect athletes compete in annual CCS Top 8 Track Classic

Youth sports camps signups