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Web-page design course approved

At the June 3 Los Gatos-Saratoga High School District board meeting, the board approved a new course on Web page design to begin in the fall. The Saratoga High School home page on the World Wide Web will be designed and maintained by students in the class. The students will learn the fundamentals of home-page design programs such as HTML.

Lynbrook junior wins scholarship

Jennifer Chang, a junior at Lynbrook High School and a Saratoga youth commissioner, won a $1,750 Discover Card Tribute Award Scholarship on May 30. Chang was chosen from a national field of nearly 11,000 juniors. Winners need a minimum 2.75 cumulative grade-point average and must demonstrate accomplishment in four of the five following areas: special talents, leadership, obstacles overcome, unique endeavors and community service.

SHS newspaper wins journalism awards

Saratoga High School's newspaper, The Falcon, has won three $250 grants from the Santa Clara County Police Chiefs Sober Graduation journalism contest for its coverage of the "Reality Check" student press conference.

The school won for best single story, best layout and graphics and best photograph. SHS was one of 21 high school newspapers in the county covering the "Reality Check" event in March, said Chief Mike Maehler of the Mountain View Police Department. The event, sponsored by the nonprofit Sober Graduation/Avoid the 13 foundation, featured on-campus mock arrests, tours of the jail and morgue.

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