SVCTE awards
Los Gatos High School was represented among 92 students who received the LeRoy Morell Trust Tool Scholarship at Silicon Valley Career Technical Education (SVCTE) center’s 56th annual Awards Ceremony.
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The tool scholarships were established in honor of LeRoy Morell, a 1938 graduate of San Jose Technical High School. Each recipient received tools valued at approximately $750 to support them in the next phase of their education or career.
Volunteer with Midpen
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District is looking for community volunteers to be trained as Midpen docent naturalists. Docents host hundreds of free guided activities for the public throughout Midpen preserves, including hiking, mountain biking, exercise and nature study.
In addition, nearly 1,000 community volunteers contribute more than 20,000 hours annually through various volunteer programs and projects in the preserves.
Volunteer programs at Midpen include single-day, hands-on, staff-led group land steward projects in Midpen preserves for interested individuals. For more information and to sign up for current projects, visit volunteer.openspace.org.
Retiring teachers
Several teachers are retiring from the Los Gatos Union School District at the end of the current school year.
Tassia Babalis, a third-grade teacher at Van Meter Elementary School, said these long-time teachers deserved recognition for their work.
“These teachers, I know, are very beloved at our sites, and they’re going to be truly missed by their (current and former) students,” Babalis said. “They’re taking with them all their expertise, and they’re going to go on to have a great retirement. We’re truly going to miss them at our sites.”
Babalis said five teachers and one aide are retiring after school gets out in June, including first-grade teacher Erika Peach, longtime second-grade teacher Lisa Corneau, kindergarten teacher Kelly Fowell and Ingrid O’Donoghue, a district employee trained to help with literacy instruction.
Patricia Diaz, a school counselor who worked with Van Meter students, is also set to retire at the end of June. Denise Egan, an instructional assistant at Van Meter, will also be retiring after working with the district for 19 years, according to Babalis.
“They’re wonderful, experienced teachers, and it’s hard to replace them,” Babalis said.
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