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Education Briefs

Forum helps shift to college

Educators will gather this Tuesday to discuss issues related to student achievement and educational opportunities in a forum titled "From High School to College."

Slated for Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 6 p.m., the event will be held in the Los Altos Youth Center. Mountain View-Los Altos Superintendent Barry Groves will be on hand, as will Stanford education Professor Michael Kirst and Martha Kanter, chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District.

Topics of discussion will include whether children are over- or under-prepared for college, career opportunities, and how to stay competitive in the global community. Visit communitydialogues.org for more information.

'Coffee with the principal' at Landels

Landels Elementary school is asking parents interested in learning more about the school, its curriculum and educators to join an all-school assembly and meet with faculty afterwards.

The "coffee with the principal" meeting will be held immediately after the morning assembly on Monday, Feb. 12 at approximately 8:30 am. Principal Phyllis DeMattos will be on hand to meet, talk and answer question.

Participants are asked to sign in at the school office before entering the campus. For additional information, contact Landels at (650) 526-3520.

Student art in City Hall rotunda

The PACT School, an alternative K-5 program in the Mountain View Whisman School District, will be putting on its annual display of student art in the Mountain View City Hall rotunda. The exhibition will run from Feb. 6 to Feb. 23, and is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day.

The student art show is a result of PACT's Arts Focus program, which provides each student with 45 hours of art education beyond the standard district offering. Arts Focus classes are mixed-age, and students rotate through sessions with various media, including clay, paper textiles, three-dimensional art, and painting and drawing.

— Alexa Tondreau