You’re invited to Slater’s 50th birthday party
Slater School invites the community to join in a celebration of the elementary school’s 50th birthday this Saturday, April 1 from 3 to 5 p.m. Attendees will enjoy a performance from Slater’s student chorus, as well as a magician, 50 years of photos from Slater’s history, music, and of course, birthday cake.The celebration of Slater’s 50 years in Mountain View will double as a going-away party for the school. When the school year ends this June, Slater School will close for at least the next five years. The Mountain View-Whisman Board of Trustees recently approved a joint use agreement for Google to have child care at the site.
To prepare for Slater’s upcoming closure, Slater teachers and students have worked on a timeline that chronicles important Slater events. At the party on April 1, partygoers will be able to add items to the timeline to commemorate the school’s long history in Mountain View.
The school is located at 325 Gladys Ave. in Mountain View. Call (650) 526-3530 with questions or information about Slater’s history.
National Merit finalists announced
Thirteen of Los Altos High School’s seniors and eight seniors from Mountain View High have been named this year’s National Merit Finalists.Mountain View’s finalists include Eric Bruins, Abby Damm, John Doty, Stephen Hess, Evan Jeng, Justin Li, Kevin Mueller and Prashant Rai.
Los Altos finalists include Aileen Baecker, Abigail Do, Katherine Fackler, Russell Field, Sean Liu, Joshua Lu, Anna Ostberg, Julia Patrick, Steven Schlansker, Erin Van Erp, Carolyn Whitesell, James Yeh and Larissa Zhou.
These students will be eligible for National Merit scholarships which will be awarded in the spring.
Sudan refugee to speak at MVHS
Silvestro Akara Bakhiet, a former Sudanese refugee and the head of the Pageri Organization, will deliver a talk this Friday, March 31 at Mountain View High School. Bakhiet will discuss the atrocities he witnessed while living in Sudan, and how the government and its policies there have contributed to the ongoing genocide in Darfur.The talk is hosted by a school club called Glasnost. Doors open 6:30 p.m. at the high school’s theater.
— Molly Tanenbaum
