Today is Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Today is Tuesday, February 7, 2012
During the week of February 6, Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) students will participate in the annual AVID writing competition. After the writing test, teachers will pick the top three papers from each grade level and submit the essays to regional judges who will choose the winners.
This year’s theme is student activism. In past years, AVID students have written on issues ranging from equality to the impact of social media on interpersonal relationships.
Much of our country’s current environmental policy comes from the Clean Air Act, a law created to limit air pollution. The act gives power to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a federal agency which ensures that environmental protection is considered by the general public and in United States policies. The EPA creates many regulations, most recently the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, which will put more stringent controls on the amount of dangerous pollutants coming from power plants. The EPA’s news release said that the standards will limit emissions of mercury as well as “toxic air pollution like arsenic, acid gas, nickel, selenium and cyanide.”
On Thursday, February 2, the school held the annual Job Shadow Day, which gave students the opportunity to experience a day in the life of professionals of different occupations. The job mentors were from different departments and facilities of the city of Mountain View.
On Monday, January 23, the school was recognized by the 2012 Bay Area Schools Environmental Conference for its dedication to environmental friendliness. At this conference, members of Green Team learned about topics such as environment, health, sustainable building methods and solar energy. The Outstanding School award was presented to the school on Saturday, February 4 at the Corinthian Center in San Jose.
After finding out this year’s challenge on January 7, the Robotics Team has been preparing for its upcoming competitions at UC Davis and San Jose State University.
Broken Box performed the play “Never Mind What Happened, How Did It End?” from February 2 to February 4.
This semester, in addition to performing complete orchestra works, Chamber Ensemble will implement a new chamber music program. Chamber music, a form of classical music written for small groups of instruments, will allow students to learn pieces arranged for string trios and quartets among other groupings.
The Freestyle Academy held an exhibition at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View on Thursday, February 2.
A small group of students from the school participated in the annual Job Shadow Day today, February 2. Job Shadow Day was sponsored by the city of Mountain View.
Three students from Santa Clara High School visited the campus on Wednesday, February 1 to promote Tricking, a variant of Parkour.