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Superintendent Jeff Baier gave the Los Altos School District Board of Trustees an update on the district’s COVID-19 numbers at its meeting last week, expressing cautious optimism.
Local artists Morgan Bricca of Los Altos and Karen Druker of Los Altos Hills have each decorated fiberglass bears for the Los Altos Bears project that has overtaken downtown Los Altos. Bricca, Druker and other professional and student artists have created a slew of bears to celebrate the communityâs emergence from its long, pandemic-induced hibernation. When the bears are auctioned at an Oct. 9 gala, the proceeds will fund charitable projects of the Rotary Club of Los Altos and will reimburse the artists. Mosaic of cultures Bricca, a muralist, painted the âCan You See Yourself in Ca...
Blach ‘Lands’ a new principal Zoe Morgan/Town Crier Current Santa Rita School principal Greg Land, above, is slated to move to Blach Intermediate School. After six years at Blach Intermediate School, principal Bhavna Narula is leaving at the end of the school year to take a position as an administrator in the Hillsborough City School District. Current Santa Rita School principal Greg Land is slated to take the helm at Blach. Los Altos School District Superintendent Jeff Baier said in an interview that Land has had a “long, solid run” as principal of Santa Rita for eight years and...
Local teachers address Capitol riot with students Written by Zoe Morgan As pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol last week, eighth-grade history teacher Katie Mather started getting emails from students, checking to see if she was watching the news. They wanted to make sure she knew that “the Capitol was being overtaken by an angry mob,” said Mather, who teaches at Blach Intermediate School. Mather set aside class time to talk through the day’s events. A history teacher who discusses current events with her classes regularly, Mather said she ...