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ClassMOUNTAINVIEW Guide Palo Alto Weekly. FALL Mountain View 650-864-9150 of Russian ballet that teaches the [email protected] Vaganova method beginning with - www.cherylburkedance.com For the dancer children at age 3. The academy The professional dance instructors offers a variety of classes to pre at Cheryl Burke Dance provide pare students for the professional s fall approaches, the summer’s heat and excitement is - lessons in dance styles such as replaced by a cool breeze. But don’t succumb to the chill ALBERTO’S SALSA level, as well as adult classes that ballroom, hip hop, salsa, Latin and — there are many local classes and programs that can STUDIO & ULTRA introduce or re-introduce par swing. Group classes are offered,- A ticipants to the art form. Classes in addition to private dance les help maintain the energy.spiration Whether to paint, you fancyor crave yoga the in challengethe early LOUNGE Class begin on Sept. 1. sons. morning, feel the in 736 W. Dana St., Mountain View and artistry of ballet, businesses and organizations just down 650-968-3007 CASSAND BALLET the street can help you keep the wheels turning. Don’t let the [email protected] FOR THE LOVE OF opportunities that pique your interest pass you by. Rise up and www.albertos.com - 1411 W. El Camino Real, DANCE make this fall season an invigorating and memorable one. Mountain View Alberto’s holds lessons through 2483 Old Middlefield Way, Suite B, out the week for salsa (Tuesdays, 415-505-5659 [email protected] Mountain View Thursdays and Fridays), bachata 650-861-0650 ZENITH TUTORING (Wednesdays) and tango (Sunday) www.cassandballet.org Academic achievers This ballet school and company- [email protected] 1674 N. Shoreline Blvd., Suite 136, styles of dancing for beginners - www.fortheloveofdancemv.com Mountain View and those with more experience. follows the classical French tradi tion and teaches boys, girls, atteen age For the Love of Dance provides FLEX COLLEGE 650-823-4703 training in ballet, jazz, tap and [email protected] agers and adults starting Guide BAYER BALLET other styles of dance. The family- PREP www.zenithtutoring.com - 3. The fall semester for children ACADEMY begins in September. owned studio teaches ndchildren serves 4600 El Camino Real, Suite 201, Zenith Tutoring is currently offer and adults at all levels a Los Altos ing classes betweenepare Auguststudents and for 2028 Old Middlefield Way, the communities of Mountain 650-947-7742 October to pr Mountain View CHERYL BURKE View, Palo Alto, Los Altos and [email protected] the SAT and PSAT exams. The 650-988-9971 DANCE Sunnyvale. www.flexcollege company also offers online classes, [email protected] Flex College Prep assists high- private tutoring and coaching www.bayerballetacademy 1400 N. Shoreline Blvd., Suite A-1, school students with college appli through the college application Bayer Ballet Academy is a school cations and essays and preparing process. PAGE 16 for SAT, ACT and AP tests. It also offers previews and tutoring for a variety of high school subjects.

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Mobile home residents see trouble down the road SANTIAGO VILLA OFFERS MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING — BUT FOR HOW LONG? By Mark Noack residents, many of whom have lived in the park for decades, ust a stroll from Google, rent their home’s space for $800 LinkedIn and the NASA to $900 a month, remarkably low JAmes Research Center, the for the local rental market. mobile-home park tucked at the “You just have to explain to end of Space Park Way might folks that, yes, there is actu- be the true marvel of Mountain ally a housing community tucked View’s North Bayshore neigh- back in North Bayshore,” joked borhood. For years, Santiago Lanlande Stokke, a Safeway Villa has offered a sanctuary of employee living with her family cheaper housing rin the epicenter at Santiago Villa. of the city’s tech hub. But the high-price of living in Over the decades, through the Mountain View appears to be rise and fall of countless Silicon catching up to the factory-built Valley tech firms, life at the San- community and its more than MICHELLE LE tiago Villa Park has remained Marcos Vasquez said he worries that rising rent is keeping him from selling his mobile home at remarkably unchanged. Most See MOBILE HOME PARK, page 8 Santiago Villa. Google restructures under new name: Alphabet DESPITE SHAKE UP, NO IMMEDIATE CHANGES EXPECTED IN COMPANY’S PRESENCE IN MOUNTAIN VIEW By Mark Noack various ventures. the new CEO and president at with an innovative web search than 11,000 employees in town As part of the change, longtime Alphabet. algorithm, is today considered and plans to add many more oogle announced a major Google CEO Larry Page said he Explaining the change in a a leader in dozens of differ- in near future, Google plays a shake up this week as would hand over the reins of company blog post Monday, ent fields, including self-driving significant role in the city. A Gcompany founders the company’s mainstay search Page said the new company was cars, drone package delivery and Google spokesperson said the announced the creation of a new engine division to the company’s created to improve transpar- anti-aging research. company has no plans to leave holding company called Alpha- product chief, Sundar Pichai. ency and control over the com- In Mountain View, the Mountain View, and it would bet Inc. to oversee and manage Meanwhile, Page and co-found- pany’s diverse business ventures. announcement came as big, the Mountain View tech giant’s er Sergey Brin are becoming Google, which started in 1998 albeit cryptic news. With more See ALPHABET, page 6 Your sales tax dollars hard at work ... somewhere else MAJORITY OF COUNTY-WIDE SALES TAX DOLLARS FUNNELED TO EAST BAY BART EXTENSION

By Kevin Forestieri traffic woes, one county supervi- Authority (VTA) to find out “For 15 years now, BART to the Peninsula. Reports from sor points out that past county- how revenue from the past two San Jose has been dragging away Caltrans identified the evening t’s no secret that traffic in wide tax measures have done 30-year transportation measures 80 percent of the funds, and I southbound commute along Santa Clara County is bad little to help the residents in — the 2000 Measure A half-cent think we’re seeing the conse- Highway 85 as one of the worst Iand getting worse, as an North County and West Valley sales tax and the 2008 Measure B quences of that as the economy in the area, receiving an “F” rat- influx of new residents and new cities, who don’t benefit much eighth-cent sales tax — has been heats up,” Simitian said. ing this year for traffic density jobs strains roadways through- when sales tax dollars are routed spent throughout the county. Traffic getting worse from Central Expressway to out the Bay Area. to fund BART improvements. Nearly 80 percent of those funds, Fremont Avenue in Sunnyvale. As county officials test the County Supervisor Joe Simitian or $3.65 billion, has gone straight Traffic comes to a crawl dur- Other southbound alternatives waters on a 2016 sales tax mea- collected data from the county into extending BART to San Jose ing commute hours on most of sure to alleviate some of these and the Valley Transportation through the East Bay. the major thoroughfares along See COUNTY TAX, page 9

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A change of pace for teen mental health DISTRICT HIRES NEW STAFF TO COORDINATE THERAPY FOR HIGH SCHOOLS

By Kevin Forestieri coordinator a step in the right direction. With the new leader- he Mountain View-Los ship role, he said the district Altos Union High School provides a better safety net to TDistrict has picked one make sure no one falls through of its own long-time behavioral the cracks. therapist to head the district’s “This is about our commit- mental health services starting ment to have all of our students this year, bringing some in-house remain safe and well-adjusted leadership to student wellness and to cope with the challenges efforts. they face,” Harding said. Susan Flatmo, who has been As the clinical services coor- working with the district for 10 dinator, Flatmo said she will years as a therapist, was hired be helping to establish a new, last month as the district’s clini- district-wide wellness plan and cal services coordinator, a new improve student outreach. One position designed to oversee, of her goals, she said, is to bet- train and coordinate all of the ter address the needs of truants district’s mental health services. who struggle to make it to school It’s a change of pace for the because they are overwhelmed district, which has traditionally with anxiety and stomach aches. MICHELLE LE contracted out all She said the Belle Tuttle, along with dogs Kona and Lola, walks at McKelvey Park on Tuesday. This winter, a major its mental health district will imple- overhaul of the park is set to start. services. ment a new process There is a grow- ‘For all kids, where students can ing demand from the pressure refer themselves McKelvey Park flood basin on the horizon students for mental and others for men- health services in has been tal health support By Kevin Forestieri of land that will divert floodwa- The design of McKelvey Park, the district, Flat- through text messag- ter away from homes and busi- which was approved by Moun- mo said. While it’s building up for ing. cKelvey Park is just nesses in the event of significant tain View City Council in 2013, not entirely clear “It’s the next months away from a rainfall. Detention basins are includes a mini-park border- whether more stu- a while.’ step in empowering complete makeover. seen as an effective alternative ing Mountain View Avenue as dents in the dis- kids to take care of M SUSAN FLATMO, The Santa Clara Valley Water to widening creeks and raising well as reconstruction of the trict are suffering themselves and each District is slated to begin con- floodwalls in heavily developed two baseball fields. Trade-offs from depression MVLA THERAPIST other,” Flatmo said. struction of an 18-foot deep areas like Mountain View. include the loss of 24 parking and anxiety, or if Before taking basin across several acres of the While rain of any amount spaces, which will push traffic they are just more over as the coordina- park starting in January, trans- has been scarce in recent years, out to neighboring streets dur- willing to openly address it, she tor this year, Flatmo was in a forming the popular baseball water district officials say the ing big baseball games, and the said students are experiencing peculiar situation. She had taken park to do double-duty as a basins will get thousands of loss of 20 heritage trees, accord- higher levels of stress. a leadership role at the district diversion pit for Permanente Mountain View residents out ing to city reports. “For all kids, the pressure has training other therapists and Creek floodwater. of a potential flood zone — and The park will have sloping been building up for a while,” clinicians, in addition to work- The park is one of two locations out of having to pay for flood ramps down to the baseball Flatmo said. ing directly with students. But that, over the next two years, will insurance, which costs resi- fields as well as a sloped Earlier this year, results from because she was working as a become a new flood detention dents an average of $1,200 each the California Healthy Kids consultant with the district, basin — a huge bowl-shaped area year. See FLOOD BASIN, page 12 survey for 2013-14 revealed that rather than as an employee, anywhere from 14 to 17 percent there were limits to what she of students reported that they could do, according to Associ- had seriously considered suicide ate Superintendent Brigitte Sar- LASD narrows down new school options in the last year, and more than raf. Flatmo could not hold the a quarter of the student respon- district’s therapists and CHAC By Kevin Forestieri trict parents, including families dents were dealing with chronic interns accountable, nor was she enrolled in Bullis Charter School, sadness and hopelessness. accountable to the district office, fter months of solicit- The support for the and found that buying land for The district currently pro- Sarraf said. ing public opinion from a new school and relocating the vides mental health services to “For a while now we have felt hundreds of district par- purchasing new land charter school to a new site were roughly 620 students each year, that it was too important a job to Aents and residents, the Los Altos didn’t come without both palatable options. Flatmo said, including weekly be left in the hands of an outside School District may finally have The public meetings mark the on-campus therapy meetings consultant over whom, by nature a firm handle on what the public a healthy level of latest effort by the school district in discreet locations through a of their consultancy status, we wants to do with $150 million in to address enrollment growth, as 12-week cycle. have little control,” Sarraf said in Measure N bond money. skepticism. hundreds of new students crowd Superintendent Jeff Harding an email. A report by Mountain View- existing schools and cause traffic said mental health services con- For the last decade, Flatmo said based Conteneo aggregated feed- tinue to be a top priority for the back from public and online meetings attended by mostly dis- See LASD, page 12 district, and called hiring a new See MENTAL HEALTH, page 6

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MOBILE HOME PARK Continued from page 1 350 households. Residents say they are seeing troubling signs — rents for spaces bought by new residents have doubled just over the recent months. Meanwhile, the owner of the park, VG Invest- ments, is buying mobile homes and leasing them out at much higher prices. Marcos Vasquez, a seven-year resident at the park, says he has been hammered by rent increases in recent months as he has been trying to sell his mobile home. He owns two homes at the park, including one previously owned by his mother-in-law, so it made sense to sell his home, he said. After he put one of his homes on the market in June, VG Investments management indi- cated that any new buyer would have to pay a space rent of $1,800 MICHELLE LE per month — about twice what Santiago Villa is an enclave of over 350 mobile homes located near Google’s Mountain View campus. Vasquez is currently paying. Earlier this month, that number monthly rent for the space, facili- Vasquez and his wife needed to rather than being put back on the to 5 percent per year. But the park climbed to $2,000 per month. ties and maintenance provided sign a new contract. The new market. owner has also weathered allega- “Clearly they’re taking advan- by the park management. rent for that home would double Santiago Villa owner John tions over the years that his prac- tage because of all the high-tech Vasquez said he ended up to $2,000, they were told. Vidovich has had a rocky his- tices have amounted to harassing companies and workers around,” lowering the asking price for his “(The owners) must feel like tory with the longtime tenants residents to move elsewhere. Vasquez said. “We get a lot of mobile home to $249,000. As this is a goldmine for them, and at the park. The park previously Mara Salomon, a real estate guys that come in and look at the VG Investments was notching I want the rest of the community served only tenants who were agent who regularly brokers house and they like it. But when up the new rent on his space — to realize what they’re doing,” over 55 years old. But Vidovich sales at Santiago Villa, suspects they learn they’re going to have deterring other buyers, Vasquez Vasquez said. changed that policy about 15 the park management has aspi- to pay $24,000 a year to live here, adds — the park management Residents like Vasquez are years ago at Santiago Villa as rations to transform the park they get scared away.” approached him with their own forbidden from subletting homes well as at Sahara Mobile Village, into an upscale community. Up VG Investments did not return purchase offer of $200,000, — only park management may another Mountain View mobile- until recently, the park consisted the Voice’s calls seeking comment. which outraged Vasquez because rent out homes it owns. Right home park he owned. Much like almost entirely of retirees and It should be noted that mobile he felt like he was being pres- next door to Vasquez, VG Invest- today, long-time residents at the blue-collar workers, she said. But home parks operate differently sured to take their deal. ments is renting out a similar park grumbled at the time about in the last three years, home sales than other types of housing. Vasquez’s family was also hit home for $4,000 per month to a younger professionals moving have been almost exclusively to Typically, a prospective resident with a rent increase on the group of Google employees, he in with no qualms about paying the high-tech crowd from the must purchase a mobile home, mobile home they inherited said. Other residents at the park rents twice the former going rate. neighboring office campuses. much like a traditional house from his mother-in-law. Since estimate as many as 60 homes Many credit Vidovich and his “It’s like two different worlds mortgage. However, the new his mother-in-law no longer lives at Santiago Villa are currently park management for keeping — the two groups don’t inter- homeowner must also pay a there, park managers argued that being rented out by park owners rent increases modest around 3 mingle very much,” she said. “Places are renting for $3,500, $4,000, even as high as $4,500.” Google software engineer Adam Zimmerman, 26, and his fiance found the mobile COOL TRADE IN/ home they rent at Santiago Villa IS from a Craigslist ad. 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COUNTY TAX to impose yet another tax on COMMUNITY BRIEFS resigned in June over fellow club is currently capped at 400 themselves, we should expect board member Steve Nelson’s guests, but owners are hoping city Continued from page 1 Continued from page 4 them to ask how this is going to hostility towards the board and staff will raise that limit to 600. clog up quickly in the late after- relieve congestion.” SCHOOL BOARD district staff. In addition, club owners are noon. From 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Last month, the Silicon Val- APPOINTMENT The candidates for the board, asking the city to allow them to drivers can expect huge delays ley Leadership Group published many of whom are current and open on Thursday nights. Cur- from University Avenue in Palo a poll showing how receptive The Mountain View Whisman former district parents, include rently, the Monte Carlo is only Alto to the Rengstorff Avenue county voters would be to a new School District will be interview- Peter Darrah, Sanjay Dave, Alain open for business Friday through exit, with average speeds peak- sales tax measure for transporta- ing 11 people on Aug. 18 who Fastre, Lisa Garcia, Jose Guti- Sunday. ing at a disappointing 29 miles tion improvements on the 2016 applied for the vacant seat on the errez, Julian Pardo De Zela, In 2012, city officials signed per hour. ballot. The ballot language pro- school board, and will appoint Tom Means, Christina Oran, Jill off on a request from the Monte The northbound commute is posed was similar to the Measure the newest board member at the Rakestraw, Steve Sherman and Carlo to expand its hours of also packed along most stretches A sales tax and includes finishing same meeting. Catherine Vonnegut. operation to 1:30 a.m. Any new of Highway 101, from San Jose the BART extension, traffic relief The special board meeting —Kevin Forestieri change to the club’s activities through Palo Alto during the for the county’s eight express- will take place at the district would be decided by the city’s morning hours, exasperated ways, improved Caltrain service, board room at 750-A San Pierre MONTE CARLO LOOKS TO zoning administrator. No date by recent lane closures in Palo and bike and pedestrian safety Way from 6 to 10 p.m., and will has been set for when the club’s Alto for construction of the near schools. include brief candidate state- GROW THE PARTY new request would be considered. San Francisquito Creek bridge The poll found that the mea- ments and a question and answer Mountain View’s Latin night- The Monte Carlo has had replacement project. In Moun- sure would pass with a slim period for each applicant. Voting club Monte Carlo wants to raise its share of bar fights, crime tain View, average speeds are margin. Of the 750 likely vot- is expected to take place more the roof — on its city-issued use incidents and complaints from as low as 13 miles per hour ers polled, 68 percent said they than once to reduce the pool of permit. neighbors over the years. City from Ellis Street to Rengstorff would vote for a half-cent mea- candidates. In recent days, the downtown planning officials indicated they Avenue from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. sure, whereas 71 percent said The board began the search club at 228 Castro St. asked city would seek input from the police Even the “High Occupancy they would vote for a quarter- process for a provisional appoint- officials for permission to host officials before making any deci- Vehicle” carpool lanes are at or cent measure. ment to the board after former more people on more nights of the sion on the nightclub’s request. approaching a poor level of ser- Data from the county shows board president Chris Chiang week than currently allowed. The —Mark Noack vice along major Bay Area high- that North County and West ways, diminishing the incentive Valley residents have been to carpool, according to the reliable supporters of trans- Caltrans report. portation measures in the past, The problems are expected to pitching in nearly a quarter of Ever Bitten Off More get worse. Estimates from the the total votes in favor of Mea- state anticipate county-wide sure A and Measure B and pro- population growth of 353,000 viding 16.4 percent of the tax Than You Can Chew? over the next 20 years, and hun- revenue. Simitian argued there dreds of thousands new jobs. ought to be a greater level of Commute trips are expected to equity for the county districts go up by 51 percent, but as it that only get fringe benefits stands, Santa Clara County will from the BART extension. only increase the capacity of its Gearing up for traffic roadways by about 5 to 6 per- upgrades cent, according to a 2009 VTA study. Mountain View could see a Measure A passed with just number of transportation over 70 percent of the vote, and improvements in the coming was intended to connect BART years, provided VTA can secure to Milpitas, San Jose and Santa regional or state funds, including Clara. But the tax measure also Caltrain grade separation projects included language for providing and creek trail improvements. light rail throughout the county, Throughout the month of expansion and electrification of August, cities all over the county Caltrain, and increased rail and will be submitting proposals to bus service. As of this year, $3.3 VTA to improve traffic as part billion of the $4.2 billion col- of the agency’s Valley Transpor- lected since 2000 has been spent tation Plan, a long-range plan on BART. with to-be-determined funding. Measure B was explicitly Mountain View’s public works designed to help fund the BART department staff could not pro- extension, with the assurance vide the Voice with a list of new vޜսÀi“ˆÃȘ}>˜Þ«iÀ“>˜i˜Ì>`ՏÌÌiiÌ ]ˆÌV>˜`iw˜ˆÌiÞviiÌ >ÌÜ>Þܓï“ið that VTA would receive match- and updated projects for this >̈˜}“œÕÌ ‡Ü>ÌiÀˆ˜}]`iˆVˆœÕÃvœœ`ÃV>˜Li“œÀiœv>«>ˆ˜Ì >˜ˆÌ½ÃܜÀÌ ° ing funds from the state and year. federal government for con- Previously submitted project i˜Ì>ˆ“«>˜ÌÃ>Àiˆ`i>vœÀÀi«>Vˆ˜}“ˆÃȘ}ÌiiÌ >˜`V>˜“>Žii>̈˜}i˜œÞ>Li struction costs. 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FLOOD BASIN tected from floods, according to a city staff report. Continued from page 5 The McKelvey Park plans parking lot. Once completed, were a source of controversy and in a so-called 100-year flood, went through multiple designs McKelvey Park will be fully before ultimately gaining favor inundate, preventing use of the with the City Council. Previous fields for weeks. designs would have re-oriented Construction of a detention the baseball fields and removed basin at McKelvey Park will be a row of redwood trees, prompt- paid for by the Santa Clara Valley ing concerns about noise from Water District, and is expected to nearby residents. be completed in March 2017. The detention basin is part of Two more detention basins are the larger, $49 million Perma- scheduled to begin construction nente Creek Flood Protection COURTESY OF THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT upstream at Rancho San Anto- Project, which also provoked A sunken ball field doubles as a detention basin in plans for McKelvey Park. nio in April 2016. The basins controversy and public outcry will be roughly 12 acres in size from residents in Mountain View and be 15 feet deep with mild and Los Altos, who questioned shot down the proposed Blach and Cuesta Park Annex that director Brian Schmidt, who rep- slopes contouring the edges, and plans to build as many as four basin in early 2011, and residents had caught so much heat weren’t resented Mountain View and Los will be located north and west of detention basins in the area. in Mountain View and Los needed. Altos, said it was clear the district the Gates of Heaven Cemetery in The original flood protection Altos hotly contested the idea Former City Council member could have done a better job com- Los Altos, according to a water plans, which have been in the of digging a 22-foot basin at the Jac Siegel, the sole dissenting vote municating the changing scope of district report. works for over a decade, included Annex, one of the few remaining on the McKelvey Park detention the projects as well as explaining Between the three basins and building detention basins at undeveloped spots in the city. basin, expressed skepticism over the need for flood protection in some minor creek projects, Blach Intermediate School and Water district staff re-assessed the plans at the May 2013 meet- the area, and that lengthy plan- roughly 2,400 properties in Cuesta Park Annex. The Los its hydrology reports and found ing and said he wasn’t convinced ning and design phases with mul- Mountain View will be pro- Altos School District’s board that the the risk of a 100-year- that the remaining basins were tiple iterations ends up costing the flood wasn’t quite as severe as needed either. district millions of dollars. V they once thought, and deter- During the election last year, Email Kevin Forestieri at mined that the basins at Blach former water district board of [email protected]

LASD charter school and the district ington are not off the table as a We train with YOUR INTENTION Continued from page 5 have spent millions of dollars in possible option, but that there’s We train with YOUR INTENTION litigation against one another, some trade-offs that would need INTENTIO is a holistic, multi-disciplinary congestion around some of the mostly based on the charter to be considered. Squeezing two fitness center with training professionals, district’s more packed campuses. school’s claim that they have not schools onto the campus means nutritionists and sports medicine Last year, voters approved Mea- been provided with adequate the district would not have to sure N with the assurance that facilities. spend millions to acquire land, the money will be used to deal Public input also showed a lack but could face very high con- August Special!! with growing enrollment, likely of support for building great- struction costs to create a far Sign up Today, Get 15% OFF* through purchasing land for a er capacity at existing schools more dense campus, he said. *Campaign ends 8/31/15 • Contact for an assessment new campus. and maintaining the status quo, The support for the pur- Other ideas that gained sup- Taglio said. chasing new land didn’t come port at the public meetings without a healthy level of skep- 260 Moffett Blvd. Reconfiguring Covington include turning the district’s ticism. The report shows that Mountain View, 94043 650.963.9888 two junior high schools — Blach One favored idea that has been people were concerned about [email protected] • www.intentio.com and Egan — into middle schools, absent from most of the district’s the availability of affordable which would mean moving sixth enrollment growth discussion land in the area, and questioned grade out of the elementary is reconfiguring the Covington whether the cost of land acquisi- schools to the two larger cam- campus, one of the district’s tion would force the district to puses. The shift would effectively largest school sites and home to cut back on site improvements Inspirations free up space at all of the elemen- Covington Elementary School at other schools. Community tary schools, alleviating some of and the district office. Com- members also felt unable to the crowding across the district. munity input from the meetings throw their support behind the a guide to the spiritual community Board president Steve Taglio showed people were interested in idea of a new school site because LOS ALTOS LUTHERAN said the results, for the most the idea of relocating the district they didn’t have enough data To include your part, show the community wants office buildings and converting from the district. Bringing God’s Love and Hope to All Church in to explore the same enrollment Covington to a two-school site. School district officials have Children’s Nursery growth options that the board Earlier this year, the district- largely favored purchasing a new 10:00 a.m. Worship Inspirations and district staff have been appointed Facilities Master Plan school site north of El Camino 10:10 Sunday School Please call closely considering for the last Committee explored a number Real, where the district’s bound- 11:15 a.m. Fellowship year. Taglio said it was useful to of different options for how aries extend into the San Antonio Blanca Yoc learn which ideas the public felt to spend Measure G funds to area in Mountain View. The site Pastor David K. Bonde Outreach Pastor Gary Berkland at 650-223-6596 shouldn’t even be considered. address growing enrollment, and would bring a local school to or email “Some of the ideas (without offered up a myriad of strategies, the hundreds of Mountain View 460 South El Monte (at Cuesta) support) are actually more help- including some creative ideas students in the district who have 650-948-3012 [email protected] ful in terms of how to move for- like merging both junior high to cross a major thoroughfare to www.losaltoslutheran.org ward,” Taglio said. schools into a “mega” middle get to class. Participants showed a lack of school site. The district is currently in support for relocating any exist- But when the committee pre- negotiations with the property MOUNTAIN VIEW CENTRAL SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH ing Los Altos School District sented to the board in March, owners of 201 San Antonio Circle Sabbath School: 9:30 a.m. school, excluding Bullis Charter the group’s report did not include in Mountain View. Last month, Saturday Services: Worship 10:45 a.m. School, and did not support any in-depth analysis or consid- the Mountain View City Council Wednesday Study Groups: 10-11 a.m. making the charter school’s cur- eration of the 16-acre Covington voted in favor of contributing rent two sites permanent. site. At the time, board members park funds to purchase adjacent Pastor Kenny Fraser, B.A.M. DIV Bullis Charter School is split Pablo Luther and Tamara Logan land to expand a new school’s V 1425 Springer Rd., Mtn. View - Office Hrs. M-F 9am-1pm between the Egan and Blach expressed interest in taking a park space. www.mtviewda.adventistfaith.org Phone: 650-967-2189 campuses, which has caused closer look at the Covington. Email Kevin Forestieri at serious problems in the past. The Taglio said changes to Cov- [email protected]

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14 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q August 14, 2015 LocalNews City expo highlights local tech marvels Founding Editor, Kate Wakerly By Mark Noack ay’s eighth-grade project on QSTAFF poverty. The 14-year-old went to olice bots, self-driving the Mountain View Day Worker EDITOR cars and an array of new- Center to interviewed labor- Andrea Gemmet (223-6537) Pfangled apps were set to ers and said he was surprised take center-stage on Thursday, to find out that many of those EDITORIAL Aug. 13, for the first city-spon- vying for unskilled work had Associate Editor Renee Batti (223-6528) sored event to showcase tech a wide breadth of specialized innovation in Mountain View. job skills. With the help of his Staff Writers Kevin Forestieri (223-6535) The Technology Showcase father, who works as an IBM Mark Noack (223-6536) with live, hands-on demonstra- project designer, he designed the Interns tions from industry power- outlines of a program that would Shannon Chai, Carl Sibley houses as well as the indepen- allow the Day Worker Center to Photographer dent garage hopefuls, all from better match workers for jobs. Michelle Le (223-6530) Mountain View, got a lot of early “We thought we could make Contributors Dale Bentson, Angela Hey, attention. the job fit more into what people Sheila Himmel, Ruth Schecter The number of people who know how to do,” Mackay said. DESIGN & PRODUCTION registered for the event far “Our app would connect jobs Marketing and Creative Director exceeded the organizers’ expec- with a person’s skills.” Shannon Corey (223-6560) tations, said the city’s economic Other submitted apps offered Design and Production Manager development manager, Alex ways to improve emergency Kristin Brown (223-6562) Andrade. He said he now hopes VOICE FILE PHOTO 911 calls, reward water con- Designers Linda Atilano, Diane Haas, the tech showcase can be an Google’s self-driving car is among the local tech wonders at the servation and track recycling. Rosanna Leung, Paul Llewellyn, annual event. city’s first showcase event. Software engineer Evan Kroske Nick Schweich, Doug Young “We have all these great busi- got the idea for his app, “Crystal ADVERTISING nesses that are thinking cre- Dragon Jesus,” after he needed atively and innovatively,” he Google planned to bring out one animation sharing, among other to dispose of old paint cans Vice President Sales and Marketing Tom Zahiralis (223-6570) said. “They’re designing tech- of its latest self-driving cars. things. The event also marked and couldn’t find places to take Advertising Representative nology of the future and it’s hap- In a sign the city is adapting the debut of the nine finalists them. His program would map Adam Carter (223-6573) pening right in our backyard.” with the times, the Mountain for its new Apps Challenge, a out where residents could dis- Real Estate Account Executive Among the exhibitors, local View Police Department used contest that invited coders to pose of hazardous waste. Rosemary Lewkowitz (223-6585) firm Knightscope planned to the event to showcase its latest find ways to improve citizen And what’s the deal with that display two of its K5 Secu- gadgets, including body cameras engagement. name Crystal Dragon Jesus? Published every Friday at rity Robots designed to autono- and laser mapping for crime One of the finalists, father- “It was just the first thing that 450 Cambridge Avenue mously patrol the streets and scenes. and-son duo Eric and Mackay popped into my head,” Kroske Palo Alto, CA 94306 scan for crime. Boosted Boards More innovation was available Wilcox, told the Voice about admitted. “It really has no rele- (650) 964-6300 fax (650) 964-0294 and BesV was set to show off on the software side. The mas- the prototype for their app, vance to me or my app.” V Email news and photos to: their latest electric skateboards terminds at Hacker Dojo said “Empowering the Unemployed.” Email Mark Noack [email protected] and bicycles. 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Perhaps the most notable in Iraq and Afghanistan led the shirt from a Walgreens store cadero Media Co. and distributed free to example, the basis for the mod- military to focus on immedi- without paying, and threatened residences and businesses in Mountain he U.S. Department of ern-day internet was born in the ate needs and lose sight on the an employee who had asked him View. If you are not currently receiving the Defense last week opened 1960s from Defense Department global impact and proliferation to pay for the shirt. paper, you may request free delivery by a new pilot office at Mof- research grants for packet network of technology, he said. Thomas Steck, who is believed calling 964-6300. Subscriptions for $60 per T year, $100 per 2 years are welcome. fett Federal Airfield as part of a systems. The much-hyped current “We in the Pentagon — to to be a transient, entered the ©2015 by Embarcadero Media Company. renewed effort by the military to effort to develop self-driving cars stay ahead — need to change ... Walgreens at 112 N. Rengstorff All rights reserved. partner up with Silicon Valley’s originated from the 2004 “Grand we have to think outside of our Avenue on Sunday, Aug. 9 at Member, Mountain View tech talent. Challenge” contest organized by five-sided box,” he said. “To stay around 9 a.m. and allegedly Chamber of Commerce The new office is being the Defense Advanced Research competitive and to stay ahead grabbed a shirt from the store launched by the Defense Innova- Projects Agency. Military offi- of threats, the Department of and attempted to leave without tion Unit Experimental (DIUx), cials also claim Siri —the Apple Defense must do even more. paying for it, according to police QWHAT’S YOUR VIEW? a new division created by iOS voice-recognition software And that starts with our people, spokesperson Shino Tanaka. All views must include a home address Defense Secretary Ashton Carter — grew out of decades of work to who are our most important When confronted by a store and contact phone number. Published in April, just weeks after he build a virtual field assistant for asset, both in Silicon Valley and employee, Steck began flailing his letters will also appear on the web site, assumed office. In a press release soldiers. in the military.” arms as if he was going to hit him, www.MountainViewOnline.com, and last week, department officials Speaking in April at Stanford The new Moffett Field office is and pushed another employee as occasionally on the Town Square forum. described the new initiative as a University, Carter announced being led by DIUx Director he headed for the door, Tanaka Town Square forum “win-win” opportunity for local that by launching the new George Duchak and Rear Adm. said. He was seen leaving the area Post your views on Town Square at innovators to gain new develop- DIUx office, he wanted to fur- Brian Hendrickson. In a press on a bike heading westbound on MountainViewOnline.com ment funding while helping the ther strengthen the relationship release, Defense Deputy Secre- Central Expressway. Email your views to U.S. maintain military superior- between the tech sector and tary Bob Work said the new Officers later located Steck at [email protected]. Indicate if letter is to be published. ity and cybersecurity. military officials. The U.S. mili- office would be especially inter- Mayfield Avenue, and he was Mail to: Editor The U.S. military bureaucracy tary remains a huge supporter ested in tapping into local arrested on charges of robbery Mountain View Voice, has a long history of providing for breakthrough research, pro- research on robotics, big data and possession of stolen property. P.O. Box 405 the crucial funding and support viding about $72 billion dollars and analytics. More informa- He was booked into Santa Clara Mountain View, CA 94042-0405 for technologies that later changed in federal funding last year. But tion can be found at defensein- County Main Jail on a $60,000 bail. Call the Viewpoint desk at 223-6528 the world on the consumer mar- Carter said that 10 years of war novationmarketplace.mil/ V —Kevin Forestieri

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s fall approaches, the summer’s heat and excitement is of Russian ballet that teaches the Mountain View replaced by a cool breeze. But don’t succumb to the chill For the dancer Vaganova method beginning with 650-864-9150 A— there are many local classes and programs that can children at age 3. The academy [email protected] help maintain the energy. Whether you fancy yoga in the early ALBERTO’S SALSA offers a variety of classes to pre- www.cherylburkedance.com morning, feel the inspiration to paint, or crave the challenge pare students for the professional The professional dance instructors and artistry of ballet, businesses and organizations just down STUDIO & ULTRA level, as well as adult classes that at Cheryl Burke Dance provide the street can help you keep the wheels turning. Don’t let the LOUNGE introduce or re-introduce par- lessons in dance styles such as opportunities that pique your interest pass you by. Rise up and 736 W. Dana St., Mountain View ticipants to the art form. Classes ballroom, hip hop, salsa, Latin and make this fall season an invigorating and memorable one. 650-968-3007 begin on Sept. 1. swing. Group classes are offered, [email protected] in addition to private dance les- www.albertos.com CASSAND BALLET sons. Academic achievers Alberto’s holds lessons through- 1411 W. El Camino Real, ZENITH TUTORING out the week for salsa (Tuesdays, Mountain View FOR THE LOVE OF 1674 N. Shoreline Blvd., Suite 136, Thursdays and Fridays), bachata 415-505-5659 DANCE (Wednesdays) and tango (Sunday) FLEX COLLEGE Mountain View [email protected] 2483 Old Middlefield Way, Suite B, PREP 650-823-4703 styles of dancing for beginners www.cassandballet.org and those with more experience. Mountain View 4600 El Camino Real, Suite 201, [email protected] This ballet school and company 650-861-0650 Los Altos www.zenithtutoring.com follows the classical French tradi- [email protected] 650-947-7742 Zenith Tutoring is currently offer- BAYER BALLET tion and teaches boys, girls, teen- www.fortheloveofdancemv.com [email protected] ing classes between August and ACADEMY agers and adults starting at age For the Love of Dance provides October to prepare students for 3. The fall semester for children www.flexcollegeprep.com 2028 Old Middlefield Way, training in ballet, jazz, tap and Flex College Prep assists high the SAT and PSAT exams. The begins in September. other styles of dance. The family- company also offers online classes, Mountain View school students with college appli- 650-988-9971 owned studio teaches children cations and essays and preparing private tutoring and coaching CHERYL BURKE and adults at all levels and serves through the college application [email protected] for SAT, ACT and AP tests. It also www.bayerballetacademy.com DANCE the communities of Mountain offers previews and tutoring for process. View, Palo Alto, Los Altos and Bayer Ballet Academy is a school 1400 N. Shoreline Blvd., Suite A-1, a variety of high school subjects. Sunnyvale.

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L’ E C O L E D E Have Fun! Get Fit! DANSE 740 Sierra Vista Ave., Free Childcare Unit G, Mountain View 650-365-4596 www.lecolededanse.net L’Ecole de Danse teach- es a Cecchetti style of ballet, including cre- ative dance and classes for various levels of experience. Classes are open to children start- ing around age 4, as New session starts 9/09/15 well as adults. The first day of classes is Sept. 2.

PACIFIC COURTESY OF RODOLPHE CASSAND Cassand Ballet BALLET teaches ballet in the classical French tradition. Aerobic Dance Class ACADEMY Abdominal Work Strength Training Fun Aerobic Routines 295B Polaris Ave., SHORELINE LAKE DANCEATION Mon-Wed-Fri • 9-10AM Mountain View AQUATIC CENTER American Legion, 347 1st St., Mountain View Masonic Lodge 650-969-4614 Los Altos 890 Church Street (next to Library) [email protected] 3160 N. Shoreline Blvd., [email protected] [email protected] or (650) 941-1002 www.pacificballet.org Mountain View www.danceation.com Complimentary childcare services The Pacific Ballet Academy 650-965-7474 Danceation holds dance-based instructs students of varying ages [email protected] fitness classes appropriate for in the Russian ballet method, www.shorelinelake.com the general public, encouraging preparing dancers for professional Shoreline Lake’s Aquatic Center movement, positivity and com- careers or simply for personal rec- offers a variety of group lessons for munity. California’s Benedictine sailing, stand-up paddleboarding, reation. Fall season for the school College Preparatory School kayaking and windsurfing, as well begins on Aug. 24. 50 acre Campus as private lessons. JACKI’S AEROBIC DANCING 3 miles West of I-280 freeway THE LIVELY SCHOOL Neighboring Stanford University Health & Fitness Mountain View Masonic Lodge, Mountain View Masonic Lodge, 890 Church St., Mountain View 890 Church St., Mountain View 650-941-1002 650-969-4110 BARRE3 [email protected] [email protected] 4758 W. El Camino Real, Los Altos www.jackis.com livelyfoundation.org/ 650-481-8139 Jacki’s Aerobic Dancing offers TheLivelySchool.html [email protected] dance classes with abdominal The Lively School offers private www.barre3.com/locations/ work, strength training and easy- and small group classes for adults los-altos/ to-follow aerobic routines. Com- in all levels of contemporary Classes at this studio combine bal- plimentary child care is available dance, ballet, yoga and medita- let barre exercises with elements and provided by the staff. tion, as well as ballet and creative of yoga and Pilates, aiming to movement and storytelling classes help students develop flexibility, for youngsters. MOUNTAIN VIEW stamina and muscle. TENNIS WESTERN BALLET Cuesta Tennis Center, 685 Cuesta BIKRAM YOGA Drive, Mountain View 914 N. Rengstorff Ave., Unit A, MOUNTAIN VIEW Mountain View 650-967-5955 650-968-4455 1910 W. El Camino Real, Suite E, [email protected] www.westernballet.org Mountain View www.mountainviewtennis.net Western Ballet holds ballet classes 650-967-2968 Taught by certified professionals, that draw from the Vaganova [email protected] Mountain View Tennis’ affordable method and the modern, “open” www.bikramyogamountainview.com programs for youth and adult ten- classical method. Classes are avail- In its 90-minute classes, Bikram nis players of all abilities are held at able for children, teens and adults Yoga Mountain View instructs a handful of locations throughout and for both newcomers and those students in 26 Hatha yoga pos- the city. The fall session starts on pursuing professional careers. The tures and two breathing exercises Sept. 5. first day of the fall youth program in a heated room. Classes are held Admission Open Houses each day of the week. UNITED STATES Saturday, November 14, 2015: will be on Sept. 8. Middle School (Grades 6 to 8) - 10:00 a.m. YOUTH VOLLEYBALL Upper School (Grades 9 to 11) - 2:00 p.m. CALIFORNIA YOGA The Great Outdoors LEAGUE (USVYL) Saturday, December 5, 2015: CENTER Sylvan Park, 550 Sylvan Ave., Middle School (Grades 6 to 8) - 10:00 a.m. REI 1776 Miramonte Ave., Mountain Mountain View Upper School (Grades 9 to 11) - 2:00 p.m. View 310-212-7008 2450 Charleston Road, 650-967-5702 [email protected] Call Admissions at Mountain View [email protected] www.usyvl.org 650.851.8223 650-969-1938 www.californiayoga.com Run by the USVYL and volun- or visit the website at www.rei.com/stores/ California Yoga Center in Moun- teers, the youth volleyball pro- www.PrioryCA.org mountain-view.html tain View holds yoga classes for gram allows boys and girls of all REI regularly offers classes on students at beginning, interme- skill levels from ages 7 to 15 to play topics such as cycling, bike main- diate and advanced levels. The and learn the sport in a fun, sup- :WPYP[\HSP[`࠮/VZWP[HSP[`࠮0U[LNYP[`࠮0UKP]PK\HSP[`࠮*VTT\UP[` tenance, camping and snow skills, center also holds classes designed portive and co-ed environment. “We believe these values are made real in a community in which outdoor navigation and more. to help individuals with back every student is known and loved.” The fall season begins on Sept. 9 Woodside Priory School problems. and lasts until Oct. 31. 302 Portola Road • Portola Valley, CA 94028

August 14, 2015 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q 17 Emerson School FALL ClassGuide CULTIVATING ASTONISHING POTENTIAL! The Mountain View YOGA BELLY Senior Center offers a wide array of class- 455 Castro St., Mountain View es exploring topics 650-862-3976 and activities such [email protected] as art, music, com- www.yogabellystudio.com puter use, dance and . Yoga Belly offers yoga classes in exercise. Jean Elvin, Individualized, self-paced, Montessori curriculum heated and non-heated rooms, .Emphasis on personal goal setting and time management a certified Felden- more physical YBX classes and krais practitioner, .Foreign languages, art, and music, included for all students . Yoga Tune Up sessions, which also teaches a regu- .Cultivation of thinking skills and personal values combine yoga, corrective exercise lar course on move- Year-round, full-day, program for grades 1-8 and self-massage. ment and awareness COURTESY OF SANDHYA BALAKRISHNAN. Flex College Prep offers tutoring. CALL FOR A PRIVATE TOUR (650) 424-1267 at the center. YOGA IS www.EmersonPaloAlto.com YOUTHFULNESS Mind and spirit PENINSULA YOUTH 590 Castro St., Mountain View THEATRE 650-964-5277 ® SILICON VALLEY 2500 Old Middlefield Way, [email protected] Mountain View HeadsUp! www.yogaisyouth.com SHAMBHALA 650-988-8798 Child Development Centers Yoga is Youthfulness offers classes MEDITATION [email protected] | www.pytnet.org for students of all levels daily, CENTER Peninsula Youth Theatre (PYT) including early in the morning offers drama classes in acting, 2483 Old Middlefield Way, and in the evenings. Classes teach musical theater and other skills to Suite 110, Mountain View • Year-round, full-day program for ages 0-6 ashtanga, iyengar, and vinyasa/ children of various abilities and 650-352-1499 hatha styles of yoga, among other ages. It also puts on a number of • Individualized Montessori curriculum [email protected] subjects like prenatal yoga. productions featuring youth at siliconvalley.shambhala.org local venues. • International curriculum (Chinese, Spanish) The Silicon Valley Shambhala Medi- • Cultivation of thinking skills & personal values Just for Seniors tation Center holds practice medita- SAVVY CELLAR WINES • Bilingual Chinese-English classroom option tion sessions each week. The center MOUNTAIN VIEW also organizes courses, retreats and 750 W. Evelyn Ave., contemplative art activities. Mountain View Palo Alto San Jose Pleasanton SENIOR CENTER 650-969-3958 650-424-1221 408-432-1644 925-463-2885 266 Escuela Ave., Mountain View Music, arts and crafts [email protected] 650-903-6330 www.savvycellar.com www.headsup.org [email protected] Savvy Cellars Wines has classes www.mountainview.gov/seniors BUILD IT AGAIN that highlight regional wines, pair WITH BRICKS wines with food and introduce wine tasting to novices. Students 398 Main St., Los Altos must be 21 or older to attend. Introducing a New Choice in Menlo Park 650-935-2166 for Middle and High School [email protected] www.builditagainwithbricks.com TUMASOV FINE ART Preparing Students for the 21st Century The offerings of this store include STUDIO through the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program after-school LEGO classes at local 823 W. El Camino Real, schools, seasonal LEGO camps, Mountain View workshops, team-building exer- ‹4PKKSL:JOVVS^P[OT\S[PWSLSHUN\HNLVW[PVUZPU 415-490-8925 .YHKLZ GAIS cises, birthday parties and more. [email protected] ‹5L^ [O.YHKLPU-HSS International Baccalaureate www.tumasovfineart.com School of Silicon Valley COMMUNITY SCHOOL The studio offers workshops and ‹7YVNYHTZ\P[HISLMVY,UNSPZOVUS`Z[\KLU[Z OF MUSIC AND ARTS art classes in painting, draw- ‹9PNVYV\Z4H[O:JPLUJLHUK+LZPNU;LJOUVSVN` 475 Pope Street ing, ceramics, metalworking and *\YYPJ\S\T Menlo Park, CA 94025 Finn Center, 230 San Antonio more, as well as an after-school art Circle, Mountain View ‹:THSSU\Y[\YPUNJSHZZLZ^P[OPUKP]PK\HSH[[LU[PVU 650.324.8617 program for kids. www.gais.org 650-917-6800 [email protected] | www.arts4all.org ENROLL NOW! The Community School of Music WEST VALLEY MUSIC and Arts (CSMA) offers classes 262 Castro St., Mountain View More Information on www.gais.org/admissions year-round in music, visual and 650-961-1566 digital arts, with courses suited [email protected] for adults and children as young www.westvalleymusic.com as preschool-age. The fall semes- West Valley Music helps students ter for music, art and preschool further their music skills or try German International School of Silicon Valley classes begins in September. their hand at different instru- MOUNTAIN VIEW • BERKELEY • SAN FRANCISCO ments. Group lessons and private CUSTOM lessons are offered for instruments A BILINGUAL EDUCATION such as the piano, guitar, ukulele, OPENS DOORS HANDWEAVERS violin, cello and flute. 2263 Old Middlefield Way, The German International School of Mountain View Silicon Valley (GISSV) offers high-quality 650-967-0831 Parent education bilingual programs that foster critical [email protected] and imaginative thinking, academic www.customhandweavers.com EL CAMINO excellence and an appreciation of Ongoing classes — both day and HOSPITAL cultural diversity. evening sessions — are offered A RE in weaving, knitting and spin- CHILDBIRTH AND Y A BA ning for students at all levels of THE PARENTING CLASSES W NS IN experience. W ATIO Women’s Hospital, 2500 Grant W.GIS E LOC SV.ORG T THRE Road, Mountain View RADE 12 A PRESCHOOL – G 650-988-3200

18 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q August 14, 2015 FALL ClassGuide www.elcaminohospital.org/ HeadsUp! Child Development Cen- 650-940-1333 Park Almanac. Descriptions of Womens_Health/Pregnancy_ ter serves infants, toddlers and pre- [email protected] classes offered in Palo Alto, Moun- Childbirth schoolers (to age 6) with a full-day www.mvla.net/MVLA_Adult_ tain View, Los Altos and beyond Advertiser El Camino Hospital holds classes program, year-round. The Montes- Education/ are provided. Listings are free and Directory specifically for expecting mothers, sori curriculum focuses on building The MV-LA Adult School offers subject to editing. Due to space con- Emerson School, Palo mothers, their spouses and chil- thinking skills and personal values. courses in arts and crafts, com- straints, classes held in the above Alto • German American dren. Subjects include childbirth A bilingual Chinese-English pre- puter skills, vocational skills, Eng- cities are given priority. International School, Menlo preparation, breastfeeding prepa- school classroom is also available. lish as a second language, music, Park • German International ration and infant safety. Support dance, needlework, family educa- To inquire about submitting a School of Silicon Valley, groups are also organized. KEHILLAH JEWISH tion, physical fitness and more. listing for the Class Guide, email Mountain View • Heads Up!, The school also has a high school Editorial Assistant Sam Sciolla Palo Alto • Jacki’s Aerobic HIGH SCHOOL diploma and GED programs. The at [email protected] or call Dancing, Mountain View • School days 3900 Fabian Way, Palo Alto fall session begins on Sept. 1. 650-223-6515. To place a paid Kehillah Jewish High School, 650-213-9600 advertisement in the Class Guide, Palo Alto • Woodside Priory, ACTION DAY www.kehillah.org The Class Guide is published call the display advertising depart- Portola Valley PRIMARY PLUS This college-preparatory high quarterly in the Palo Alto Weekly, ment at 650-326-8210. school (grades nine through 12) Mountain View Voice and Menlo 333 Eunice Ave., Mountain View offers modern science and com- 650-967-3780 puter labs, art and music studios, mtnview@actiondayprimaryplus. a drama program, a full range of com academic courses with small class 65 46 35 MILE RIDES www.actiondayprimaryplus.com sizes, sports teams and more. Action Day Primary Plus in Mountain View serves infants and PALO ALTO PREP SCHOOL children in preschool and kinder- presented by garten. The school offers enrich- 2462 Wyandotte St., ment activities and extended day Mountain View care, and its facilities are spacious. 650-493-7071 ext. 102 [email protected] www.paloaltoprep.com BUILDING KIDZ Palo Alto Prep School is a private 250 E. Dana St., Mountain View high school that offers a mix- 650-967-8000 ture of flexibility and structure, www.buildingkidzschool.com embraces differences, facilitates Building Kidz School provides academic and social success, and infant, preschool and kindergarten prepares students for college. care that encourages children’s physical, social and cognitive development. WALDORF SCHOOL OF THE PENINSULA EMERSON SCHOOL Mountain View Campus, 180 N. Rengstorff Ave., Mountain View 2800 W. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto 650-417-7600 650-424-1267 [email protected] [email protected] Los Altos Campus, 11311 Mora headsup.org/emerson-school/ Drive, Los Altos Emerson School provides a full- 650-209-9400 day, year-round program for [email protected] grades one to eight, teaching a waldorfpeninsula.org personalized, Montessori curricu- Waldorf School of the Peninsula lum. Lessons draw from classical serves children from nursery up subjects and other areas, includ- through high school. Areas of focus ing art, music, foreign language, include fostering self-discipline, physical education, communica- critical thinking, independence and tion, life skills and more. cooperation, creative expression and a love of learning. GERMAN INTERNATIONAL YEW CHUNG SCHOOL OF SILICON INTERNATIONAL VALLEY SCHOOL OF SILICON 310 Easy St., Mountain View VALLEY (YCIS) 650-254-0748 310 Easy St., Mountain View [email protected] 650-903-0986 www.gissv.org/locations/ [email protected] | www.ycis-sv.com SATURDAY mountain_view AUGUST 22 YCIS provides a multicultural and The German International School bilingual (English and Mandarin of Silicon Valley is a private school Chinese) education to children REGISTER: www.tourdemenlo.com providing preschool to high school from preschool to fifth grade, with a students with a bilingual educa- new middle school program begin- Ride Day registration 7-10am @ Menlo-Atherton tion. The school also offers Ger- ning this fall with sixth grade. man language courses for all ages High School, 555 Middlefield Rd, Atherton on Saturdays, as well as adult and corporate courses on weekdays. Something for everyone HEADSUP! CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER MOUNTAIN VIEW- 2800 W. 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