Policebreak up race-related fightat CarlmontHigh ByT.S. Mills-Faraudo said she's going to break the shrugged off the incident as no STAFF WRITER school lunch period into two big deal. BELMONT- Racial tensions sessions so there won't be so "I guess It was just a bunch prompted a group of Carlmont many students on campus at of students who wanted to see a students to get into a scuffle one time. fight," said freshman Kelly Lin- ' during lunch Friday , while hun­ She also wants to figure out gerwood. dreds of other students cheered some ways to educate students them on, school officials said. more about respecting each The incident started when other's ethnicity. about four white and Latino stu­ Most students interviewed dents threw chocolate milk car­ tons , water bottles and other items at each other, said Prin­ cipal Andrea Jenoff. No one was injured, and there was no phys­ ical fighting, she said. The tension that caused the incident started days ago, when some white students were over­ heard making derogatory re­ marks about Hispanics, Jenoff said. With Jenoffs help, these students - who weren't in­ volved in Friday's fight - man­ aged to work out their differences . But a large group of students itching to see a fight spread word around the campus that there would be a brawl during lunch Friday. When Jenoff heard students were organizing a.fight , she noti­ fied Belmont police. After the in­ cident began, officers and school administrators moved in to break it up. "There were probably 500 kids out there, oohing and aahing during the fight," Jenoff said. The four students involved in the altercation were suspended and may be expelled, she said. For the time being, Jenoff L- A. l<._L, lU /v l n_ ! lrt-\ s....J'---T'\U UL- 5AN MAT?V U>U/J TY T/H~.S SE'P- 1, 2!;:;) 2-00<.{- Havingfun is keyto thisteacher's success Carlmontscience But it's not like she didn't a teacher has been makin g her • earn the awards. · students feel comfortable in her teachernamed Regional Doss was instrumental in classes. Educatorof the Year starting an advanced placement "Anytime I see a teacher that science class at Carlmont as is effective, they're able to capti­ By_T.S. Mills-Faraudo well as a three-year biotechno­ vate their students, " she said. STAFF WRITER logy program. In her short time "They're able to relate to them , BELMONT - With so many there, she's worked her way up and they have fun. I like to accomplishments under her to science department chair and laugh with students. As l~ng as belt, it's hard to call teacher is also the school's junior var­ they're engaged in learning , I'm Tina Doss a rookie, though sity soccer coach. happy." she's in her first teaching job. Furthermore, she is credited Doss admits her job isn't Especially after the Carlmont with using such strategies as in­ perfect. She would like to see Higl;lSchool science teacher has teractive learning to teach and more money for education and been named San Mateo County reinforce key concepts . more community involvement Teacher of the Year and r..e­ Doss also has worked with with schools. gtonal Educator of the Year and her students on science-related She also feels that President AKIMAGINSKY - Staff is a candidate for State Teacher community service projects. In Bush 's No Child Left Behind Act VINAYGUSWAMY (CENTER) and Ray Thu, seniors at I of the Year. fact, one project led to a contin­ isn't the best way tp hold Carlmont, get help from science teacher Tina Doss. The 28-year-old teacher , who uing partnership with the San teachers accountable. Under the has taught for five years but Mateo Parks Department in refor~ act, schools must im­ But her student s make up watching them grow is won­ could pass for a student , said which students work with prove on standardized test for all the imperfections of the derful ." she's "overwhelmed " and didn 't rangers removtng invasive scores or be penalized. job . expect to receive these honors plants and maintaining trails as "It seems like there could be so early in her teaching career. they take hikes and learn about other ways to hold teachers ac­ "I like seeing the studen ts' "It's kind of scary ," said the park. countable , instead of addin g respons es, seeing them say, _ Doss. Th~ secret to her success as more tests, " she said . 'Oh, I get it,' " she said . "Jus t '---'1"\ 1, L- M ()/0 I f"\ 1u-N __...,..___I~ uu 1.-- ::>A fJ MA Tel) C t) 0 tJ T'/ 1 / M €3- ~LY 3/> ?D04- 24-hourwalk-athon to benefitcancer !JELMONT- County resi­ dents will be walking the Car­ lmont High School track for 24 hours this weekend at the San Carlos-Belmont Relay for Life fund-raiser benefiting the Amer­ ican Ca.peer Society. Around 300 people are plan­ ning to participate in the event, which starts at 10 a.m. today and continues until 10 a.m. , Sunday. People walk in teams , with at least one team member on the track at all times : I "The idea is that cancer never ' sleeps, so we need to be vigilant and keep going too," said event spokesman John Sielfng. This is the second year the fund-raiser has been held at Carlmont High School; last year participants raised $65,000 for cancer research and programs . Sieling said everyone is wel­ come to join the family-friendly event. "People can come out , make a donation , walk to commem­ orate someone or just oheer us · on," he said. For more information, visit www.cancer.org , then click on 1 the "Relay for Life" icon and enter zip code 94070 . Carlmont High School is located at 1400 Alameda de las Pulgas in Bel­ mont. 1.....-1n,1..-r1V/Vl l\l - . • - ----- C O U N T Y Y-1M E S P L A Y E R S OF ·T H E Y E A R SAN fv/ A Teo Col.)NTY T/}1£5 :r UL Y C:.,)2-00 Lf- CASTAGNOBEST ·OF THE BEST JOHNGREEN - Staff 'Jerrica Castagna of Carlmont. ( -0 V c:--- R) J different seasons, but I'd have to rate Jerrica as one of the top three pitchers I've ever coached, " said Carlmont coach Jim Liggett. "What she did in her four years here was amazing." And that's saying something coming from Liggett, who has coached the Carlmont varsity Pitcherguided Carlmont for 28 years. For the record, the other two he ranks with Castagna are Deanna Earsley (class of 1987, moved on to play for Utah . to league·and section titles State) and Tori Nyberg ( 1999, Stanford). Castagna hit .337 from the leadoff spot, ByRick Chandler to Santa Clara. I'm excited about the with 13 RBIs, leading a Scots team that would STAFF WRITER future, and we'll see what happens." not be denied. Carlmont (33-2 overall) flew BELMONT - Her mission accom­ Anyone who has seen Castagna through its league season with the only bump plished at Carlmont High, the only pitch would just have to say that it's in the road being a late-season loss to Bur­ question remaining is: Have we seen good she's_staying in the area . All she lingame, then clobbered the CCS competition. the last of Jerrica Castagna as a did this season was carry the Scots to And Castagna saved the near-best for last, hitter? Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division firing a one-hitter in the Scots' 5-0 victory over She's good at the plate, to b~ sure, and Central Coast Section Division I ·Milpitas in the Division I title game at PAL Sta­ but the new softball coach at Santa titles, compiling a 28-1 record and dium in San Jose. Castagna carried a perfect Clara' University may have other plans 0.19 ERA, striking out 260 batters game into the seventh and final inning when, for her. over 187 innings. That's an average of with two outs, an infield error and then a Those would involve pitching. 1.4 strikeouts per inning - against ground-ball single ended the bid for both the ''I'd definitely like to hit in college, very good competition. perfect game and the no-hiiter. but to tell you the truth, pitching is It is the second straight County She struck out nine and allowed only two team. Castillo, in fact, has played softball more fun," said Castagna, the County Player of the Year award for Castagna. balls out of the infield that day, recording her alongside Castagna since their Nesbitt Ele­ Times Softball Player of the Year. Last season she was 19-4 with 197 ninth one-hitter of the season. She also had mentary School days. Castillo will play for "Pitching is what I do best; it's what strikeouts and an 0.37 ERA. nine no-hitters and one perfect game. Long Island University next season. I've worked the hardest at over these "It's hard to compare kids from "It wasn't that big of a deal," she said of "Jerrica has always been a good pitcher, long years. So if it comes down to a losing the perfect game. "What was more im­ choice, well, pitching is why I'm going and a good friend," Castillo said. "We've al­ portant was winning the game. The title meant ways been there for each other , and I feel that so much to us, I'm glad it ended the way it way about all the seniors .