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Published on 11/09/1998 All articles from this issue

De Anza welcomes Fulbright Scholar

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By Linda Taaffe / Town Crier Staff Writer

Schools Roundup

De Anza College in Cupertino welcomed its first Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence this fall. Rose Namubiru Kirumira, a fine arts teacher from Makerere University in Uganda, is teaching sculpture classes this fall at the community college. De Anza is the only community college on the West Coast to be granted a Fulbright Scholar this year.

Kirumira said despite her concerns that the United States would be a highly sophisticated and intimidating place, she is comfortable here.

Kirumira said the most apparent difference between De Anza and Makerere University is the students. She said the make up of the student body at De Anza is ethnically and generationally diverse - a far cry from demographics at home where the average age is 18 and everyone looks similar, she said.

Kirumira earned her master's degree in fine arts at Makerere University. She specializes in sculpting faces and the human body with wood, clay and concrete. Her sculptures can be found throughout Makerere.

Incumbents take seats in Fremont and MV

Campaigning incumbents from both the Fremont Union High and the Mountain View school districts kept their seats on the school board of trustees during the Nov. 3 election.

In the Fremont Union High School District, four candidates ran for three, four-year seats. Newcomer Kathryn Ho took the lead with 29.1 percent of the votes.

Incumbent Randy Okamore earned another term on the board with 23.9 percent of the votes and Avrum C. "Avie" Katz earned 23.9 percent of the votes. Mike Boyd trailed with 23. 2 percent of the votes.

The district, which includes five high schools and a student enrollment of about 8,650 - including 288 from Los Altos- is beginning facilities upgrades under its $144 million construction bond, which passed with a 78.8 percent majority last April.

Four candidates ran for three, four-year seats on the Mountain View School District Board of Trustees.

Incumbent Nancy M. Mucha was the top vote-getter with 31.8 percent of the votes.

Incumbent Rose Marie Filicetti followed with 30.6 percent of the votes and newcomer Roger C. Noel earned a spot on the board with 23.2 percent of the votes. Alma Estiva earned 14.4 percent of the votes.

Mountain View, which includes five K-5 schools and one middle school, started this academic year with the sale of its first $8 million in bonds from the $36 million bond measure voters approved last April, the re-opening of Huff School and discussions about the possible effects of decreased enrollment.

St. Nicholas launchesreading program in SJ

Students at St. Nicholas School in Los Altos Hills helped launch a Children's Reading Corner for children in San Jose as part of the school's Community Outreach Program, which is celebrating the theme "reading" this year.

Students brought boxes of donated and new books to the new Sacred Heart Community Services building in San Jose last week during the opening of the reading center.

A school spokeswoman said the students raised money and gathered book donations through a can drive last spring and through Lenten Soup Suppers fund-raisers.

In brief: The staff of La Voz, De Anza College's student newspaper, earned 11 awards at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges Northern Section Conference at San Jose State University Oct. 3.