Principal's Blurb

Submitted by Katya Villalobos

Principal's Blurb

Dear Parents/Guardians,

As you are aware we have incredibly talented students at Gunn from music to the arts, engineering tech to bio-tech, writers to poets, cooks to equestrians, ballerinas, future scientists and diplomats. The Gunn staff are thankful you share them with us. Here are a few highlights I wanted to share about our incredible students;

1. Four Gunn students were recognized in the Intel Science Talent Search; Seniors Audrey Ho, Brain Zhang, Andrew Liu, and Youyang Gu--they each received $1,000 scholarships.

2. Music;
Five Gunn students had the honor of being invited to participate in the Santa Clara County Honor Band concert Jan. 16 at Evergreen Valley High: Kelly Catlin (senior flute), Marisa Kanemoto (sophomore clarinet), Jeffrey Mi (freshman clarinet), Daniel Wallace (junior clarinet), and Joyce Wen (freshman flute).

Senior Kelly Catlin, flutist, and sophomore Ethan Kim, bassist, were selected for the California All-State Honor Band and Orchestra. They will represent Gunn in February at the California All-State Conference in Fresno.

Our own Band Director, Todd Summers, was recognized by his colleagues in the California Music Educators Association this past week as a Teacher of the Year--way to go Todd!!

3. This school year Gunn launched the Small Learning Community (SLC), where the motto is a "Sense of Place". Twenty-eight 9th graders are enjoying this inter-disciplinary program, which includes the following:

Gunn’s Small Learning Community hiked to Yosemite Falls in the snow on their fun and successful field trip to Yosemite Dec. 12-16. Thank you to organizers Dawna Linsdell and Tarn Wilson, as well as teacher-chaperones Kristen Owens, Julie Munger, Steve Ames and Katie Settle. If you would like further information, the SLC website is; https://sites.google.com/a/alumni.ucdavis.edu/slc/


Finally, we are preparing for the next academic year--believe it or not. Registration for 2011-12 will begin with the Gunn Team Visiting JLS (1-25-11@7PM), Terman (1-26-11@7PM) and Gunn's Open House for Incoming Students Feb. 1 @7PM in the Gym. Current students will do online registration--they will receive instructions when counselors visit their English classrooms. There will be a registration section on the website soon.



Sincerely,
Katya Villalobos
Principal
Henry M. Gunn High School
780 Arastradero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94306
650-354-8200
650-493-7801 (FAX)