PNG seeks new volunteers
Partners for New Generations, a non-profit group that has provided mentors and tutors to local students for 16 years, has scheduled a volunteer information night and open house 6-7 p.m. today and April 24 at Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District offices, 1299 Bryant Ave., adjacent to Mountain View High School.
Teens and their volunteer adult mentors do everything from bowling to hiking, cooking and going to movies. Primarily they talk – and listen – to one another. The relationships are designed to help struggling students build self-esteem and find positive direction in their lives.
Through the information nights, PNG hopes to attract new volunteers to serve as tutors for elementary and middle-school students and mentors at the high-school level.
To RSVP, call Carole Dorshkind at 766-2162.
For more information, visit www.pngmvla.org.
MVLA sponsors parent education event
The Mountain View Los Altos Speaker Series has scheduled Ellen Galinsky to discuss “Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs” 7-9 p.m. Thursday at Mountain View High School’s Spartan Theater, 3535 Truman Ave.
The presentation will address Galinsky’s seven life skills for success, research behind the theories to success and how to support children’s development.
Galinsky is president and co-founder of the Families and Work Institute and past president of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. She earned a master’s degree in child development/education from the Bank Street College of Education, a bachelor’s degree in child study from Vassar College and numerous honorary doctoral degrees. She is a former professor at the Bank Street College of Education, as well as author of “Ask the Children: The Preschool Years,” “The Six Stages of Parenthood” and more than 125 articles in academic journals, books and magazines.
The presentation, designed for parents of K-12 students, is free, but reservations are requested. To reserve a space, visit ellengalinskymvla.eventbrite.com.
Co-sponsors of the event include the Mountain View Los Altos High School Foundation, the Los Altos Mountain View PTA Council, the Mountain View Parent Nursery School and Parents Place.
For more information, visit www.ptac.mvwsd.org/parented.html.
Foothill College hosts Holocaust exhibition
Foothill College has scheduled “Courage to Remember,” a traveling exhibition produced by the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Museum of Tolerance, through March 30 on the lower level of the KCI Gallery, 12345 S. El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills.
More than 2 million visitors have viewed the display at 73 locations since its inception, making it the most widely attended traveling exhibition on Holocaust education and remembrance. “Courage to Remember” features 200 exclusive photographs that offer rare insight into the Holocaust.
Exhibition hours are 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Parking Lots 3 and 5 provide access to the gallery. Parking for those with disabilities is available in Lot 4. Visitors must purchase a parking permit for $3 from dispensers in the lots. Dispensers accept $1 bills and quarters.
Admission is free.
For more information, visit www.couragetoremember.com.
