Lillian Black Arts Festival Students demonstrate their proficiency in the arts through the multiple media of the visual arts from ceramics to painting to sculpture. Go to the Lillian Black Arts Festival website for more info.   The third annual Diocese of Oakland Science Fair for middle school students will be held on Saturday, February 25, 2012, and will be hosted by Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School at SJND's Anthony V. Aiello Science Center in Alameda. Seventh and eighth grade students from all of the Diocesan grade schools are invited to participate. Local college and university science educators, as well as representatives from the tech industry and the Bay Area's scientific community, will serve as judges for the competition. The winners will have the opportunity to compete in the San Francisco Bay Area Science Fair. The Science Fair competition will include science exhibits and demonstrations throughout the afternoon for students, parents and educators to enjoy. Last year, the inaugural Diocese of Oakland Science Fair at SJND sent 30 middle school students on to the next level of competition at the San Francisco Bay Area Science Fair. More than 500 people attended the Science Fair on SJND's campus in February 2011. The 7th and 8th graders competed in five different categories of science. “At SJND, we know science is vital to student learning and success in the 21st century, and we have invested in this program,” says SJND Principal Simon Chiu. “We are proud of the success of our school in the ar ea of science educati on, with seven of our recent valedictorians going on to study science at the university level.”  For more information, contact Giselle Jiles at gjiles@sjnd.org or 510-995-9458.Young Authors FaireThe Young Authors Faire is an annual event featuring writing competitions for several grade levels as well as workshops dedicated to writing as both an art and business. Please see the Young Author's Faire website for more details. |
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