Tech Museum

Sunday, June 26: Bring your family, friends and neighbors — we’re opening our doors for FREE. Community day is our way of saying thanks to our guests, who bring our building to life every day! And it’s a chance for folks who are unfamiliar with The Tech to explore our hands-on exhibits and experiences for free. We’ll also have $5 tickets to films in the Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater plus special activities and goodies. Stay tuned for details! 

Saratoga Springs Field Trip Info.

Forget Me Not items to include in your backpack:

Please bring a bag lunch (disposable), water bottle, water shoes (if you own them), change of clothes, bathing suit (can wear it under clothes), towel, sunscreen, hat, and bug spray.

Schedule for the day with some flexibility:

9 am arrive

9-10 am explore and visit the fun zone

10-11am swim

11-12 noon Lunch and roasting marshmallow activity

           (optional 50 mins. hike then lunch)

 12-1:50 pm school fun zone or chillaxing on the fake grass

1:50 pm load buses to return back to C.L.

Fun days are happening at the Tech....

Saturday, May 7: Come make stuff at The Tech! This event is for girls — along with their siblings and parents! — to come be inspired by projects made by other young people. Technology and engineering will come together for maker activities like laser-cutting with TechShop San Jose, stop-motion animation with VidCode, imagining a habitat for Mars with Okada Design and making video games with Girls Make Games. Girls Day offerings are drop-in and free with admission!


Wednesday, May 11: What would society gain from having more women and minorities in tech, and how do we get there? Watch the documentary “CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap” and hear a panel discussion — moderated by Gretchen Walker, The Tech’s Vice President of Education — on a topic that’s central to Silicon Valley’s future. Wednesday, May 11, 5:30 p.m. at Microsoft in Mountain View. $20.

International Fair May 6th (4:30-6:30 pm)

International Fair May 6^th 2016       4:30-6:30PM

Come showcase your country of descent at International Fair (IF) 2016, at Country Lane. Our school is a rainbow of cultures, with students and parents, hailing from far corners of the earth, who now call Country Lane, home. IF 2016 gives the school community a chance to celebrate its cultural diversity, while reminding the kids that within diversity lies unity. Please participate at IF 2016 by:

(1) Creating a country booth

(2) Performing in a 3-5 min cultural show

(3) Participating in a fashion show

OR

Just come by and enjoy an evening of food, fun, fashion and culture, in Country Lane.  Everyone (kids and parents) is encouraged to wear traditional costume. We already have ambassadors from the following countries:  Australia, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Tunisia, Ukraine, USA.

See your home country?  Consider joining their team or simply come out to support them. Together let’s build a strong Country Lane community.

IF 2016 event timeline (May 6^th, Friday)

Table/booth setup:  2:30-4:20 pm

Meet/greet/eat:      4:30-5:15 pm

Flag ceremony:      5:15-5:30 pm

Cultural program:   5:30-6:00 pm

Fashion show:        6:00-6:30 pm

Fair ends/clean up:  6:30-7:00 pm

Questions: Sangeeta Banerjee: banerjeesr@sbcglobal.net

Science-O-Rama was a huge success...

Look at our HAPPY 5th graders.
I'm so proud of their hard work and cool projects.

Girls Day at the Tech...May 7th

sponsored by the Junior League of Palo Alto-Mid Peninsula

Saturday, May 7
Noon to 5 p.m.
Free with museum admission

Come make stuff at the Tech! This event is for girls — as well as their siblings and parents — to come be inspired by projects made by other young people. Technology and engineering will come together for drop-in maker activities in art, fashion, games and more. Come dream with them!

Drop-in activities

• Laser-cutting with TechShop San Jose
• Digital media projects and stop-motion animation with VidCode
• Robotics with TeenForce
• More to come!

Girls & Tech Career Lounge

Come be inspired in the Girls & Tech Career Lounge! Enjoy video stories of girls and women who propelled their personal passions into engineering and technology careers. Parents and mentors, come learn how to support young women in their pursuit of those careers. This lounge is hosted by event sponsor Junior League of Palo Alto Mid-Peninsula.

Help Fight Cystic Fibrosis

Cornerstone Fundraiser

Help Fight Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis is a life-threatening, genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections and progressively limits the ability to breathe or break down food and absorb vital nutrients.

5^th Grader, Megan Grainger, has been living with this disease throughout her 6 years at Country Lane, needing to take medication before she eats any food in order to help her digest properly.  In her honor, our Cornerstone kids have organized a donation drive to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in order to help fight this disease.

Great Strides is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s largest national fundraising event.  Each year, more than 125,000 people participate in hundreds of walks across the country to support the Foundation’s mission to cure cystic fibrosis. The funds raised from Great Strides helps provide people with CF the opportunity to lead full, productive lives by funding research and drug development, promoting individualized treatment and ensuring access to high-quality, specialized care.

The local Great Strides 5k walk to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will be held on Sunday, May 22, 2016 in Guadalupe Park in San Jose.  Several of Megan's family members will be walking in her name, raising money for the foundation.  Their team name is "Walking for Megan."  They have raised $45 so far and their goal is $1,500.  The website is: 

http://fightcf.cff.org/site/TR/GreatStrides/98_Northern_California_San_Francisco?team_id=46355&pg=team&fr_id=5083