volume 2, issue 8 may issue - lgsuhsd

Hello students, families and friends of the Community

Immersion Program. Thank you for taking the time to

read the Gazette each month this 2014-2015 school

year. We will be publishing one special issue this

summer in the month of July, which will the

“Drought Issue.” Students have been asked to talk

with their families about ways they can or are con-

serving water. They can then write about those prac-

tices in their Gazette article which should be pub-

lished towards the end of Extended School Year.

The Gazette would like to wish Aaron, Amanda,

John C. and Ryan a fond farewell as they move on to

a new and exciting stage in their lives. We have

spent some great times together, learning, growing,

evolving and a ton of smiles along the way. We will

miss them all and hope that they can stop-bye and

say hello every now and then and of course, keep up

the friendships they have made in the program and

their intertwined social networks. As you all might

know, Honors Night is:

Monday, June 1st at 6:00-10:00

West Valley College Campus Center

May Issue

Ben’s Corner It’s May! What an exciting time of year for our program. This month is full of transi-

tions in our group. We are looking back at how far we come and looking towards the

future at all of the new and exciting changes on the horizon. Just a few examples of this

are Ryan and John C. who are preparing to age-out of C.I.P. and move on to their adult

programs. They are working hard to prepare for this huge transition in their lives and

we are very proud of them. We also have Amanda who is preparing to join work force

when she exits the program. Let’s celebrate all of the successes that our students have

achieved.

What’s Aaron on the Radio? 4

TV Time…..with Chris Walsh 4

Movie Reviews with Wata 5

Inspector Daniel... 5

The Phantom Diner...Aubrey 5

The Showroom with Kevin Z. 6

Off the Top of My Head ... Amanda N. 6

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Volume 2, Issue 8

May 31st, 2015

Internet Safety with Priya... 6

Sportz Talk with Zoly….. 7

A.P.E. Beat with John Creelman 7

Totally Awesome Book Review by JR 8

Staff Focus/Milestones 9

Job Training Sites: Food bank 11

CPR Class/ Independence Tip 14

Student of the Month 10.

Student of the Month

Chris Walsh

The Pitt Stop with Niko 2

Current Events with Hayden 2

Mai’s Kitchen 2

“OK” Places with... Oscar K. 3

I, Cindy 3

Upcoming Events with Brian 3

Dear Amanda... 4

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bergs is flying the plane. His co pilot is

Bertrand Piccard Are finishing their

flight in Mid June.

This month I am going to talk about

Airplanes and First Cross Country Solar

-Fueled Flight Takes Off by Kevin

Spak. The plane is called the Solar Im-

pulse. The plane is leaving From San

Fransisco Bay in California and landing

at John F Kennedy International Airport

in new York. It will go to five stops. It’s

a solar powered plane. It took off on

May the 3rd in the morning. It will be

the first exclusively Sun fueled cross

country flight. The pilot Andre Borch-

Hi everyone,

Today I’m going to talk about the

compressor. (supercharger) the

function of the compressor is to

force more air and fuel into the

combustion chamber. There are

three types of compressors the root

style compressor, the centrifugal

style compressor, and the twin

screw compressor. The difference

is in the configuration, but the

principle is the same.

The main problem that you might

run to is: losing power, extreme

noisiness and blue smoke coming

out of the exhaust. The noise and

power problems can normally

be fixed by yourself. The blue

smoke problem needs to be

checked by a mechanic or a

specialist

Tomorrow on Wednesday we are

making meat lasagna. I washed all

of the dishes and the cutting board

and the spoons and the knives. I

peeled the garlic. I chopped the

garlic. We are serving for 40 peo-

ple. The meat lasagna will taste

delicious!

Your World……………………...with Hayden

The …...with Niko

Mai’s Kitchen

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Niko Elgenberg on the job!

Hayden keeping up on current

events

The plane!

Street. My new sunglasses that I will get next week. I’m

so excited to ride United airlines. My flight leaves at 8 :30

am next Saturday and my family is going to the San Fran-

cisco Airport. I don’t like United Airlines, because the last

time I flew on United I went to Hawaii and I was about to

go on the flight when the flight attendants told us to get off

the plane because our plane had a gas failure. My flight

was delayed. Then our flight from San Francisco to Ha-

waii, when we landed there was firefighters waiting for us

at the airport. Our plane had a gas delay. But we got extra

credits in the end. I hope that my flights won’t have this

same problem again. I will see you all after I get back.

Hey guys today I am going to talk about my upcoming

trip. For this trip for the first time I get to pack my

suitcase. For this trip I am going to Chicago, Washing-

ton Dc , New York City, Philadelphia, Niagara Falls,

Boston, and Montreal Canada. This trip starts next

Saturday and ends on the 28th. In Chicago, when my

brother graduates on May 17, I get to go to the Willis

tower which is known as Sears Tower. The Willis tower

is the biggest tower in the United States.. Then in

Washington DC I get to see the gate in front of the

White House. In Niagara Falls, I get to go on the Maid

of the West which is a boat that you can see the beauti-

ful waterfalls up close. My family is also going to a cave

in Virgina. Then I also can’t walk on the famous Wall

HI Its Oscar IM talking about Powell’s Sweet Shoppe. It’s a

candy store in downtown Los Gatos. 35 north Santa Cruz

Ave. Its open Sunday-Thursday from 10am- 9pm and Friday-satrday start at

10am-10pm.its real good can-dy because they have sweet

candy skittles chocolate hot heads lollipop taffy. They

have Ice cream. They show Willy Wonka.

ranges from $20.00- $40.00 Children who are under 12 years old are completey free to run with a paying adult. And there are

discounts for children who are 12yrs – 17rs of age, veterans and active military duty.

3RD Events The Sa Jose Earthquakes Game It’s on Saturday April 25 at the Avaya Stadium. 1123 Coleman Ave. San Jose CA. @7:30pm and the prices ranges from $20.00 to $60.00.

1St event A Little Princess. It’s on Friday May 15 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. 500 Castro St, Mountain View, Ca @9:30am – 11am and the price Is $8.00

2ND Event Armed Forces Day Run and Family Fun Fest. It’s on Saturday May 16 at

Lake Cunningham Regional Park. 2305 South White Road, Santa Clara @8:30am – 3:00pm the price for the run for adults

I, Cindy! (Cindy’s road back to self confidence and self reliance!)

“OK” Places with….. Oscar K.

Upcoming Events with Brian


Oscar Kiely

Hi everybody,

This month I am writing about Maroon 5

‘’Sugar’

In the video Maroon 5 performed In a

wedding.

I feel happy when I hear the song

I like to dance Maroon 5.

I like my pink phone.

Bye

aaron

Dear Amanda, 5-02-15

I have this friend who always picks on me. I think he does

not realize that he hurts my feelings. He is my friend. What

should I say to him the next time I see him. And what should

I do?

Sincerely,

Pin Cushion

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Dear Pin Cushion

I think you should be firm and tell him how you feel. Make

sure he is listening to you. Have him focus on you. Tell him

that you don’t like the way he talks to you and don’t like the

way he treats you. Make him put himself in your shoes.

Make him understand what he is doing and how he is treat-

ing you is not ok. Lay down to him how you feel and that

you don’t like how he treats you. Ask him how he would

feel if you treated him the way he treats you. You have feel-

ings make him understand that. If he can’t understand you

or listen to you then he doesn’t deserve your friendship. You

don’t have to take my word for

it, because you are smart and it

is your decision what you de-

cide to do.

Your Friend Amanda

What’s Aaron on the Radio??

Dear Amanda… (An advice column with Amanda Nelson)

TV Time with Chris Walsh


Hey welcome back to TV time y’all (;. Today I

will be talking about 2 amazballz shows on

HBO. One of them is called Game Of Thornes it

takes place in the Middle ages. It’s a war be-

tween every countries against one another. There

is tragedy, hope, death and…love. If you don’t

watch this sow already shame on you and your

family. The other show is called Veep it’s a po-

litical satire about the vice president (Julia

Dreyfus) makes it big as the first woman presi-

dent of the United States. If you love are past

and present presidents

today you will love our

future one Julia Dreyfus.

This is Tv man signing off

saying….

GO WATCH SOME TV!

Ann Landers hands the baton to Amanda!

Aaron loves his music Maroon 5 at a wedding

V O LU ME 2, ISSU E 8

My name is Daniel. There is are 13 AED and none

by the baseball field and softball field accord-ing to the map of West Valley. You use this for emergencies and more information look at them west valley map for more details contact me. The AED is inside a clear box and it has direction used AED.

thank you ADA compliance Daniel Stickney

(written using speech to text app!!!)

The movie review for the month is about

Tomorrowland. In the Movie the girl is

touching the Tomorrowland Coin. It is

magical. When she touches a coin and the

world turns into a Tomorrowland. Tomor-

rowland has a flying spaceship and the

rocket. She wants to go to Tomorrowland

and the Bad Guys are destroying the

house. Go to Watch the Movie to find out

how it ends.

Cast and Crew: George Clooney, Britt

Robertson, Hugh Laurie, and many more

Release Date: 5/22/2015

Director: Brad Bird

Running Time:

Genre: Science Fiction Mystery Ad-

venture Film

salad, wings, sandwiches, pizza and fish. I recom-mend it.

This is Aubrey Bee-bee. This month I would like to talk about C.B. Han-negans in Los Ga-tos. This place has great food and great service. They serve

Inspector Daniel A.D.A. Compliance with Daniel Stickney

Movie Reviews with….. Wata

The Phantom Diner….our restaurant critic Aubrey

Inspector Daniel making

his rounds.

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back the Wooly Mammoth. People ask where

will they put it? Well we can bring it to the

ice like Alaska that’s what they have been saying they will do. I

think it would be cool if we had

the mammoth with us again. The dinosaurs were real and The Ice

Age was real. I think we evolved

from animals. We all have our own opinions whether we evolved

over time or not, but I believe we

did.

.As you may remember last month I brought up

the topic that I would talk about animal fun

facts. A lot of animals came from the Dino-

saurs and the Ice Age. There was a movie about The Ice Age and The Dinosaurs. They

were real at one time. Animals today the wiled

ones, are closely related to the animals during the ice age and the dinosaurs. For example

birds, insects, bugs, reptiles, and a lot of other

animals came from prehistoric time, dinosaurs and the Ice Age. For those of you who believe

in God and going to church that’s ok. Although I believe in the evolution and that we evolved

over time. I heard that scientists are bringing

Hi Everyone,

This month’s car I will

be talking about the Kia

Soul Electric Car. This

car can go 93 Miles by

its electric motor. Plus

it can be charged really

fast on its DC Fast

Charge Port.

- Kevin

You should not give out

your personal information

to strangers online. Don’t

post pictures of strangers

online. Also, you should

not let strangers post your

pictures online.

“Off the Top of my head” by Amanda Nelson

The Showroom with ……...Kevin Z.

Internet Safety with Priya

Kevin typing out his column

Our classmate Priya!

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Last week we had our

adapted PE finals. I did

well at the bench press and

the lat pull down. I am go-

ing to keep

taking clas-

ses next se-

mester.

Hi everybody how is it going ,

So today I am going to talk about

the Warriors playoffs round #2 vs

the Memphis Grizzlies. The War-

riors won game 1 and lost game 2 ,

the series tide at 1 a piece .

Hi again,

The Warriors are now playing the

Houston rockets for the western

conference . Stephen curry is play-

ing super good and the warriors

were down by 14 points but came

back win it. I watched the game

with my friwends at Jakes Pizza.

Until next time. Zoly

See next Page…

Adapted Physical Education by John C.

Sportz Talk with…..Zoly

Totally Awesome Book Review by John R.

We’ll get you a football next month Zoly!

John writing his book review.


NARUTO

Hi every on this is John Rodrigues, The book series I am

writing about is called Naruto. I main theme of this manga

series as well as the anima is about ninjas. The four main

characters are called Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Sa-

kura Haruno as well as their teacher Kakashi Hatake.

Naruto at a young age hade a demon (tailed beast) called

the nine tailed fox sealed inside him, which makes him a

Jinchuriki. A Jinchuriki is a human host that has something

(tailed beast) sealed inside of them. There are nine jinchu-

riki’s in total (Naruto being one of the nine). The main plot

of the story is that an organization called The Akatsuki,

whose mission is to capture and seal the tailed beasts, so

they can use them for war.

One of The Akutsuki’s

members is Sasuke’s older

brother called Itachi Uchi-

ha (Itachi killed his entire

clan except for Sasuke) for

that Sasuke vows to kill

his older brother for jus-

tice. The Akatsuki have

captured and sealed the

one throw seven tailed beast and so they start a war called

The Fourth Great Ninja War, to capture the remaining eight

and nine tailed beasts. The leader of The Akutsuki is Tobi a

masked ninja/ and Madara Uchiha who is dead but is

brought back as a zombie (not like the zombies in The

Walking Dead). The main question that might be going

throw your mind is who Tobi really is, you can find out if

you read the manga or watch the anima in English sub on

the website “Watch Cartoons Online”.

I hope that you will read Naruto and like it as much as I do.

I hope you all have a Ninja Summer

This is John Rodrigues saying “see you next month”.

Totally Awesome Book Review by John Rodrigues

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This month I interviewed Brett Schmidt. Brett is the Program Spe-

cialist at our district. He appreciates the dedication of the district

staff and employees that do their best for our students. His favorite

animal is a tiger because it was his high school mascot. Bret has a

younger brother and lives in an apartment in San Jose. His favor-

ite food is BBQ Ribs and Pork Sandwiches. Brett enjoys going for

a jog or working out after work. On the weekends he likes to sleep

in and watch Premier League Soccer. With a cup of coffee. His

favorite sport is golf. He used to play baseball and basketball in

high school. Brett enjoys a lot of different kinds of music, like clas-

sic rock, electronic and the 80’s. He enjoys concerts but he doesn't

go very often. He likes rides at Theme Parks like roller coasters.

His favorite ride is Space Mountain at Disneyland. He doesn't like

rides like the Drop Zone that just drops straight down. His plans for

the summer are spending time at the beach”. I’m also looking for-

ward to going to an A’s game. Thank you for your time to have me

do questions this month for the Gazette.

Hayden Mitchell.

Extended School

Year

Summer 2015

June: 22nd to July 17th

Community Immersion Program

Honors Night

Date: June 1st 2015

Time: 6:00PM to 10:00PM

Place: West Valley College

Awards: Each student!!

Fashion Show: Yes

Food: Yes

Dress: Semi-formal

Dancing: Yes

Honors Night

2015

Milestones

1. May 1st Cindy Kang performs

at Valley Idol.

2. May 4th Oscar Kiely begins

coming full time to CIP and

has his first day at the Second

Harvest Food Bank

3. May 15th Cindy departs for

Chicago, Washington D.C.

4. May 19th APE Final Exam!

5. May 21 Amanda takes Read-

ing Final Exam

6. June 2015: John C, Ryan N.

Aaron M and Amanda N. will

be taking their leave of the

Community Immersion

program to go on to

new adventures!

Community Immersion Program Events:

Staff Focus: Bret Schmit

Student of the Month A picture is worth a thousand words

and so with this month’s Student of

the month, I thought I’d let the

pictures speak for themselves.

What a year Chris Walsh has had.

From job training at the Goodwill,

to rehearsing nightly with the cast

of the West Valley College produc-

tion of Epic Proportions, he has

done amazing things.

His performance in Epic propor-

tions made us proud.

Finally, in the Spring when Chris

told us he was ready for a job and

wanted spending money, we worked with him to apply to over 17 local

businesses and went on 9 interviews, handing out 9 thank-you notes,

until finally getting hired by Safeway on Saratoga Sunnyvale.

Great job Chris! What a year?

Congratulations on all your hard work com-

ing to its fruition and congratulations on

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Job Training Sites:

Second Harvest Foodbank

This month we would like to highlight the Second Harvest Food Bank. Our program has

been using the Food Bank as one of our job training sites since September of 2012, so our relation-

ship goes way back. The Food Bank is unique among our job training sites in that it most mimics

what a real part time job would entail. Students volunteering at the Food Bank must commute to

their job independently by way of VTA and light rail. Students must arrive on time by 9:00 sharp,

not late-comers are allowed in. Students work a three hour shift which is quite long compared to oth-

er job sites. There is a 15 minute break mid-way

through the work shift in which students need to

independently stop work, rest and then get back

to work when the volunteer coordinator an-

nounces break time is over. Yes, the Food Bank

personnel managers can be strict task masters

but again this is great preparation for working at

an out-right hire position.

Currently, Hayden, Wata and Brian are sched-

uled to work at the Second Harvest Food Bank

on Mondays and Wednesdays. Our CIP staff

Patricia Zepeda shows up roughly 20 minutes

into the work shift to check-in on the students

who at that point have already arrived, signed-in

and gotten started with 100% independence. It has take some time but the students are now at a level

of independence where staff support needs to be faded so as to further encourage self-reliance and

the job behavioral norms of appropriate interactions with one’s co-workers and taking direct supervi-

sion from one’s supervisor (not program staff.)

When asked about what he likes about job training at the Second Harvest Foodbank, Hayden

Mitchell said, “I like feeding hungry people.” And indeed this is what they do. Students gather

around large bins of fresh produce which for any number of reasons had to be rejected by the super-

markets. Each day is different, with some days sorting carrots, other days, apples, corn on the cobb,

tomatoes (They say they hate tomatoes) and other items like bread and canned goods. Every day is

different. But what is not different is the student s

are expected to be quality control officers, tossing

out any produce that is moldy or crushed. Once they

fill up a box, they must weigh it and make sure it is

25 pounds. The final steps are to close the box and

carry it to the pallet to be stacked in a stable grid

pattern.

Our students enjoy working at the Food

Bank and without our students, some days the Food

Bank would have no volunteers, so it’s a great

match.!

Special Feature!!

Great works by our CIP students in the

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Special Feature!!!!

17421 Farley Road West,

Los Gatos, CA

95030

COMM UNITY IMM ERSION

PROGRAM

Heart Saver CPR/AED Training

Date: Saturday, June 13th, 2015

Time: 1:00-5:00

Cost: $140.00

Address: 545 Meridian Ave. Suite E.

San Jose, CA. 95126

http://www.sanjosecprcertification.com/

Monthly Tip for instilling

Independence:

Seeing themselves as adults

helps students to self-regulate.

Cultural sensitivities aside, its useful

for a young adult to see himself or

herself as an adult by encouraging

them to use first names with other

adults if possible and appropriate.

A new wardrobe of cool, fashionable

young adult clothes can help the stu-

dent see themselves as an adult and

reinforce that they are now expected

to behave in a more mature manner. Out with the 10 year old sweat pants

and in with the skinny jeans. (for the

record I am generally not a fan of

skinny jeans)

Try to leave some weekends free so

that students can develop independ-

ence going on weekend outings with

their same-age peers.

Upcoming C.I.P

Important Dates:

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June 1st Honors Night

June 12th Last day of Spring

Semester

June 22nd Summer school be-

gins

July 4th Independence Day Off

July 17th Summer school ends

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August 20th: 1st day of the Fall

2015 semester

August 25th: 1st day of West

Valley College Classes

Upcoming District and Community Events:

Kevin: (408)_340-8181

Ben: (949)_702-7938

E-mail: [email protected].

E-Mail: [email protected]

Where the Bay Area Gains its

Independence!

The Los Gatos Saratoga Union High School

District

Community Immersion Program

100% community based transition program

Focuses on what young adults with disabilities can do rather than

what they can’t..

Seeks to prepare students for life after Special Education through,

work experiences, travel training, individually targeted, function-

ally oriented IEP goals, social skills and job norms training.

Interacts organically with the school district, the community col-

lege, the community at large and of course our environment.

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