Class notes

From 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. enjoy the band fest which starts with the Stanford University Band. At 6:30 p.m., enjoy American roots and blues band Jake Jacobs and rock ’n’ roll band High ‘n Tight, with vintage light show.

The event starts at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 28 at Woodside High School Performing Arts Center, 199 Churchill Ave. in Woodside. Tickets are $5 for students, $10 for general or $20 for the evening concert.

To donate, co-sponsor or volunteer visit www.rcef.org/groovin or email Georgia Jack: georgia@casajack.com.

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Looking for summer workshops? Elizabeth Stone is offering informal high school groups to enhance reading comprehension, vocabulary, analysis, oral reading and writing skills.

Three sessions are offered, each with nine classes. The first session begins June 6 while the last will be held in August. Cost is $200 per session. Books are not included but are available at the public library.

Instructor Doria Charlson, a junior from Stanford University, has been leading creative year-round teen programs for the past two years through the Diller Teen Foundation. Workshops will be held at the Peninsula Temple Beth El, 1700 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo. Classes are limited to 10 students. For more information call 579-6180, email info@theeducationplanner.com or register at www.theeducationplanner.com/payment.

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The B.O.K. Ranch therapeutic horseback riding center for people with special needs is holding its 26th annual Western Day fundraiser and family fun day. This event will take place from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 5 at 1815 Cordilleras Road in Redwood City. Tickets are $45 at the door or can be purchased in advance by contacting the BOK Ranch at 366-2265. For more information visit www.bokranch.org.

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San Bruno Park School District will be providing lunch free of charge for children 18 years old and under for four weeks, 19 days, during the summer, except for July 4, which is a holiday. Food will be provided from 11 a.m. to noon Monday, June 13 through Friday, July 8 at Belle Air School, 450 Third Ave. in San Bruno.

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Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation awarded 51 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grants in California in January. These schools received grants during the fall 2010 grants cycle, and they are some of the more than 480 schools or parent organizations that were awarded a grant for parent-initiated school improvement projects benefiting K-12 public education across the United States.

Among the recipients are:

• Roosevelt Elementary School in Burlingame which will receive $5,000 for Lowe’s Bridges the Gap 1919 to 2010;

• Franklin D. Roosevelt Elementary School in Daly City which will receive $5,000 for Understanding for Dependable You;

• Oceana High School in Pacifica which will receive $5,000 for the Oceana High School Garden;

• Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto which will receive $2,700 for Reading in the Garden; and

• Heather Elementary School in San Carlos which will receive $5,000 for a new playground.

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Congratulations to the winners of Crestmoor Elementary School’s Annual Science Fair.

Winners include sixth grade students Benjamin Loudermilk for "How do we decide by taste or sight?; Zachary Fucini for "Which lightbulb filament is brightest?”; and Elizabeth Phamhi for "Which chemical reaction has the greatest change in temperature?”; and fifth grade students Mateo Sanchez for "What promotes crystal formation in a supersaturated solution of NaCl or MgSO4.7H20?”; Mitra Pourmehraban for "What effect do plants have on temperature?”; and Jenna Spooner for "Who talks on their cell phone more while driving?”

All the projects will advance to the county fair. And, for those curious readers, Spooner found men talk more on their cellphones while driving.

Class notes is a twice weekly column dedicated to school news. It is compiled by education reporter Heather Murtagh. You can contact her at (650) 344-5200, ext. 105 or at heather@smdailyjournal.com.