Glass or Gas, Saccullo’s has your needs covered
Saccullo’s Glass and Discount Surplus in downtown Gilroy was recently the site of a Hollywood film shoot. Producer Jordan Foley and his 50-person crew filmed scenes for Desolate, a dystopian tale about life after a severe drought. Owner Mary Saccullo said that Foley and his crew were nice and polite, but she was surprised to see how they transformed the store.
After delays, a confident vote of approval for new police chief
Denise Turner to start in March at $162,000
Who Are You? Amateur genealogists research family histories
She’s a descendant of Captain William Bradford, an Englishman who came to America on the Mayflower and served as governor of the Plymouth Colony in the 1600s. And in the 1870s, one of her distant relatives dueled against Old West lawman Wyatt Earp.
St. Mary students complete portfolios
Local business people, community leaders, alumni, parents and parishioners were at St. Mary School May 21 to interview 30 graduating eighth-graders as their culminating Student Learning Portfolio projects. The project was developed by SMS junior high science teacher Georgia Stern and Cecile Mantecon, a former SMS junior high teacher, with set objectives including: Encourage student accountability, promote student self-awareness and reflection of learning skills with an opportunity to construct a portfolio reflecting evidence of achievement and growth, along with an opportunity to be exposed to the formal interview process. Students were required to perform an initial self-assessment and subsequent periodic self-evaluation throughout the year. In order for students to recognize their achievement of Student Learning Expectations, they collected, organized and presented evidence of the achievement in the formal interviews. A binder was presented at the formal interview, containing their reflections, evidence, answers to questions and the final self-assessment. Photo submitted by Kelly Barabzette.
