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<h2>April 27, 2024</h2>
<h3>Cherry Blossom Festival</h3>
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On April 27th and 28th, SVY attended the 40th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival held in Cupertino Memorial Park. We set up a bookmark-making booth where kids could create bookmarks using tassels, stickers, and Asian-inspired designs. Over the two days, approximately 600 kids stopped by our booth, which was run by Edward Feng, Isabella Shen, Anrui Hong, and Ankang Hong. Our booth attracted a big crowd; at one time, there were over 12 kids designing their bookmarks at the table.
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The kids were enthusiastic about trying different bookmark bases—wood and paper—with various textures and designs. The volunteers helped thread the tassels and introduced the background and culture of creating bookmarks. This opportunity strengthened our community and spread the word about the SVY program to kids all over the Bay Area.
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<h2>Nov 16th, 2023</h2>
<h3>Ravenswood Math Fair Volunteering</h3>
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On November 16th, 2023, Silicon Valley Youth (SVY) volunteered at the Ravenswood school district math fair to support its community academic engagement. Manning a math puzzle-drawing table, co-president Anping Zhu helped dozens of elementary students, middle school students, and even parents find joy in completing drawing puzzles. As part of SVY’s mission to improve education across the Bay Area, this experience was vital for both the success of the math fair and the organization’s understanding of community needs.
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This opportunity was organized by local middle school teacher and activist Mrs. Harriette Huang, who has been an SVY partner for two years. Asked about the impact the math fair had on the school’s community at large, Mrs. Huang said that “we, as teachers and the school, were shocked by how much students and parents enjoyed the game night together. The gym was packed for the whole two hours, and many of them asked when the next event would be as they left. Even weeks after the event, students were still referring back to the game night about the math they learned. The event would not happen without SVY’s encouragement, partnership and sponsorship.”
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We are enthusiastic about continuing to partner with the Ravenswood school district in future efforts, and see them as a crucial partner in growing awareness for educational equity in the Bay Area.
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<h2>Sep 9th, 2023</h2>
<h3>Fall '23 Start of Semester Social and inaugural SVY Grant</h3>
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Last week, Silicon Valley Youth launched the Fall '23 semester with a Start of Semester Social, bringing together our teaching staff. We reconnected with familiar faces, forged new friendships, and, for some, met face-to-face for the very first time. The event provided an invaluable opportunity for our teaching team to exchange ideas, share their teaching experiences, and get to know one another better.
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In addition to fostering community among our staff, we were thrilled to introduce our new initiative, the SVY Grant program. This program is designed to support student-led projects with an educational focus, aimed at positively impacting our community. During the social, we had the privilege of presenting the inaugural SVY Grant to high school junior Benjamin Liu. This grant will provide crucial funding for a public art mural project that works with special needs students.
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We are excited about the potential of the SVY Grant program and look forward to empowering more youth leaders as they embark on educational endeavors that benefit our community.
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<h2>July 5th, 2023</h2>
<h3>Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute Donation</h3>
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On July 5th, 2023, Silicon Valley Youth (SVY) donated $5000 to the Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute (APALI) to support its Civic Leadership Program. The donation helped create their program that guides community leaders and activists in becoming more visionary, socially-conscious, caring, connected, strategic, empowered, and effective. As part of SVY’s mission to improve education across the Bay Area, this donation will help education in the Bay Area, in particular the community and state college system.
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One week prior to the donation, SVY co-president Anping Zhu attended APALI’s fundraising gala and met various important leaders of the Asian American community in the Bay Area, including founder and executive director Michael Chang as well as California State Assemblyman Evan Low. Both expressed gratitude for SVY’s impactful support towards civic engagement and youth education.
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We are enthusiastic about continuing to partner with APALI in future efforts, and see them as a crucial partner in growing awareness for educational equity in the Bay Area.
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<h2>March 13th, 2022</h2>
<h3>LeyVa Middle School Rockets Delivery</h3>
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On March 13 Silicon Valley Youth (SVY) made a donation of nearly $2000 worth of model rocket kits to LeyVa Middle School teacher Brian Conrad’s 8th grade science class. The 200+ model rockets will allow every 8th grader in the school to build and launch their own model rockets, a culmination of a year of exploration in physics and astronomy. The donation was a part of SVY's ongoing dedication to supporting underprivileged schools in the Bay Area.
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Three SVY representatives—co-president Annli Zhu, EVP of Academics Anping Zhu, and EVP of Marketing Aiden Ye—personally delivered the kits to the classroom and spent time with the students. The SVY members answered students’ questions about high school life, STEM subjects, and more.
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SVY's donation will not only provide LeyVa Middle School students with the opportunity to learn about rocketry but also inspire and encourage their interests in STEM subjects. Finally, the SVY representatives discussed and are looking forward to future cooperation with the school in enhancing their students’ educational experiences.
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<h2>Fall 2022</h2>
<h3>SVY launches two new East Palo Alto initiatives</h3>
<p> Starting in the fall of 2022, Silicon Valley Youth has created new school-year enrichment programs for students in East Palo Alto.</p>
<p>SVY’s contributions to East Palo Alto date back to 2016 and have included donations toward arts programs in school, support for writing contests, anti-bullying campaigns, iPads for students’ distance learning during the pandemic, scholarships, and much more.</p>
<p>This past fall semester, in collaboration with math teacher Harriette Huang from Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle School in the Ravenswood City School District, SVY has initiated projects such as teaching math through fantasy football and hosting weekend reading classes.</p>
<p>SVY Co-president Justin Gu said the organization primarily aims to make learning accessible and enjoyable for East Palo Alto students.</p>
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<p>“Right now, our main goal at Silicon Valley Youth is to help the students develop their love for learning,” Justin said. “We hope to show them that learning is fun and accessible and not just limited to the classroom.”</p>
<p>To achieve this mission, Justin and Executive Vice President of Operations Cayden Gu have led an in-class program on Wednesdays that uses sports as a bridge between students and math. They have been working closely with Ms. Huang to set up the program in her seventh-grade advanced math class.</p>
<p>Justin said that when he first met the students, he noticed some of them having trouble focusing on math due to a disconnect with the subject.</p>
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<p>“A main area of need for the students was showing students why math is relevant in the world around them,” Justin said. “The concepts were often hard to grasp because of how abstract they were."</p>
<p> Justin also said he quickly discovered that many students were enthusiastic about sports, which inspired his idea of teaching through sports examples.</p>
<p>“Sports had sparked my own interest in math when I was growing up, so I hoped to bring my experiences to the students,” Justin said. “I saw that as a way I could reach and encourage them.”</p>
<p>Justin added that he tailors sports-inspired activities to align with the curriculum and concepts that students are studying throughout the rest of the week.</p>
<p>“Recently, the students have been learning averages, so I created some word problems centered around passing yards in football, which they were pretty excited about,” Justin said. “I also created a fantasy football league for the class as a way to add a little fun competition for the students.”</p>
<p>Ms. Huang said she previously had difficulties in connecting with her students, but the sports and fantasy football examples have yielded high student engagement.</p>
<p>“Students are excited,” Ms. Huang said. “The sports video clips are fantastic, and the math problems designed let kids see how math can help them to do what they want to do. This is authentic, math becomes a handy tool for them.”</p>
<p>However, Ms. Huang added that her students’ unfamiliarity with English also impacts the way they engage in her classroom.</p>
<p>“Our kids have language barriers, and they usually don't want to speak out,” Ms. Huang said. “They worry about their pronunciation, and they worry about their grammar. They worry that when they speak English, they'll get teased by peers.” </p>
<p>These language barriers inspired SVY Co-president Annli Zhu and Executive Vice President of Academics Anping Zhu to initiate weekend reading classes. In these sessions, they and other volunteers lead breakout rooms to guide individual students or pairs of students through books.</p>
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<p>“We discovered that a crucial bottleneck to many students' learning abilities was limited reading skills,” Annli said. “Therefore, we coordinated with Ms. Huang to find students interested in practicing reading and organized the weekend reading sessions.”</p>
<p>Ms. Huang said she has seen students improve in her classroom after participating in the reading sessions.</p>
<p>“With our reading program, the kids read out loud and talk about the books, so I can definitely see their speaking is much better,” Ms. Huang said. “They’re willing to share during class (and) ask questions, and (their) interaction is much better than at the beginning of the year.”</p>
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<p>For the reading program, SVY has also donated funds to help purchase books for the students, such as the Percy Jackson series and the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Ms. Huang said these book donations have helped her discover a broader scope of possibilities for ways to help her students.</p>
<p>“I think the (money donated primarily builds) confidence for me, so now I know what I can do for the kids,” Ms. Huang said. “I'm going to ask kids what kind of books they want to read. We are probably going to go shopping on Amazon together, so they can pick and choose the books they want and we are going to have it, so that's amazing.”</p>
<p>This semester, SVY aims to develop these reading sessions into a larger Reading Buddies program. Ms. Huang said she believes the Reading Buddies program will have the potential to help students starting from a younger age.</p>
<p>“I see that big potential because I want it to go to the elementary school once we establish it,” Ms. Huang said. “If they start reading in first grade, second grade, and then by middle school their reading is at the grade level, their whole learning is different. That's going to be amazing. That's going to be huge.”</p>
<p>Annli said SVY aims to build on the success of these programs to continue finding new ways to help these students, broadening these efforts so more SVY staff members can become involved.</p>
<p>“The various programs we pioneered at EPA this semester not only helped many students, but also taught us how to best support them going forward,” Annli said. “Next semester, I hope that we can enlist more SVY teachers to participate in these programs with Ravenswood.”</p>
<p>Ultimately, Ms. Huang said these SVY programs have been important for students to become exposed to more opportunities around them, which she hopes will help students draw out their potential.</p>
<p>“To be honest with you, I think East Palo Alto kids are just as smart as anywhere else,” Ms. Huang said. “The only reason that they are behind is because they don't know, they don't see. That's the only reason I think that stops them from getting better opportunities, and working with SVY, they are connected with the world around them.”</p>
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<h2>January 8th, 2023</h2>
<h3>SVY Team-Bonding Event</h3>
<p> On Sunday, Jan. 8, Silicon Valley Youth held its first in-person meetup since the pandemic at
Homestead Bowl. Over forty SVY teachers, teaching assistants, and parents attended, with
teachers and teaching assistants splitting into four groups to bowl in friendly competition.
Afterwards, attendees enjoyed lunch together. It was a great chance for the SVY staff members to finally meet each other
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<h3>Dr. Glenn Writing Competition</h3>
<p> In order to acknowledge and thank our veterans' service, Silicon Valley Youth's Humanity
Department partnered with the California and Maryland Chapters of the Students Partner with
Veterans (SPV) Club to host a presentation with Dr. Tom Glenn, a former Vietnam War spy,
linguist, and author of more than 17 books (as of March 2022). Over 60 students listened
intently to his background, experiences, and stories, and later participated in a writing
competition inspired by Dr. Glenn's renowned book, Last of the Annamese. All submissions
were reviewed by SVY Humanity Department teachers and award winning writers, who, along
with Dr. Glenn himself, provided constructive feedback to each participant. After careful
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Essay:
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<h3>Science and Me Competition</h3>
<p> In the month of January, SVY hosted a Science and Me competition where students from kindergarten all the way through 12th grade could submit short videos
of themselves explaining or showing their knowledge and experiences with science. Out of the many submissions, winners were chosen by their fluent storytelling,
clear presentation of scientific concepts, and overall passion and creativity.
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For K-8, our top three winners were: <br>
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2. Orbital Mechanics by Samuel Chen <br>
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Tie 3. Stop motion and water boiling experiment to show how rain forms by Tianxiang Li
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<h3>SVY Middle School Panel Event</h3>
<p> Before every semester, SVY hosts a panel event for all the students in our community, and this time, we focused on the transition into middle school life.
We had Alison Yang, Minh Do, Sonia Swamy, and Aiden Ye, four very experienced high school students, discuss changes in middle school including study habits, psychological developments, lifestyle changes, and more.
After, they opened up the floor to Q&A where they answered any questions the audience may have had. At the end, attendees were even able to view short 5 minute demo classes offered at SVY in order to promote the organization and our upcoming semester.
The event was incredibly successful, garnering over 100+ attendees, and we only hope to build and expand our panel events in the future!
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<h3>SVY Sacred Heart Volunteering</h3>
<p>On Veterans Day, SVY teachers volunteered at Sacred Heart Community Service, an organization that addresses
poverty and provides essential services to those in need. Volunteers worked hard packing and distributing food.
It was both a meaningful community service event and a great team bonding experience!</p>
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<h2>September 12th, 2021</h2>
<h3>Great News!</h3>
<p>As an educational non-profit organization, Silicon Valley Youth has continuously achieved outstanding
results during the COVID-19 period and through fierce competition among many educational institutions.
With its eminent reputation, quality of education, and the efforts of an enthusiastic team of parents
and teachers, SVY has grossed a large amount of enrollment reaching over three hundred enrollees.
This is a year over year growth of 23%. We are so proud of every single teacher, parent, student,
and volunteer that has contributed to this exuberant growth. Go SVY!</p>
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<h2>August 28th, 2021</h2>
<h3>SVY "Planning for the Middle and High School Year" Panel Event</h3>
<p>As the new semester starts, freshmen and sophomores in high school are faced with many questions. There
are so many clubs, which ones are suitable for me? So many competitions, how can I get involved? High
school is super busy, how can I efficiently manage my time? Also, for middle schoolers who are curious
about high school life and classes, they are also preparing for the upcoming year.</p>
<p>SVY hosted a High School Advice panel event where several experienced high school juniors and seniors
discussed topics including high school study habits, clubs and extracurriculars, time management, and
much more and also answered various questions in an open Q&A!</p>
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<h3>SVY Team-Based Math Competition</h3>
<p>Silicon Valley Youth will be hosting a team math competition on 6/12. Click <a href="/mathcompetition.html">here</a> for details.</p>
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<h2>February 18th, 2021</h2>
<h3>SVY 2020-2021 Impact Report</h3>
<p>The Silicon Valley Youth 2020-2021 Impact Report has been released! Check it out <a href="/report.html">here</a>!</p>
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<h3>Ravenswood District Holiday Gift Card Donation</h3>
<p>SVY donated $10,000 in gift cards to support the Ravenswood Foundation in providing a
Christmas present to every single student in the Ravenswood district! We managed to cover all
of the students in two grade levels, and allowed Ravenswood to commit to providing gifts for all
students!</p>
<p>Click <a href="pdf/Ravenswood2020Donationletter.pdf">here</a> to see a letter of acknowledgement from the Ravenswood District Superindendent!</p>
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<h3>Santa Clara Valley Medical Center's Mask Donation Ceremony</h3>
<p>We have been continuing our efforts in helping the community stay safe. As mentioned
before, we have made donations of bought surgical masks as well as homemade ones to
different people. But recently, the executive team attended the Santa Clara Valley
Medical Center's mask donation celebration where in total, we donated 5,000 surgical
masks and 200 homemade, reusable ones to them. Together with the contributions and
donations of the Shin Shin Educational Foundation, our donations amounted to over a
whopping 25,000 personal protective equipment. As a community, our combined efforts
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<h3>Silicon Valley Youth Actions Against COVID-19</h3>
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The current COVID-19 pandemic marks a time that will go down in history as an unprecedented threat affecting people globally. As the urgency rises, people all around the world are banding together to be able to fight off and overcome the virus. A leader in the Bay Area, SVY is leading and coordinating this effort within the community by supporting others, donating supplies, and holding a fundraiser.
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SVY is making a donation of over 8,000 effective face masks for the seniors in our community because COVID-19 is exponentially more threatening for the elderly and those who are immunocompromised. Thus, it is our mission to be able to provide for those in most immediate danger.
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On top of this, SVY has continued to promote education through free online courses offered to students all around the community. The classes include, Current Events, Discrete Math, AMC8 Math, Book Club, USACO, Economics, and Coronavirus and Immunity class. It has been incredible for us to be able to interact and bond with the people around us even while sheltering in place.
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Finally, outside of the quarantine, SVY has donated $10,000 to the Ravenswood School District towards iPads. This will allow the students to be able to obtain more opportunities through technology for learning and education. We are helping those who are less fortunate in our community to be able to lead a life full of success by providing them with various tools and opportunities.
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<p>The Bay Area Community Mask Project is initialized by Silicon Valley Youth to help our community fight against the
COVID-19 pandemic. We are making reusable masks for those who are in need the most. Our goal is to make 1,200 masks by
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from Economics to Current Events, and it has been an honor being able to teach students and bond with them even
when we are social distancing. These online courses have allowed us to stay connected and be able to continue
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<p>SVY sponsored a leadership conference ($5500) for middle school and elementary school leaders in
collaboration with FMSD, and also sent 8 teachers: Oliver, Leo, Anouk, Arthur, Max, Ansh, Cindy,
and Sean. In the morning the teachers gave around 160 students from 22 schools various workshops
for leadership; in the afternoon, they met with students to help draft a timeline of events and
activities the leadership team would plan. The students then pitched their ideas to their
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<h3>Ravenswood Middle School Writing Contest</h3>
<p>Silicon Valley Youth donated $5500+ to sponsor this year's writing contest.We supplied 17 first
place prizes of AirPods, 17 second place prizes of $50 gift cards, 17 third
place prizes of $25 gift cards, as well as 4 grand prizes of Chromebooks, 5 SVY representatives
attended the awards ceremony, held during a school assembly and presented the awards to winning
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<h3>Ravenswood Middle School Afterschool Math Class Donation</h3>
<p>Silicon Valley Youth donated $225 worth of prizes to award students in the Ravenswood Middle
School afterschool math class. Each student received a gift card for completing the course.</p>
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<h3>Franklin McKinney School District Board Meeting</h3>
<p>SVY donated $4000 to College Connection Academy’s music program and presented the check at the
Franklin McKinney School District Board Meeting on April 9th. The money will go towards
purchasing new instruments and sheet music for the music class.</p>
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<h3>Ravenswood City School District 2018 Holiday Party</h3>
<p>SVY was invited to the RCSD Holiday Party, and volunteered at the event. Eric and Sam escorted
families around, helping with gift distribution and raffling. The gift cards donated on December
13th were part of the raffle, and gifts included toys, blankets, cosmetics, bikes, and much
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<p>At the December board meeting of the Ravenswood City School District board, SVY representatives
presented $5000 worth of gift cards to support homeless families in the district. The gift cards
would be raffled out at the Ravenswood School District Holiday Party, and distributed to
families in need throughout the next week. You can find more of our service <a
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<h3>$10,000 Check for Ravenswood Middle School Music Program</h3>
<p>At a November board meeting of the Ravenswood City School District board, SVY presented a check
for $10,000 that will go towards the Ravenswood Middle School music program. The money will go
towards repairing instruments and supporting the RMS music teacher. SVY was also commended by
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<h3>Sylvandale Middle School Anti-Bullying Contest Judging & Awards Ceremony</h3>
<p>SVY sponsored the Sylvandale Middle School Anti-Bullying Contest, donating over $3500 in prizes,
and participated in the judging process. From an initial pool, 21 submissions were selected to
undergo a second round of judging by SVY volunteers, and after much review and deliberation, 10
projects were selected as part of the top 10 and awarded Beats Solo 3 headphones, and a grand
prize winner was awarded an iPad Mini. More information and the winning submission can be found
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<h3>Ravenswood City School District State of the District Address</h3>
<p>Silicon Valley Youth was invited to attend RCSD's State of the District event alongside local
philanthropists, politicians and school adminstrators. The event was hosted at the newly
remodeled Ronald McNair School.<br> <i>Pictured from left to right: Arthur Ji, Jeffrey Tian,
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<h2>September 9th, 2018</h2>
<h3>Silicon Valley Youth Fall 2018 Classes Have Begun!</h3>
<p>A new wave of classes has begun at SVY for the fall semester. We have 24 classes at 6 locations
offering a variety of STEM and Humanities classes, including Public Speaking & Debate, AMC8,
Java, Website Design, and more! Check our all of our classes <a
href="https://www.siliconvalleyyouth.com/classes">here</a>.</p>
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<h2>September 4th, 2018</h2>
<h3>Sylvandale Middle School Anti-Bullying Contest Opened!</h3>
<p>Silicon Valley Youth is beginning a partnership with the Franklin-McKinney School District in San
Jose, starting by sponsoring a Anti-Bullying PSA contest at Sylvandale Middle School. Students
submit a creative piece and a write up that answers the prompt: "What does it look like to be an
upstander?" 3 SVY officers will be part of the final panel of judges that selects the
winner!</a>.</p>
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<h2>August 18th, 2018</h2>
<h3>SVY End-of-Summer Party & College Talk!</h3>
<p>We had an end-of-summer party to celebrate 3 years of dedicated service and teaching. Afterwards,
our wonderful founders Benjamin and Bryan Owens delivered a talk on college life at Harvard and
Yale.</p>
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<h2>June 6th, 2018</h2>
<h3>2018 Ravenswood Middle School Writing Contest Awards Ceremony</h3>
<p>10 SVY Representatives attended the RMS Writing Contest awards ceremony, held during a school
assembly. We donated $3000 worth of awards, presented the awards to the students, and took
photos with them.</p>
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<h2>May 31st, 2018</h2>
<h3>Ravenswood Middle School After-School Math Class Donation</h3>
<p>A few SVY officers and teachers went to Ravenswood Middle School to present gift cards (and an
iPad) to students in the after-school Algebra program. The students worked hard the whole
semester, and were excited when they received their certificates and awards! See more of our
work <a href="service.html">here</a>.</p>
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<h2>May 19th, 2018</h2>
<h3>Spring 2018 End of Semester Meeting</h3>
<p>SVY had it's Spring 2018 end of semester meeting. We passed out certificates, introduced our
officer team, had our photoshoot, and talked about opportunities to work with RCSD students.
Congratulations on another successful semester!</p>
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<h2>May 17th, 2018</h2>
<h3>RCSD Arts and Music Showcase</h3>
<p>Sam and Brandon were invited to, and attended the Ravenswood City School District Middle School
Arts and Music showcase. Students' art pieces were on display in a gallery, and students played
in the rock bands, jazz bands, and orchestra ensembles.</p>
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<h2>April 21st, 2018</h2>
<h3>2018-2019 Officer Team</h3>
<p>Co-presidents Sam and Brandon have selected a new officer team for the 2018-2019 school year. We
had an officer meeting, where we introduced some new policies, and discussed ideas for advancing
the organization. See our full officer team <a href="team.html">here</a>.</p>
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<h2>January 20, 2018</h2>
<h3>Spring 2018 Courses Open for Registration!</h3>
<p>In addition to courses like Website Design, Java, and Public Speaking, we are opening many new
courses including Chess, Bridge, USACO Bronze, and 3D Design! We welcome you to join us for
another exciting year of learning. Click <a href="classes.html">here</a> to see our classes this
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<h2>December 21th, 2017</h2>
<h3>Gift Cards for the Homeless</h3>
<p>Today, Sam, Brandon and SVY representatives went to the District Office during a school board
meeting to donate $5000 worth of gift cards to homeless families in East Palo Alto. You can find
out more about our service <a href="service.html">here</a>.</p>
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<h2>December 9th, 2017</h2>
<h3>End of Semester Meeting</h3>
<p>SVY had our end of semester meeting. We went over ways to improve class engagement, as well as
some plans for moving forward into the spring. We recognized our teachers for holding another
successful semester of classes.</p>
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<h2>September 9th, 2017</h2>
<h3>SVY at the Fall Festival</h3>
<p>SVY teachers and officers set up a booth at this year's annual Cupertino Fall Festival, to
promote SVY's classes and recruit prospective teachers and TAs. You can find our classes <a
href="classes.html">here</a>.</p>
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