Vicki Vien, a senior at the Alameda Science and Technology Institute (ASTI), has been named as the 32nd annual winner of the $5,000 Ken and Shirley Van Sickle Scholarship.

Members hand out tens of thousands to worthy students

Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) Superintendent Sean McPhetridge announced his departure from the school district in February. He announced June 30 as his last day on the job here.

Student poets from Alameda Community Learning Center (ACLC) and St. Joseph Notre Dame High School were featured together at the Alameda Island Poets reading at the Frank Bette Center for the Arts May 1.

Alamedans can take a four-week course that traces the development of John Lennon as one of the 20th century’s great song writers.

Otis Elementary School, 3010 Fillmore St., will play host to the sixth annual Alameda Bike Festival & Rodeo set for Sunday, May 19, from noon to 3 p.m. Everyone is invited to this family friendly event with the goal to inspire, educate and encourage bicycle riding.

In a 5-0 vote at its April 23 public meeting, the Board of Education for Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) approved changing the name “Haight Elementary School” to “Love Elementary School.”

Eman Khatri, a member of Girls Inc. of the Island City (GIIC) and a student at Alameda High School, has been selected as a 2019 Girls Inc. National Scholar. As a National Scholar, Khatri receives the Girls Inc. Lucile Miller Wright $20,000 scholarship. She is one of 23 Girls Inc.

The Alameda Education Foundation (AEF) announced recently that its 36th “Salute to Education” event will take place on Friday, May 3, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Rhythmix Cultural Works, 2315 Blanding Ave.

The Alameda Boys & Girls Club (ABGC) will host its annual “Sunrise Club” Summer Day Camp for youth ages 6 to 12, Monday, June 10 through Friday, Aug. 16.