Music at Siltanen Raises $15K for Local Youth Music Programs
As Scotts Valley Kiwanis Club member Mike Rein arrived at the organization’s big fundraiser, held this year at Siltanen Park due to renovations at Skypark, he was nervous.
“We were very worried because we’d never done it at Siltanen Park,” he said. “No one wants...
SLVHS Drama Ready for Return to Stage
The San Lorenzo Valley High School drama department has had to reinvent itself a few times in the last 18 months. From canceling its on-stage production of “Chicago” after opening weekend due to the arrival of Covid-19, to pressing forward with live, online productions...
SVHS Drama Ready for Final Show of School Year
The satirical comedy musical “Urinetown” based on the book by Greg Kotis was released in 2001. The musical, which satirizes the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement and municipal politics could have been written in any era, but it has become...
Vine Hill Elementary PTA members and community rally for auction
Late January the Vine Hill elementary PTA announced an online auction beginning Feb. 5 and continuing until the PTA’s first-ever virtual live auction on Feb. 20, hosted by Robert Aldana, Bobbie Ward and Garvin Thomas.
These two events form a part of the PTA’s fundraisers...
SLVUSD Bands Persevere
San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District’s Music Director Carey Liston knows the show must go on.
Despite rapid-fire setbacks for her band members ranging from elementary to high school students, Liston has somehow managed to not only maintain her current ledger of students but expand...
SVUSD trustees approve move to new headquarters, pass budget
The Scotts Valley Unified School District will be headed to new digs at 108 Whispering Pines Drive.
During its June 15 meeting, the SVUSD Board of Trustees unanimously authorized Superintendent Tanya Krause to sign a lease agreement for the office location.
But the deal was contingent...
SLVUSD Parents Blindsided by District’s Suspension of Bus Route
Some San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District parents and students are scrambling to find a new route to school after district officials told them last week that the No. 14 “Squirrel” bus would be temporarily suspended, after Aug. 19.
“It’ll be a big problem,” said...
Local schools require masks indoors
As Tanya Krause, the superintendent of Scotts Valley Unified School District, prepared her welcome letter for parents, she began how she might have in any other year: “We are pleased and excited to start school with students on campus, Wednesday, August 11, for full-time,...
Scotts Valley delivers funds for specialized autism aid
Scotts Valley is leading the way as the first community in Santa Cruz County to become officially named an autistic-friendly local government.
“The city as...
