Every Thursday evening, citizens from several different countries meet to share food, conversation, and time. They are international students, hailing from countries such as Vietnam, Malaysia, or Korea, who have come to study at De Anza College in Cupertino. Hosted by Valley Church, International Student Fellowship has been meeting for over ten years. Part of…
Author: Abigail Lee
Grade 12
Homeschool
KidSmart
School can be impersonal. The teachers are paid to teach, but not to deeply invest themselves in the children. But at KidSmart, the teachers are there to fully invest in the students and create a community where the students feel motivated to learn. KidSmart is an afterschool tutoring program, created by Bayshore Christian Ministries to…
Music in the Schools
Twice a week, a group of 4th and 5th graders unpack their instruments in a school classroom and prepare to receive violin lessons. This would seem mundane, since this school is situated in Silicon Valley, where parents regularly sign their children up for violin or piano lessons. However, this is on the other side of…
First Lego League Robotics in East Palo Alto
It is a new school year, and the First Lego League teams of Bayshore Christian Ministries are starting up again. They are significant teams not because of how many awards or medals or trophies they have acquired, but they are significant because of the opportunities they provide in an area that has not prospered like…
A Week with City Impact in the Tenderloin
Summers are typically filled with many different activities including taking time out to volunteer. City Impact is San Francisco allows high school students to join them in their efforts to help and interact with the homeless for a week. This time usually results in the expanding of horizons for young adults as they understand the realities of homelessness and also understand their privileges in the world.