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A full house for Karen Hansen's presentation Working Class Kids and Visionary Educators in a Multiracial School on November 18, 2024! Brandeis professor and author Karen Hansen, PhD and her classmate from Sunnyvale High School, NBC Bay Area News reporter Robert Handa filled the room with a rapt ... Read More about November 18 Speaker Night: Karen Hansen and Robert Handa in Conversation about Sunnyvale’s Second High School

On November 4, 2024, Assistant Principal Andy Walczak talked about the process of writing a book about 100 years of history at Fremont High School in conversation with his friend and collaborator Wes Morse. The meeting room was filled with alumni, parents of alumni, and former and current staff ... Read More about November 4 Speaker Night: Andy Walczak in Conversation with Wes Morse

SHS docent Robert Keahey is taking his excellent presentations about Going West on the road. He gave talks at the Milpitas Historical Society and Saratoga Historical Foundation as well as the California-Nevada Chapter of the Oregon-California Trail Association (OCTA). If you are interested in the ... Read More about Promoting the SHS and the History of Westward Emigration

Hal’s Background I was born and raised on the Atlantic coast in Elberon, New Jersey, a small town north of Asbury Park. I attended college at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Received a Bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering degree in 1958. Worked with the Martin Company ... Read More about Harold (Hal) Svendsen Engraved brick and tile program

Ken gave a presentation on his battle to put the LGBTQ community on the political map, starting in the 1980, in Santa Clara County. Yeager served on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, on the San José City Council, and on the San José/Evergreen Community College Board. For twelve years, ... Read More about October Speaker Night: Ken Yeager, RUN