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Bringing Our History to Life! On the morning of November 15, 1844, the Stephens-Townsend-Murphy Party gathered next to the river they had followed for the last thirty days up into the rugged Sierra Nevada. Here the river parted, the main branch of the Truckee River running south to Lake Tahoe - the ... Read More about History Expeditions

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