Hello families and friends of the Community Im-

mersion program. We had our Spring Break from March

30th to April 3rd, and I trust all students are back in the

swing of things.

This month, one of our student’s, Chris Walsh,

after pounding the pavement for nearly 2 months, filling out

applications, sitting for interviews, getting names of inter-

viewers, delivering thank you letters, doing follow-ups to

upwards of 10 employers, we are happy to report has re-

ceived two job offers from Round Table Pizza and Safeway.

Chris decided on Safeway and he is training there now. Con-

gratulations Chris.

On May 1st, the Annual “Valley Idol” performance

will be held at the Quinlan Community Center in Cupertino

from 9:00 to 12:00, and our very own Cindy Kang will be

singing and playing the piano for what will undoubtedly be

an uplifting performance. All are invited.

Lastly, we would like to remind all families and

friends of CIP that we are still seeking donations for Honors

Night on June 1st. If you would like to make a donation,

make your check out to:

LGSUHSD

CIP Honors Night Post Secondary (memo line)

Thank you!!!

April Issue

Ben’s Corner Hi Everyone,

This April has been a big time of

transition for our students who

are all growing in different

ways. Here is just a snapshot of

what’s been going on:

-Priya is learning bus routes and

is becoming more independent

with traveling!

-John R. is expanding into

new departments at his in-

ternship!

-John C. is mastering his

language skills!

-Daniel went to Google in

Mountain View to watch the

final cut of the documentary

that they made about him

(which features our pro-

gram!) and the word on the

street is that it was a HUGE

hit around Google. I’m so

proud of all of the amazing

young adults in our program

who continue to take on new

challenges to grow and learn

everyday.

What’s Aaron on the Radio? 4

TV Time…..with Chris Walsh 4

Movie Reviews with Wata 5

Inspector Daniel... 5

The Phantom Diner...Aubrey 5

The Showroom with Kevin Z. 6

Off the Top of My Head ... Amanda N. 6

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Volume 2, Issue 7

April 28h, 2015

Internet Safety with Priya... 6

Sportz Talk with Zoly….. 7

A.P.E. Beat with John Creelman 7

Totally Awesome Book Review by JR 8

Staff Focus/Milestones 9

Job Training Sites: Los Gatos Library 11

CPR Class/ Independence Tip 12

Student of the Month 10.

Student of the Month

John Rodrigues

The Pitt Stop with Niko 2

Current Events with Hayden 2

Mai’s Kitchen 2

“OK” Places with... Oscar K. 3

I, Cindy 3

Upcoming Events with Brian 3

Dear Amanda... 4

Inside this issue:

Daniel writing his Gazette article using speech to text!

Story o

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is trying to get Kanye West out of there

because he insults people. He is calling the

Glastonbury Festivals organizers to re-

place him. He is getting a petition signed.

He has 80,000 signatures on petition on

March the 20th 2015. I think Kanye West

should not sing because he insults people.

Thank you

Hayden Mitchell

Fans Petition Glastonbury Fest Organizers

To Replace Kanye West.

This month I am talking about music cur-

rent events. The article I read about is

Fans Petition Glastonbury Fest Organizers

To Replace Kanye West. The singer

Kanye West that is known for rankling

people on stage is going to sing at Glas-

tonbury Festival. This is in England

Somerest. He is going there to sing on

June the 24th to June the 28th. A music fan

from the UK named Neil Lonsdale and he

Hi,

I am going to educate you about break

pads. There are 3 types of brake pads,

1.organic, 2.semi metallic and 3.ceramic.

The advantage: for the organic brake pads

are quiet operation and they are easy on

the rotors great for daily driven vehicles.

The disadvantage: they are not great for

incredible stopping power if you drive a

heavy vehicle, or a high horse power ap-

plicate.

The advantage: for semi metallic brake

pads that they work great street pre-

formance applications.

The disadvantages for the semi me-

tallic pads are that they are noisier

then the organic pads, and a little bit

more brake dust.

The advantage for the ceramic pads

that it will give pretty good stopping

power but mainly they are quiet and

very light on brake dust. They give a

great pedal feel and can be used for

some preformance applications.

I hop you felt educated. if not, then

go to this web site.

www.stoptech.com

Stoptech has the best high perfor-

mance brakes that you can dream of.

See you next tine viewers, and al-

ways stay, dirty :-)

Hi . Tomorrow on Wednesday we are

making enchiladas. I chopped the onions. I

pulled the leaves off from the cilantro. We

are serving 40 people. I washed all of the

dishes. The enchiladas will taste delicious

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Your World……………………...with Hayden

The …...with Niko

Mai’s Kitchen

T HE WES T VA LLEY GA ZE TT E

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Niko Elgenberg on the job!

Kanye insulting Taylor S.

Hayden keeping up on current

events

I overcame my fear of stage fright. After the performance

my face was like a shining light of happiness. I celebrated

that occasion by going to my pastor’s house after school

and we listened to the performance together. I was really

happy because piano playing also makes my day. And I

am so excited to do it again on May 1st, 2015. This year I

am going to play a new song on the piano which will have

A minor in it. I did it by practicing Amazing Grace on the

piano for 5 months until my hands were hurting. But this

year I also practiced the song I am doing. I am so excited

to perform because ever since I practiced the song I have

been working on improving my A minor. This year I will

be playing a upbeat song called “In the Secret”.

Hey guys it’s me Cindy again. My article for this month

will be about a big milestone that I accomplished in the

past year. Last year I did Valley Idol. It was a big

milestone for me because in the past I was nervous to

play piano for more than 100 people. I only played

piano in front of my friends and family. And last year, I

played piano in front of people that I didn’t know. I had

to practice singing the song and practice singing the

harmony. On the morning before Valley Idol I still

practiced singing the song. The day on Valley Idol, I

wore my favorite Hawaiian dress. I was so excited.

Before I did my performance, I took off my shoes be-

cause I thought it would be easier to play the piano.

After the performance, I was so happy.

Hi my name is Oscar. I’m

talking about Alcatraz. It’s

in SFO Bay It’s on the wa-

ter. The only way you can

see it if you’re on boat. It is

very Cool Island it’s the

best place in the bay. Call 1

-415-981-7625 for ferry

times .Its cost 20dollars

one way to Alcatraz. Pier

33 where ferry departure.

California Theatre 345 South First Street

San Jose, CA

sjDANCEco Festival Sun Apr 26 (10am)

Santana Row

333 Santana

Row

San Jose, CA

Thanks Brian

Hey readers,

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Sat Apr

25 (7:30 PM) Bus Barn Stage Company

97 Hillview Ave

Los Altos, CA

Great Strides 5k San Jose Sat Apr 25

7:30am WestGate Shopping Center

1600 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose, CA

The Magic Flute Sun Apr 26 (3 p.m.)

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I, Cindy! (Cindy’s road back to self confidence and self reliance!)

“OK” Places with….. Oscar K.

Upcoming Events with Brian

T HE WES T VA LLEY GA ZE TT E

Oscar Kiely

Beautiful Alcatraz

Hi everyone,

I am writing about Ed Sheeran and his

song Give Me Love

It is cool song

I feel happy when I listen to it.

It is fun to watch the video.

Bye everybody.

aaron

Dear Amanda,

I have a friend who wants to change me. He does not accept

that my feelings and thoughts are as valid as his. He ends up

getting angry with me and tells me I am a bad person. What

should I do?

Signed,

Mr. Misunderstood

Dear Mr. Misunderstood

Here is my advice for you. I think you should tell the person

how you feel in a stern and flat manner. Try to make him

understand that how he is making you feel hurts your feel-

ings. Make it clear to him that what he is doing bothers you.

Tell him to sit and think about how he makes you feel before

he continues. Tell him that what he is doing really bothers

you and annoys you. Really make him understand and tell

him that he should put himself in your shoes and try or defi-

nitely understand how you feel. I hope my advice helps you.

If you need more

help you can let me

know. Your friend

Amanda.

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What’s Aaron on the Radio??

Dear Amanda… (An advice column with Amanda Nelson)

TV Time with Chris Walsh

T HE WES T VA LLEY GA ZE TT E

Hey y’all its Chris its time for TV. Today I

will be talking about Game of Thrones and

Veep. They both are on the popular network

HBO. Games of Thrones is about Kingdoms

trying to take over each other. It stars Peter

Dinklage, Lena Heady, Emila Clarke and

much more. The show involves fighting,

blood, betrayal and romance. Veep is on its

4th season. It stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Se-

lina Meyer as Vice President of the United

States. As a former Senator Selina tries to

find her way through the White House and

make it as President of the United States. Its

an outstanding political satire comedy. The

new seasons starts April 12th on HBO. GO

WATCH IT NOW!

Thank you….

Ann Landers hands the baton to Amanda!

Aaron loves his music

Ed Sheeran

V OLU ME 2, ISSU E 7

A fire occurred two weeks ago. Fire begin

in Berkeley on the first floor of a Cal

Berkeley apartments across the street.

There is a evacuation chair for people in

wheelchairs, the chair can be found at the

top of stair area inside the Fox Center at

WVC. Here is the picture.

Daniel Stickney ADA compliance

(Daniel wrote his article by himself using

speech to text...we are proud of him!)

This month I’m reviewing the movie

Insurgent. The Movie is about a book

called The Divergent Series. The plot of

Insurgent takes place three days after

Divergent. The Insurgent main charac-

ters are Jeanine, Tris and 4. Tris and 4

are on the run from Jeanine. The movie

is a lot of fighting. There are lots of

guns on fire. Tris saves their lives. I like

the movie. I like recommending the

Insurgent movie to Hayden and friends.

Cast: Shailene Woodley, Theo James,

Ansel Elgort, Kate Winslet, and more.

Release Date: March 20, 2014

Director: Robert Schwentke

Prequel: Divergent

Sequel: Divergent Series: Allegiant, Part

1

Production Company:

Summit Entertainment

Pizza My Heart is really good be-

cause I think their food is excellent

you should go there because it is

obviously the best option when

you're going out with someone

you know. The service is really

good. Pizza My Heart is really

good because I think their food is

excellent you should go there.

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Inspector Daniel A.D.A. Compliance with Daniel Stickney

Movie Reviews with….. Wata

The Phantom Diner….our restaurant critic

Inspector Daniel making

his rounds.

Aubrey after just eating at Pizza My Heart

Tris and 4

←

Daniel locating the evacuation chair

Evacuation chair in the Fox Building

Pizza My Heart Pizza!

V OLU ME 2, ISSU E 7

come from. I already told you where

we came from most likely. If you

would like to further research on the

last subject I wrote about you are wel-

come to. Get ready for animal fun

facts in May.

.As you may remember from last week I

talked about how we humans are ani-

mals. We evolved from Homo Sapiens

and they evolved from Apes. We are

most closely related to Apes. If you

think about it, we have five toes on each

foot and five fingers on each hand, well

so do they. If we are most related to

apes then that would make us animals.

Now switching to a new topic which I

will continue next month is about the

animals themselves and where did they

Hi its me Kevin.

The BMW i3 is cool

it. Goes 0-60 in 7 sec-

onds. It has a power

cord. It is electric. The

charger station charges

it. This car goes fast. It

drives on the high-

ways. It has naviga-

tion. You can get leath-

er seats for it.

Don’t post too much about

your personal relationships

online because strangers will be

able to see this information. Re-

member, the internet is forever.

Be careful what you post.

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“Off the Top of my head” by Amanda Nelson

The Showroom with ……...Kevin Z.

Internet Safety with Priya

Kevin typing out his column

Priya has a beautiful smile

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V OLU ME 2, ISSU E 7

I want to tell you about the lat

pull down. You hold it with

your hands and pull it down to

your chin. You use your arms

to pull it down. I use between a

10 and a 30

weight. I

like it.

Hi everyone, how is it going.

Today I am going to talk about

something new, and that is the

Golden State Warriors team and

their perfect season. The warriors

clinched the playoff spot when

they beat the Los Angeles Lakers

on Monday at the Staples Center.

The Golden State Warriors have

the best record in the NBA 54

wins and 13 losses.

See you guys later go warriors !

See next Page…

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Adapted Physical Education by John C.

Sportz Talk with…..Zoly

Totally Awesome Book Review by John R.

We’ll get you a football next month Zoly!

John writing his book review.

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Hi everyone, its time for my book review:

Usagi Yojimbo is a graphic comic series created by Stan

Sakai. The series is a historical, fantasy, action genre, The

series tells the adventures of a rabbit ronin called Miya-

moto Usagi. Usagi’s adventures take place in Japan in the

Edo period, also there are more anthropomorphic animals

than there are humans in the series. Usagi has many adven-

tures including taking on animal ninja clans as well as side

adventures, in two books Usagi must protect a holy sword

from ninja clans. The two main villains that Usagi faces are

a human lord called Hikiji and an anthropomorphic wolf

(psychopath, Priest) called Jei. Usagi is not a ladies man

but somehow most of the female characters in the series

have crushes on him including the leader of a ninja clan

called Chizu, Tomoe (the bodyguard of a young

lord), and a childhood friend of Usagi called Mari-

ko ( gave birth to Usagi’s son Jotaro, That Usagi

did not know of until she told Usagi that Jotaro is

their son in the last chapter in book six of the se-

ries). Usagi also gets in to sword fights with oni’s

(demons).

My thoughts of Usagi yojimbo is an excellent example of

historical, fantasy and action graphic comic series based on

samurai history. I also must say that the artwork in the se-

ries is that of a skilled penmanship that of a master comic

designer. I hope that You will read Usagi Yojimbo in the

future. stayton for my next book\comic review.

This is John Rodrigues saying sayonara

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Totally Awesome Book Review by John R.

John writing his book review.

This month I interviewed are staff member Julian

Kong The reason why he wanted to became a staff

member is that he enjoys teaching and helping oth-

ers. He likes to go hiking on the weekends. He has

1 older brother named Myron. His favorite animals

are dogs and he has a Shih-Tzu-Maltase mix at

home. His dog is a girl and her names Kiwi. He

drives a 2012 Ford Focus. His favorite music is Hip

Hop & R&B. He likes concerts. He went to see Big

Sean and Estelle when he was in college. He likes

to Work Out after work. He has been working at

the district for 2 years. He enjoys working at WVC

very much. He is attending National University to

get his Preliminary Teaching Credential in Special

Education. He hates roller coasters. He does not

like to play instruments. He has played the clarinet

for 10 years and also played drums. He went to Se-

attle for spring break. His favorite kind of food is

Sushi Korean BBQ, Japanese Ramen. His favorite

kind of drink is Gin & Tonic, IPA and Coke. He

does not know what he is doing for the summer, he

didn’t make any plans yet. Thank you Julian.

Hayden Mitchell.

Extended School

Year

Summer 2015

June: 22nd to July 17th

Community Immersion Program

Honors Night

Date: June 1st 2015

Time: 6:00PM to 10:00PM

Place: West Valley College

Awards: Each student!!

Fashion Show: Yes

Food: Yes

Dress: Semi-formal

Dancing: Yes

Honors Night

2015

Milestones

March 12th, Amanda, Niko, Bri-

an and Oscar meet in Fox 215 to

independently resolve their differ-

ences

March 20th Chris Walsh gets

hired by Round Table Pizza

March 25th, Chris Walsh gets

hired by Safeway

April 8th, Priya Jalan inde-

pendently commutes to her job

and then to lunch with a peer sup-

port and no staff. Present.

April 7th, 9th, 13th, Wata Kubo

commutes independently to his

job and then to lunch and then

home with no staff .

April 13th, Daniel Stickney

writes his Gazette article

all by himself using

speech to text!

Community Immersion Program Events:

Staff Focus: Julian Kong

Julian Kong with his loving family

Julian with a baby

With his friends

Student of the Month

The Student of the Month for April is John Rodrigues. John

is a man on the move. He works three days a week at a paid in-

ternship in a biotech company. John has done a fantastic job at his

internship. Over the course of the past

year he has developed his communication

and social skills while on the job. He has

also made great strides towards becoming

independent at the job. John also takes

general education classes at West Valley

College two days a week. He is 100% in-

dependent at these classes. Each semester

he choses which classes he wants to

take. In the past he

has taken History

of Horror Film, ce-

ramics, metal cast-

ing and yoga. This

semester he is tak-

ing more metals casting and a stretch and flex

class. Next semester he plans to take swim-

ming and beginning painting. John is one of

our

most

inde-

pendent

students in the program and we

are very proud of him. It is

clear that he has a bright future

ahead of him with many op-

tions to choose from. Great

Job John!!!!

John doing grocery shopping for the Bistro

Job Training Sites:

Los Gatos Library

Did you know that several of our students work as volunteers at the

Los Gatos Library twice week? They have become an integral part

of the team by showing up before the li-

brary opens to return books and DVDs to

their shelves. The staff at the library re-

port that they enjoy seeing our student’s

smiling faces and appreciate the work

that they do. By volunteering at the local

library where they live, our students are

able to provide a valuable service to the

community, not only by shelving books

but also by

being a

shinning ex-

ample of

how people

of all ability

levels can

have im-

portant and meaningful roles to play in

their com-

munity.

We are

thankful to

the Los Ga-

tos Library

for the op-

portunity to

gain work

experience there.

Ryan and Mai diligently re-shelving DVDs.

Ryan returning to the cart to get more DVDs to re-shelve.

Daniel’s Presentation

at

Cedar Crest

March 27th, 2015

Daniel giving his Power Point presentation on wheelchair awareness

Daniel being given a special V.I.P. tour of the facilities

Daniel answering questions

Daniel sharing about his life story with the group

Special Feature!!!!

17421 Farley Road West,

Los Gatos, CA

95030

COMM UNITY IMM ERSION

PROGRAM

Heart Saver CPR/AED Training

Date: Monday, April 30th

Time: 12:00-3:00

Cost: $70.00

Address: 545 Meridian Ave. Suite E.

San Jose, CA. 95126

http://www.sanjosecprcertification.com/

Monthly Tip for instilling

Independence :

Learned Helplessness

Many young adults with disabilities

are observed waiting to be prompted

to do anything.

It’s Learned Helplessness!

They have become conditioned to

wait for permission.

To make the young adult more inde-

pendent and self-regulating,

Try “not telling them to do anything.”

Allow them to decide to sit, stand,

go, come, get dressed.

Use indirect prompts, hints, ques-

tions.

It might take a while for them to re-

develop self-determination.

Upcoming C.I.P

Important Dates:

May 25th Memorial Day

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June 1st Honors Night

June 12th Last day of Spring

Semester

June 22nd Summer school be-

gins

July 17th Summer school ends

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August 20th: 1st day of the Fall

2015 semester

August 25th: 1st day of West Val-

ley College Classes

Upcoming District and Community Events:

Kevin: (408)_340-8181

Ben: (949)_702-7938

E-mail: kmallane@lgsuhsd.org.

E-Mail: blamoso@lgsuhsd.org

Where the Bay Area Gains its

Independence!

The Los Gatos Saratoga Union High School

District

Community Immersion Program

100% community based transition program

Focuses on what young adults with disabilities can do rather than

what they can’t..

Seeks to prepare students for life after Special Education through,

work experiences, travel training, individually targeted, function-

ally oriented IEP goals, social skills and job norms training.

Interacts organically with the school district, the community col-

lege, the community at large and of course our environment.