Homestead wins mock trials
Homestead High School’s Mock Trial team swept the Santa Clara County competition, beating out 21 other teams to qualify for state Mock Trial Finals in Los Angeles, set for March 20-22. Competing in seven trials at San Jose Superior Court, the team advanced in all three rounds of county finals, an historic first for Homestead.
Mock Trial team members are Hasith Basnayake, Roma Bedekar, Abigail Berwick, Sadia Fathima, Clarissa Gao, Priya Hariharan, Mayuri Hebbar, Macy Li, Haritha, Muthukumar, Brevin Reed, Katherine Rizkalla, Ji Yong Shim, Emily Tumacder, Sahil Venkatesan and Catherine Zhang.
The 2019-20 team is coached by University of Santa Clara Law School student Pedro Naveiras, parent-attorney volunteer Jaideep Venkatesan and Foothill-DeAnza College student Ron Kharmach, a former Mock Trial champion. Team adviser is Homestead English teacher Susan Wilson.
The team is seeking coaches for next year. Interested prospective coaches can contact Susan_wilson@fuhsd.org or Greg_Giglio@fuhsd.org.
Volunteer to rebuild
Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley is signing up volunteers for its April 25 Spring Rebuilding Day, when groups of volunteers make home repairs for South Bay residents who aren’t physically or financially able to do so themselves.
The nonprofit is also looking for volunteer photographers and videographers to document Rebuilding Day efforts at various locations.
Volunteers should save the date for a May 7 appreciation dinner at the Rebuilding Together offices in downtown San Jose.
Sign up to volunteer at https://rebuildingtogethersv.org.
For more information, contact Sam Kennard at 408-578-9519, ext. 1009 or sam@rebuildingtogethersv.org.