Happy New Year!

I'm sitting in my office, looking out at a quiet campus, knowing that all of the members of the El Carmelo community are doing something different (hopefully all fun) at this moment. I'm also thinking of what we have to look forward to in 2009, again so many different expectations and future experiences, from kinder to fifth grade, but all focused on the growth of our kids.

My very best wishes to you at the end of this year and into the next. See you in 2009!

Chuck Merritt

Snowball the Guinea Pig

I want to acknowledge an little-known, but helpful contribution to El Carmelo School. I learned this morning that Adobe Animal Hospital on First Street in Los Altos regularly donates medical procedures for classroom pets. Our own seven-year old guinea pig, Snowball, who lives in Mrs. McCoy's room 6, recently had surgery. Adobe took care of the surgery (outpatient, in this case) for free as part of their commitment to hands-on science education in schools. A big thank you to the staff and management of Adobe Animal Hospital!