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2011 

As you know, there has been (and still is) lots of construction in and around Cupertino High School.  To help alleviate the traffic issues, CHS has a few pointers. If Driving: Try to carpool, to lower the amount of cars on Finch Ave Try riding your bike, to also lower the cars on Finch Ave during...
08/31/2011
Cupertino High School Football Stadium is completing its entrance plaza, and needs your help!  By buying a brick or two (or more), you becoming part of the history of CHS. Help finish the plaza by providing a brick in your name, a favorite sport of yours, a teacher you remember or just a shout ou...
08/31/2011
The Cupertino High School yearly student pictures will have a re-take day on September 6th. So if you forgot, weren't there or just need to retake, mark your schedue for this chance to make it up. Picture Re-Takes, September 6th, 2011 The will take place in the Wagon Wheel on the campus of Cupert...
08/31/2011
He said to me, “I didn’t know you were still in Real Estate”…  When he sold with another agent… Oh boy oh boy…  Have you ever heard this line?  One of your past clients, or friends, or SOI saying that they didn’t use you, because they thought you were no longer in the business. At first you thin...
08/28/2011
Camping and hiking at Big Basin Redwood State Park, in California.  One of the few Old Growth forest that still exist out here in California...  Most of the forests were cut during the boom times in California's history. One of the hikes we took, guided us through some of the beasts that exist he...
08/28/2011
Hiking in "Almaden Quicksilver County Park".  It is located in New Almaden, which is in the Southern part of San Jose, CA. This park is owned and maintained by the County of Santa Clara.  It was purchased in the mid 70's and turned into a rich historical park full of trails and discovery. The par...
08/25/2011
There are times that you decide to NOT read the signs...   So yeah, that is me at the end of this tunnel.  I just walked in...  It was pretty dark down there, and I kind of didn't think about the fact that I could have cornered a raccoon or cougar...  So next time, I might just have to throw a ro...
08/23/2011
Motivational Monday - Don't loose your dreams...  No one can take them from you! "The diamond may adorn royalty, regardless of personal worth...   But jewels of thought render even poverty illustrious and sublime." -Gems for the fireside I have no idea what "Gems for the fireside" are or is or wh...
08/21/2011
I was headed out to New Almaden today to do some hiking over at the Almaden Quicksilver Mines...  And to the left was this huge field with over 20 wild turkeys just hanging out!  I have them up at my house, but see one or two...  Sometimes three...  So to see this many, I had to stop the truck, i...
08/21/2011
Kindergarten Some of us remember those times like it was yesterday, and some of us just can't recall! I still shake my head at the silly things we would do back then.   Take our lunch sandwich bags and trap honey bees in them...  And try to sneak them in class... Grab snails and see how many we c...
08/19/2011
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