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Alumni Spotlight - Sabrina Chi

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Every month we will feature a current student, teacher or alumni from CLIP to showcase on our blog.  If you are interested in being featured, contact web@cusdclipco.org. Who are you? My name is Sabrina and I will be attending UC Irvine this coming fall. My major will be Business Information Systems and I will be in the graduating class of 2021.  What grade did you join the CLIP program? I joined CLIP in kindergarten and continued all the way up until eighth grade.  What are some of your hobbies or special interests? My hobbies include gymnastics and doodling in my free time.  What is your favorite subject in school?   My favorite subject in school is math because I enjoy problem solving and using my  creativity to figure out how to solve a problem.  Tell us about one special memory you have from CLIP that you enjoyed.  My favorite part of CLIP was always CLIP Art. I always enjoyed doodling and was always trying ways to express my creativity and so I loved being able

CLIPCO Graduation Celebration

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Nearly 500 guests and over 80 volunteers came together June 2, 2017 to celebrate our 5th graders promoting to middle school and our 8th graders graduating from the CLIP program! It was a wonderful time with entertaining performances.  The 5th graders brought us songs and dancing with Youth Manual 青春修煉手冊 and Flying with A Carefree Heart 放心去飛. Our 8th graders reminded us of the lasting power of friendship and hope with songs Friends 朋友 and Tomorrow Will be a Brighter Day 明天會更好.   We were honored to have Stacy McAfee, interim Superintendent of the Cupertino Union School District, attend our celebration.  We also want to thank CUSD board member Liang Chao, also a fellow CLIP parent, who gave our graduates an encouraging charge as they move to the next step in their academic career. We closed our ceremony with a bittersweet goodbye to Principal Steve Burrell, as he moves on to an new role at Union School District.  We thank him for his 26 years of service at CUSD, and his las

Student Spotlight - Mina Chao

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Every month we will feature a current student, teacher or alumni from CLIP to showcase on our blog.  If you are interested in being featured, contact web@cusdclipco.org. Who are you? My name is Mina Chao (趙立鳴) and I am in 7th grade. How long have you been in the CLIP program? I have been in CLIP for 8 years (including this year). What are some of your hobbies or special interests? Some of my hobbies include volleyball, art, and playing cards with my friends. What is your favorite subject in school? My favorite subject in school is math. Our teacher was really nice and we really got to understand the content in a fun way.  I like doing word problems because there are a lot of steps to do and equations are cool!  I like math because it's fun and logical. What's your favorite after-school activity? My favorite after school activities include after-school sports at Miller.  I was part of the volleyball, softball, and track and field teams.  The coac