Released on = December 27, 2005, 10:59 am

Press Release Author = Delphi Academy of San Francisco Bay

Industry = Education

Press Release Summary = The Mayor of Santa Clara and the Red Cross visited the
Delphi Academy of San Francisco Bay to acknowledge the students for raising money to
help the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Press Release Body = On Dec 5th, the Honorable Patricia Mahan, Mayor of Santa Clara,
and John Stiffler, a representative of the Red Cross, visited the Delphi Academy of
San Francisco Bay to acknowledge the students for raising money to help victims of
Hurricane Katrina.

After learning about Hurricane Katrina, the students in the Delphi Academy Middle
School current events class, along with their teacher Sarah Paradise, decided to do
something about it by getting the school involved and helping the Red Cross raise
money. In the end, the school raised $900 dollars to benefit those affected by
Hurricane Katrina.

The Mayor of Santa Clara and Red Cross Representative were invited to Delphi Academy
to meet the middle school class that had set up the fund raiser. They were greeted
by the Director of Admissions, Maria Agrillo, and introduced to the Headmistress,
Nancy Hawkins, and the current events teacher, Sarah Paradise.

The Mayor and Red Cross Representative were toured through the classrooms collecting
the money raised by each class. They started with the Beginners 1 class and were
delighted when they were greeted with hugs from the kindergarten students.

Each class presented the Mayor with what they had collected. She was really
impressed with the children's manners. She thanked each class sincerely and made
sure to tell them "the money would really help the Katrina victims."

The middle school students were ready at the end of the tour with warm cider and
cookies. They were able to ask the Mayor and Red Cross Representative questions. The
class was interested to know how many local schools had participated in raising
money and which school had raised the most. To their surprise, the Mayor responded
that she thought "Delphi had collected the most funds!" The children were delighted
to have such important people come to Delphi, and they were happy to know they had
contributed the most.

When asked about the experience, two students had the following to say:

"When we first started this project, we went from class to class promoting it.
Everyone was so excited. It was great. I feel that we have made a really good
product to help the Katrina Victims. We also felt proud to have Mayor Patricia Mahan
and the Red Cross Representative thank us"-Melissa Agrillo, M/S student.

"Just the fact that we were helping people in New Orleans was fantastic. I really
like New Orleans a lot, and I think it's a gorgeous place and what happened was
awful. We found a way to help. This project was called Change for Change. It was an
awesome idea, and I hope our time and money will go far and help the victims."-Kelly
Rai, M/S student.

Delphi Academy of San Francisco Bay is an independent, coeducational and
non-sectarian day school offering regular school year and summer programs for
kindergarten through eighth grade students. It is licensed to use Applied
Scholastics(TM) educational services
(http://www.AppliedScholastics.Org).

Company: Delphi Academy of San Francisco Bay

Web Site Address: http://www.Delphi-SFB.Org

Contact Information:
Maria Agrillo
Delphi Academy of San Francisco Bay
890 Pomeroy Ave # 201
Santa Clara, Ca 95051
408-260-2300
mariaa1@delphi-sfb.org

Category: Education/ K-8

Web Site = http://www.delphi-sfb.org

Contact Details = Maria Agrillo
Delphi Academy of San Francisco Bay
890 Pomeroy Ave # 201
Santa Clara, Ca 95051
408-260-2300
mariaa1@delphi-sfb.org