Charlotte Dean in Italy for 11th grade
Charlotte Meyer Dean, who graduated from St. Joseph’s School of the Sacred Heart in 2005 and is now a student at St. Paul’s School, a boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire, will spend her entire 11th grade in the School Year Abroad’s program in Viterbo, Italy.
Charlotte, the daughter of Marianne Quarre and Jay Dean of Menlo Park, will study with some 70 other students in an academically rigorous high school program while living with an Italian family. She will not only become immersed in the Italian language and culture but will study ancient history, Latin and Greek, her mother reports.
Adam Rak named to Yes Reading board
Adam Rak, a senior director of corporate affairs for Symantec Corp., is joining the YES Reading board of directors. YES reading, a nonprofit literacy program founded in Menlo Park, partners directly with schools to provide struggling students with reading support.
The organization says it will expand to 13 program sites by the fall. For more information, go to www.yesreading.org.
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