October 7, 2005

NEWS BRIEFS

San Jose Public Library introduces online tutoring service for students

Free homework help from expert tutors via Internet

Evergreen students from grade 4 through sophomore year in college can now take advantage of free online tutoring in math, science, social science and English.

They can log on at public access computers at San Jose Public Library branches or remotely via the library’s Web site, www.sjlibrary.org, and connect to the Online Classroom. After entering their grade and subject, they are matched with a live tutor who is certified to provide assistance in the subject area.

The service is accessible via the Internet from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Spanish-language assistance in math and science is available Sunday through Thursday, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Library hours determine on-site availability. See www.sjlibrary.org for current hours for each branch.

Live Homework Help is being made possible through the California State Library Live Homework Help Grant Program, which provided Library Services and Technology Act funds via the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and the state librarian.

National Hispanic Heritage Month inspires Living Latino Legacies Project at EVC

Thursday, Oct. 13, 7 p.m.

More than 20 Latino World War II veterans will be publicly honored, and a selection of their personal stories will be digitally aired during a panel discussion at Evergreen Valley College, in the Sequoia Building, Hall S140, in San Jose on Thursday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m.

Historic preservation continues as History San Jose and the Digital Clubhouse Network team up with La Raza Roundtable, HACE NASA Ames Research Center and Evergreen Valley College’s Enlace Program to salute Living Latino Legacies: a special program to honor Latino World War II heroes and tell their extraordinary stories of service.

Robert Corpus, state youth leader for DCN’s “Stories of Service,” will lead the discussion along with David Crosson, CEO of History San Jose, who will interview a panel of unsung heroes. The Latino veterans served during World War II, many of whom took part in the liberation of Europe and the Pacific.

The panel will consist of Adolfo Ceyala, one of only 317 who survived the ill-fated USS Indianapolis just days after delivering the atomic bomb components to Japan; Pat Robles, who flew 27 missions in a B-17 and B-24 bomber as a ball turret gunner over Europe; and Pat Vasquez, who served in the Navy and was at the Battle of Okinawa.

This special program is offered in conjunction with Evergreen Valley College’s Enlace Program, Ethic Studies, and La Raza Roundtable during National Hispanic Heritage Month as part of the 60th anniversary commemoration of the end of the WW II.