Thank you to our friends for your contributions to The Pear. It indeed took an extended community to create such a spectacular evening. Thank you for volunteering, for selling raffle tickets, for soliciting gifts, and for working behind the scenes, and for your gifts. Working together, we make it possible for children throughout the area to stop struggling and start learning.

The Chartwell Middle School Robotics Team, The Hypershock Bulldogs, took first place in a scrimmage held at the Apple Store at the Monterey Del Monte Center.