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  1. CPS, Mike's Bikes team up to bring bicycles to Africa

    Students at the College Preparatory School helped send 400 bicycles recently to Botswana, and this month, they'll unpack the bikes and distribute them among nurses in the African country. The bike project was created from a partnership between College Prep, a 340-student private high school in Oakland, and Mike's Bikes, a bicycle shop with several locations in the Bay Area.


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  2. Piedmont Choirs in search of new office space

    The Piedmont Choirs is growing and to accommodate its expanding membership and staff, it needs a new office space to call home. The 25-year-old organization recruits East Bay children and gives them a "dynamic education in choral music that emphasizes ensemble performance, vocal technique and music theory," according to its mission statement.


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  3. Host families needed for Spanish exchange students

    Thirty-five Spanish exchange students are coming to the East Bay this summer, and they need host families to provide them with places to stay. The students range in age from 14 to 17 and are coming as part of EMY, a Spain-based organization named for its founder. The organization sends 900 students to different parts of the world each summer.


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  4. East Bay Children's Theatre celebrates 75 years

    The East Bay Children's Theatre turns 75 this year, and to celebrate, its volunteers are performing the classic play "The Emperor's New Clothes" in local schools. Founded in 1933, the organization aims to "provide children an opportunity to experience musical theater," according to its mission, and to promote academic achievement among socioeconomically disadvantaged students, support innovative ways of learning and teaching, and pique children's imaginations by exposing them to new ideas.


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  5. College Preparatory School reading program goes global

    Students, staff, parents will read book about Africa, study global issues

    In an effort to inspire a love of reading, faculty at College Preparatory School in Oakland decided two years ago to assign a schoolwide book report. Every student, parent, staff member and teacher read Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner," the best-selling 2004 novel about growing up in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.


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