Readers can ‘level up’ at Los Altos Library this summer

The reading battle The Santa Clara County Library District is encouraging patrons to press start on its summer reading effort Level Up at Your Library at its branch libraries including Los Altos According to the California Library Association summer reading programs help children and teens retain and enhance their reading skills over the summer and benefit adults by stimulating the brain increasing vocabulary and sparking imagination Library patrons can register at sccl beanstack com reader to earn a prize for reading five books and completing an activity Level Up at Your Library runs through July Completion prizes will be available Aug - while supplies last For more information visit sccld org summer County libraries are also hosting free programs throughout the summer Highlights include watercoloring classes for kids teens and adults special performances virtual author visits and a Science Heroes campaign for kids and teens For more information visit https sccl bibliocommons com v events Humanities internships The Foothill-De Anza Population College District has been awarded a million grant from the Mellon Foundation to launch the Humanities Scholars Work Experience This effort will provide students with paid internships in humanities-related fields in the next four years These internships paid at per hour are intended to give students insight into humanities-based career opportunities and help them gain an edge in transferring to four-year colleges For more information email Dr Falk Cammin at camminfalk fhda edu