Principal jumping from one San Jose high school to another

It’s time to replace your scorecards on the management of two of San Jose’s best-known personal colleges.

Presentation Excessive Faculty introduced this week that Bellarmine Faculty Prep Principal Kristina Luscher would take over as principal of the all-girls Catholic personal faculty on July 1. And that’s nice information for Presentation, which employed Luscher after present Principal Katherine Georgiev made the choice final fall that she would step down following a 13-year profession as an educator and administrator on the faculty.

Kristina Luscher will develop into principal of Presentation Excessive Faculty in San Jose on July 1, 2022. She has served as principal of Bellarmine Faculty Prep since 2017. 

Luscher was at Bellarmine, San Jose’s prestigious all-boys Jesuit faculty, for 22 years, beginning as an English instructor and shifting her manner up by administration earlier than changing into the college’s first feminine principal in 2017. She additionally has a private connection to the college because the mom of two Presentation graduates.

Bellarmine, in flip, introduced that Sonya Arriola would function the college’s principal for the following educational 12 months. Arriola was employed as Bellarmine’s director of variety in 2006 and likewise served 4 years as president of Sacred Coronary heart Nativity Faculties earlier than returning to Bellarmine because the strategic advisor to President Chris Meyercord in 2018. The college will start a seek for a brand new principal within the fall.

START YOUR WEEKEND EARLY: There’s quite a lot of discuss that Thursdays have overtaken Fridays as the massive day for completely happy hour enjoyable. The City Vibrancy Institute in San Jose is certainly leaping on that development.

Final 12 months, the nonprofit hosted 70 occasions as a part of its “Each Friday” initiative, pairing up musical acts with downtown eateries for a couple of months between spring and fall. The idea is again, nevertheless it’s “Each Thursday” this 12 months and it kicks off this week with six occasions happening from 6 to eight:30 p.m. in and round downtown.

The lineup for April 7 has Jackie Turner at Camino Brewing, Thùy Lin at Scott’s Seafood, Los Amigos within the Mezcal/Rookies courtyard, Noah and the Arkitekts at 5 Factors, Aki Kumar at O’Flaherty’s, and What About Honey at SoFA Market.