An upper school student has received the President’s Volunteer Service Award from President Obama. James Seifert, grade 12, was nominated for the award after meeting the Hugh O’Brian Youth (HOBY) Foundation’s “Leadership for Service Challenge,” in which he completed in excess of 100 hours of community service during his junior year. During his years at the upper school Seifert has completed more than 250 hours of community service, dividing his time between Resource Area for Teaching (RAFT), Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, and local community projects in Saratoga and San Jose.