Alumnae Jamie Trinh ’05, Melissa Chen ’08, Victoria Duong ’04, Tiffany Liou ’08, Jessica Liu ’04, Jacinda Mein ’04, Natasha Sarin ’07, Kavita Shah ’07, Elyse Trinh ’07 and Rachel Yuan ’08 will be participating in a Relay For Life event on August 15 and 16 at Palo Alto High School to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

The team has christened itself “Team Near,” in honor of AP U.S. History teacher John Near, a 30-year veteran of The Harker School and cancer patient who is currently recovering after suffering a bacterial infection in May that required surgery.