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As the lone tuba player in the Martin Murphy Middle School band, 13-year-old Aaron Osborne did not have anyone to measure himself against. He had only picked up playing the large brass instrument one year earlier after being introduced to its sound by a family member.

The Rotary Club of Morgan Hill recognized 10 outstanding Morgan Hill Unified School District elementary and middle school students Jan. 20 during a special luncheon ceremony.

The Live Oak Foundation, a community organization founded to promote academic excellence in the Morgan Hill Unified School District, distributed $45,000 in grant money for the 2015-16 school year.

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The California Student Opportunity and Access Program, widely referred to as Cal-SOAP, will conduct six “Cash for College” workshops to assist low-income students and their families to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and Cal Grant GPA Verification forms required for Cal-Grants.

Morgan Hill Unified School District staff welcomes parents of incoming sixth and seventh grade students to a pair of Middle School Orientation Nights at the end of January and early February.

When it came time to decide on a project for the 2016 Citywide Science Fair, Britton Middle School eighth graders Courtney Spisak and Alyssa Bruno drew their inspiration from band teacher John Bremis.

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Local voters will decide on something its board of education failed to do before the end of 2015 as residents will take to the polls for the June 7 presidential primary election to select a seventh school board trustee.

A talented and charismatic 13-year-old teen with a passion for singing and entertaining advanced to the semifinal round of the South Bay Teen Idol 2016 competition after her performance Jan. 10 in Los Gatos.