CLASS OF 2016: Inspirational Acorns endure graduation scorcher
Not even scorching Friday temperatures—eclipsing triple digits for Live Oak High School’s mid-afternoon graduation ceremony—could stop hundreds of parents, families and friends from coming out to celebrate and honor the Class of 2016.
Local SeaCadet receives coveted ROTC scholarship to UCLA
Ever since she was exposed to the regiment of the Naval SeaCadets program as an impressionable 11-year-old, Vietnamese teen Hanh Phan—now a senior at Live Oak High School—had a feeling it was for her.
LOHS senior to be featured on ABC7 Star Scholars program
Stanford University-bound Julia Leal, a co-valedictorian at Live Oak High School, was one of seven graduating seniors from around the Bay Area awarded with a $1,000 scholarship as part of the ABC7 Star Scholars program.
Sobrato’s Barnes named MHUSD’s Teacher of the Year
Ann Sobrato High School teacher Howard Barnes was recently named Morgan Hill Unified School District’s 2016 Teacher of the Year for his more than 20 years of local service.
UPDATE: Strong overall showing for MHUSD in state’s grad/dropout rates
While the 2014-15 graduation classes at Live Oak and Ann Sobrato high schools recorded sparkling percentages for students earning their diploma on time, state data revealed unflattering results at Morgan Hill Unified School District’s alternative school.
Funding fuels accusations in school board campaign
With two weeks left until voters hit the polls, one local school board candidate is turning up the heat on her only opponent by questioning the main source of his campaign contributions in a press release sent out to multiple media outlets.
Modular classrooms installed at San Martin Gwinn
School district officials and board of education trustees were on hand May 13 as the latest in pre-fabricated modular classrooms were installed at San Martin Gwinn Environmental Science Academy.
