Parents speak up during district-wide community input meetings
Topics ranging from technology enhancements, to more after school enrichment programs to class-size reductions were brought to attention by local parents during the May 29 community input meetings held at 10 different school sites in Morgan Hill.
Elementary students complete 170-foot mural
An estimated 170-foot, green caterpillar was recently spotted on the front office building at San Martin Gwinn Elementary School in San Martin.
JAMM fundraiser a success
More than 150 community members attended the first annual Jackson Academy of Math and Music dinner, silent auction and raffle, held April 26 at Guglielmo Winery in Morgan Hill.
School Board roundup: Burnett modernization, wrestling coach drama and $192k salary for interim supe
Morgan Hill Unified School District’s Board of Education unanimously approved more than $5 million in construction costs at its May 29 meeting for the nearly $7 million modernization project at the old Burnett Elementary School site on Tilton Avenue in northwest Morgan Hill.
Similar school report card numbers aren’t good
When it comes to the 2012 Base Academic Performance Index – California’s yardstick for measuring student achievement – the Morgan Hill Unified School District still has an uphill climb to catch up with other state schools with similar “educational challenges.”
MHUSD schedules 10 community input meetings for May 29
The Morgan Hill Unified School District will host simultaneous community input meetings, regarding the use of Measure G funds within the district, at 10 different school locations from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. May 29.
Student of the Week: Victoria Tu
Each month, the principals of Live Oak and Sobrato High Schools choose a total of four students (two from each school) to spotlight. Sobrato senior Victoria Tu, 17, is this week's Student of the Week.
Parents hope to save cherished mural on Burnett campus
Parent Kelly Dunham, a former home and school club member at the old Burnett Elementary School, wants to know what will become of the welcoming mural that her son, as well as all one-time students of the former northwest Morgan Hill school, helped paint.
Student of the week: Adrian Garcia Torres
Each month, the principals of Live Oak and Sobrato High Schools choose a total of four students (two from each school) to spotlight. Live Oak senior Adrian Garcia Torres, 16, is this week's Student of the Week.
