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Sixty-five Community Adult School students accepted their diplomas June 9 inside the Live Oak High School Theater, rounding out the graduation season for Morgan Hill Unified School District.

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Morgan Hill residents Chris Matsuoka and Jina Park, students at Monte Vista Christian School in Watsonville, have been nominated to compete for the National Honor Society Scholarship sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP).

Nik Groen, 16, a Live Oak High School junior, started flying when he was 14. He recently took his first solo flight, after flying with his instructor, Charles Jackson, pictured at left, once a month for more than a year."It's a lot of fun, but it takes a lot of determination," he said. Now that he's met one goal, his first solo flight, he's looking ahead to earning his private pilot's license. He hopes to do that when he's 17, he said. To earn the license, he has to pass a written test and complete longer flights. The final test is a 'check flight' with an instructor he's never flown with, similar to the road test a driver must pass to become licensed.

The Morgan Hill Unified School District wants the community’s suggestions on a new name for its facility at 85 Tilton Ave. property and invites residents to speak during Tuesday’s public hearing as part of the Aug. 13 Board of Education meeting.

Morgan Hill school district officials left a state budget