Local student named National Merit Scholar finalist
Morgan Hill resident Bryant K. Wong, who plans to pursue a career in pharmaceutical science, has been named a National Merit Scholarship finalist, according to the organization that selects and awards the annual scholars.
Wong is a student at Valley Christian High School in San...
Parents: Students feel unsafe in Live Oak restrooms
The student restrooms at Live Oak High School have become a den of vaping, smoking and other unauthorized activities that have rendered some classmates afraid or even unable to enter the facilities due to the crowds congregating inside, according to some of their parents.
School...
Crime Briefs: Teen with gun at school arrested; alleged downtown shooter detained
Morgan Hill Police arrested a teen with a gun who had been involved in an altercation at a local high school Monday morning, according to authorities.
About 10:38am April 24, the MHPD School Resource Officer was alerted to an incident at Central High School, 85...
Local Scene: Sobrato High presents ‘Into the Woods’
Sobrato presents ‘Into the Woods’
The Sobrato Theatre Society in the coming weeks will present its spring production of “Into the Woods,” which was originally directed on Broadway by James Lapine with music and lyrics and Stephen Sondheim.
Shows are scheduled for 7pm April 21, 1pm...
MHUSD saves with bond refinancing
The Morgan Hill Unified School District announced the successful sale of $37.57 million of 2023 General Obligation Refunding Bonds. The transaction refinances outstanding Series A bonds issued from the 2012 Measure G voter authorization, according to a press release from MHUSD.
Through the bond refinancing,...
Former MHUSD Trustee Joyce Carr dies at 87
Former Morgan Hill Unified School District Trustee Joyce Carr—who devoted her life to others as a mother, public servant and church member—died Feb. 28 at the age of 87, according to her family.
Carr, a social worker who was elected to three terms on the...
Local Scene: Summit for Planet Earth; T.E.A. at Morgan Hill Library
Summit for Planet Earth is April 29
From barn owls and bearded dragons to California kingsnakes and turkey vultures, the 17th annual Summit for the Planet Earth at Mount Madonna School offers the opportunity to get up close and hands-on with wildlife. Children and adults...
MHUSD’s Vazquez-Vialva named Outstanding Administrator
Pilar Vazquez-Vialva, Morgan Hill Unified School District’s Assistant Superintendent for the Educational Services Department (ESD), was recently named the Region 8 Outstanding Administrator of the Year in Curriculum and Instruction by the Association of California School Administrators.
Vazquez-Vialva will be formally honored at an April...
Local Scene: Coyote Creek Habitat Day, report storm damage
Local named to Dean’s List
Venkata Harsh Muriki, of Morgan Hill, made the Dean's List for the Fall 2022 semester at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This designation is awarded to undergraduate students who have earned a 3.0 or higher academic average for the semester.
Habitat...
Construction begins at Charter School of Morgan Hill
The ceremonial start of a construction project that will modernize Charter School of Morgan Hill’s campus March 3 was billed as a “groundbreaking,” but it was more of a celebration that aimed to engage and entertain every student at the K-8 school.
The vast, $16.5...