Schools

As an intern with the Metropolitan Public Defender for the last year, Live Oak High School alumna Jenna Richards’ passion for practicing law continued to grow. “It just reaffirmed my passion to go into law,” said the 22-year-old Richards. “For a lot of people that...

By Juan Reyes Gavilan College announced that it will move forward with its commencement ceremony for the Class of 2020 but the celebration won’t take place until the end of the year. Jan Bernstein Chargin, director of public information at Gavilan, issued a press release on...

At 18, Presentation High School senior Isabella Correa is co-president of The Tech Interactive’s Student Board, has devoted more than 800 hours to robotics projects and will intern as a systems engineer summer at Lockheed Martin this summer.  The Gilroy student (who grew up in...

Voices College-Bound Language Academies charter school is preparing to expand to a 2.02-acre site on a currently vacant plot of land just south of downtown Morgan Hill. The new campus, proposed on a property at the northwest intersection of Cosmo Avenue and Monterey Road, has...

Valedictorian Kelli St. Clair Friends, family and staff, it is an honor to be here today, and I am extremely grateful for the pleasure of speaking on behalf of my fellow classmates. On our final day of public education, let us reminisce on all the...

Live Oak High School’s graduating class of 2021 celebrated with two commencement ceremonies the afternoon of June 4. A total of 298 seniors graduated from Live Oak this year, according to Principal Tanya Calabretta. Graduates in the coming months will attend universities, four-year colleges, community...

When fifth-year principal Claudia Olaciregui talks about the array of programs and services at San Martin Gwinn Environmental Science Academy, her face lights up with joy and genuine belief that there is no better school for students and families.

As a high school civics teacher at Ann Sobrato High School in Morgan Hill, veteran educator Jeanie Wallace asks her students to believe in the democratic process. As a staff representative with the Morgan Hill Federation of Teachers, Wallace helped recruit candidates for the local...

Students, teachers, faculty and administrators celebrated the groundbreaking of Britton Middle School’s new student union building on Dec. 9. The project is the last of Morgan Hill Unified School District’s Campus Master Plan phases, according to district staff.  When complete, the building will house Britton...

When 21-year-old Gavilan College student Brandon Puthoff learned about the new drone program being offered at the Coyote Valley campus north of Morgan Hill, he jumped on the opportunity right away and signed up for several classes in the six-course certificate program. “I’m hoping to...