Schools

Selecting students for the Morgan Hill Times’ annual senior spotlight honor is no enviable task. That’s why we make the principals, school counselors and staff sort it out (and they resent us for making them narrow it down to one!). These students have navigated the labyrinth of high school hurdles, and we are inspired by their optimistic outlook, refreshing attitudes and heartfelt honesty. We celebrate them, their families, their mentors and all the graduating seniors in the Class of 2016.

This past Monday, Sept. 11, Sobrato Future Farmers of America continued a tradition that started in 2010: creating a memorial to honor the victims of the terrorist attack in 2001.

The Live Oak Foundation, a community organization founded to promote academic excellence in the Morgan Hill Unified School District, donated more than $45,000 to the library funds of every district school.

The 11 acres of alfalfa in Ann Sobrato High School's backyard

Gavilan College honored its largest graduating class in school history May 24, awarding 1,779 associate degrees and certificates during a ceremony at the college’s Gilroy campus. It was Gavilan’s 105th commencement ceremony.  “Class of 2025, congratulations. You are a part of history,” Gavilan College Superintendent...

A 12-acre plot of land nestled within an affluent northeast Morgan Hill neighborhood is again targeted as the future site of a new $20 million public elementary school, according to school officials.

Only someone listening very closely might hear a German accent