Schools

The ROTARY CLUB OF MORGAN HILL has honored CARDEN ACADEMY student GERALYN VASQUEZ, CHARTER SCHOOL OF MORGAN HILL student OLIVIA PRIEDITE and CROSSROADS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL student KATHARINE MARTIN as the final three top local students with its OUTSTANDING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT awards, completing this year's recognition programs for most outstanding academic work in 19 schools.

Morgan Hill student Alina Cabrera has been given the prestigious honor of being named the Boys & Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley Youth of the Year, earning her a $10,000 scholarship and the chance to compete at the state level. “Being announced as Youth of...

The city and school district wrote down an agreement on sharing the costs to clean up a fuel spill 17 years after the mess was discovered, resulting in the addition of a school resource officer that authorities say will benefit both agencies.

The federal government will track interdistrict transfers of

Gavilan College held its annual Ram-O-Rama event recently and welcomed 650 high school seniors and 40 chaperones from surrounding areas on campus for days filled with guided tours intended to promote access to and enrollment in college.   Held over three days, Ram-O-Rama brought seniors from...

The Morgan Hill school board directed district staff to prepare

Charters are still public schools. It’s the phrase both Principal Paige Cisewski of Charter School of Morgan Hill and Head of School Jean Southland of the Silicon Valley Flex Academy have repeatedly said before and emphasized.

Parents opposed to the school district’s new grade level reconfiguration, namely moving sixth grade into the middle school sites, are not going gently into that good night as witnessed at the Sept. 15 school board meeting.

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 2020.