Schools

Charter School of Morgan Hill—which has sought success by building and maintaining its community of students, alumni, parents and staff members—has been named a California Distinguished School for 2023.  The two-year distinction was announced in January by the California Distinguished Schools program. The program, administered...

Crossroads Christian School celebrated the San Francisco Giants

Students at Barrett Elementary School wanted a project that would allow them to reach out and help others during the "giving season." The school's student council members decided a great way to give would be to show support for U.S. troops oversees. Students collected goodies - including lots of candy - to ship to a battalion in Iraq. The care packages were assembled last week and shipped out, hopefully reaching the troops by the holidays.

It's been almost 10 years

When the Morgan Hill Unified School District offered training for its teachers on the new Common Core State Standards, 34-year veteran instructor Lourdes Robledo signed up right away to learn the new set of academic guidelines created by select teachers, parents and community leaders across the country.

Intradistrict transfer requests for first through 12th grade students can be submitted to the Morgan Hill Unified School District headquarters (15600 Concord Circle) beginning 8 am. Jan. 12.

Live Oak High School students want you to know that they like

The Paradise Valley Home and School Association, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, purchased and sold 1,780 poinsettia plants from La Esquina at 152 in Watsonville, raising $9,500 to help fund the Mission Springs Science Camp adventure.

Martin Murphy Middle School eighth grader Emily Pember, 13, placed second in the Biological Science and Engineering Category for her experiment, “Can People Taste The Differences Between Bottled, Filtered and Tap Water?” at the Synopsys Science County Science Fair.