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The Rotary Club of Morgan Hill is now accepting applications for the Darren Dean Vocational Education Grant, which awards up to $2,000 to adults pursuing skilled trades training. The application deadline is March 31. The grant honors the legacy of Darren Dean, a local tradesman...

Trustee Bob Benevento will keep his interim president designation for at least another two weeks since the Morgan Hill Unified School District’s governing body tabled its reorganization vote Aug. 16 for a second straight meeting.

After the school district board of trustees rejected a tobacco enforcement grant that would have kept a school police officer on the campuses, officials from the California Department of Justice and City of Morgan Hill found a way to keep the funds local and...

In a collaborative effort to bring awareness to the growing epidemic of Type 2 diabetes among at-risk youth, the American Diabetes Association partnered with Morgan Hill Unified School District and Mount Madonna YMCA to provide a week-long summer camp at Barrett Elementary School.

What inspires you?What inspire me are successful people. I see where they are at in life and it motivates me to do my best because I want a great future for me and my family.What is your favorite subject in school, and why?My favorite subject in school is History because I like to learn about the past and how the life was different from ours. I also enjoy learning about war.If you had the power to change one thing in the world, what would it be?If I had the power to change one thing in the world, I would change the way people view other cultures.If you could go anywhere, where would you go?If I could go anywhere, I would love to go to the moon because only four people have been to the moon. I also think it would be a great experience.Name one big challenge in your life right now.One challenge I was facing was that I wasn’t gonna be able to graduate.  I did a lot of work to be able to graduate and in the end that work will pay off.What is your dream job?My dream job is to one day own my own company.What are your three favorite things?My favorite three things are education, body building and basketball.What is your favorite book?My favorite book is “Of Mice and Men.”What do you want to do after high school?I want to go to college after high school.Something that makes you smile:Family and friends makes me smile.Most played songs on your phone/ipod:The song I played the most is “Too Young” by Post Malone.

In a bold move to address the statewide teacher shortage and strengthen the pipeline into the profession, Morgan Hill Unified School District has launched a groundbreaking Special Education Educator Pipeline and Retention Strategy, district officials said.  As the first district in Santa Clara County to...

Co-op preschool relies on local parents to teach children

On Aug. 16, more than 8,100 students at 14 Morgan Hill Unified School District campuses—from Transitional Kindergarten to high school—greeted each other and their teachers on the first day of the 2022-23 school year. At San Martin Gwinn Elementary School—a TK-through-8th grade campus—parents walked their...