Schools

Trustees Bob Benevento and Rick Badillo sat on the local dais for the last time Nov. 15 as the two board members served out the end of their four-year terms on Morgan Hill Unified School District’s governing body. The terms officially end Nov. 30.

Teacher Melinda Merten’s fourth-grade class at Oakwood School raised $1,398 to support children in Africa. As part of their history unit on African kingdoms, the fourth grade decided to run a three-week, school wide fundraising campaign. One of the fourth graders, Tsala Foley, has grandparents living in South Africa who are going to take the dollars raised and buy shoes, toys, school supplies, blankets and sports equipment to deliver to children in South Africa with the help of Emergency Children’s Help Organization (ECHO), a charity local to a region of South Africa that provides donations to many groups of people and children in need. The children who will benefit reside in the township of Khayelitsha, one of the poorest areas of Cape Town with a population of approximately 400,000.

Guzman earns honors Jose Guzman, of Morgan Hill, was recently named to the Benedictine College Dean's List for the fall semester, which ended Dec. 12, 2022. Any full-time student carrying a minimum of 12 hours and a grade point average of 3.5 is named to the...

The Rotary Club of Morgan Hill recently announced its 2019 Scholarship Recipients. Each student was awarded $1,000 scholarships. They are: Manuel Aldena, Live Oak; Bonnie Alves, Sobrato; Linh An, Sobrato; Bella Anglikowski, Live Oak; Humra Anwar, Sobrato; Grace Baker, Sobrato; Emily Clausen, Live Oak;...

Their teachers, principals and district administrators are confident the graduating teens can meet the tasks ahead and leave an encouraging mark on the world.

With 45 new teachers, one new principal and very few problems,