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Let life's challenges drive you Jean Gorby Calicdan Co-Valedictorian, Sobrato High School I want to start off this speech with a very, very strong statement I heard the other day. It went something like, “Wow. Life really sucks.” And ya know, sadly I really can’t disagree. Life is hard;...

More than 500 Morgan Hill Unified School District graduates took part in three different commencement ceremonies throughout town as the graduating class of 2019 earned their high school diplomas under sunshine and warm temperatures during a picturesque week in South Valley. “The sentiment among the...

Gavilan College is digging deep into its roots for the upcoming 100th Centennial Gala celebration and wants to honor its Class of 1967, the last graduating class from when the community college was located in Hollister. “It’s proven extremely difficult to locate alumni as there...

Each year, The Times profiles a few outstanding soon-to-be Morgan Hill Unified School District graduates. Selected from recommendations of staff at Live Oak and Ann Sobrato High Schools, these seniors represent some of the best that Morgan Hill has to offer. Their comments here are...

Eleven Nordstrom Elementary School transitional kindergarten students were sent home June 3 with similar symptoms of abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. The commonality of symptoms prompted Morgan Hill Unified School District officials to contact the Santa Clara County Department of Public Health to investigate...

Ann Sobrato High School’s Class of 2019 will receive their diplomas at 2pm June 7, while Live Oak High School’s graduates will make the walk at 6pm later that same day. Both high school commencement ceremonies will take place on their respective campuses. Sobrato is...

Voices College-Bound Language Academies—which has a Morgan Hill school authorized through the Santa Clara County Office of Education—will open two new schools in 2020 and 2021. By a 7-0 vote, the Stockton Unified School District’s Board of Trustees approved the two schools: Voices Stockton and...

Live Oak High School and South County Cal-SOAP honored all senior students who are headed to college in the fall with its annual College Signing Day. Seniors and their parents were invited to the Live Oak HS campus May 1 to honor their accomplishments. “At...

As an intern with the Metropolitan Public Defender for the last year, Live Oak High School alumna Jenna Richards’ passion for practicing law continued to grow. “It just reaffirmed my passion to go into law,” said the 22-year-old Richards. “For a lot of people that...

Martin Murphy Middle School’s Advanced Band bested the field at the May 3 Music in the Parks Festival in Anaheim, taking first place overall and within their division. Thirty-five seventh and eighth grade student musicians participated in the competition. It was the first victory at...