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Shortly after announcing his retirement from Morgan Hill Unified School District, Assistant Supt. of Educational Services Ramon Zavala was selected as the 2019 Administrator of the Year by the California Association of Bilingual Education. Each year, CABE honors “one exemplary administrator who has made contributions...

One hundred dollars went a long way for a team of six Martin Murphy Middle School students, who used recycled materials, paint, glue and electronic components to build a scale model of a city to compete in the Future City Northern California Championship. Team Taifeng...

Staff from the Santa Clara County Office of Education will host “Step into Teaching: Opportunities in Silicon Valley Public Schools” Feb 9 for those interested in a career path in public education. The event is 9am-1pm at 1290 Ridder Park Drive in San Jose. Attendees will...

Two Morgan Hill Unified School District elementary schools recently received high honors from the California Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support program. San Martin/Gwinn Environmental Science Academy and Nordstrom Elementary School earned Silver designations in the PBIS program from the California PBIS Coalition, according to a...

One of Morgan Hill Unified School District’s education leaders is leaving the district at the end of the 2018-19 school year, according to a Jan. 27 press release. Ramon Zavala, MHUSD’s Assistant Supt. of Educational Services for the last four years, announced Jan. 28 that...

Update: Britton changes from Feb. 6 to Feb. 12, per principal Morgan Hill Unified School District staff will host “Middle School Information Night: Parent Orientation” at each of its secondary school sites, according to a recent announcement. Parents can learn of the electives offered, sports and...

A son of a teenage mother and an absentee father, longtime Morgan Hill resident Adam Escoto was turned over to foster care at 10 years old. His mother had given up parental rights. By age 15, Escoto had attended seven different high schools while...

Oakwood senior Nikhita Gopisetty was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 5 years old. It was for that reason the now 17-year-old wanted to delve into the causes of the disease for her science project entry in the 2019 South Valley Science and...

Three candidates have emerged for the vacant Trustee Area 7 seat on the Morgan Hill Unified School District’s Board of Education, according to district staff. Adam Escoto, Jennifer Klamm and Lawrence Fleisher were verified applicants who met all of the criteria, including living within the...