Schools

Five South County high school students were selected as semifinalists in the 2019 National Merit® Scholarship Program, according to a recent announcement from its NMS Corporation.

If the walls at Jackson Academy of Math and Music could talk after last Friday’s all-day music festival, it might, for once after several anxiety-ridden years, sound more like singing – lovely singing, with melodious violins in the background and loud, happy trumpets.

Jackson Elementary School Principal Garry Dudley is under fire from parents, employees and community members who have submitted 18 formal complaints

The Santa Clara County Farm Bureau awarded college scholarships to local high school graduates seeking to major in agriculture.

Gavilan College is looking to require all students and employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19 as in-person classes resume in the near future. At its first public meeting under the same roof since March 2020, the college’s Board of Trustees on July 13 voted unanimously...

Live Oak High School student Sarah Ann Leal recently placed fifth in Public Speaking at the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Bay Section Leadership Conference, according to the chapter’s advisor.Leal was in competition with some powerful Bay Area schools such as Monte Vista, Lynbrook, Homestead and Dougherty Valley.Meanwhile, the local FBLA chapter delivered 528 teddy bears to all first graders in the Morgan Hill Unified School District for Valentine’s Day.Member Kai Leong spearheaded the special Valentine’s Day deliveries to Jackson Academy of Math & Music, El Toro Elementary School and Nordstrom Elementary School.

Sitting in the bleachers on the visitor’s side of the Ann Sobrato High School football field surrounded by fellow classmates waiting to hear their name called during Thursday’s graduation ceremony, Senior Class Officer Michael Altamirano could not feel more at home.

One of the races appearing on the Nov. 6 election ballot is Area 7 Santa Clara County Board of Education. Area 7 includes Morgan Hill Unified, Gilroy Unified, Evergreen, and a portion of Oak Grove and corresponding portion of East Side Union High school...