Student of the Week: Mariela Rivera
Mariela Rivera, a 17-year-old senior at Live Oak High School, is this week's "Student of the Week."
Residents question state experts on Peet Road cleanup plan
Representatives from the state’s Department of Toxic Substances Control did their best rope-a-dope impression as they took everything local residents threw at them before countering during a well-attended July 27 meeting on the plan to clean toxic soil on a proposed northeast Morgan Hill school site.
Trustee boundary lines drawn up by MHUSD demographer
Two weeks after designating $20,000 to hire a demographer to map out trustee boundary lines, Morgan Hill Unified School District’s board of education listened as the proposed new election areas were criticized for gerrymandering in favor of incumbents.
Local Scene: CERT class, Housing Town Hall
Muriki named to Dean’s List
Venkata Harsh Muriki, of Morgan Hill, made the Dean's List for the Fall 2021 semester at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The Dean’s List designation is awarded to undergraduate students who have earned a 3.0 or higher academic average for...
Gavilan College to host Poppy Jasper Film Fest opening ceremonies
The 2024 Poppy Jasper International Film Festival will take place April 10-17, with an opening night celebration set to take place at Gavilan College.
The festival’s April 10 opening ceremony, scheduled to begin at 8pm, will feature local guests and dignitaries, including a land acknowledgment...
Girls soak up science, technology at Britton Middle School
Twenty-nine girls used complicated computer equations to make
Board considers school site cleanup options
The building of brand new $20 million elementary school on a donated 10-acre plot in a scenic, affluent northeast Morgan Hill neighborhood comes with one major concern for local officials: high concentrations of a harmful pesticide in the soil.
Two local students bring home awards from countywide science fair
A pair of local students found success at the 2017 Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship, according to an April 10 announcement from Morgan Hill Unified School District.
What’s in a charter?
Charters are still public schools. It’s the phrase both Principal Paige Cisewski of Charter School of Morgan Hill and Head of School Jean Southland of the Silicon Valley Flex Academy have repeatedly said before and emphasized.
Live Oak FFA goes to State
More than 4,000 Future Farmers of America members attended the annual California Leadership conference in Fresno April 21 to 24. Students had the opportunity to meet the current state officers, national officers and keynote speakers. Two delegates from each chapter had the opportunity to elect new state officers and vote on amendments and changes to the constitution. Adam
