Schools

The Ann Sobrato High School band is throwing a “Totally 80s Dance Party” fundraiser from 6 to 10 p.m. Aug. 20 inside the school gymnasium, located on campus at 401 Burnett Ave.

The Mount Madonna YMCA of Silicon Valley was named a recipient of the Distinguished After School Health program certificate, which recognizes programs that excel in providing health education, nutrition and physical activities for their students.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced June 23 that the California Department of Education has contracted with the State Controller’s Office to conduct an audit of California Virtual Academies and related charter schools because of serious questions raised about a number of their practices.

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.

A school board trustee blocked local district leadership’s request to continue retaining a law firm that he says gave the district poor legal advice that led to a recent failed lawsuit.

Local residents may learn something new about the district’s plan to build a new $20 million elementary school on 10 acres of donated land in northeast Morgan Hill with a “comprehensive update on the Peet Road site progress” listed on the June 21 board of education docket.

Local school district leadership’s legal push to erase an authorized charter school from operating in town was thwarted late last month in the Superior Court of Santa Clara County.

The Board of Trustees of Gavilan Joint Community College District unanimously voted in Kathleen Rose as the next President/Superintendent of Gavilan College at their June 14 meeting.

Sixty-five Community Adult School students accepted their diplomas June 9 inside the Live Oak High School Theater, rounding out the graduation season for Morgan Hill Unified School District.

Selecting students for the Morgan Hill Times’ annual senior spotlight honor is no enviable task. That’s why we make the principals, school counselors and staff sort it out (and they resent us for making them narrow it down to one!). These students have navigated the labyrinth of high school hurdles, and we are inspired by their optimistic outlook, refreshing attitudes and heartfelt honesty. We celebrate them, their families, their mentors and all the graduating seniors in the Class of 2016.