Schools

Trustee area boundary lines drawn up for a by-district election system and district plans for grade level reconfiguration top the general agenda items to be discussed at the April 21 Board of Education meeting for the Morgan Hill Unified School District.

What inspires you?My family are the people that keep me going, especially my siblings because I am the oldest and I want to set a good example for them.What is your favorite subject in school, and why?My favorite class is AVID because that is the class that helped me get into college, prepare for college, and be successful.If you had the power to change one thing in the world, what would it be?Education in other countries because education should be available to everyone, instead of being limited to only certain individuals like it is in certain places. No one should be deprived of an education!If you could go anywhere, where would you go?Puerto Rico because my grandparents are from there and they always tell me about how beautiful it is!Name one big challenge in your life right now.Finishing senior year strong and getting ready to leave for college.What is your dream job?To be a high school counselor so that everyday I can help students reach their goals and be able to do their dream job.What are your three favorite things?Meeting new people, spending time with family and friends, and eating.Favorite book:“The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott FitzgeraldWhat do you want to do after high school?I am going to Santa Clara University and I’ll be majoring in psychology to be a high school counselor.Something that makes you smile:Puppies.Three most played songs on your ipod:“Earned It” - The Weeknd“Thinking Out Loud” - Ed Sheeran“The One Who Really Loves You” - Mary Wells

Ann Sobrato High School students are lending a hand to a 7-year-old disabled Gilroy boy in desperate need of a new wheelchair with a variety of fundraising efforts in the local community and on the web.

Morgan Hill residents and visitors of all ages who are interested in keeping farming activities and occupations alive for local students attended the Sobrato Future Farmers of America’s Community Farm Fun Day April 12. The event took place at Sobrato High School and featured a petting zoo, games, prizes and food. The horticulture department held a plant sale for local gardeners, according to Sobrato FFA Reporter Emmanuel Calivo.“This event is a fun way for our community to interact with our agriculture program and to learn more about the things we do and study,” Calivo said.It has been a busy spring for Sobrato FFA, whose members attended the 2015 South Coast FFA Spring Regional Meeting at King City Joing Union High School March 20. One purpose of this annual gathering is to elect the FFA regional officer team, which leads a group of 38 chapters in the region.“We were incredibly proud of our chapter president, Zuha Aslam, who was elected by the delegates to serve as the 2015-16 South Coast Regional Vice President representing the Santa Clara section,” Calivo added. Sobrato FFA was also commended for its website, sobratoffa.org, at the regional meeting, and six members participated in the public speaking competition after advancing from lower sectional levels.

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Morgan Hill Unified School District is considering full-day transitional kindergarten (TK) and kindergarten for the 2015-16 school year, according to a March 30 announcement made on the district website.

What inspires you?My mother because she went through a lot but always took care of us, even working three jobs to make sure we had food on the table and a roof over our heads.What is your favorite subject in school and why?Math because I like to be challenged.If you had the power to change one thing in the world, what would it be?I would want people to stop putting labels on each other.  No one is better than anyone else.If you could go anywhere, where would you go?Everywhere!Name one big challenge in your life right now?Not having a place to call home.What is your dream job?I will be a police officer.What are your three favorite things?Spending time with friends, having a job, and horses.What is your favorite book?“The Circuit” by Francisco Jimenez.What do you want to do after high school?I want to go into the military and then college.Something that makes you smileKnowing that my loved ones are safe.Most played songs on your Iphone/Ipod?“I ain't mad at you” - Tupac“Dear Mama” - Tupac“When I'm gone” - Eminem

Not shy in front of the camera as a child actor in Hollywood movies and national television commercials since the third grade, current Live Oak High School junior Samantha Sadoff decided to try being on the other side of the lens as a producer—and has found immediate success.

GILROY—A founder and former board member of the respected Navigator charter schools in Gilroy and Hollister has called for removal of its director if allegations of mismanagement, nepotism and skirting state law are true.

Teacher Melinda Merten’s fourth-grade class at Oakwood School raised $1,398 to support children in Africa. As part of their history unit on African kingdoms, the fourth grade decided to run a three-week, school wide fundraising campaign. One of the fourth graders, Tsala Foley, has grandparents living in South Africa who are going to take the dollars raised and buy shoes, toys, school supplies, blankets and sports equipment to deliver to children in South Africa with the help of Emergency Children’s Help Organization (ECHO), a charity local to a region of South Africa that provides donations to many groups of people and children in need. The children who will benefit reside in the township of Khayelitsha, one of the poorest areas of Cape Town with a population of approximately 400,000.