New Voice Messaging System Could Reduce Student Absences
District considers adding $33,000 system to increase
Local Scene: Charter School Foundation awards scholarships
Charter School Foundation awards scholarships
The Charter School of Morgan Hill Foundation has announced the recipients of their 2025 scholarship program. The foundation each year awards scholarships to graduating high school students and alumni of the Charter School of Morgan Hill.
Criteria for selection includes academics,...
MHUSD to discuss foreign exchange diplomas
It's something Madelyn Mancini and her two ‘daughters' have been wishing for months now: the school board will discuss foreign exchange diploma recognition tonight.
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Hicken named to President’s List
Thomas Hicken, of Morgan Hill, was named to the spring 2023 President’s List at Utah Tech University.
A total of 1,051 students were included on the President's List for the semester, says a press release from the university. Inclusion indicates students'...
SV Flex Academy graduates receive diplomas
Fourteen students made up the Silicon Valley Flex Academy’s Class of 2014 as the group received their high school diplomas during a June 5 ceremony at the Morgan Hill Community and Cultural Center.The students represented the third graduating class for Morgan Hill-based Silicon Valley Flex Academy—a tuition-free, public charter school serving sixth through 12th grade students.Camille DeRome was the school’s Valedictorian, while classmate Shea Carrillo was the Salutatorian.Joining them in the Class of 2014 were Samreen Bhullar, William Cruz-Larios, Rajan Gagliardi, Ryan Green, Alyssa Greymont, Michael Kobashi, Donovan Loperena, Samantha McDonald, Stephanie Rand, Megan Rodenbeck, Brooke Schroeder, and Michael Wells.Silicon Valley Flex Academy, which opened in 2011, is one of the state’s first full-time, five-day-a-week hybrid schools combining the best of online education with traditional, onsite school practices, according to SV Flex Academy spokeswoman Monique Sadoff.Among the colleges the 2014 graduates will attend in the fall are Seattle University in Washington, CSU Monterey Bay, Weber State in Utah and San Francisco State, according to Sadoff.
Students return to school at MHUSD campuses
On Aug. 16, more than 8,100 students at 14 Morgan Hill Unified School District campuses—from Transitional Kindergarten to high school—greeted each other and their teachers on the first day of the 2022-23 school year.
At San Martin Gwinn Elementary School—a TK-through-8th grade campus—parents walked their...
Board ratifies new deal with teachers union
A new agreement between the Morgan Hill Federation of Teachers and the Morgan Hill Unified School District was unanimously approved by the board of education at the April 18 meeting.
Exhibit showcases work of Nacho Moya
Nacho Moya, recipient of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom Award and the Poppy Jasper award, comes full circle as a Gavilan College alum this fall for an evening art exhibit at the Gilroy Campus, starting at 6pm Oct. 13.
Gavilan College’s “El Centro,” the...
Silicon Valley Flex Academy opens Tuesday
After much preparation, Morgan Hill's newest charter will open
Gavilan College presents ‘Cabaret’ starting May 3
Gavilan College’s Theatre Arts Program will present the musical Cabaret for the spring production.
The show opens at 8pm May 3, with subsequent performances on May 4, 10, 11, 17 and 18. An afternoon performance is scheduled for 2pm May 11, says a press release...














