Back in 1904-05 Live Oak High School held classes at a temporary
site near the old Grange Hall on East Fourth Street
…100 years later Live Oak is a thriving well-respected high
school that now has a baby sister, Ann Sobrato High School.
Back in 1904-05 Live Oak High School held classes at a temporary site near the old Grange Hall on East Fourth Street …100 years later Live Oak is a thriving well-respected high school that now has a baby sister, Ann Sobrato High School.
The first graduating class’ motto was “Onward, Ever Onward” and onward it has gone for 100 years.
Plans are under way for a yearlong celebration at Live Oak. The Associated Student Body (ASB) at LOHS has set up a very active Centennial Committee headed by senior Megan Hamilton.
The two bookends for the Centennial Celebrations are the planting of a centennial live oak tree this Saturday, Oct. 30, on the East Main Avenue campus and the placing of three time capsules at current and former Live Oak sites on May 21 next year.
During the intervening months, the Live Oak Centennial Committee is planning various activities devoted to the 10 decades of LOHS.
In September, the ASB Centennial Committee hosted a booth at the Taste of Morgan Hill. The students are seeking to gather statements for a centennial guidebook with memories of Live Oak arranged by decade.
Alumni are encouraged to share memories and get involved in future Live Oak Centennial activities. The Centennial Committee is setting up a web site and will host an e-mail address where alumni will be able to submit their memories.
The Centennial Committee is planning movie nights that will feature movies made in or about a featured decade. Some of the school dances might have time devoted to 40’s swing or 70’s disco.
A gala dinner-dance to benefit a centennial scholarship fund is scheduled for May 21, 2005.
Live Oak art students will soon have an opportunity to design the centennial logo. Plans are under way for a variety of activities at Live Oak and in the community.
The existing Britton Middle School campus was the site of Morgan Hill’s high school until Live Oak opened in September 1975.
Centennial Web Site: www.liveoak.mhu.k12.ca.us
