Tag: education

Gilroy High School will have its cake and eat it, too, when it celebrates its 100th birthday during a party next week with all the trappings.

Three Morgan Hill high school students who were ordered to remove their American flag clothing to avoid offending students celebrating their Mexican heritage on Cinco de Mayo (May 5) in 2010 filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit today, according to their attorney William J. Becker, with The Becker Law Firm.

Gilroy High School will celebrate its 100th birthday next month - but it won't look any older thanks to an upcoming "extreme school makeover" that includes a revamped practice space for the GHS wrestling team, a renovation for the campus quad area and much-needed classroom upgrades.

Georgia Stern, a member of the class of 1967 at St. Mary School, received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the National Catholic Education Association on Jan 29.

Somber expressions and serious talk marked a lengthy portion of the Gilroy Unified School Board meeting Thursday night, where trustees discussed "the dismantling of public education as we know it."

Have you thought about adventuring in the back country, but don't know where to start?

The Gilroy Unified School District will not restore any of the five instructional furlough days for teachers, administrative and management staff this year, meaning graduation dates will stay the same and GUSD personnel won't get back any of their 4 percent pay cut.

Christopher High School junior Jerry Ponce keeps his head on a swivel, especially around 3 p.m. when the final bell rings and it's time to amble home along Santa Teresa Boulevard.

In conjunction with Arbor Week coming up March 7-14, third, fourth and fifth grade students throughout California are invited to participate in the California Arbor Week Poster Contest.