Tag: gilroy high school
Union asks: Justice for Jack?
A controversial issue that sparked community outcry is coming to a crossroads more than a year after Jack Daley – Gilroy High School's popular former athletic director and district staff member of 20 years – was “reassigned” following an April 7, 2011 incident when first-year GHS track coach Alvin Harrison was arrested for a DUI on Daley's watch.
Expectant mom still rocks the drum set at eight months
Drummer Roger Taylor of the 70s British rock band known as “Queen” has a Gilroyan protégé.
Is college debt keeping students away?
With the average college graduate buried beneath $25,000 in student loans in an economy darkened by rampant unemployment, pricey tuition rates elicit cynical farce from humor writers like Jarod Kintz, who scoffed, “I wouldn’t advise making a four-year commitment to eventually land an $8 an hour job.”
$5 million new look at GHS
On a brisk Tuesday morning, more than 1,400 students flooded the newly revamped campus on their first day back to Gilroy High School, which boasts $5 million in upgrades that construction crews scrambled to complete in a matter of 10 weeks.
GUSD cracks whip on transfers
Parents who attempt to skirt the Gilroy Unified School District's residency requirements – which dictate what high school a student must attend – should keep in mind: Administrators are cracking down against dishonesty.
Hit-and-run victim Joshie now at home recovering
Joshua Valdez, the 22-year-old Gilroy High School graduate who was critically injured in a hit-and-run accident, returned to his home in Morgan Hill Thursday after a two-month stay in the hospital.
Five Minutes to stardom
From country, to blues, to jazz and swing, entertainment at the Garlic Festival was in abundance this year, as several talented acts performed at the four stages, set up throughout Christmas Hill Park, all weekend long.
Forever yours, Garlic Fest
Larry Connell remembers when the Gilroy Garlic Festival was a fledgling vision with a dubious future.
GHS makeover on schedule this summer
It’s a Cinderella story for Gilroy High School, which is currently undergoing an extreme school makeover that will render the campus “a showcase for high schools in the area,” gushed Superintendent Debbie Flores during a recent school board meeting Thursday night.
‘Joshie’ out of a coma, starting speech therapy
Joshua Valdez, 22, the Morgan Hill resident who was critically injured in a hit-and-run accident last month, is no longer comatose and recently started speech therapy at San Jose Regional Medical Center.
