3 letters: Schools better start taking cyberbullying seriously; Thanks for Dispatch support on garden sale; Legislative fire tax fiasco gets worse
School officials better start taking issues like cyberbullying seriously
Scrapbook April 19, 2013
HONORS: Nicholas A. Olivares: Army Pvt. Nicholas A. Olivares has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
Trekking training
Yosemite’s Cloud’s Rest, at 9,926 feet, beckons in July for 50 or so hiking enthusiasts who gathered for an 8.5 mile training excursion recently at the Rancho Cañada del Oro Open Space Preserve.
Blessed and exhausted
Claudia Valencia is in the trenches of that dazed period all new mothers face. The round-the-clock nursing. The overwhelming feelings of love for a helpless, constantly pooping creature. The emotional spikes and drops thanks to postpartum hormones.
Track and Field: First family of hurdles shines at Gilroy High
Gilroy High senior Samantha Una’Dia said her favorite event is the 100-meter hurdles. Her younger brother, Mustangs freshman Jacob Una’Dia, favors the 300 hurdles over the boys 110 hurdles.
Prep Roundup: Castro, CHS boys roll to volleyball win
Phillip Castro had 36 assists as Christopher High’s boys volleyball team rolled to a 25-22, 23-25, 25-7, 25-13 win at Alisal on Thursday.
Teens: Cyberbullying a rampant ‘school’ problem
In the wake of the shocking details surrounding the arrest of a Christopher High School student Thursday, three 16-year-old boys now face felony charges of sexual battery and are named as defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit in civil court.
Student of the Week: Alexia Lussier
Each month, the principals of Gilroy and Christopher high schools choose a total of four students (two from GHS and two from CHS) to spotlight. GHS senior Alexia Lussier, 17, is this week's Student of the Week.
