Schools

Selecting students for the Gilroy Dispatch’s annual senior spotlight honor is no enviable task. That’s why we make the principals, school counselors and staff sort it out. These students have navigated the labyrinth of high school hurdles, and we are inspired by their optimistic...

Covid-19 robbed the Class of 2020 of the once-in-a-lifetime experience of walking on stage to the cheers of their family, friends and classmates as they pick up their high school diploma. Fortunately, the seniors in Gilroy will have something else to remember the end of...

Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy became one of the first schools in Santa Clara County to honor the Class of 2020 with a virtual commencement.  The YouTube video was posted May 21 and it included all 69 graduating seniors, allowing students and families...

Gilroy Unified School District has sent out a group of busses with WiFi capabilities stationed at four school sites for students to have increased internet access.   Busses are stationed in the parking lot at Antonio Del Buono Elementary, Rucker Elementary, South Valley Middle and Gilroy...

Gilroy Early College Academy made this year’s list as one of the top 10 public school sites in the state.  Gilroy Unified School District last month announced GECA was awarded a “Best High School” award for 2020 by U.S. News and World Report.  The school was...

The Gilroy High School choir isn't able to rehearse in class because of the school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, that hasn't stopped the students from providing some form of entertainment. The Gilroy HS Chamber Singers, directed by Jonathan Souza, virtually performed the...

Alex Torres had the tail end of his senior year at Gilroy High School taken away from him as the coronavirus pandemic forced the school to shut down. All his plans for prom, graduation and the senior trip to Six Flags Magic Mountain were gone...

The Gilroy Unified School District last week announced that electing board members in the November 2020 elections will be much different this year. The Gilroy Unified Board of Trustees will be by trustee area instead of the current at-large citywide elections, which allows voters the...

The Santa Clara County Office of Education took another big hit Wednesday as schools sites within the district were officially shut down through the end of the Spring semester.

The Santa Clara County Office of Education announced this week that school closures throughout the county will extend past May.  Dr. Deborah Flores, superintendent at Gilroy Unified School District, posted an update on the website, saying that the school is aiming for a new return...