Five new principals join Gilroy for 2019-20 year
A quintet of new administrators will welcome students and families at their respective schools at the onset of the 2019-20 school year in Gilroy Unified School District, filling all leadership vacancies.
District staff announced the new hires at the May 9 school board meeting.
“I am...
GECA ranked among top schools in nation
Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy is among the top high schools in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report.
Gilroy Unified School District’s GECA, which opened in 2007, was ranked 42nd in the nation and third in the state in the...
High schoolers teach STEAM lessons
A self-motivated group of local high school students, calling themselves “STEAM4Students,” has been teaching afterschool lessons for the last three years at various Gilroy elementary schools in a joint effort to improve early childhood development.
Co-director Michal Stolarski said the student-created and student-run organization is...
Gilroy library to host resource fair
Numerous community organizations that provide mental health services will come together May 4 at Gilroy Library, 350 W. Sixth St., as part of the Balanced Life, Balanced Mind Resource Fair.
Funded by the California State Library’s State Mental Health Initiative, the all-day event is open...
Rod Kelley, Gilroy Prep among top Bay Area schools
A trio of South County schools—two in Gilroy and one in Morgan Hill—were named among the top schools in the Bay Area for lowering the achievement gap, according to the fourth annual research report issued by nonprofit Innovate Public Schools.
Gilroy Unified School District’s Rod...
Fifth-grade class earns invite to WE Day
Mount Madonna School fifth-grader Aidan Rassech, of Gilroy, was to walk the red carpet at the Forum in Inglewood April 25 after being selected to participate in California WE Day, an annual event that brings together bright, young minds from all over.
Rassech was part...
School bus driver selected as Norcal’s best
Local school bus driver Maria del Carmen Collins was on her normal afternoon route May 3, 2018 when an impaired driver slammed into the bus she was driving with 46 Gilroy Unified School District students on board.
Carmen Collins quickly assessed the situation, secured the...
Local car dealer donates vehicle to Gilroy HS
The Ford Store/Morgan Hill donated a 2016 Ford Focus to Gilroy High School to be used for learning in on-campus automotive classes.
“We are proud to be part of this program and partner with Gilroy High School to help provide these students with hands-on training...
Gavilan enrollment dips as economy strengthens
Gavilan College enrollments are continuing to decline, and the college blames a low unemployment rate and strong economy in south Santa Clara County for the drop.
The latest available numbers show that Gilroy-based Gavilan’s student count dropped from 11,744 in the 2016-17 year to 10,394...
Updated: Charter schools fear impact of proposed rules
Gov. Gavin Newsom late on Tuesday, March 5 signed into law Senate Bill 126, which ensures that all corporate charter schools are held to the same transparency and accountability standards as neighborhood public schools.
During the debate on the Senate bill and several still-pending Assembly...
