Kickin’ and Corkin’, Soccer and Wine
Purists in both camps might well argue that winemaking and soccer aren’t in the same league, that the goals of one cannot possibly be the goals of the other and, for that matter, wonder who’d even suggest such things.
Tim Pierleoni takes over as Gilroy High’s new football coach and athletic director
In a move that has caught many off guard, Tim Pierleoni has left Christopher High to become the new athletic director and football coach at Gilroy High. Pierleoni, 58, had been Christopher’s only head football coach since the program’s inception 12 years ago. A...
Distance learning will remain for secondary students
Middle and high school students will remain in distance learning through the end of the school year after a majority of the Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education rejected a variety of hybrid plans March 25.
Students in grades 5 and under, meanwhile, will...
GUSD regains financial footing with credit rating company
The Gilroy Unified School District is back in good standing with
CHS sports complex project kicks off
Three hundred fifty nine days after Don Christopher donated the initial $1 million to get the wheels in motion for building an athletic complex on the Christopher High School campus, the Gilroy Unified School District’s Board of Education gave its official approval which will jumpstart construction.
Exhibit showcases work of Nacho Moya
Nacho Moya, recipient of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom Award and the Poppy Jasper award, comes full circle as a Gavilan College alum this fall for an evening art exhibit at the Gilroy Campus, starting at 6pm Oct. 13.
Gavilan College’s “El Centro,” the...
Gavilan College receives federal funds for STEM education for Latino students
U.S. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) announced this week that Gavilan College will receive $375,000 from the National Science Foundation to support STEM education for Latino students.
“Diversity in the STEM workforce matters, and I am glad to see Gavilan College is implementing an innovative program...
CHS fields mess
The recently completed $110 million Christopher High School is a vision of architectural excellence, but its athletic field – more or less a “pasture of dirt and natural grass in terrible shape” – is turning heads in a bad way.