Contaminants discovered in soil at Brownell, South Valley
Gilroy Unified School District has hired an environmental firm to remove soil with “higher than normal levels of arsenic in the dirt” at Brownell Middle School, 7800 Carmel St.
According to the documents, a soil sample in the Preliminary Environmental Assessment turned up the arsenic...
Students serve community
Elementary students at Pacific Point Christian School in Gilroy have been busy with service projects this year. According to elementary school principal Amanda Riley, the club started in December, and the students have done seven service projects this year. The students give up their...
School closing imminent in 2020
As enrollment at Gilroy elementary schools continues on a downward trend—which directly affects the amount of state aid they receive—the closing of at least one school is becoming more likely, say school officials.
There are 54 empty classrooms in all at Gilroy Unified School District...
School board approves $129 million budget
Facing twin challenges of fewer students and less money, the Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education approved an annual budget for the 2019-20 school year that includes nearly $3 million in budget cuts from the previous year and dips into cash reserves.
The total...
Ask questions
Christopher High School salutatorian Gabriel Campuzano's speech from the 2019 commencement
Kubra Sait once stated, “Asking questions is the first way to begin change.”
Questions are asked on a daily basis—something that’s become essential to our lives.
Questions are also a means to opening up a conversation...
Learn from the present
Gilroy High School Salutatorian Christopher Arellano Reyes' speech from the 2019 commencement ceremony
While writing this speech, I realized that summing up the last four years of high school is pretty difficult to do within five minutes. As I wrote this I had no idea...
Relationships offer lessons
Gilroy High School Valedictorian Diego Hsu's speech from the 2019 commencement ceremonyIt is my honor to represent this astounding,graduating class of 2019. First and foremost, I would like to especially thank the administration, the teachers and the faculty members behind the scenes here at...
Fail to achieve
Valedictorian Christopher High School John A. Perales Jr.'s speech from the 2019 commencement ceremony
Fellow graduates, teachers, staff, school board members and distinguished guests. Welcome to the graduation for the Class of 2019. Before I begin, I’d like to thank my mother, my father, my...
