Schools

One South Valley Middle School student, along with  her entire family, got a welcome surprise June 6 as she was being recognized at the eighth-grade promotion ceremony held on the Gilroy High School campus. As student Angelina Zuno was making her way through congratulations from...

Jennie Kim Christopher High School Class of 2018 Valedictorian Speech Good afternoon to Christopher High School’s lovely staff, families, friends and, of course, my fellow class of 2018. First, please let me thank our guests who are joining us today, our families and friends who have supported...

Christopher High School graduate Lenai Garcia, above second from left, poses for a picture with her family after the completion of the 2018 commencement ceremony June 8. Garcia, who will be attending San Francisco State in the fall, was one of 415 graduates making...

Graduates honored at the 98th annual Gavilan College Commencement were treated to a special outdoor ceremony May 25 on the main Gilroy campus. Eight hundred sixty-one students received at least one degree/certificate, including 205 Associate in Arts, 132 Associate in Arts for Transfer, 146 Associate...

If a new contract agreement cannot be reached over the summer months, Gilroy teachers have voted to strike at the start of the 2018-19 school year. In a June 6 vote of 544 Gilroy Teachers Association members, the union reported that 84 percent were in...

With more than 60 years’ combined experience in education, Gilroy schoolteachers Susan Freiberg and Jeff Manker will retire with a litany of accomplishments. Here is some insight into their journeys: Freiberg, who started teaching at Brownell Fundamental in 1979, taught seventh and eighth grade in a...

Gilroy High School’s Class of 2018 was the first to receive diplomas this week, at a June 7 commencement ceremony on the 750 W. 10th St. campus, as their crosstown peers at Christopher High School were set to walk June 8, also on campus...

Rod Kelley Elementary School in Gilroy garnered a pair of honors during the 2017-18 school year, named both a California Distinguished School by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson and a top Bay Area public school for underserved students by Innovate Public Schools. Rod...

Gilroy school district officials have dedicated more than $900,000 of Measure P bond funds to purchase and install “Safe School Locks” at each of Gilroy Unified School District’s eight elementary schools. At a May 17 meeting, the board of trustees approved a $923,831 contract with...

Four Gilroy Unified School District employees were honored with Employee Recognition Program awards at the May 17 Board of Trustees meeting. The honorees, chosen from GUSD’s four bargaining units, were: Rachel Mendoza, California School Employees Association; Sara Espinosa, Gilroy Federation of Paraeducators; Adrienne Summers, Gilroy...