Schools

A team of educators, volunteers and administrators involved with the Gilroy Unified School District’s free educational summer camp want to prove that children born from low-income households and those already struggling in school are not destined for failure.

More than 500 elementary students sang

A pair of Gilroy schools are two of 20 in Santa Clara County being honored as recipients of the inaugural 2020 Vision awards of the SJ2020 initiative, which is a collaborative community effort to eliminate the achievement gap by the year 2020.

A Mardi Gras auction dinner and dance open to the adult public

At just 18, Sulaiman Kaamil is changing the way students access and share knowledge worldwide. The Gilroy-based founder of Selnotes Technologies launched the education startup while still in high school, and says it’s already grown to over 5,000 users across 70 countries. The idea was...

Yeah, I took off the hat. Good advice from my sister, because every year it’s a big distraction.

Negotiations to let voters decide on whether to continue

Nearly $7 million in upgrades to the outdoor athletic facilities at Gavilan College are in full swing. The end result will put the local community college in a league of its own. The multi-faceted project, which provides a complete overhaul of two existing sports facilities...

A ninth Gilroy elementary school is a must have and soon, district officials say and it very well may be built at the old Las Animas School site on Wren Avenue