Schools

Las Animas Elementary School was named a California

Fifth-graders dressed up for special day and learned how to make

It's been three months since the Gilroy Unified School District gave the go-ahead for work to begin on Phase I of the highly anticipated Don Christopher Sports Complex at Christopher High School on the city's northwest side.

Since 2008, Wafelbakker Anderson Orthodontics has provided $1,000 scholarships annually to five high school seniors from area high schools. This year, they doubled the amount of the scholarships to $2,000. Recently receiving scholarships were Cecilia Souza of Gilroy High School, Kianna Quinones of Christopher High School...

Parent-teacher conferences may never go out of style, but there

As a 39-year veteran of the Gilroy Unified School District, Michelle Nelson knows the very inner workings of the education system. Her vast breadth of work—which included a 12-year stint as the president of the Gilroy Teachers Association—gave her inside information in how the...