Mustangs football coach asked to resign
Brian Boyd’s coaching tenure at Gilroy High came to an abrupt end following a meeting Dec. 10 with administrators where he says he was asked to resign, but the Mustangs aren’t letting him go without a fight.
Alejo proposes to ban ‘Redskins’ as school mascot in Calif.
Assemblyman Luis Alejo has proposed a bill aiming to ban the use of "Redskins" as a mascot in California public schools.
Program helps new students adjust to GECA’s high standards
It’s lunchtime at a Gilroy high school campus and the music is blaring in the quad. Students are mingling with friends in the lunch line and eating pizza and fries at the lunch tables. It’s a snapshot of an ordinary high school; but looking deeper, one can see it’s anything but. Beyond the boundaries appear buildings that are home to a larger campus and older students: Gavilan Community College.
Gavilan submits application for baccalaureate degree program
Seeking to provide students with advanced Aviation Maintenance Technology coursework, Gavilan College was one of 36 districts to submit letters of intent to host baccalaureate degree programs to the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office.
GHS theater receives ‘long overdue’ facelift
Up-and-coming Thespians will be happy to know that the newly renovated Gilroy High School Theater—currently receiving a $500,000 facelift with Measure P funding—will soon be open. The renovations themselves were “long overdue,” GHS Principal Marco Sanchez said, and he’s pleased with how the theater is shaping up.
CHS students do a sweet thing for troops
For the third year in a row, students at Christopher High School in Gilroy collected leftover Halloween candy to send to American troops overseas. The campaign, called Treats for Troops, helps add candy to care packages sent to soldiers, airmen and sailors overseas. This year, the Cougars donated 309 pounds of candy, doubling last year’s goal of 150 pounds.
