GECA schools the SAT
As if their 926 Academic Performing Index Score doesn't already merit bragging rights (California's benchmark is 800), four students in the Dr. TJ Owens Early College Academy - an alternative high school known as GECA located on the campus of Gavilan College at 5055 Santa Teresa Blvd - schooled the SAT.
Donate to Gilroy High’s prom closet
Gilroy High School is still accepting donations for its community prom closet.
Five South County students named Nat’l Merit Scholar semifinalists
Five South County high school students were selected as semifinalists in the 2019 National Merit® Scholarship Program, according to a recent announcement from its NMS Corporation.
Four students at Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy (Alan Apte, Samantha Melton, Andrew Dinh and Darice Wong)...
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...
Senior Spotlights 2013
Selecting students for the Gilroy Dispatch's annual senior spotlight honor is no enviable task. That's why we make the principals do it (and they resent us for making them narrow it down to one!) These students have navigated the labyrinth of high school hurdles and we are inspired by their optimistic outlook, refreshing attitudes and heartfelt honesty. We celebrate them, their families, their mentors and all the graduating seniors in the Class of 2013 for their accomplishments and wish them the best of luck and a fulfilling future.



















