Meet the candidate: Tom Bundros, GUSD Board of Education
Gilroy Dispatch: Briefly describe your background and experience. Why are you qualified for this position?
GECA’s Dihn, McClelland named Commended Students
GILROY—On Oct. 8, Kevin Dinh and Shelby McClelland received a special honor given only to the nation’s best and brightest high school students.
Gilroy High’s Freiberg named ‘Teacher of the Year’
GILROY—Almost everywhere Susan Freiberg goes in Gilroy she runs into someone she knows. Teaching in the same town for 35 years will do that.
MMS’s Saniya Lakka, of Gilroy, named student of the week
Saniya Lakka, 16, of Gilroy, junior at Mount Madonna School (MMS)
School board roundup: Oct. 2
GILROY—There is a lot change going around the Gilroy Unified School District—both in and out of the classroom.
GHS bleacher repairs officially complete
GILROY—Nearly a year and a half after being deemed “not structurally sound” by San Jose-based Duqette Engineering, the home side bleachers at Gilroy High are officially complete.
Priority registration offers Gavilan students incentive to prepare
First-year students at Gavilan College who planned the basics of their futures this school year when they started classes will receive an extra carrot: priority registration.
Creating a safe haven
“Every day I put a smile on,” said David Galindo, tugging at the bottom of his sweater as he spoke to a classroom full of students. “I’ll be happy at school and at home, but at night when everyone is sleeping I feel myself slowly starting to get depressed. I look outside at the stars and sometimes I just wish I could disappear because I feel like no one cares.”
