Schools

As Gavilan College prepares for its 100th birthday in 2019, historian Leah Halper is looking for interested parties who attended the college to contribute their memories to a Gavilan College Centennial archive and oral history project. Of special interest are those who attended San Benito...

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.

Every rose may have its thorn, but every student in attendance for Mt. Madonna Continuation School’s June 12 graduation ceremony blossomed.

Christopher High School students Aubriana Drew-Davis and Andrew Zepeda were recently selected as grade level winners in the Santa Clara County Office of Education’s Young Artists Showcase and New Museum Los Gatos High School Art Competition. Every year, the county office invites public and charter...

Gilroy teachers and their bosses agree they made some headway in contract negotiations last week, with the district claiming this week that “both the district and GTA are optimistic that a tentative agreement will be reached.” The two sides had left an all-day fact-finding session...

Gilroy officials have made a priority of keeping millennials–people in their 20s and 30s–in town after they graduate from college. The challenge is daunting, according to a survey of Gavilan students, who say the city is boring, too expensive and doesn’t have adequate housing.

Las Animas Elementary School Principal Silvia Reyes' fingers

GILROY—A Gilroy charter school that’s among the state’s top performers is the target of a Gilroy Unified School District probe that found dozens of problems ranging from misused funds to failures to support special needs students and Hispanic families.