Schools

Fourth grader Lillee Nolan at El Roble Elementary School didn’t mind getting paint on her hands Friday as she joined the rest of her schoolmates in a school-wide anti-bullying campaign event.

More than 50 California and out-of-state colleges are lined up for the 9th annual South County Cal-SOAP College Fair from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 7 in the Student Center on the Gilroy High School campus.

Teachers Gina Chekouras, of Gilroy’s Glen View Elementary School, and Lourdes Robledo, of Morgan Hill’s San Martin Gwinn Elementary, will be honored as two of the county’s finest educators as recipients of the 2013 Teachers of the Year award.

With football season in full force, it’s still unclear exactly when Gilroy High School will have its own set of home-side bleachers for fans to sit on, and Mustang football coach Brian Boyd isn’t holding his breath for a permanent solution by the end of the season.

Gavilan College will be hosting free information sessions on exciting career training programs in water careers, basic bookkeeping, pharmacy technician and veterinary assistant.

The Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education meeting on Sept. 5 began on a somber note as Superintendent Deborah Flores paid tribute to Kimberly Ordaz, a beloved teacher in the district for 30 years who passed away peacefully in her home in early August.

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Gavilan College suffered an unexpected loss to its administrative staff Aug. 29, as Vice President John Pruitt of Student Services died at the age of 55.

Gilroy Unified School District stayed above the state’s performance target for the Academic Performance Index, while Morgan Hill Unified School District climbed five points but fell short of the state’s benchmark, according to the 2012-13 Accountability Progress Report released today by the California Department of Education.

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