Schools

The Gilroy High School fine art department debuted student artwork at the first annual spring show and gallery opening at the GHS Caesar Chavez Library.

Each month, the principals of Gilroy and Christopher high schools choose a total of four students (two from GHS and two from CHS) to spotlight. GHS senior Megan Nebesnick, 17, is this week's Student of the Week.

Welcomed by pristine conditions for Friday’s 23rd annual Rod’s Trod fundraiser event, Rod Kelley Elementary School students, faculty and family members walked, jogged, ran — and even crawled — their way around the quarter-mile circuit, helping to raise money for the northwest elementary school.

Along with guidance from a County fiscal advisor, the Gilroy Unified School District passed a list of $2 million in budget cuts for next school year, including the elimination of all library clerks.

Two months after the Gilroy Unified School District launched a “serious” sexual harassment investigation centered around the Christopher High School cafeteria male manager, who allegedly made vulgar sexual advances on his female subordinates, the alleged perpetrator remains at work while his supervisor has quietly “retired.”

The second step towards bringing a new charter school to the Morgan Hill Unified School District was completed Tuesday as the Board of Education hosted a pubic hearing “to determine the level of support for the petition by teachers, employees of the district and parents/guardians.”

Each month, the principals of Gilroy and Christopher high schools choose a total of four students (two from GHS and two from CHS) to spotlight. CHS senior Jerry Kuang, 17, is this week's Student of the Week.

It's been three months since the Gilroy Unified School District gave the go-ahead for work to begin on Phase I of the highly anticipated Don Christopher Sports Complex at Christopher High School on the city's northwest side.

With graduation season just around the corner, remember to mark calendars ahead of time and plan for the big day, especially if you've got more than one ceremony to attend. We've compiled an at-a-glance list of dates, times and locations for your convenience.

Isabel “Izzy” Quistian, a Gavilan College theater arts major and active member of the Associated Student Body, was awarded the Karl S. Pister Leadership Opportunity Program Scholarship.