Schools

Three high school seniors in the Gilroy Unified School District were recently named semifinalists in the 58th annual National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Students at Gilroy High School came together Monday to demonstrate support for their grieving classmate.

It is unknown how long it will take to learn the results of a closed-door arbitration hearing that took place Monday morning between Gilroy High School’s former athletic director, Jack Daley, and the Gilroy Unified School District.

Superintendent Wes Smith with the Morgan Hill Unified School District is calling a recent vandalism incident at Live Oak High School a "crosstown rivalry prank that went a little bit too far."

A controversial issue that sparked community outcry is coming to a crossroads more than a year after Jack Daley – Gilroy High School's popular former athletic director and district staff member of 20 years – was “reassigned” following an April 7, 2011 incident when first-year GHS track coach Alvin Harrison was arrested for a DUI on Daley's watch.

Are you becoming disillusioned with a sequel-saturated Hollywood and mediocre blockbuster pickings? (ahem, "John Carter").

Alexander Spaeth, a senior at the Dr. TJ Owens Early College Academy - a smaller high school located on the Gavilan College campus at 5055 Santa Teresa Blvd. - was named a semifinalist today in the 58th annual National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

An annual out-of-state excursion for high school drama students spawned some “healthy conversation” last week between parents, students, teachers and school board trustees, who addressed a heightened scrutiny for any field trip that causes students to miss instructional class time.

A pair of high-aspiring Gavilan College students – both military veterans who want to become doctors – will be recognized Tuesday during the 7 p.m. school board meeting at Gavilan, located at 5055 Santa Teresa Blvd. in Gilroy.

Upperclassmen English students at Christopher High School have a lighter burden to shoulder these days. Literally.