Gilroy-Takko Student Exchange Program growing in popularity, sends 10 students overseas
Ten students from Gilroy High School, Christopher High School and the Dr. TJ Owens Early College Academy (GECA) are wrapping up the trip of a lifetime 5,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean.
Top grades for local teachers
Two South County teachers from Gilroy and Morgan Hill are among 31 educators selected as the Santa Clara County Office of Education’s 2012 Teachers of the Year. The award recipients will be formally recognized during a celebration in September.
Sign up now: Theatre summer camp at CHS
Catamount Productions, the drama club at Christopher High School, is sponsoring a theatre summer camp for students in the third through eighth grades.
GUSD passes ‘barely balanced’ budget
The Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education must pass a balanced budget for 2012-13 – and they did exactly that during Thursday’s regular board meeting – but not before a spirited venting session peppered with trustees’ opinions on being forced to pass a “barley balanced” budget based on “fake math.”
Voters show support for city-school sales tax
A telephone survey of 501 likely November 2012 Gilroy voters shows those who were polled would “strongly support a city sales tax for local schools,” according to San Francisco-based consulting firm TBWB Strategies.
Gavilan School Board holds its ground; re-votes 6-1 to approve Kinsella’s $42K raise
Impassioned monologues from a handful of public speakers failed to persuade the Gavilan College School Board to reverse an “appalling” $42,000 raise, which the board approved seven months ago for college President Steve Kinsella.
‘Instant gratification’ at charter planning Hollister campus
Math teacher Heather Parsons has full grasp of her students’ attention, and Gilroy Prep would have it no other way.
‘This path we have set is our legacy’
Fellow graduates, faculty, friends and family- these last 4 years have finally led us to this momentous occasion…the 2012, and First, graduation of Christopher High School.
GUSD trustee ‘encouraged’ by voters’ support for area school bonds
Proposed revenue-generating measures for several Santa Clara County schools fared well during California's 2012 primary election Wednesday, something School Board Trustee Jaime Rosso finds “encouraging” as the Gilroy Unified School District waits on results from a voter survey that will gauge support for a possible joint city-school sales tax.
