Scrutiny for field trips
Drama instructor Kate Booth took 12 Christopher High School students in October to the world-renowned Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Ore.
McDonald’s fundraiser raises $800 for Brownell
McDonald’s restaurant in Gilroy donated $800 to Brownell Middle School as part of their McTeacher’s Night fundraiser that the First Street restaurant hosted in late-March.
Pots are so hot right now: Spring ceramics sale at Gavilan!
The Gavilan College Ceramics Department is hosting a spring pottery sale from 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. today, and from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday in the arts quad, located on campus at 5055 Santa Teresa Blvd.
Gilroy Rotary offering $27k in scholarships
Attention, high school seniors: College money is out there. Reach out and grab it!
Cheating at GUSD? No way, officials say
Out of 69,000 public schools examined across the nation, the Gilroy Unified School District was one of hundreds found to have high concentrations of suspicious test scores that indicate cheating, according to the results of a controversial study conducted and recently published by the newspaper Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Pastor, principal to leave Saint Mary Parish and School
Saint Mary Church and School on First Street will say goodbye to two of its esteemed leaders who have served the community of Gilroy for decades: One is a principal, the other a priest.
Flower power: Fundraiser Saturday
Gilroy’s local Future Farmers of America club will host its annual Flower Fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Saturday at the Gilroy AG Farm, located at 9110 Kern Ave.
Gilroy High shines in accreditation review
After three days spent scrutinizing minutiae from programs, to teaching practices, to work ethic, to student attitude, representatives from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) rained compliments on Gilroy High School – a campus with “a collegiality that is not often seen at every high school.”
Celebrating 100 years of Gilroy High
Gilroy High School will have its cake and eat it, too, when it celebrates its 100th birthday during a party next week with all the trappings.