Schools

Registration now open for Summer Art Camp The San Benito County Arts Council is now enrolling students in Summer Art Camp.  Art Camps take place at The Art Depot, 35 Fifth St., Suite D, located in the historic train depot in downtown Hollister.  The cost is $65...

Hollister High School's Andy Hardin Stadium was transformed into an Olympic-style venue on May 5, as more than 400 students with disabilities from 20 schools in San Benito and southern Santa Clara counties competed in the annual Gifted Games.  After a six-year hiatus, this year's...

Hollister High School Assistant Principal Kevin Medeiros, a 2007 Haybaler alumnus, has been promoted as the school’s new principal.  Medeiros was a mathematics teacher at Hollister High for seven years before he became assistant principal, a position he held for the current school year, according...

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced April 20 that Hollister High School is one of 14 schools in the state to have earned a 2023 California Green Ribbon Schools award.  “We congratulate this year’s honorees,” Thurmond said. “California Green Ribbon Schools exemplify leading-edge...

The San Benito County Office of Education partnered with the San Benito County Arts Council to host the seventh annual San Benito County Arts Showcase on April 12 at the Veterans Memorial Building in Hollister.  San Benito County’s Arts Showcase gives students in grades TK-12...

Kelly named to Dean’s List Garret Kelly, of Hollister, has been named to the winter 2023 Dean's List at Palmer College of Chiropractic's West Campus in San Jose, California. County awarded grant to renovate H.O.M.E. Resource Center San Benito County Health and Human Services Agency has been...

1980s-era glam rock from the L.A. scene is coming to San Benito County, as Hollister High School’s spring musical, “Rock of Ages,” is set to open this weekend.  The five-time Tony Award-nominated musical tells the story of a small-town girl, a city boy and a...

San Benito County’s growing and enthusiastic community of robotics students and mentors held an inaugural Robotics Community Day at Hollister High School’s Science & Robotics building April 15.  Families, kids and anyone interested in robotics and STEM education were treated to demonstrations and presentations by...

Local residents and community members can join San Benito High School District officials in “flipping the switch” on a new set of solar panels May 6 at Hollister High’s Career Technical Education building, according to a press release from the district.  The event—which will also...

Maze Middle School has made substantial improvements with prior behavior and academic issues, which prompted its removal from a federal designation requiring efforts to cure the problems.  Five years ago, the U.S. Department of Education listed Maze as a Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) school....