Groups raise funds for student internet access
Headed by the San Juan Bautista Rotary and the Aromas-San Juan Community Schools Foundation, a coalition of community groups have raised $40,000 needed to secure a $200,000 federal grant to upgrade equipment to provide internet to local schools.
The 4-1 match from the federal E-Rate...
Hollister schools receive federal funds for internet connectivity
Local elementary and high schools will receive nearly $450,000 in federal funds to help improve internet connectivity and learning opportunities for students at home, according to Congressman Jimmy Panetta’s office.
The funds are part of a $14.9 million package for the 20th U.S. Congressional District,...
Local Profile: Sims out to rule the world in sumo
Roy Sims has been competing in sumo for only 13 months, but he could be on the cusp of making history. The longtime Hollister resident competes in the Sumo World Championships in Osaka, Japan on Aug. 30. The 6-foot-5, 370-pound Sims is coming off a historic performance in the U.S. Sumo Open, as he became the first American to win a gold medal in the open weight division.
County school board elections shifted
A new state law is moving the date of the election of San Benito County’s Board of Education trustees from June to November, county election officials said this week.
That means the new filing period for filing as a candidate for one of the two...
School employee from Hollister accused of sexual assault
SBHS adds solar, saves money
San Benito High School students and staff have exerted some extra energy to plan and implement new procedures and install new equipment, including solar power, that will save—and renew—energy at the school for years to come.
The high school’s environmental science students and teachers, along...
HSD gives classified staff pay raise
San Benito High School senior Jasmine Ulloa was named the winner of the 2018 Congressional Art Competition, as announced by Congressman Jimmy Panetta on May 2. Catherine Nordstrom, another SBHS senior, took second place in the competition and Baler student Tyler Oelrich was among...
San Benito High teacher gets grant
San Benito High School Environmental Science and Biology teacher Ryan Shorey, who is also an adviser with the campus Environmental Club, recently was one of 18 teachers around the state awarded a $100 mini-grant from the California Resource Recovery Association’s K-12 Technical Council.
Shorey, whose...
San Benito High expands grading system
A new grading system—one that calls for students to receive three separate marks per class in the categories of academics, citizenship and work habits—will be expanded for the 2018-19 school year at San Benito High School.
It likely will mean more work for teachers, but...
Students collect items for shelter
The annual San Benito High School AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) community service homeless gift bag drive “was a complete success,” according to teacher Charlene Hernandez, who said Baler students put together and donated 100 bags of items to My Father’s House shelter in...
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