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Youth Alliance, a Hollister youth services agency, will honor three people at its annual Change Makers event Sept. 21. Monica and Raymond Rodriguez of Hollister will be recognized as the 2019 Change Makers. As a former board chairman for the San Benito High School District, Raymond...

Friday is the season opener for the Balers football team at its new stadium: 7:30pm kickoff for the game against Santa Teresa High School of San Jose. The San Benito High School marching band led the way in an Aug. 24 celebration and open...

San Benito High School welcomes two new assistant principals for the 2019-20 school year, both of whom bring many years of educational experience and a passion for helping students succeed.  Baler alumna and 14-year San Benito High School teaching veteran Laurie Chavez moves into the...

1919 was a bittersweet year. The deadliest war of the time had just ended the prior year, yet the world was fighting another battle on a different front. The Spanish flu was at its height, and by the time it ended in late 1920, an...

San Benito High School principal Adrian Ramirez and Superintendent Dr. Shawn Tennenbaum said the new school year is opening on a high note. The community will celebrate the school’s new football and softball stadiums and swimming  complex at 11 am Saturday, Aug. 24. “Our future is...

The approximately 5,500 preK-8 students in the Hollister School District began new grades in new classrooms with new teachers this week. The district says it believes: “Every student, every day, by name, by need will succeed; in embracing the uniqueness of every child; partnerships among...

San Benito High School welcomed 19 new teachers to the staff for the 2019-20 school year. The teachers worked together during a weeklong orientation Aug. 5-9, in which they received professional development on lesson planning, teaching strategies, classroom management and learned about the school’s...

San Benito High School is hiring. Visit www.edjoin.org and search "San Benito High School" for more details and to apply for the following positions: American Sign Language teacher for the 2019-20 school yearAnticipated Spanish teacher for the 2019-20 school yearSpeech and language therapist for the...

The first day of school at the Aromas-San Juan Unified School District on Aug. 15 didn’t quite go as planned. A gas leak at Aromas School forced the school to send all students home for the day. According to Janet Watson of the Superintendent’s Office,...

Community groups and organizations are invited to be a part of the grand opening of the San Benito High School stadium, aquatics center and softball field. The high school will celebrate 13 months of work and the completion of the the athletic facilities on...