Schools

Hundreds of San Benito County students, from pre-Kindergarten through high school, displayed their works of art at the San Benito County Office of Education Arts Showcase, which was held Feb. 15 at the Veterans Memorial Building. Winners were selected at each grade level from a...

It was a sight to see during lunch break Feb. 8 at San Benito High School as the inaugural Gifted Soccer game matched teams of Life Skills students. The friendly yet competitive game received an assist from student-athletes from the San Benito High School girls...

A shift from an at-large to a trustee area election system this year will determine three seats on the San Benito High School District Board of Trustees for the first time in November. For the current five-member board, the change in format was a welcome...

Progress on the Nash Road Bypass—a critical component of San Benito High School’s new campus plan— is inching along, according to an update given at February’s intergovernmental committee meeting. The new bypass road will allow the closing of a portion of Nash Road between Monterey...

Nearly $7 million in upgrades to the outdoor athletic facilities at Gavilan College are in full swing. The end result will put the local community college in a league of its own. The multi-faceted project, which provides a complete overhaul of two existing sports facilities...

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...

Gavilan College instructors began teaching a select number of evening courses on the San Benito High School campus this week as part of a “multi-level collaboration” between the two education institutions, according to a Jan. 29 announcement. Students enrolled at Gavilan College can now register...

Registration for 2018-19 Full-day Kindergarten and Full-day Transitional Kindergarten classes for incoming Hollister School District students begins Feb. 5, according to a district announcement. Parents must register at their neighborhood school. Kindergarten students must be 5 years old on or before Sept. 1. Transitional Kindergarten students...

The San Benito County Arts Council recently announced its 10th annual high school art exhibition, Art 110, on display to Feb. 17 at the Art Annex, 217 Fifth Street in downtown Hollister. The exhibition, which features artwork from the advanced and AP art classes at...

San Benito High School students can look forward to state-of-the-art athletic facilities, as crews recently broke ground on San Benito High School’s new multi-purpose practice facility. The ongoing construction and renovation is funded by two voter-approved bond measures: the $42.5 million Measure G, which passed...