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Saratoga High teachers honored as Special Olympics Northern California ‘Teachers of the Season’
Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District announced today that two Saratoga High School Community-Based Instruction (CBI) teachers, Sara Buffey and Christine Carlos Quiggins, have each been recognized as Fall Semester 2025 “Teachers of the Season” by Special Olympics Northern California.
The recognition honors educators who demonstrate exemplary commitment...
SUSD looks into screening lapse as petition circulates
A change.org petition that raises safety and accountability concerns within the Saratoga Union School District has been gathering steam.
The petition, which was created anonymously on Christmas Day, centers on the District’s acknowledgment that a volunteer who was not properly vetted participated in after-school activities...
High schoolers get ‘perfect’ score on state exams
The California Department of Education released the 2025 California School Dashboard earlier this month, providing schools and families with information on school and district progress in improving student learning and outcomes. The Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District calls it “a defining moment of...
LGHS grad hopes his new book ‘How First-Generation Students Navigate Higher Education…’ will spark a renaissance in college supports
If you look at recent data, you’ll find the majority of undergraduate college students who are the first generation in their family to reach these higher-academic halls, says Fisher Middle School alum and Los Gatos High School (Class of ‘94) graduate Matt Daily.
He’s now...
AP students at LGSUHSD beat national average in standardized tests (board meeting update)
At the Oct. 9 Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District board meeting, Associate Superintendent Deepa Mukherjee presented an overview of the district’s Advanced Placement (AP) program, showing that overall, students tended to outpace learners from around the country in last Spring’s AP exams.
The District...
Class is back in session at College of Adaptive Arts
On the 143 acres that make up West Valley College campus, there is a single building that houses the College of Adaptive Arts (CAA). Last week I arranged a tour with Nicole Kim, the executive director at CAA. As she welcomed me in, I...
LGSUHSD announces new board meeting schedule to increase engagement
On Monday, the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District announced a new schedule and format for its Board of Trustees meetings, beginning this year.
Regularly scheduled meetings will now take place on Thursdays, about every three weeks.
And the Closed Session portion will be moved from...
Work is now in session for local college students
Once finals end and college students are freed from attending class and studying, often, another challenge awaits: the summer job. Here’s how a few local postsecondary pupils are making it work.
Starting a business from scratch is never easy. Getting started, spreading the word and...
My week in Des Moines, Iowa took a surprising, and unforgettable, turn
Last month, students from Saratoga High School’s speech and debate club joined over 7,000 high schoolers from across the nation at the annual National Speech and Debate Tournament in Des Moines, Iowa.
Saratoga sent its largest contingent in more than 15 years to the week-long...
LGHS educators and students share how they used AI this year
It’s 11pm, and Los Gatos High School junior Eric Jacobson is stuck on a particularly difficult calculus topic. Instead of doomscrolling reels—or giving up—he turns to a study partner who never sleeps: ChatGPT.
“I love (AI), because it explains concepts concisely and efficiently,” Jacobson explained....
