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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...
Embattled Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District supervisor quits post
After weeks of tension between parents and the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District, Superintendent Bill W. Sanderson announced he’ll step down, effective immediately.
The news was announced by Board of Trustees President Misty Davies in an email as the school day wrapped up on...
Rift between Saratoga High School music program and the District widens
On Oct. 2, Saratoga High School music director Jason Shiuan announced the cancellation of the school’s annual concerto competition. The decision was the latest in a series of adjustments affecting the school’s music department—and Saratoga Music Boosters (SMB), the parent-run nonprofit founded in 1972...
Los Gatos High students perform at Carnegie Hall
It’s featured the Beatles, John Philip Sousa, Led Zeppelin and Booker T. Washington, and on April 14, around 185 Los Gatos High School students joined the ranks of people who have graced the stage at Carnegie Hall, during the 2023 Harmonic Convergence Concert.
The Italian...
Blind LGHS student becomes a National Merit Finalist
On Thursday, the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District announced 41 high school seniors had been recognized as National Merit Finalists, an honor awarded to less than 1% of students nationwide who demonstrate exceptional academic ability, leadership and extracurricular involvement.
One particularly notable finalist is...
Students send Class of 2023 off with inspiring words (GALLERY)
After a winter that included an atmospheric river natural disaster, Los Gatos High School’s Class of 2023 was dispatched into the wider world in a June 9 ceremony held outdoors in pleasant conditions.
The event, broadcast live on public access station KCAT, gave student speakers...
Elementary District puts student mental health first, in updated approach to learning
Deborah Weinstein, executive director of the Los Gatos Education Foundation, recently visited Daves Avenue Elementary School, where its mascot, the Cool Cat, had been high-fiving students and handing out flyers.
That was part of a drive during Suicide Prevention Awareness Month to bolster the Los...
LGHS sends Class of 2025 out into the world
One of the hallmark events of the year in Los Gatos is the Los Gatos High School graduation ceremony, which takes place on the iconic front lawn along Main Street. With preparations beginning weeks prior, and a cleanup that happens in the ensuing days...
Parents pulling out all the stops for LGHS Grad Night 2022
About 150 parents have been toiling away on plans for the carnival set to be unveiled at Los Gatos High School to send seniors off into the wider world in style.
The Class of 2022 Grad Night committee has about 75 co-chairs, as the community...
California teachers are using AI in the classroom
Your children could be some of a growing number of California kids having their writing graded by software instead of a teacher.
California school districts are signing more contracts for artificial intelligence tools, from automated grading in San Diego to chatbots in central California, Los...
