Education

During its regularly scheduled meeting, Dec. 6, Mayor Rob Rennie asked Town Manager Laurel Prevetti for an update on the process to officially acknowledge Los Gatos’ earliest residents. But her response—while delighting some First Nations advocates—left one group in particular feeling a little left out. “We...

Students from Los Gatos and Saratoga High Schools’ Speech and Debate Teams have been quite convincing, making their points successfully against students from other public—and private—schools. These efforts have led to placements in top tournaments and invitations to national competitions. At the California High School...

A new report says declining enrollments at local elementary and middle schools may mean changes are coming to Los Gatos and Saratoga high schools. The 2021-22 Demographics & Enrollment Projections Report by the consulting firm SchoolWorks was discussed by the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School...

Last year, only a handful of students got As in my Advanced Placement (AP) Language and Composition class at Prospect High School. I noticed many of my classmates complaining about these results, commenting that they felt like English isn’t supposed to be so tough. But why?...

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...

Kevin Buchanan, the principal of Los Gatos High School, looked out at the bustling campus as his last year before retirement winds-down. He noticed a group of students playing with a ball on the lawn near East Main Street. “This is a good sign,” he remarked....

Los Gatos High School (LGHS) and Saratoga High School (SHS) honored their 2024 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists this fall after the names of more than 16,000 Semifinalists were publicly announced as part of the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.  The Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High...

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...

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...

Local high schools are starting to get a sense of just how far students are falling behind due to Covid-19. And unlike other districts in the region, for the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District, the answer appears to be—not much. After the first grading period,...