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Schwarzenegger visits Saratoga Elementary as Netflix show FUBAR hits #1
Arnold Schwarzenegger had been in full-on hype mode down in Hollywood as he’s at the center of two major projects for Los Gatos streaming giant Netflix: FUBAR (2023), an action-comedy TV series, and Arnold, a Lesley Chilcott-directed docuseries about his life.
Yet, in the weeks...
District celebrates National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists
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...
Artificial Intelligence use grows at Prospect High School
Cheating and plagiarism aren’t exactly new challenges for educators to have to contend with.
But, with AI machines like ChatGPT and Gemini making academic misconduct easier—while also showing promise as an important educational tool—many high schools are racing to develop new policies to deal with...
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...
Local students rack up academic honors at college
Avery McCloughan Named to SNHU President's List
Los Gatos student Avery McCloughan has been named to Southern New Hampshire University's Winter 2024 President's List. The winter terms run from January to May.
Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.7.
Local Students Graduate...
High school district picks Heath Rocha for superintendent
The Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District trustees voted 4-0 in favor of appointing Acting Superintendent Heath Rocha as its new permanent superintendent, during last board meeting.
Heath has been serving as Acting Superintendent since October and will continue in that role until he formally...
Locals launch supplement business; Civil Grand Jury seeks volunteers; theater major makes Montclair State Dean’s List (Local Scene)
This week's "Local Scene" features a pair of Los Gatans aiming to make it big in the supplement game, the civil grand jury putting a call-out for new members and a thespian making the grade...
Los Gatos residents launch supplement products
Fuel 4 Ever, a family-owned...
State’s 2 biggest school districts botched AI deals
With all the hubris of a startup founder, Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District, took to the stage in March to launch Ed the chatbot. He told parents and students it had “the potential to personalize the educational journey at a...
Board of Education appoints Area 3 trustee
On Nov. 28, the Santa Clara County Board of Education unanimously approved the selection of Donald Rocha as the provisionally appointed trustee for Area 3.
Trustee Area 3 includes the Cambrian, Campbell Union, Luther Burbank, Moreland, Union and Campbell Union High School districts and a...
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...
