Our South County Schools
Preparing our Youth
for a Very Different World
Few decisions are more important to parents
school programs to guide our youth from the first day of pre-
than where to raise their kids and send them to
school until they graduate from 12th grade. We are also blessed
school. Our children and
with passionate educators.
teens spend an average of 13 years and close
Recently, gmhTODAY staff visited a
to 12,000 hours in school before they launch
number of local school campuses to observe
What sculpture is to
into college, jobs or military service. A quality
teachers and students in action. We asked
a block of marble,
education helps them chart a meaningful and
educational leaders to reflect on the past year
education is to the
successful course in life.
and share thoughts about the year ahead. While
soul. Joseph Addison
Here in South County we are fortunate to
South County schools differ in size, offerings
have real choice, with more than 40 public,
and cost, we discovered a common thread that
charter and private schools as well as home-
runs through the fabric of this community.
BY ROBIN
SHEPHERD
12
GILROY • MORGAN HILL • SAN MARTIN
JULY / AUGUST 2015
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