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Amin Fazal is appointed new CEO of Milpitas Community Educational Endowment

The Milpitas Community Educational Endowment (MCEE) this week announced key changes to its staff… At a recent board meeting, MCEE appointed Amin Fazal as its...

Milpitas High School Robotics Team wins State Championship

In early March, four Milpitas High School (MHS) students from the Milpitas Xtreme Robotics Team 1669X went out to Redding, California, to compete in...

NJROTC program at Milpitas High builds character & leadership in students

For the past 48 years, Milpitas High School’s (MHS) NJROTC program has endured.  Known as the Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, the program helps...

Bay Area doctors call for relaxed COVID restrictions in California public schools

In a petition posted to change.org last Friday, a group of medical professionals urged California government and public health officials to relax COVID-19 restrictions...

Over 90% of Milpitas Unified students are learning remotely this week

In response to the omicron surge, the vast majority of students in the Milpitas Unified School District (MUSD) have opted to stay home and...

Due to omicron surge, Milpitas Unified schools will go virtual next week

This past Monday, as the omicron variant of COVID-19 continued to surge, students across the Milpitas Unified School District (MUSD) returned to school from...

MUSD Board of Education votes to extend censure of Trustee Michael Tsai

On March 9, 2021, the Milpitas Unified School District’s (MUSD) Board of Education voted to censure Trustee Michael Tsai for “continuous inappropriate behavior and...

New Milpitas Middle College High School is setting students up for success

When it comes to education in Milpitas, the sky’s the limit. Especially now.  An awe-inspiring group of 14 high school juniors are the very first...

Mental health is more of a priority than ever in Milpitas

Have you ever felt like nobody was there? Have you ever felt forgotten in the middle of nowhere? Have you ever felt like you could disappear? Like...

Kiwanis Club of Milpitas spearheads effort to raise money for building of classroom in Nicaragua

In Nicaragua, there is a tiny village called Luz de Cristo. In this village, 45 children, ranging from grades K-6, attend school together in...

MUSD Trustee Michael Tsai claims fellow school board members aren’t allowing him into meetings

In recent weeks, Michael Tsai, a Board Member of the Milpitas Unified School District's Board of Education, has taken to Facebook to claim that...

Milpitas Unified School District reports 44 COVID cases in first month

A month into the 2021-22 school year and the Milpitas Unified School District (MUSD) has reported 44 cases of COVID-19. Forty-two students across 15...

New Stratford School facility will open at former Orchard Supply site

Milpitas residents have by now grown accustomed to passing by the onetime location of the Orchard Supply Hardware store (125 North Milpitas Boulevard) and...

Delta variant spreading quickly among children

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve grown accustomed to seeing children account for 14.3% of the total case count. However, based on...

Students from Milpitas High School win Silicon Valley Clean Energy film competition

Three students who graduated from Milpitas High School this past June have won a film competition hosted by Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE). Michelle Ngo,...

An interview with Milpitas Unified School District Superintendent Cheryl Jordan

Summer is in full swing and students across the land are rejoicing! Even teachers get time off, and deservedly so. And yet, even though...

Kathleen King resigns from Santa Clara County Board of Education

Kathleen King resigned from the Santa Clara County Board of Education earlier this month, citing the need to focus more on the Healthier Kids...

Milpitas High’s PTSA and Farmers Market on Wheels give 256 gift bags to teachers, staff

Milpitas High School’s (MHS) Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) joined forces last week with Farmers Market on Wheels to put together 256 gift bags...

5th Grader from Sinnott Elementary wins Bronze Medal in National Math Competition

A 5th-grader from John Sinnott Elementary School has won 3rd place in the National MathCON Competition. His name is Stephen Grier, and he’s 11...

Milpitas teachers, students, & community leaders prepare self-care goodie bags for families in need

Milpitas High School teacher Tricia Brownstein’s students have spearheaded a valuable and inspirational project. The head of the Travel and Tourism Academy, Brownstein advised...

San Jose City College leaders weigh in on solutions to anti-Asian violence

“The story of the AAPI community is not monolithic,” read a letter penned this month by Deborah J. Ikeda, President of the Asian...

MUSD Board of Education votes unanimously to censure Trustee Michael Tsai

Tuesday night’s Milpitas Unified School District (MUSD) School Board meeting lasted ‘til after 1am on Wednesday, as the Board issued a unanimous vote to...

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