News and Announcements

At the August 6th Board meeting, there will be two staff reports presented: (1) Overview of the Anti-Bias Project and (2) Review of Draft Alhambra Unified School District 2024-2025 Spending Control Plan. Community members are welcome to submit questions regarding either reports. These questions will be used to finalize the presentation and to guide discussion by the board members. This form will close on Monday, August 5th at noon. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE to submit a question.

Please join us at our next Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, July 23rd. You can attend in person at the AUSD Board Room (1515 West Mission Road in Alhambra). CLICK ON THE HEADLINE to watch the meeting via Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/92862358599).

In order to ensure children have access to nutritional meals when school is not in session, AUSD will continue to offer its annual free Summer Meal Program. FREE meals will be available to students participating in AUSD Summer School and Summer Extended Learning Programs at eight sites in the district. These eight sites will also offer community meal times for any child aged 18 years and younger. Children do NOT need to attend an AUSD school to receive these free meals. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE to download a flyer with locations, dates, and times.

Please join us for the public session of the June 25th Board Meeting. starting at 6:00pm. You can attend in person or via Zoom. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE to attend via Zoom.

There will be two staff reports at the June 25th Board of Education meeting. Community members are welcome to submit questions on: (1) Athletics Program Update, (2) Career Technical Education & Dual Enrollment Program Update, and/or (3) Annual Update on Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB). CLICK ON THE HEADLINE to submit a question. This form will close on Monday, June 24th at noon.

Please join us at your child's Open House! CLICK ON THE HEADLINE to download a list of all AUSD schools' Open Houses and mark your calendar. Your child's teacher/school will send home more information as the date grows nearer. (02/29/24 Update: Please note Park School's Open House date has changed to May 15th.)

Alhambra Day Nursery Foundation is offering $1,000 scholarships to graduating high school seniors that have shown an interest in early childhood through grade12 education or related fields of study involving children and plan to pursue this education in college.

AUSD's Board Member & Clerk Mr. Ken Tang was recently been appointed by California Governor Gavin Newsom to serve a full, four-year term on the CalSTRS Teachers’ Retirement Board as the representative of all California School Board Members. Immediately preceding Tuesday's Board Meeting, Mr. Tang will take his Oath of Office, with a reception to follow. Members of the public are welcome to join Mr. Tang and AUSD for this celebratory occasion on Tuesday, February 27th at 4:30pm in the Board Room (1515 West Mission Road in Alhambra).

We are excited to share information about the West San Gabriel Valley SELPA's parent workshop on the IEPs: THE IEP PROCESS AND HOW TO NAVIGATE IT. This October 25th training will help parents who are new to the world of special education. Parents may attend in person at 1:00pm or virtually at 6:30pm. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE to download a PDF of the flyer (in English, Chinese, Spanish, and Vietnamese) with the embedded live registration links.

Please join us on Tuesday, October 3rd for the next AUSD Board of Education Meeting. The public session begins at 6:00pm. You are welcome to attend in person (in the AUSD Board Room) or CLICK ON THE HEADLINE to attend via Zoom.

We will have one staff report scheduled for next Tuesday's board meeting: ➡ "Update on California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) Implementation." CLICK ON THE HEADLINE to submit questions on this topic.
Please make sure to submit your questions by October 2nd at noon, then join us at our Board Meeting on Tuesday, October 3rd to hear the full staff report.

AUSD is excited to announce Alhambra High School's 2nd Annual PARENT EDUCATION ACADEMY, in conjunction with Asian Youth Center (AYC). This program will be held at AHS' Dream Center but is OPEN TO ANY AUSD PARENT! Classes will begin the week of September 21st and will continue through December. The exact day of the week is still TBD (probably Wednesday or Thursday), but the times will be 5:00pm to 8:00pm. Translations (in Chinese, Spanish, and Vietnamese), childcare, and dinner are all provided. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE to download flyers in multiple languages with an embedded link to register (or go to https://bit.ly/ParentEdAcademy2023).

Throughout the weekend, we have been in contact with authorities from the cities we serve, as well as the Los Angeles County Office of Education, and are expecting ALL SCHOOLS TO OPEN as scheduled on Monday.

All sites will be inspected early tomorrow morning and principals will notify families if there are any impacts to arrival routes or school entries. Make sure to leave early tomorrow morning to allow enough to school safely. A letter was sent via Blackboard-Connect to all families. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE to access the letter.

Important information is always shared at Back-to-School (BTS) Night. Please CLICK ON THE HEADLINE to download a list of dates/times for our sites' BTS Nights. Most are scheduled between now and the end of August, but we have one scheduled for September 21st. (The list will have the specific date/time for your child's school.)

Please join us at our next Board of Education Meeting! A highlight of the meeting will be a celebration of the first Game Changers of the Year. Congratulations to: NATHANIEL SAPALICIO, STEM Teacher at Baldwin School and SERGIO ESCOBEDO, Custodian at Marguerita School. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, September 19th, with the public session beginning at 6:00pm. Join us in the Board Room at 1515 West Mission Room. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE to join via Zoom.