News and Announcements

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.)

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.

Please join us at our next Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, August 5th.

At that meeting, we will hear from the eight #AUSD educators who traveled to South Korea for an educational exchange this summer. We will also hear from Mrs. Christa Van Orden, Director of Elementary Education, who will give an overview of the impact of the recent Supreme Court decision on "Mahmoud vs. Taylor."

Board Meetings are held in AUSD Board Room or you may watch on Zoom. The public session begins at 6:00pm. 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.

All members of the AUSD family are welcome to attend the Swearing-In Ceremony for the 2024-2025 Student Board Member Keiko Rakin (AHS junior) and Student Board Member Alternate Madison Kang (MKHS senior). The ceremony will take place at the beginning of the August 27th Board Meeting (6:00pm). At that meeting, the 12 students of the Student Advisory Council will be formally introduced to the public. Afterwards, the Board will take brief recess for a celebratory reception in the their honor.

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.