#HUSDSportsCenter Students may be on Spring Break, but Spring athletes are in action. The Sultans met the Scorpions on the diamond today. Both teams played hard, but Sultan Nation dominated 15-5. Great job boys!
For today's #SchoolSiteHighlight we are at Cottonwood Elementary with the Mojave Environmental Education Consortium (MEEC) Teacher of the Year Mrs. Eddy's 5th/6th class. Students showed us their award winning self-sustained city model, their hydroponics garden growing lettuce and basil and their class garden growing strawberries. Awesome work Coyotes!
All HUSD schools and district offices will be closed for Spring Break from March 24th to March 28th and reopen Monday, March 31st. We hope you have a great Spring Break!
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Today was the annual HUSD Principal of the Day event. Community leaders were honorary Principals at all school sites. Then they met at the district & talked about what they learned while they ate amazing Hawaiian food prepared by the CTE culinary programs at SHS, HHS, OHHS & MHS.
#SchoolSiteHighlight Today the HUSD Cabinet and Board President Mr. Swanson visited Principal Mr. Chris Fore and the Mojave High School staff and congratulated them on earning California Department of Education Model School recognition. Way to go Coyotes!
For today's #schoolsitehighlight we go to Sultana. The Sultan of the Quarter luncheon was hosted by ASB and the Culinary students. Twenty-two students were invited to share a lunch with the teachers that nominated them to be recognized for doing great things in the classroom.
For today's #schoolsitehighlight we go to Joshua Circle Elementary. Students in Mrs. Caro's and Ms. Zaragoza's classroom are enrolled in Joshua Circle's Dual Language Immersion (DLI) program. This program provides an incredible opportunity for students to develop bilingual skills in a dynamic and engaging environment. By immersing them in both languages early on, we foster cultural awareness, cognitive growth, and a strong foundation for future academic success.
Congratulations to Oak Hills High School Senior Jonathan Jeong who was awarded an Edison Scholarship for $50,000 as he prepares to continue his education in Computer Science at Cal Berkley! The entire community is proud of you Jonathan!
HUSD is excited to partner with Think Together to offer fun activities, enrichment and care during the upcoming spring break, March 24-28th. The program is free for HUSD elementary students and transportation is available. For more information, see the attached flyer or visit thinktogether.org/enroll to sign up today! Registration is required.
#HUSDSportsCenter We are all very proud of Oak Hills Cross Country & Track n Field star Xyrie Goeson as she signed her letter of intent to attend Indiana Tech! We wish you well as you prepare to continue your academic and athletic career as an Indiana Tech Warrior!
Congratulations to Oak Hills High School's cybersecurity teams who competed in the Inland Empire's Mayor's Cup last weekend. This is a grueling offensive competition against Inland Empire high schools and colleges. Oak Hills brought 27 students in 5 teams and had a team place 4th and a team place 6th. Their fourth place team was DogBytes and consisted of Jonathan Jeong, Mason Greene, Isaac Reyna, Caleb Timm, Christian Hines, and Paige Garcia. The sixth place team, OHHSTech, consisted of Valeria Rameriz, Ethan Mascoe, Noah Pond, Jesus Chavez Duarte, Jacob O'Brien, and Richard Juarez. The teams are now transitioning into preparing for the next major offensive competition: SoCal Cyber Cup to be held on Saturday, May 3rd. Way to go Bulldogs!
#HUSDSportsCenter The Hesperia High School Scorpion baseball team dominated their MRL opener today 13-3 against Serrano. Ralph Herrera pitched a full game. Great win in Scorpion country!
Congratulations to the HUSD Employees of the Month for February! Our Teacher of the Month is Eucalyptus Elementary's Serena Skophammer and our Classified Employee of the Month is Maintenance Worker Ben Baker. Let's give them a shout-out in the comments!
#SchoolSiteHighlight Today we are at Shadow Ridge Independent Study school in Mrs. Chavez 5th grade Science class where students had the choice of coming in for an in person electricity lab with Google slides with balloon static electricity and Robotics applications or work digitally from home on a Nearpod lab. Shadow Ridge makes blended real-world learning fun! Great job Sharks!
Way to go HUSD! 7 of the 9 Elks Americanism Essay winners were HUSD students! These students wrote amazing essays on "What patriotism means to you" and even though many 5th-8th grade students entered, these outstanding Hesperia students won. Students with an "*" also had their essay move on to the State competition. 1st Place: Emsli Ayala* (5th Gr Kingston), Austin Cain* (6th Gr Krystal), Xavier Ergueta* (7th Gr RMS) & Amanda Martinez* (8th Gr RMS) 2nd Place: Brianna Cortes Robles* (6th Gr Joshua Circle), Hailey McKinlay (7th Gr HJH), Juliet Sanchez* (8th Gr RMS) 3rd Place: Joseph Farfan (6th Gr Joshua Circle), Bailey Williams* (8th Gr CMS)
#SchoolSiteHighlight Today we are in Mr. Janzen's 5th grade class at Topaz. He is using Brisk Teaching AI to create bots for famous Historical figures like George Washington and Patrick Henry. The students were able to digitally interview the AI bots and learn about the figures to create hands-on foldables about all the figures. What an amazing way to blend new school technology with old school projects to make learning effective and fun! Great job Tigers!
A BIG congratulations to our February HUSD Students of the Month! The winner for elementary school was Mesa Grande's Alan Cortez, and secondary was Oak Hill High School's Mollie Zielke. For more info please visit: hesperiausd.org/page/student-of-the-month
#SchoolSiteHighlight Today we are in the Mesquite Trails FLAIR program. Miss Valdovinos, Ms. Stewart & Mrs. Williams work with students on language acquisition in this fun after-school program to help them master English standards. Great job Eagles!
A BIG congratulations to our February HUSD Athletes of the Month! The winner for middle school was Ranchero's Isaiah Smith (Jr.) and high school was Sultana's Xander Firm. For more info please visit: https://www.hesperiausd.org/page/student-athlete-of-the-month
