FUSD News

Superintendent's Newsletter, Mensaje del Superintendente, 總監的話

FUSD celebrates Teacher Appreciation Week from May 1-5 in acknowledgement of the amazing certificated staff across FUSD.

This spring students across FUSD schools applied their curiosity and creativity to scientific investigations and the engineering design process, resulting in fantastic research and results.

FUSD is proud to name Rachel Brown as its 2023 Teacher of the Year. Brown is a 4th grade teacher at Mission San Jose Elementary, and is in her 24th year of teaching in FUSD, and was selected from an outstanding group of nominees from FUSD schools.

Many FUSD schools are participating in the 2023 Bike to School Day on May 11, in partnership with Alameda County Safe Routes to Schools. 

We are pleased to announce that the Fremont Unified School District will offer our students and families extended day kindergarten starting in the 2023-24 school year.

Students representing four FUSD schools were champions at the 2023 County History Day awards, with 11 projects earning a place in the State History Day competition. 

Robertson High School was named a 2023 Model Continuation High School by the California Department of Education on February 14, 2023.

Across FUSD campuses, educators are making individual and concerted efforts to build students’ climate literacy and environmental awareness.

FUSD is home to six of the 356 elementary schools named as 2023 California Distinguished Schools by the California Department of Education on January 6, 2023.

In October 2022, FUSD’s Transportation Department took delivery of its 11th fully electric school bus, and is awaiting the arrival of three more in the coming weeks. These buses are critical to the District’s efforts to reduce its climate impact. 

FUSD maintains overall high levels of performance on relaunched California School Dashboard.

For over 40 years, Fremont Unified School District’s Board of Education has included a Student Board Member. Current Student Board Member Sissi Zhang is a senior at Irvington High School.

In the Spanish Dual Immersion program's first unified year at John Blacow Elementary, the school is welcoming students, families and staff from Vallejo Mill and Grimmer elementary schools into the Blacow campus and community.

FUSD’s Curriculum and Instruction Dept. is hosting an Environmental Education Professional Development training series for any FUSD educator who wants help or professional partnership in adding an environmental focus to their instruction.

Review notes from meetings of the Board of Education.

FUSD students maintain high levels of proficiency on the 2021-22 California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) summative assessments for English language arts (ELA) and mathematics.

Horner Middle School Middle hosted a Campus Showcase with a tour of the site and to acknowledge the investment of time and resources that went into this middle school conversion project.

On August 16, FUSD cut the ribbon on its first new school in 29 years: Lila Bringhurst Elementary School.