New Haven Unified School District

UNION CITY (Monday, Oct. 1, 2007) – Families of children who were not quite old enough to attend kindergarten when the 2007-08 school year began will have the option of enrolling in a mid-year, full-day kindergarten program being piloted by the New Haven Unified School District starting in January 2008. Read More… »»

UNION CITY (Thursday, September 13, 2007) – The New Haven Unified School District and Kidango, the nonprofit organization that provides early childhood care at District schools, will receive nearly half-a-million dollars in state construction funding for a new childcare facility being built on the campus of James Logan High School. Read More… »»

UNION CITY (Wednesday, September 12, 2007) – The New Haven Unified School District will update emergency-readiness plans and provide employees with emergency-response training after being selected to receive a Federal Readiness and Emergency Management Grant worth nearly $100,000.

The U.S. Department of Education granted New Haven $93,831 to develop emergency plans in compliance with the National Incident Management System and to train staff in emergency-response skills and procedures. Read More… »»

Barnard-White’s Rosa Thompson Named Classified Employee of the Year

UNION CITY (Wednesday, June 13, 2007) -- Tracey Liebig of Alvarado Middle School was named the District’s Teacher of the Year and Rosa Thompson of Barnard- White Middle School was named Classified Employee of the Year at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Board of Education.

Also honored were Teachers and Classified Employees of the Year from each site. They are: Read More… »»

UNION CITY (Monday, June 4, 2007) – Continuing its efforts to be a leader in environmental consciousness, the New Haven Unified School District will retrofit its entire fleet of buses, to reduce emissions by up to 85 percent.

The District, home of the first school in Alameda County running primarily on solar power, has won a $350,000 grant from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to retrofit all 28 of its school buses. The grant is part of the Lower Emission School Bus Program (LESBP). Read More… »»

UNION CITY (Wednesday, May 23, 2007) – Students from Searles Elementary School are among those being honored in San Francisco today as winners in the Stock Market Game, a nationwide educational program based on a simulation of the stock market.

Teams of students from Vince Rosato’s fifth-grade class finished first and second in the fall competition and first and third in the spring competition. The students were invited to attend an awards ceremony today at the San Francisco Chronicle. Read More… »»

UNION CITY (Monday, May 14, 2007) – Angelia Nava , who has more than 10 years of management experience in children nutrition in school districts from Tucson to the Bay Area, has been named Director of Food and Nutrition Services in the New Haven Unified School District.

“Providing nutrition services is a critical element of public education, especially given the number of students whose learning is affected because they don’t eat well at home or because they are struggling with obesity,” Superintendent Dr. Pat Jaurequi said. Read More… »»

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UNION CITY (Thursday, May 10, 2007) – A James Logan High School student has won a national essay contest addressing the question “Does Diversity Matter?” Read More… »»

UNION CITY (Tuesday, May 8, 2007) – Two additional counselors and a social worker will provide extra services for elementary students, and the New Haven Unified School District also will be able to open a parent center at the new Cabello Student Services Center, as a result of more than $1 million in new funding. Read More… »»

UNION CITY (Thursday, May 3, 2007) – New Haven Unified is one of nine districts from across the country selected to be part of a Stanford University professional development network of districts engaged in school reform. Read More… »»

UNION CITY (Monday, April 30, 2007) – Alberto Solorzano, who grew up in the New Haven Unified School District and taught and coached at District schools before stepping into administration, has been named principal of Cesar Chavez Middle School. Read More… »»

UNION CITY (Friday, March 30, 2007) – Beth Davies, a respected teacher, assistantprincipal and house principal during her nine-year career in the New Haven Unified School District, has been named principal of Hillview Crest Elementary School.

Ms. Davies, who served this year as a house principal at James Logan High School after three years as the assistant principal at Eastin Elementary School, will assume her new duties July 1. She will replace Brenda Lloyd, who requested a reassignment. Read More… »»

Pioneer’s Matthew Callison Named Apple Distinguished Educator; Emanuele’s Kim Klindt Wins Fulbright Award

UNION CITY (Thursday, March 29, 2007) – Matthew Callison, an English Language Development (ELD) specialist and third-grade teacher at Pioneer Elementary School, has been named an Apple Distinguished Educator for 2007, and Kim Klindt, a fourth-grade teacher at Emanuele Elementary, has won a Fulbright Award. Read More… »»

UNION CITY (Tuesday, March 27, 2007) - Dramatic academic improvement at
Alvarado Elementary School and solid gains at Kitayama Elementary and James Logan High
School are evident in the latest report on standardized test scores, released today by the California
Department of Education.

The state today released the 2006 Academic Performance Index (API) "base reports,"
including 1-10 rankings comparing individual schools, both to schools across the state Read More… »»