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Lynwood Unified School District

  • Lynwood Unified School Honored as 2024 Model Continuation High School

    Lynwood Unified School District’s Vista High School is among 31 schools in the state recognized as a 2024 Model Continuation High School by the California Department of Education for fostering a supportive learning environment for at-promise youth and providing exemplary instructional strategies, flexible scheduling, and support services to ensure personal and academic success. Vista High School serves students in the District who require a flexible schedule due to jobs, family needs or other life circumstances. The school’s efforts to promote academic and social success for every student contributed to Vista’s recognition as a Model Continuation High School.

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  • Cesar Chavez Middle School Earns Coveted Distinction as 2024 School to Watch

    Cesar Chavez Middle School has earned the coveted distinction of being named a 2024 School to Watch by the California Department of Education and California League of Educators (CLE) for its exemplary performance in fostering a positive campus culture and providing an enriching curriculum that boosts student engagement and success. Cesar Chavez Middle School (CCMS) is the second Lynwood Unified School District campus to become a School to Watch, joining Hosler Middle School, which earned the distinction in 2023. District and CCMS leaders will accept the award at the CLE 2024 Annual Conference on Friday, March 8.

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  • Firebaugh High School Boys’ Basketball Team Makes School History, Wins CIF Championships, Advances to State

    Firebaugh High School’s boys’ basketball team has had a record-breaking season, earning the most wins in Falcon history and, after its 76-31 victory over Big Bear High School on Feb. 24, the team added another monumental title to their belt – CIF Southern Section Division 5A Champions. The team now advances to the State Championships – which consists of five games – with the first round of the Division 5 State Championships against Coalinga High School taking place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27 at Firebaugh High School.

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Lynwood High School Basketball Players Test their skills against Pros in Summer League

Follow-up Story: Lynwood High School junior Carl Lewis recently got to experience something that many sports fans often dream of – the chance to go one on one with professional basketball stars and college standouts. Since July, Lewis and several of Lynwood’s High’s most skilled basketball players have gone toe-to-toe against Real Run Basketball’s top talent, where they practiced ball handling, endurance and passing drills. The Lynwood students then had a chance to put these new skills into practice with weekly matches against various college and professional players.

Lynwood Unified High Students Explore STEM at UCLA

Follow-up Story: Students from Lynwood High School spent five weeks this summer exploring computer science, biology and chemistry at UCLA as part of the Summer Math and Science Honors Academy (SMASH). Kelly Medina, Alan Lopez, Mariela Ceballos, Luis Carvajal and recent Lynwood High graduate Brand Salazar took part in the residential program over the course of three summers. SMASH is a free college preparatory program that places minority high school students on a university campus and introduces them to in-depth courses in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The Lynwood High students completed the program July 29 with a graduation and recognition ceremony.

Two Formerly Homeless Lynwood High School Grads Earn Scholarships

Recent Lynwood High School graduates Moises Topete and Brandon Salazar have each earned a California Gas Scholarship for thriving as students while living as homeless unaccompanied youths. The scholarship program is open to high school graduating seniors and transferring community college students who will attend a vocational/technical school, two-year or four-year college or university. Topete graduated with a 3.6 GPA and will pursue culinary arts at Los Angeles Trade Technical College. Salazar earned a 3.3 GPA and will attend UC Merced.

65 Lynwood Unified Students Graduate in Summer Ceremony

Follow-up Story: Sixty-five students were celebrated for completing Lynwood Unified’s summer school program and earning their high school diplomas during a commencement ceremony on July 20 at Firebaugh High School. Superintendent Gudiel R. Crosthwaite congratulated the students from Firebaugh, Lynwood and Vista high schools. Lynwood Unified’s credit recovery system provides students with the opportunity to take or retake courses over summer that are required for graduation. Photos are available

New All-Electric School Buses to Reduce Cost and Pollution at Lynwood Unified

Lynwood Unified School District will reduce air pollution and save about $20,000 annually when it adds two all-electric school buses to its fleet this school year thanks to a pair of grants totaling nearly $800,000 from the South Coast Air Quality Management District and the Hybrid and Zero Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Project. The eLion Type C buses can travel 75 miles while fully charged. Photos are available

Lynwood Unified Encourages Healthy Living with Track and Field Program

Follow-up Story: Six Lynwood Unified students put their athletic abilities to the test with sprints, long jump and shot put at the California State Games track and field competition on July 15 and 16. This is the first year Lynwood Unified has funded after-school track and field coaches and equipment as part of a mission to promote a healthy, active lifestyle. Last year, one elementary school had a track club and only one Lynwood student competed in the California State Games. Photos are available

Lynwood Unified Educators, Admin Teach One Another Technological Tools of the Trade

One hundred educators learned how to create lesson plans using Google Slides and implement collaborative testing with Kahoot! and Quizzizz on June 16 at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies for Lynwood Unified’s second annual Lynwood Educators’ Technology Summit (LETS), where LUSD instructors and representatives from global technology companies presented methods for integrating technology into the classroom. K-12 teachers from Lynwood Unified schools discussed how they have implemented Google Suite, Web 2.0 tools and coding in their classrooms, while education representatives from Edlio, Newsela, Google and Apple shared about creative test-taking platforms, Google Slides and using iPads to teach students the essences of block coding.

Lynwood Unified Summer School Students Bolster Reading Skills during Scholastic Literacy Event

Follow-up Story: Lynwood Unified School District spread the joy of reading to 250 students and their parents during the District’s first Scholastic Literacy Event on June 28, when students also took home three books from a massive donated collection of 2,300 books. Clifford the Big Red Dog was also available to take pictures and excite students to grow their literary knowledge. Photos are available

Lynwood Unified Elementary Students’ Original Play to be Performed in Africa

Fifteen Abbott Elementary School students will soon be globally known for their playwriting talents when a Rwandan children’s group performs their play at the Ubumuntu Arts Festival on Friday, July 14. The play, called “The Wall,” is set 364 years in the future when neighboring families decide to end their prejudiced ideologies and tear down a wall commissioned by President Donald Trump. The play is one of 76 productions created by Lynwood Unified’s elementary and middle school students as part of the Building Relationships and Inspiring Dialogue through Global Exchange (BRIDGE) Theatre Project. Photos are available