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Fontana Unified School District

  • Fontana Unified Reaches New Milestone with 33 Schools Honored for Supporting Student Success

    Fontana Unified School District once again set a benchmark as 33 of its schools received California Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Coalition Awards for their dedication to fostering inclusive, supportive school environments that promote student success during the 2024-25 school year. This is the fifth consecutive year Fontana Unified has increased the number of schools recognized, highlighting the District’s ongoing commitment to building social-emotional skills and providing educators with strategies to enhance student outcomes. All 33 schools will be recognized at the 2025 California PBIS Coalition Conference, held Oct. 8-10 in Sacramento.

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  • Fontana Unified to Host Annual Regional College and Career Fair on District Campus for First Time

    For the first time, Fontana Unified School District (FUSD) will host the annual Regional College and Career Fair on a District campus Jurupa Hills High School. Presented in partnership with Chaffey Joint Union High School District (CJUHSD), the fair will serve as a one-stop shop where thousands of K-12 students and families can connect with more than 70 colleges, universities, and employers to explore post-graduation pathways. The Regional College and Career Fair is part of Fontana Unified’s ongoing commitment to boosting college and career readiness by removing barriers and increasing access to information and financial support.

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  • Fontana Unified MCJROTC Program Named Naval Honor School for Sixth Consecutive Year

    Fontana High School’s Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (MCJROTC) program has once again been recognized for its excellence in community service, leadership, and academics, earning a Naval Honor School designation for the sixth straight year and the 19th time in its 33-year history. The Naval Honor School distinction, awarded annually by the U.S. Marine Corps Training and Education Command, evaluates more than 250 MCJROTC units nationwide. This year, Fontana High (FOHI) stood out despite new, more rigorous standards. Placed in the newly created “mega” category against some of the nation’s largest and most competitive programs, FOHI earned the honor for its academic achievement, leadership development, success in national competitions, and commitment to community service.

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Fontana Unified Achieves Record-Breaking Success with 29 California PBIS Awards, Nine Platinum Honors

Fontana Unified School District continued its seven-year streak of excellence in the annual California Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Coalition Awards for its success in fostering positive learning environments. Twenty-nine schools earned PBIS awards, including nine platinum accolades, to set a District record in total and platinum PBIS awards received in a single year.

Fontana Unified Opens Door to Opportunity for Students with Consecutive College and Career Fairs

Thousands of Fontana Unified students across all age groups weighed numerous possibilities for their futures as they researched different college and career opportunities at the Regional College and Career Fair on Sept. 20 and the United College Action Network, Inc. (U-CAN) Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) Recruitment Fair on Sept. 21. The Regional College and Career Fair and U-CAN HBCU Recruitment Fair are collaborative educational efforts between multiple school districts and part of Fontana Unified School District’s efforts to boost college and career readiness by removing barriers and increasing access to information and financial support.

Fontana Unified Students Partner with Local General Contractor on Renovation of Historic Barn

Approximately 35 Fontana Unified School District high school students partnered with a local general contractor, Final Touch Construction & Design, to assist with a four-day renovation project of a historic barn located in their own backyard at the Pepper Street Agricultural Museum. Students in Fontana Unified’s Career Connections program, a career technical education pathway in general construction offered at Citrus and Fontana high schools, assisted with the project, which took place from Sept. 20 to 23.

Fontana Unified Senior Secures Private Pilot’s License in CTE Pathway

A.B. Miller High School senior Johnny Hortua’s journey to realizing his dream of becoming a commercial airline pilot landed on a pivotal milestone when he secured his private pilot’s license in August. Hortua is the second student in Fontana Unified School District’s aviation career technical education pathway at A.B. Miller to earn his private pilot’s license in high school. Hortua completed flight training school, a pilot training class, airline mechanic class and attained a scholarship that covered the cost of his private pilot's license testing, which can run up to $10,000, from the Tom Wathen Center at Flabob Airport in Jurupa Valley through the A.B. Miller aviation program.

Fontana Unified Partners with Chaffey Joint Union to Host Regional College and Career Fair, HBCU Recruitment Fair

Fontana Unified School District will continue its partnership with Chaffey Joint Union High School District to cohost the annual Regional College and Career Fair and United College Action Network, Inc. (U-CAN) Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) Recruitment Fair, which aim to increase awareness of and access to higher education opportunities. Collectively, the events will feature representatives from more than 80 colleges and universities from across the state and country, including Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State San Bernardino, Morehouse College, Pepperdine, Occidental, Spelman College, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara and Xavier University of Louisiana. The Regional College and Career Fair is open to K-12 students and families, and the U-CAN HBCU Recruitment Fair is open to high school juniors and seniors; admission is free for both fairs.

Fontana Unified Public Service Cadets Honor 9/11 Victims and Survivors with Stair Climb Fundraiser

Fontana High School public service cadets from the school’s Fire Technology, Emergency Medical Technician and Law Enforcement career technical education pathways will pay tribute to the victims and fallen heroes of 9/11, joining organizations from across the United States that are taking part in the National 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb challenge. Fontana High public service cadets will climb exactly 2,200 steps in gear – representing the 110 floors of the World Trade Center towers that New York City first responders climbed – and will raise money through donations made from students, families, staff and community sponsors. All proceeds and donations will go to the McGinnis Scholarship Foundation.

Fontana Unified Achieves Standout Marks on U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 ‘Best High Schools’ Rankings

Six Fontana Unified high schools have been honored in the 2023-24 Best High Schools rankings by U.S. News & World Report, celebrating the District’s efforts to guide students into lucrative industries and continue their education at institutions such as Harvard, Yale, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia and Johns Hopkins. All five FUSD comprehensive high schools received standout rankings among schools in the region and were ranked in the top 21 percent of public high schools nationwide, an achievement supported by the District’s robust high school programming and college and career readiness program. Eric Birch High School, one of the District’s two continuation schools, was also ranked for the second time in three years.

Fontana Unified Elementary Robotics Students to Make Return Trip to International Competition

The Randall Pepper Elementary School robotics program is gearing up for a return trip to Europe after a two-student team of third-graders, Keilani Aquino and Anthony Diaz-Flores, qualified for the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) Friendship Invitational Tournament 2023, to be held Sept. 21-24 in Odense, Denmark. As members of Randall Pepper’s WRO Robotics Club, Aquino and Diaz-Flores honed their craft, learning to build and code robots during a half dozen club meetings held on Saturdays throughout the 2022-23 school year. The pair’s knowledge and teamwork paid off during the WRO U.S. Open held in June, an event featuring more than 100 teams in competition. This is the second time that Randall Pepper robotics students have qualified for the tournament, first traveling to Aarhus, Denmark to participate in the tournament in 2019.

Fontana Unified to Co-Host Regional College and Career Fair

Fontana Unified School District will join forces with Chaffey Joint Union High School District to host the annual Regional College and Career Fair from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 20 at the Ontario Convention Center. The free event will introduce more than 60,000 students from the two school districts to representatives from dozens of colleges and universities across the country. Students can also explore potential career pathways, trade schools and more. The Ontario Convention Center is located at 2000 E. Convention Center Way, Ontario.

Fontana Unified Partners with Chaffey Joint Union to Host Regional College and Career Fair, HBCU Recruitment Fair

Fontana Unified School District will continue its partnership with Chaffey Joint Union High School District to cohost the annual Regional College and Career Fair and United College Action Network, Inc. (U-CAN) Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) Recruitment Fair, which aim to increase awareness of and access to higher education opportunities. Collectively, the events will feature representatives from more than 80 colleges and universities from across the state and country, including Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State San Bernardino, Morehouse College, Pepperdine, Occidental, Spelman College, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara and Xavier University of Louisiana. The Regional College and Career Fair is open to K-12 students and families, and the U-CAN HBCU Recruitment Fair is open to high school juniors and seniors; admission is free for both fairs.