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Fontana Unified School District

  • Fontana Unified High School Earns First Model School Designation for Empowering Students for Success

    Eric Birch High School earned its first-ever Model Continuation School designation from the California Department of Education (CDE) for its alternative programming designed to empower at-promise youth to pursue academic and personal success. Birch High joined an esteemed list of 31 schools to secure Model Continuation School status in 2024. Model Continuation Schools retain their designation for three years and will be formally recognized during the 2024 California Continuation Education Association Plus State Conference in Los Angeles on April 25-28.

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  • Fontana Unified Student Honored for Accomplishments, Aspiration to Champion Black Representation

    Summit High School senior Nicole Bell aspires to reshape the landscape of the film and television industry one day and pursue a career where she can champion Black representation and contribute to fostering positive diversity and inclusion in the industry. Bell's leadership qualities and goal to blaze trails for the Black community led to her being recognized and receiving a $1,000 grant during a virtual Celebrating Black Success event on Feb. 24. She currently serves as co-director of SkyHawk Productions, Summit High’s TV Production program, where she is exploring potential career pathways where she can make an impact in film and television.

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  • Fontana Unified High School Cheer Team Continues Dominance, Wins Third-Straight CIF Championship

    Summit High School’s cheer team continued its historic run of success with standout postseason performances, which included the SkyHawks winning both a regional and national championship this season. Summit High won the program’s fifth straight and 10th overall United Spirit Association Spirit Nationals title in Anaheim during the Feb. 16-18 competition after taking home their third straight and fourth overall California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section division championship this postseason.

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Fontana Unified Middle Schools Honored as 2019 Schools to Watch

Southridge and Wayne Ruble middle schools are among 16 newly designated schools in the state to join the 2019 California Schools to Watch List, recognized for bridging the technology gap, boosting student achievement and improving campus culture. The Schools to Watch list, created by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform, identifies schools across the U.S. that share three features: academic excellence, developmentally responsive to early adolescence and social equity.

Fontana Unified Elementary Schools Receive Grants to Expand After School Programs

Two Fontana Unified elementary schools will receive combined grants totaling more than $100,000 to expand after-school programs that increase access to computer coding classes and enhance science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) curriculum. Oleander and North Tamarind elementary schools will receive $65,000 and $50,000 in grants, respectively, from the California Department of Education’s (CDE) After School Education and Safety (ASES) Kids Code pilot program.

Fontana Unified to Provide Parents with Tips on Math and Literacy

Fontana Unified will offer its fifth Parent University workshop of the year, continuing its efforts to boost family engagement in the educational process. The first free session on family math and literacy will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19 at the John D. Piazza Center, 9680 Citrus Ave. Translation services will be available.

Fontana Unified Adds Two All-Electric Buses to Fleet, Aims to Reduce Pollution and Costs

Fontana Unified added two electric, zero-emission buses to its fleet that aim to reduce air pollution and transportation energy costs, thanks to funding and support from local and state agencies. Fontana Unified is among 16 school districts across Southern California to receive funding for two electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and two buses. The District’s new EV Blue Bird Type D buses can accommodate up to 72 passengers and travel 100 to 120 miles on a full charge.

Fontana Unified Student Places First at CETA Southern Theatre Festival

Henry J. Kaiser High School senior Kelley Bouslaiby’s dynamic performance as Viola in “The Twelfth Night” won her recognition as first place in a lead performance during the California Educational Theatre Association’s Southern High School Theatre Festival, held Jan. 18-20.

Fontana Unified to Provide Parents with Tips on Health and Wellness

Fontana Unified will offer its fourth Parent University workshop of the year, continuing its efforts to boost family engagement in the educational process. The first free session on health and wellness will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22 at Fontana Adult School, 10755 Oleander Ave.; and from 6 to 8 p.m. at the John D. Piazza Center, 9680 Citrus Ave. Translation services will be available.

Fontana Unified School Nurse Honored by Azusa Pacific, Hot 103.9

Fontana Unified school nurse Catherine Jauregui-Husung received a Tender Loving Care Award on Jan. 10 from Azusa Pacific University’s Inland Empire Regional Campus and Hot 103.9, which honor one local school nurse each month. Jauregui-Husung, who was selected for her compassion and dedication to ensuring student well-being, also received a certificate for a spa day at Glen Ivy Hot Springs.

Fontana Unified’s Summit High Cheer Team Triumphs at Nationals

Summit High School’s coed cheer team scored third place among coed teams in the UCA National High School Cheerleading Championship, held Feb. 8-10. Summit’s Nationals triumph is the latest success this season, following the team’s first-ever CIF Southern-Section Championship.