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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 Athletics Director Inducted into Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame

Lynwood High School Girls Athletics Director Dana Wilkerson has been inducted in the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame for her outstanding sportsmanship. Wilkerson is a 1987 Indiana All-Star, graduating from Anderson High School as her county’s all-time leading scorer with 1,692 points. As an undergraduate at Cal State Long Beach, she made four NCAA Tournament appearances and played in the final four in 1988. Wilkerson has taught at Lynwood High for 17 years. Photos are available.

Lynwood Unified Third-Grade Teacher Named Teacher of the Year

Susana Chavez, a third-grade teacher at Lynwood Unified’s Marshall Elementary School, has been named the District’s 2016 Teacher of the Year. Chavez stays after school helping students with math, teaches students to be generous through sock drives and encourages parents to be an integral part of her classroom. Cynthia Esteban from Lincoln Elementary has been named Instructional Coach of the Year. Photos are available.

Lynwood Unified Pupils Connect with Professionals on Career Day

Follow-up Story: Twenty sixth-graders at Lynwood Unified’s Roosevelt Elementary School were riveted as a Department of Justice Agent pulled an FBI bulletproof vest out of a bag and held it up for all to see during the school’s annual Career Day. The agent was one of more than 30 guest speakers to visit 500 students in classrooms across Roosevelt on June 6. Lynwood Unified’s two high schools, three middle schools and 12 elementary schools all held career days in May and June. Photos are available.

Lynwood Unified Commends 1,000 Graduates at Three Commencements

Follow-up Story: Lynwood Unified celebrated nearly 1,000 graduates from Lynwood, Firebaugh and Vista high schools and Pathway Independent Studies program during commencement exercises on June 13 and 14, with the exhilarated Class of 2016 Knights, Falcons and Eagles ready to take their next steps toward college and careers. More than 92 percent of Lynwood Unified graduates plan to attend four-year universities. Of these students, more than 25 percent plan to pursue majors in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, while more than 75 percent say they are the first in their family to attend a four-year university. Photos are available.

Bellflower, Lynwood Unified Partnership Creates 14 Career Tech Classes

Students at Bellflower and Lynwood unified school districts are now able to enroll for fall 2016 in 14 new hands-on career technical education (CTE) courses in policing, firefighting, nursing, culinary arts, visual arts, business and health. The courses are being offered through California Advancing Pathways for Students (CalAPS), a joint powers authority set up by the districts to expand CTE offerings. The semester-long courses will run in afternoons and on weekends at high schools in both districts.

Lynwood High Senior Completes Certification Program from Cerritos College ahead of High School Diploma

Senior Carlos Henriquez became the sixth Lynwood High student to graduate from a certificate program at Cerritos College while enrolled in high school. As part of Project Lead The Way’s engineering career pathway, Henriquez received a Certificate of Achievement in Engineering Design and Technology after completing nine college courses. Henriquez is certified as an associate in mechanical design and expects to complete a certificate as a professional in mechanical design this summer. He will study mechanical engineering at UC Merced in fall.

Lynwood Unified to Hold Graduations on June 13-14

Lynwood Unified is set to host its three high school graduation ceremonies next week at Lynwood High School, 4050 Imperial Highway. Firebaugh High will host its ceremony at 7 p.m. Monday, June 13 at Lynwood District Field. Vista High School will hold commencement at 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 14 in the Lynwood High School gym. Lynwood High School with hold its ceremony at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 14 at Lynwood District Field.

Lynwood Unified Welcomes 2,000 Community Members, Students to Third Annual Festival of the Arts

Follow-up Story: More than 2,000 parents, students and community members attended Lynwood Unified’s third annual festival of the arts, themed The Woods, where students presented dance and band performances, arts and crafts and theater skits to showcase the District’s rich visual and performing arts program. The festival, held at Firebaugh High School, featured nearly 20 dance ensembles, musical performances and sidewalk chalk art, finger-puppet making, a wishing tree, spray paint designs and T-shirt tie-dying. Photos are available.

Firebaugh High’s Zany Fundraisers Raise More than $1,200 for Lynwood Child’s Make-A-Wish Dream

Firebaugh High students and staff were taped to a pole, pied in the face and kissed by swine during Wish Week, raising more than $1,200 to help grant a Lynwood child’s Make-A-Wish dream. Each day of the week carried a theme for student attire and fundraisers that included playing annoying songs, throwing pies at students and staff, taping an assistant principal to a pole and watching the principal kiss a pig.

Lynwood Unified’s Academic Rigor Helps Boost Graduation Rates

Open access to high-level courses, expansion of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs and increased emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) have helped boost Lynwood Unified’s graduation rates to record highs in 2014-15. The graduation rate rose from 80.8 percent to 89.1 percent at Lynwood High School, the larger of the District’s two comprehensive high schools. Firebaugh High School’s rate – already high in 2014 – rose nearly two percentage points to 90.4 percent. The figures measure graduation rates for the cohort of students who entered ninth grade in 2011.