GGUSDPride: Early College, Partnership to Increase School Safety, Preschool Registration, and More

June 27, 2019

#GGUSDPRIDE E-newsletter

The #GGUSDPride E-newsletter features many of the great things happening in GGUSD.

Send your photos to pio_department@ggusd.us to highlight your school or students in the e-newsletter.

GGUSD Launches Early College Program at Santiago

GGUSD launched its Early College Dual Credit Program this week, providing a unique opportunity for 50 Santiago High School freshman students to earn college credit before completing high school. Students enrolled in the Early College Program participate in dual enrollment, taking courses at Santiago High School that earn them high school credit and college credit through Santa Ana College (SAC) for free.

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GGUSD Has Successful Start to Summer School

Summer School is in full swing and these first graders loved exploring how sound travels!

GGUSD and Garden Grove Police Partner to Increase School Safety

At its June 18 meeting, the Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Education approved an agreement with the City of Garden Grove to expand the School Resource Officer (SRO) program, increasing police resources and school safety. The Garden Grove City Council unanimously approved the agreement earlier this month.

The SRO program will now include specially-selected and trained full-time sworn police officers. In addition to providing active law enforcement for GGUSD schools, the sworn officers will provide classroom education, hold monthly meetings with district administrators, assist in emergency disaster protocols, serve as a resource to GGUSD students, and work closely with the Boys and Girls Club of Garden Grove through their Family Youth Outreach Program.

Photo by Garden Grove Police Dept.

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Celebrating Our Success

Last week, the Board of Education hosted a reception to celebrate the successful completion of improvement projects that were a direct result of Measure A Modernization, as well as the Maintenance, Operations, and Transportation Study and the Information Technology Study.

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GGUSD Offers Free Summer Meals at 15 Sites

GGUSD is offering a free Summer Meal program to help ensure that children have access to nutritious meals when school is not in session. The program provides free summer lunch, available at 15 locations, to all children age 18 and under and all individuals with disabilities, regardless of age.

Click here for the Summer Meal schedule!

In Case You Missed It: Watch Our Graduation Highlight Videos

We are very proud of the academic and personal accomplishments of the Class of 2019. If you missed any of our eight high school graduation ceremonies, we caught the highlights on video! Watch Los Amigos and La Quinta graduations below or click on the red button for all eight of our GGUSD high school graduation videos.

Click here for all of our graduation highlight videos!

Registration is Open for Preschool

Registration is now open for Garden Grove Unified School District’s high quality preschool programs. Enroll today for the 2019-2020 school year for one of the following preschool programs:

Free half-day state preschool program for income-eligible families (offered at several campuses across GGUSD)

Brand new affordable full-day preschool at the Skylark Campus (offered at 11250 Mac Murray St., Garden Grove)

The new Skylark fee-based Preschool will have highly-trained credentialed teachers who provide students with a warm and caring preschool experience. The preschool will offer enrichment activities in dual language, technology, science, engineering, arts, math, and more. The full-day, fee-based program will provide the same exceptional educational curriculum offered in our half-day state preschool program, with opportunities for before and after school care.

Children born between 12/3/2014 and 12/1/2016 are age eligible for our program. Space is limited for our 3-year-old classes for students born between 12/3/2015 and 09/1/2016.

Visit https://ccfc.ggusd.us for the registration packets or call 714-663-6298 for more information.

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Forever Grateful for Lt. Friend

Lt. Col. Robert J. Friend was a Tuskegee Airman and American hero who gave generously of his time to participate in The Gratitude Project at Murdy Elementary School. He inspired learning in a way no history book could and will be missed!