GGUSD Celebrates Lunar New Year in Westminster Tet Parade

GGUSD Board of Education members, students and staff showcased their GGUSD pride by walking with the Bus Full of GGUSD Pride in the Westminster Tet Parade on January 22 to celebrate the Lunar New Year! We love joining our community in this wonderful cultural celebration! High school student leaders; marching bands from La Quinta and Pacifica high schools and McGarvin Intermediate; the Santiago NJROTC, Murdy Elementary School students, cheerleaders, and staff all joined in on the festivities!

Kindergarten and High School Students Collaborate on Art

GGUSD's exciting "Imagine This" art exhibit has kindergarten and high school students working together. The TK and K teachers were asked to have their students draw an imaginary creature. These drawings were given to high school visual art students to develop and enhance using the art training they have received in the classroom. We love seeing the joy of art extend across students of all ages!

Santiago Hosts Celebration for Early College Academy Grads

This week Santiago High School hosted a special celebration to celebrate the 50 high school seniors who are the first students to graduate from the Early College Academy program, graduating high school with 42 college credits through Santa Ana College. Thank you to Santa Ana College President Dr. Nery who presented students with certificates and congratulated them on this amazing accomplishment. Dr. Nery said many of these students earned a 4.0 in high school and college and performed higher than the Santa Ana College students. Congratulations to these hardworking scholars!

MUST WATCH: Watch our video to see all of the amazing improvements that have been made to GGUSD facilities thanks to Bond Measures A and P which received overwhelming support from our community! GGUSD students share how these improvements have made a world of difference for them and for students for generations to come

Walton Students Win NASA TechRise Challenge

A team of eleven students from Walton Intermediate School participated in the NASA TechRise Student Challenge, a project that invites students from across the nation to join forces with NASA in its mission to advance space exploration. Walton was one of 60 winning teams, and the only intermediate school in California selected to build and launch their proposed experiment.

Students developed a "Mineral Dust Investigation" to further understand the impact of dust particles in the stratosphere and troposphere and their impact on the environment and global warning.

The Walton team will receive $1,500 to build their device as well as technical support from Future Engineers advisors who will support students in building their proposed device. They also earned a spot on the NASA high-altitude balloon flight which is scheduled to launch this summer.

GGUSD Schools Celebrate Lunar New Year

Schools across the district hosted wonderful Lunar New Year celebrations for students, staff and families. Bolsa Grande and La Quinta lion dancers traveled to a variety of elementary and intermediate schools to spread holiday cheer and ring in the new year with their outstanding performances!

GGUSD Names Intermediate School Spelling Bee Champ

McGarvin Intermediate School eighth grader Darla Do earned the title of champion of the district’s 35th Annual Spelling Bee for seventh and eighth grade students. The event was held January 18 at the Edgar District Meeting Center. 

Darla correctly spelled the deciding word, neonatology, becoming the top speller among intermediate school students in GGUSD.

The district champion and the nine runners-up will represent the district at the Orange County Spelling Competition. 

GGUSD Connects Families to Important Resources

DID YOU KNOW? New in 2022-23, GGUSD has five Family Resource Centers (one in each trustee area) to connect families to important assistance in areas like food, health care, housing, mental health counseling and more. Learn more about our Family Resource Centers and get a list of locations at https://ggusd.us/frc