GGUSDPride: Happy New School Year!, Alumn Gives Back, LQ Scholars Shine in International Event, Students Earn College Credits, and more!

August 20, 2021

#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 Students Return for the First Day of the 2021-22 School Year!

GGUSD students returned to full in-person instruction on August 16! Excitement filled the air across the district as school celebrated with red carpets, Lion dancers, cheerleaders, and much more!

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GGUSD Grad Donates School Supplies to Heritage Elementary

GGUSD grad Eliza Castrejon organized a fundraiser, collecting $2,500 to purchase backpacks filled with school supplies for kindergarten students at Heritage Elementary. A former student of Pacifica, Bell and Carver, Eliza delivered the donation to students on the first day of school. Backpacks included crayons, pencils, markers, scissors, glue sticks, folders, notebooks, and more! We’re grateful for her generosity which gave these students an amazing way to start the school year. #GGUSDPride

GGUSD Honors Classified Employees and Teachers of the Year

GGUSD 2022 Teacher & 2021 Employees of the Year

The GGUSD Board of Education recently celebrated GGUSD’s nominees for Orange County Department of Education’s 2021 Classified Employee of the Year program and 2022 Teacher of the Year program. GGUSD is grateful for our amazing employees. Watch this video to see these outstanding employees in action.

La Quinta Duo Shines at International Event

Congratulations to Casey Tran and Anna Le of the La Quinta High School HOSA Future Health Professionals club for being announced as the International Champions in the CPR/First Aid category of the HOSA International Conference and Competition. They were among nine students from La Quinta that competed against 10,000 students in the competition.

GGUSD Teachers Attend Super Week Before School Officially Starts

Before GGUSD teachers headed back into their classrooms to prepare for a return to in-person instruction, they had a chance to participate in Super Week, which is an amazing professional development opportunity for our teachers to gain new skills. From learning about warm-up activities that help students communicate and connect with their peers to experiments that foster a collaborative work environment, Super Week offers an interactive and engaging experience. The sessions focused on subjects such as mental health and well-being, social-emotional learning, math, science, media in the classroom, mindfulness, and much more!

GGUSD Students Earned Over 1,350 College Credits through

Early College Academies

GGUSD's Early College Academy programs experienced tremendous success during the 2020-2021 school year. Los Amigos Early College Academy students earned 855 college credits and Santiago Early College Academy students earned 504 college credits. All GGUSD high schools offer dual enrollment courses and students earned 4,500 college units during the 2021-2022 school year.

Top left: Aidan and Nhi earned 12 college credits each this year through the program. Top right: Nguyen earned 18 college credits this year through the program.

Enter Our First Day of School Photo Contest!

We want you to share the excitement and fun of your child’s first day of school! Let’s face it, you’re going to share those adorable pictures all over your social media pages! So why not share them with us for a chance to win GGUSD swag?! Click the link below and insert your child's photo as a comment on the post.

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR CHILD'S PHOTO!

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