Hello Northgate neighborhood, from your MDUSD school board President, Cherise Khaund and student school board member, Michelle Alas. Cherise is in her 3rd year on the Board and Michelle is a Northgate high student who is finishing out her term as the first ever official student school board member of MDUSD. Cherise is also a parent of MDUSD middle school and high school students.
March and April have been a flurry of activity as school site staff and teachers implemented the new hybrid schedule, providing additional student support and enrichment both for students who returned to campus in-person and for those who chose to remain 100% distance learning.
We’re happy to share with you some of the joy and smiles of students returning in person to our school campuses!
Northgate High School
Sports are back! Go Broncos!
Congratulations to Northgate students Elyse, Jonathan, John, and Erin for winning prizes at the Contra Costa County Science Fair!
Foothill Middle School
Foothill’s in-person schedule focused on hands-on opportunities that can’t be done over zoom… everything from art to woodworking:
Walnut Acres Elementary
Walnut Acres staff showed team spirit & creativity, organizing the whole school by color cohorts. Organization is essential at this school with record numbers of students who chose in-person learning. Go Jaguars!
Valle Verde Elementary
It was all hands on deck preparing classrooms at Valle Verde, with spacing, PPE and welcome signs! And every school enhanced learning for distance learners too. Here are twin Valle Verde “zoomers” enjoying their enrichment!
Thanks to our community for working together to keep COVID numbers low. Stay tuned for more details on both summer school opportunities and the return to full time in person school this fall.
For more information:
Find Superintendent Dr. Clark’s weekly updates at https://mdusd.org/superintendent
Read Cherise Khaund’s blog: https://www.cherisekhaund.com/
Follow Michelle Alas on Twitter @michelle_alas13