The School Facilities Capacities and Declining Enrollment Board Ad Hoc Committee will be holding two town hall meetings to get input regarding potential school consolidation.
February 7, 2024
6:00 p.m.
Location to be determined
February 15, 2024
6:00 p.m.
Location to be determined
At last week’s Board of Education meeting, the winners of the 2023-2024 Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month Poster/Essay Contest were recognized. Congratulations to all who participated in the contest. Here are the winners:
1st Place:
Jasmine Manuel, Cerritos High School - Essay
Evelyn Flores, Haskell Middle School - Video
Gabriela Pettway, Cerritos High School - Poster
2nd Place:
Sofia del Castillo, Cerritos High School - Essay
Samuel Bautista, Ross Middle School - Essay
Mehr Ghai, Cerritos High School - Essay
3rd Place:
Alexander Camacho, Cerritos High School - Essay
Attendance Matters
Students can’t learn if they aren’t in school - attending school everyday matters. Missing just two days each month means a student is missing 10% of the school year! That means they are chronically absent and are missing important lessons and work, putting students behind. Attend today - achieve tomorrow!
ABCUSD on YouTube
Our families are encouraged to visit and subscribe to the District’s YouTube channel. Our YouTube channel features great videos and resources for families, with information about our schools, programs, and students. Visit our YouTube channel today!
Spreading Kindness at School
Every January, schools across our District celebrate the importance of being kind during the Great Kindness Challenge. Students showcased kindness by sharing smiles through special-themed days focusing on fun and how being kind impacts others. Let’s continue to build a climate of kindness across ABC!
Gahr High School is a finalist for the 2024 America’s Best Schools Award. The National Center for Urban School Transformation looks at applications from schools in cities, suburbs, small towns, and rural areas from all 50 states, awarding schools that are a model of equity and excellence. Congratulations, Gladiators! We wish you the best of luck in the final round of the awards process.
The Los Angeles County of Public Health, following guidance from the California Department of Public Health, has updated its COVID-19 isolation protocols. Those with COVID-19 symptoms or who have tested positive for COVID-19 should report the case to the child’s school, then:
With Symptoms: Those with symptoms should stay home and away from others until fever free for 24 hours without using fever-reducing medications AND other symptoms are mild and improving. Wear a well-fitting, high-quality respiratory mask for ten days from when the symptoms began or a positive test when around others.
Ending Isolation: Isolation may end when your child is fever-free for 24 hours without taking medicine that lowers fever, AND symptoms are mild, improving, or there are no symptoms.
Without Symptoms: Those who have tested positive but do not have symptoms do not need to isolate but must wear a well-fitting, high-quality respiratory mask for ten days from when symptoms began or a positive test when around others. Mask-wearing can end sooner if two negative test results are gathered at least one day apart.
Those exposed to someone with COVID-19 may come to school as long as they don’t have symptoms, but should:
Wear a well-fitting, high-quality mask indoors when around others for ten days after the exposure.
Test for COVID-19 between the third and fifth day after exposure.
Monitor symptoms for ten days after exposure.
If symptoms develop, test for COVID-19 and follow the isolation guidelines above.
More information can be found on the Los Angels County of Public Health COVID-19 website.