Tag: Grossmont Union High School District

Grossmont Union High School District will move to level three of their five-tier reopening plan on March 1. By moving to level three students in the hybrid learning model will participate in on-campus classes two days a week and distance learning for the remaining three days a week. The district began the school year on Aug. 12, 2020 at level one...

El Cajon Valley High School’s Oralia Ventura was recognized by the Grossmont Union High School District as “School Counselor of the Year” on Feb. 3. GUHSD Governing Board Trustee Dr. Gary C. Woods and Superintendent Theresa Kemper surprised Ventura with the announcement in honor of National School Counselor Week. Ventura’s colleagues and family were all part of the surprise...

Grossmont Union High School District hosted a webinar on Feb. 2 in which representatives from Mending Matters, a company contracted to provide mental health services in some capacity to schools throughout the district updated parents on their observations and available resources. Facilitated by Grossmont Union High School Director of Student Support Services Mary Nishikawa, the 45-minute long presentation featured Mending...

Following a short video on Grossmont High School celebrating its 100th birthday, the Sept. 10 Governing Board meeting quickly moved on to a topic affecting every school in the district: successes and challenges with distance learning in the age of COVID. Learning and Innovation Director Dan McDowell provided background information on distance learning training completed by teachers over the summer,...

Grossmont Union High School District Superintendent Theresa Kemper says she still feels like a teacher and carries the skills she initially learned in the classroom to every job. For over 30 years, she has been on a trajectory in the district that began as an English and journalism teacher at El Cajon Valley high school. She served as a curriculum...

The Grossmont Union High School District (GUHSD) sent out an update on the coming school year on July 20, 2020, to announce their cooperation with California Governor Gavin Newsom’s order to remain in distance learning until health conditions are met. In a letter to parents, GUHSD Superintendent Theresa Kemper announced that the school year will begin on August 10...

Grossmont Union High School District serves more than 21,000 students with14 high schools, adult education and its Regional Occupational Program. As the governor and legislature work to ratify a budget by July 1 to resolve a $54 billion shortfall due to the pandemic, school district budgets hang in the balance. GUHSD Deputy Superintendent Scott H. Patterson, Business Services said that the...

Students under the age of 18 are eligible for free meal distributions while campuses remain closed because of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The San Diego County of Education has listed the following sites as distribution points until further notice. CAJON VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT Cajon Valley Union School District is conducting drive-thru/walk-up distribution of daily meals, free to all children 18 years...

A Feb. 24 letter penned to the Sweetwater Union High School District and collectively signed by eight Grossmont Union High School District teacher librarians asks the neighboring district to reconsider possible plans to eliminate credentialed teacher librarians. Upon learning that schools at the southern end of San Diego county are at risk of losing their teacher librarians, El Cajon Valley...