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Congratulations to our very own Maria Larios-Horton, Director of English Learner and Parent Engagement Programs, who was selected by Future Leaders of America to receive the Latino Legacy Award. She will be honored at an awards [...]

A Q & A Interview with Dos Pueblos High School Principal By Sarah Jang, 2019/2020 ASB President Dos Pueblos High School Principal Bill Woodard has led Dos Pueblos High for 5 years and can always [...]

Source: Santa Barbara Independent Despite its seemingly ripe potential as an entertainment destination, Santa Barbara has a surprisingly slender history of jazz festival action, including a several-year effort on the beach in the late ’80s/early [...]

Members of the Santa Barbara Unified School District Board of Trustees invite you to a community forum to share your input on what qualities our next superintendent should possess. When: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, Monday, [...]

Thanks to kindergarten teacher Ellen Hunter, students at Monroe Elementary are becoming experts on food waste management through a popular, lunchtime program that has them monitoring cafeteria food and trash to ensure everything is routed [...]

Source: Santa Barbara News-Press If public school teachers want something done, that almost always means reaching into their own pockets to see it through. Around 94% of teachers report personally funding necessary school supplies, a [...]

Santa Barbara School Board Trustees have hired McPherson & Jacobson, L.L.C. as the consulting firm to handle the district’s search for a new superintendent. Cary Matsuoka, who has served as the Santa Barbara schools’ chief [...]

By Erinn Lynch for Santa Barbara Education Foundation Santa Barbara Education Foundation hosted its annual Teachers Grant Award Ceremony on Jan. 8, awarding 56 teachers with $84,982 in grants. Funds will be applied to support [...]

Dos Pueblos teacher Bethany Bodenhamer has been appointed as the interim Dean of Student Engagement at Dos Pueblos High School. Her first day in the role is January 21, 2020. Bodenhamer joined Santa Barbara Unified [...]

Franklin Elementary School students and staff are elated with the news that their campus has earned the prestigious California Distinguished School recognition. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond made the announcement on Wednesday that [...]

A group of local teachers, administrators and community members are designing a Dual Language Immersion program that will lead to students becoming bilingual and biliterate in both Spanish and English. The program is planned for [...]

Source: Santa Barbara Unified School District eNews What does it take to be successful in college? Show up with a notebook and pen. Learn to say “no.” Use the 5-minute rule to fight procrastination. Write down [...]

Source: Santa Barbara Independent  “I really love being able to work with high school kids because they can really achieve at a pretty high level when they put their mind to it,” said Dos Pueblos [...]

New student enrollment is now open for those enrolling for the first time in Santa Barbara Unified School District and those interested in a school transfer. Looking to transfer to a campus that is not [...]

High school students from across the district recently gathered with school board members, principals, and school staff to talk about sustainability and share ideas on how to inspire real change on their campuses. From reducing [...]

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