Size in California:
27th largest
Size in San Diego County:
3rd largest
Geographic size of District:
100 sq. miles
Communities Served:
Poway, Rancho Peñasquitos, Rancho Bernardo,
Sabre Springs,
Carmel Mountain Ranch, Torrey Highlands, Black Mountain Ranch, 4S Ranch,
Santa Fe Valley
Number of Schools: 31
21 elementary schools
5 middle schools
4 comprehensive high schools
1 continuation high school
Location of Schools:
11 schools in city of Poway
20 schools in city of San Diego
* plus Stone Ranch Elementary (opens Aug. 2004)
Number of Students:
32,532 (K-12)
Total Elementary
(K-5)....14,289
Total Middle
(6-8)....7,863
Total High School
(9-12)......10,380
Adult Education: 10,352
students
(CBEDS 2002-03)
Ethnic Diversity:
American Indian/Alaskan Native 0.5%
African American 3.0%
Asian
10.3%
Filipino
6.9%
Hispanic
8.8%
Pacific Islander
0.5%
White
67.8%
Multiple/No Response 2.3%
Number of Employees:
3,296
Budget:
$206 million
Lottery:
2% of total budget
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The
Second Annual State of the District Report contains a comprehensive look at Poway Unified. This 72-page reference
document can be found on the school district's website.
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The
State of the District Report serves as a guide to everything about Poway
Unified. Learn about the statistics of the school district,
the student population, geographic areas, and enrollment history. Read
about attendance rates, state and national test results, and how PUSD
schools scored in API, AYP (No Child Left Behind requirements), and on
California grade level Standards tests.
The report features the district's goals and
targets and details the steps to be taken to increase the achievement
and success of each student. Click Read More
to access each page of the report and learn about specific
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Teachers for science (Tanya
MacMartin), drama (Shari Lyon), and
student assistance/physical education (Barbara Charlebois) from
Bernardo Heights and Twin Peaks middle schools and Mt. Carmel High school have
been chosen as Poway Unified School District Teachers of the Year for
2004-2005.
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Support staff from Partners in
Education/Youth Programs (Mary Herrmann) and Midland Elementary School
(Beverly Flynn) have been selected as Poway Unified School District
Classified Employees of the Year for 2004-2005.
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Dear Parents, community members, and employees,
We are very fortunate to live in a community
that historically places a high value on education. Over the years, Poway Unified has been
an innovative leader in education and has a strong local, state, and national
reputation for the quality of its educational program.
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The Poway Unified School District
utilizes grants to fund programs that assist in meeting the district’s
goals and targets. Accessing grants is a challenging process because the
district is considered suburban and middle class. Careful analysis of individual
student needs plus visionary ideas for programs that assist students resulted in
the grants below.
Information about
PUSD Grants
Listings of Grants Available |
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Parents who are considering school transfers within the Poway Unified School
District, or to another school district, should submit requests for a transfer
by June 1, 2004. Requests should be sent to the PUSD Student Attendance and
Welfare
office.
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| For One-Stop-Shopping information
on PUSD assessments, instructional resources, and standards, visit the
Teaching and Learning Web site. The site is filled with comprehensive
information about Poway Unified testing results and state assessment data.
As an example, under academic standards are sections on PUSD Graduate
Expectations, student critical thinking skills, student Essential Learnings, and
California Academic Standards.
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| This summer, the
three San Diego City libraries serving PUSD, and the Poway Branch of the San
Diego County library, will be sponsoring summer reading programs with an Olympic
theme. |
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coordination with the Character Counts! program, each
library will have a reading list available that highlights messages about the
Six Pillars of Character: Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Respect, Fairness,
Caring, and Citizenship. |
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Parents, every child's first and most important teachers, are
critical to Kindergarten readiness. PUSD's
Preschool/Extended Student Services developed an informal list of desirable
readiness skills that will help children when they begin school. The list is a
guide to help reassure parents that their intuitions and experiences with their
own children give them valuable insight about readiness for kindergarten. For
more information, call 858-748-0010 ext. 2075.
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