For 9th grade Night of the Stars award winners 

For 10th grade Night of the Stars award winners 

For 11th grade Night of the Stars award winners 

For 12th grade Night of the Stars award winners 

If you wish to participate in Public Comment, submit your comments, electronically to ymccauley@aadusd.k12.ca.us.
All comments must be received no later than 30 minutes prior to the posted start time of the meeting (7:00 p.m. PDT). Please indicate if you are addressing a specific agenda item or are making a "Public Comment."  

ACTON-AGUA DULCE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRCIT

PUBLIC HEARING

At its regular board meeting to be held at Acton-Agua Dulce USD (board room), located at 32248 Crown Valley Road, Acton, CA. 93510, on May 28, 2020, at 7:30 p.m., the Board of Trustees of the Acton-Agua Dulce USD will hold a public hearing to hear testimony from parents, teachers, and members of the community regarding the petition from Community Collaborative Charter School for their material revision.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
May 28, 2020

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Trustees of the Acton Agua Dulce Unified School District, County of Los Angeles, State of California, will hold a public hearing at its regular Board meeting on May 28, 2020 at 7:30p.m. in the District Office Board Room located at 32248 Crown Valley Road, Acton CA regarding contract negotiations for the Acton Agua Dulce Teachers Association (AATA)  for 2019-2020.

This grading practice and philosophy is in alignment with our recently Board-adopted strategic plan, The Gold Standard. Specifically,  “A safe and respectful environment is essential to student success. We foster a culture that promotes the emotional health, safety, and well-being of students, staff, and parents (Gold Standard 4.0).”  

The guiding principle for developing the recommended policy in the Board Agenda is based on equity for all students.  Please refer to the Board Agenda for Thursday, May 14, 2020, item 9a.  

Our seniors were offered the opportunity to apply for five scholarships, each worth $500.  I am proud to announce our 5 recipients who will each be receiving a $500 scholarship:

• Sean Ho (Ben) Lee
• Caroline Fox
• Jolene Wessel
• Arturo Portillo
• Kacy Arguelles

Mr. Brockway will again be recognizing and celebrating our awardees in the near future.  Congratulations to all of our winners.  

I appreciate your patience.  In order to ensure our grading policy was in alignment with County and State parameters, we needed time.  We needed time to understand the parameters and options, time to establish a policy that fit our District's needs, and time to meet with the Acton Agua Dulce Teachers’ Association.  Thank you for helping us get through this challenging time.    

This week, May 4 - 8, is staff appreciation week. During the past 2 years, we’ve had BBQs, delivered food to sites, bought business cards for all of our employees, and done our best to recognize them for all they do for our students. This year was a challenge given the current situation. I have sat in on several video conference platform classrooms this week. I have sat in on leadership class, performing arts, and chemistry. Please join me this week in sharing your gratitude for our teachers. Is there a teacher who comes to mind when you think of someone who had a positive impact on your life?

I had several teachers, but one of my favorites was Mr. Ted Snyder. He was a math teacher who has long since retired. I was struggling in math and Mr. Snyder made the material fun, easy to understand, and engaging. It was partly because of him that I later became a math teacher.

Then there was Tom. Tom wasn’t a classroom teacher. Tom was a bus driver. I remember seeing Tom every morning as I got on the bus. He always had a smile and made me laugh. Is there a custodian, bus driver, secretary, office clerk, instructional aide, or other non-teaching employee that makes a difference in your life?

Please take some time to say thank you to a staff member. Is there someone who made a difference in your life? Or is there someone currently making a difference in the lives of your students? Think about writing a note, recording a video message, or sending a text to that person.

On behalf of Board President, Mr. Pfalzgraf, and all of our Board Trustees, we are thankful to have such a dedicated staff. By executive order of the state governor, Gavin Newsom, school employees are considered an essential service. Our employees are not only essential, but they are committed and present. Thank you for your time and have a good evening. #aadusdstaygold #actonschooldistrict #aadusd #gohawks #gomeadowlarks #gomustangs #firesidechat #staffappreciationweek

Larry King

AADUSD Superintendent

Please enjoy the Harmonic Bronze performance by our wonderful students and Mr. Larry Rowland!

Culinary Arts Students move on to Careers through Culinary Arts Program!

Congratulations!

State Schools Chief Torlakson Congratulates High- Performing Middle Schools Selected as "Schools to Watch"

Congratulations High Desert Middle School as being recognized as a

2017-2018 Schools to Watch!

We are very excited to introduce our new Twitter feed!  Please sign up using @aadusdstaygold! Check out what is happening at our schools and district by following us on Twitter!

Today, we'd like to share something a little different. This is an article that we at Acton-Agua Dulce USD found truly inspiring and we believe you will too! We hope you enjoy the read, and we thank Education Week for producing such fantastic content!

Carol Dweck Revisits the 'Growth Mindset' - Education Week
By Carol Dweck

"For many years, I secretly worked on my research. I say “secretly” because, once upon a time, researchers simply published their research in professional journals—and there it stayed.

However, my colleagues and I learned things we thought people needed to know. We found that students’ mindsets—how they perceive their abilities—played a key role in their motivation and achievement, and we found that if we changed students’ mindsets, we could boost their achievement. More precisely, students who believed their intelligence could be developed (a growth mindset) outperformed those who believed their intelligence was fixed (a fixed mindset). And when students learned through a structured program that they could “grow their brains” and increase their intellectual abilities, they did better. Finally, we found that having children focus on the process that leads to learning (like hard work or trying new strategies) could foster a growth mindset and its benefits."

Continue Reading on Education Week

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Vasquez High School has earned a Silver Medal according to US News and World Reports's annual evaluation of our nations's schools.  Vasquez High School has been ranked #2483 Nationally out of 28,496 high schools, placing VHS in the top 9% of all public high schools in the United States.  Rankings are based on state-required test performance, AP participation and pass rates, graduation rate, and how well our high school prepares students for college.

Congratulations Vasquez High School!!!

Article written by Housingwire.com

Where to buy a home? Top 10 improved school districts!

Our district schools have been named  number 7 on this list!  Our ranking went from 49 out of 76 to being ranked 35.   

For a number of years Acton Agua Dulce Unified School District has actively pursued significant improvement in all of our schools.  After much hard work and dedication by our Board Members, District Superintendent, staff, and community members these improvements have come to fruition. 

We are not done!  Our district will continue to improve!

Please read the actual article posted below. 

http://www.housingwire.com/articles/37870-where-to-buy-a-home-top-10-improved-school-districts