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Foothill Jazz Gives Back

Foothill High School Jazz A students joined forces with Dublin High School and Dougherty Valley High to put on the fourth annual “Jazzin’ for a Cure” concert on May 17th, 2013.  The event took place at the Shannon Center in Dublin and together the bands raised over...Read More »


Class Size Reduction Returning to First Grade for 2013-14 School Year

During the May 14th Board meeting, the Board of Trustees unanimously approved a recommendation to use $112,000 in district funds to match a $213,000 contribution from Pleasanton Partners In Education (PPIE) to set class size in first grade at 25...Read More »


Staggered Reading Continues for 2013-14 School Year

Staggered reading/literacy will continue to be in place for the 2013-14 school year, providing opportunities for students in grades one, two and three to receive small group, targeted literacy instruction in groups of about 12 to 16 students.

Schools will communicate with parents and request input...Read More »


Rep. Eric Swalwell Honors AVHS’s “We The People” Team

Congressman Eric Swalwell congratulating AVHS’s We The People Competition Team!   Take a minute to watch the youtube video and share as you wish. We sincerely thank Congressman Swalwell for his continued support of public education and for highlighting this incredible...Read More »


PUSD Teacher of the Year 2013

PUSD is pleased to announce that the Teacher of the Year for 2013/14 is Christie Carnahan from Valley View Elementary School.

Ms. Carnahan has been with Pleasanton Unified for 17 years.  Her colleagues and parents describe her as an extraordinary teacher with the ability to recognize the...Read More »


TEDx Event Featuring PUSD Teacher Lisa Highfill

How will schools teach in the Cloud era? How is innovation fostered within communities and what drives innovation? How will the workplace evolve? Find out on June 8th at TEDxLivermore when global thought leaders, entrepreneurs, authors, artists, innovators and local educators present their ideas...Read More »


PUSD Ranked top 10 Best School District in California

Pleasanton Unified has been selected as one of NerdWallet.com’s Best School Districts in California.  To find the K-12 school districts that provide consistently top-tier education, NerdWallet considered:

  • Do the schools meet standards for excellence? We defined an excellent school as one with an academic performance...Read More »

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PUSD Board of Trustees

Our next board meeting is Tuesday, May 14, 2013. The meeting will be a Board Study Session from 5:00 p.m to 7:00 p.m.   View the live webcast here > http://www.tri-valleytv.org/live-tv28.html.  Click here to view the May 14, 2013 Agenda.

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Pleasanton Unified School District Calendar 2012/13

Please click here to be directed to the Pleasanton Unified School District student calendar or download the PDF- English or Spanish.

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PUSD Teacher of the Year 2013

PUSD is pleased to announce that the Teacher of the Year for 2013/14 is Christie Carnahan from Valley View Elementary School.

Ms. Carnahan has been with Pleasanton Unified for 17 years.  Her colleagues and parents describe her as an extraordinary teacher with the ability to recognize the...Read More »


Foothill wins Music Awards

Foothill High School’s Concert Band and Jazz Band went on a Southern California Tour where they competed at the Heritage Music Festival at Fullerton Community College.  Both Bands earned 1st place over-all in their respective genres for the 2-day  festival.

Foothill also received the “Adjudicator’s Award” for the...Read More »


AVHS Receives Music Honors

Congratulations to Amador Valley High School’s Winter Percussion and Winter Guard who both brought home gold medal championship finishes at their season-ending competitions over spring break. Amador Valley’s Wind Ensemble 1 (the school’s top concert band) was chosen to perform at the 67th Annual Midwest Clinic in...Read More »


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Rotary Students of the Month

The Rotary Club of Pleasanton has selected Arany Uthayakumar (left) and Jesse Cerdas (right) as their Students of the Month for March.  Both students are Seniors at Amador Valley High School.

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Trustees Honor Students for Honesty

At the March 12, 2013 Governing Board meeting, Trustees recognized students for the character trait “Honesty”.

Students pictured in front row, from lef to right: Tiffany Chung (Senior @ Amador HS), Johnny Kulak (2nd grader @ Vintage Hills), Nina Moothedath (4th grader @ Harvest Park), and Jordann...Read More »


PUSD Students Win Destination Imagination Regional Tournament

PUSD middle school students formed a team called Pleasanton Sparks to compete in Destination Imagination. The six team members of the Pleasanton Sparks include Ananth Kumar, Sharanya Kumar, Ashira Monga, Tommy Kim, and Varun Rao (6th graders at PMS), and Gaurav Joshi (7th grader...Read More »


Trustees honor Students for Self-Discipline

At the February 12, 2013 Governing Board meeting, Trustees recognized students for the character trait “Self-Discipline”.

Students pictured from left to right: Arely Lábra (Senior @ Foothill), Kézia Hillman (6th grader @ Hart), Shrinidhy Srinivas (5th grader @ Fairlands), Joshua Lee (Kinder @ Donlon), Arianna Olson (7th...Read More »


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