Sweetwater Districts very own Marielle Venturino, science teacher at Mar Vista Academy, was selected for the Fulbright Distinguished Award in a Teaching Research Program. The program based in the Netherlands is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Venturino will be spending approximately five months of the Spring 2021 school year in the Netherlands to complete an … Continue reading Mar Vista Academy Teacher Receives Distinguished Award and is Headed to the Netherlands

Meet Our New 2020-2021 Student Board Representative The Board of Trustees includes one student representative who serves in an advisory capacity to represent the interests of students in the Sweetwater Union High School District. The student board representative represents their peers by providing communication to the Board of Trustees. Desiree Adamos Desiree Adamos is a junior at Olympian High School. Something interesting she did over … Continue reading Meet Our New 2020-2021 Student Board Representative – Desiree Adamos

The 2020-2021 school year will look different from previous years for Sweetwater District students, families and staff, but the quality of teaching and learning remains the same. First in San Diego County to begin school with full-time distance learning on August 3rd through October 2nd, Sweetwater District Board of Trustees recently approved the districts re-opening plan. The re-opening plan fully details the steps the district … Continue reading Board of Trustees Approve Sweetwater District 2020-21 Re-Opening Plan

Pave California Roads with Plastic? Bonita Vista High Students Say Yes Soon, California may be moving towards a different way to pave roads for drivers. After a visit from Senator Ben Hueso, Bonita Vista High Schools Progressive Club and Green Club were challenged to find a solution to put the plastic surplus in California to good use. Bryce Garrod, then a junior at Bonita Vista … Continue reading Bonita Vista High Students Part of Innovative Road Solution in California

Ensuring the students of the Sweetwater District have equitable access to quality meals has been a top priority for Director of Nutrition Services, Eric Span. An innovator in his field, Span was named one of the California Department of Educations’ (CDE) Hunger Heroes for the work he has done to implement a school based urban farm, which grows produce to sell and serve all the … Continue reading Sweetwater District Nutrition Services Director Named 2020 California Hunger Hero

In collaboration with San Diego County, the Sweetwater Union High School District is set to launch a new Pilot Program for Foster Youth students in the district. On average, foster youth are assigned a social worker responsible for students safety and basic needs. With the new program, each student will be assigned an additional social worker focusing on their educational needs in collaboration with their … Continue reading Sweetwater District and San Diego County Partner for New Foster Youth Pilot Program

June 23rd, 2020 SUHSD Virtual Town Hall SUHSD Served More Than 1 Million Meals in South Bay Since Schools Shutdown Superintendent’s Message Continue reading SUHSD Must-Sees – June 23rd, 2020