SSFUSD's Class of 2021 Experiences High School Graduation after an Entire Year of Distance Learning It's been a tough 14 months, and it's hard to say who had it worse: the class of 2020 whose final year was abruptly interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic on March 16, 2020, or the class of 2021, who barely set foot on campus after spending the entire year in distance learning.
These are the SSFUSD Schools that Won a 2021 Kent Award for Innovations in Distance Learning The San Mateo County School Boards Association (SMCSBA) recognized South San Francisco Unified School District (SSFUSD) in the form of Kent Awards in the category of "Innovations in Distance Learning" for the 2020-21 school year.
In the News: SSFUSD Harnesses Ultraviolet C Rays to Protect Students When In-Person Instruction Resumes April 19 Parents with students in transitional kindergarten (TK) through fifth grade at South San Francisco Unified School District (SSFUSD) now have the option to bring their children back to campus for in-person instruction and academic support from April 19 through May 28.
In the News: KRON-4 Interviews Dr. Moore on SSFUSD's Partial Reopening KRON-4 News reporter Sanaz Tahernia interviewed South San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Shawnterra Moore about the resumption of in-person instruction on April 19 and the measures the district has taken to protect students and teachers from COVID-19.
South City Schools to Welcome Back Elementary Students Monday SSFUSD invites elementary school students back to campus for limited, classroom instruction after almost 13 months of distance learning.
In the News: El Camino Pitcher Endures Through Aneurysm, COVID to Pitch in School’s First On-Campus Game San Mateo Daily Journal sportswriter Terry Bernal chronicles El Camino High student Taylor Hardley's comeback from a cerebral hemorrhage.
El Camino High's Fall Concert Goes Virtual El Camino High music teacher Raymond Galela drew on newfound technical skills to organize a virtual fall concert that included performances of “March of the Trolls” by Edvard Grieg, Brian Balmages’s “Apparitions,” and the “Klaxon” by Henry Fillmore.
These New Teachers are Stepping Up to the Challenge of COVID-19 Sinead Nelson, Scott Amiton, and Sarah Nasr talk about why they joined SSFUSD as new teachers for the 2020-21 school year in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Class of 2020 is a Class of Courage Thanks to KTVU News 2 El Camino High valedictorian Eric Payson and South San Francisco High valedictorian Queenie Lam not only managed to address their classmates, but they also had the opportunity to talk to their peers throughout the Bay Area.
Genentech Futurelab Scholarship Program Selects 2020 Winners South San Francisco High School (SSFHS) senior Emily Li and El Camino High School (ECHS) senior Alexandro Anguiano have both received $200,000 to support their university studies through the Genentech Futurelab Scholarship program.
