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.
Coronavirus Forces ECHS to Cancel First Ever Trip to Spain Back in September 2019, El Camino High School’s (ECHS) Spanish and video arts teacher Daniel Britton started making plans to take more than 40 students on an 11-day tour of Spain during spring break. It would have been the first time that ECHS students traveled abroad as part of a school-sponsored cultural enrichment program. Although the coronavirus outbreak has caused the cancellation of the trip, Mr. Britton remains hopeful that his students will be able to take part in this experience next year.
We Are All Super Heroes South San Francisco Unified School District (SSFUSD) Superintendent Dr. Shawnterra Moore delivered an impassioned welcome back address to teachers and staff on August 11, exhorting educators to find their inner super hero and to do their best for students during a time in which concerns about the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and police brutality and racism were at the forefront of everyone's mind.
Escuela No Preguntará por Estatus Migratorio Telemundo 48 reporter Andrés Brender interviews South San Francisco Unified School District about its resolution to protect immigrant families .
SSFUSD Receives $2 Million Grant from Genentech in Support of Science Education South San Francisco Unified School District (SSFUSD) has received a $2 million grant from biotech company Genentech to support the rollout of new math and science curricula across the district.
In the News: El Camino Sophomore Kayla Ikuma is SM Daily Journal's Athlete of the Week San Mateo Daily Journal recognizes ECHS sophomore Kayla Ikuma as Athlete of the Week for 12-24-2019.
