Hesperia Unified School District

For today's #SchoolSiteHighlight we visit Mojave. With new funding from Prop 28 this year, which funds the arts, Mojave High School has launched a robust after school program that offers students the chance to take courses in the arts that can't be offered during the school day. The most popular course this year has been the Photography course taught by Ms. Misha Padilla. Students learn the different settings and features of high-quality cameras, lenses, and lighting equipment. Students express their creativity in many fun ways using film as their medium. At the end of the term, once they’ve learned how to take portraits, many students have taken their own senior portraits for the yearbook. Each day students learn a new technique, take notes, and then take their own photo using the technique, making sure to “own” their work by giving it a creative title. Students vote on the best photo each day and at the end of the term, take an exam covering the techniques. Throughout the term students have demonstrated the utmost respect for the equipment and have taken their assignments very seriously. Over the course of the term students learn photography techniques such as: The Rule of Thirds, Leading Lines, Filling the Frame, Color Theory Techniques, Black and White High Contrast, Birds Eye View, Worms Eye View, Forced Perspective, Finding Texture and Patterns, and Studio Portraits.

All April long, our annual Employee Spotlight will highlight the incredible people who make our schools shine. Stay tuned each day as we celebrate their hard work, dedication, and impact. Feel free to share your positive comments and stories to help us honor these superstars!

Congratulations to the Hesperia Dental Students who attended California HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) where they participated in testing for Dental Terminology and Dental Science (A hands on skill.)

Students, Siclali Juarez (3rd), Genesis Cisneros (2nd) and Brandon Medina (1st), all received medals for their placements and will be traveling to the international competition in June.

All April long, our annual Employee Spotlight will highlight the incredible people who make our schools shine. Stay tuned each day as we celebrate their hard work, dedication, and impact. Feel free to share your positive comments and stories to help us honor these superstars!

Click the link for this quarter's HUSD Newsletter. This volume is packed with great stories, including patriotic service at Topaz, OHHS Bulldogs playing international soccer, and updates on your child's digital emergency card.
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For today's #SchoolSiteHighlight we head to Kingston. The Kingston Girls Who Code Club met on Tuesdays afterschool from September 2025 to March 2026. The teacher moderators were Mrs. Banuelos and Mrs. Wharton. Students engaged in sisterhood activities and learned how to code graphics and create music using the music lab on code.org.

They had their culminating Open House Tuesday, March 17, 2026 and welcomed parents, families, teachers, and administration. Among their open house guests they had our Hesperia Unified School District Superintendent, Dr. Michelle Smith supporting our Girls Who Code Club at Kingston. Thank you to all the girls, parents, teachers, admin., and moderators for an amazing year of coding.

We just wrapped up an incredible two-day professional development series with about 80 dedicated teachers!
These educators spent their time learning new ways to support our students and make our classrooms even better. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive, and we can’t wait to see these strategies in action. Thank you to our staff for their dedication to our students!

All schools and support sites will be closed for Spring Break from March 23rd to March 27th and reopen Monday, March 30th.

Today's #SchoolSiteHighlight brings us to Topaz where we have more students hopeful of catching some leprechauns. Tuesday was full of collaboration, creativity, and a little bit of luck at Topaz! 🍀

Their 6th grade scholars from Ms. Cook’s class teamed up with their kindergarten scholars from Mrs. Tate’s class to design and build leprechaun traps. In just 45 minutes, these groups worked together using strong communication and creative thinking to bring their ideas to life—and many of their traps were fully functional!

It was incredible to see their older students step into leadership roles while the youngest scholars shared their imagination and excitement.

Great teamwork all around—we are so proud of our scholars! 💚✨
#Collaboration #StudentSuccess #FutureLeaders #LeprechaunTraps

#SchoolSiteHighlight ​We are so proud of the Scorpions at Hesperia High School! This week, our campus hosted the powerful Every 15 Minutes program. This event helps our students understand the real dangers of drunk driving and the importance of making safe choices. ​🚁 Real-World Learning ​Our students didn't just hear about safety in a classroom—they saw it in action. This hands-on experience brought the community together to show the "real world" impact of the decisions we make. ​Highlights from the event included: ​A Staged Car Crash: Students watched a realistic scene to see how first responders work during an emergency. ​A Helicopter Landing: A medical helicopter landed right on campus to show how victims are rushed to help. ​Life Lessons: Students talked about how to keep themselves and their friends safe behind the wheel. ​❤️ A Huge Thank You ​Events like this take a lot of teamwork! We want to give a massive shout-out to the people who made this possible: ​Hesperia High School Staff for their hard work and dedication to our students. ​San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office and the Hesperia Unified School Police Department. ​All the law enforcement and first responders who spent their time teaching our kids. ​Thank you for helping us keep our students safe and prepared for the future!

Save the date! On Monday, April 20, 4PM-7PM at the District Office Annex HUSD will be hosting our annual Teacher Job Fair. We will be hiring for both elementary and secondary positions. We hope to see you there!

What an amazing day in the Hesperia Unified School District! Today, we opened our doors for our annual Principal for the Day event. We loved having our local community leaders step into the shoes of our hardworking principals to see all the great things happening on our campuses! ​🍔 A "Backyard BBQ" to Remember ​To wrap up the day, everyone met at the District Office for a reflective luncheon. But this wasn't just any lunch, it was a full Backyard BBQ feast! ​Our talented Culinary CTE students showed off their real-world skills by planning, prepping, and serving a delicious meal. ​On the menu: ​Smoky Tri-tip 🥩 ​Creamy Mac n Cheese 🧀 ​Fresh Watermelon 🍉 ​...and so much more! ​🌟 Student Stars ​A huge shout-out to the students and teachers from these high schools who worked together to make this happen: ​Hesperia High ​Oak Hills High ​Sultana High ​Mojave High ​Canyon Ridge High ​These students really outdid themselves today! ​❤️ Thank You, Community! ​We want to say a giant THANK YOU to all the community leaders who spent their time with us today. Your support helps make our schools a better place for every student. We love seeing our community and schools work together!

For today's #SchoolSiteHighlight we go to Joshua Circle for some 🍀✨ St. Patrick’s Day Fun! ✨🍀

Joshua Circle's third graders got creative this St. Patrick’s Day with a fun at-home project—designing and building their very own leprechaun traps! 🪤🌈 Students teamed up with their families to dream big, build creatively, and bring their ideas to life.

Those who participated proudly brought their traps to school to share and present with their classmates—it was amazing to see the imagination, effort, and teamwork on display! 👏💚

The fun didn’t stop there! Throughout the day, students also took part in engaging activities to learn more about St. Patrick’s Day and its traditions. 🍀📚

We loved seeing so much creativity and school spirit!

Many congratulations to Ranchero's 8th-grader, Holly Zubia, for winning the RIMS AVID Impact Award! Keep up the hard work, Holly—you are doing amazing, and we are so proud of you and everything you've accomplished. #RattlersRISE #IMPACTtheFutureHUSD

#SchoolSiteHighlight Today we are at Sultana High School for the annual HUSD tradition, iExpo 2026. What a day of excitement, learning and fun! Special thanks to Horace Mann Insurance for sponsoring all the cash prizes. And special thanks to Pizza Factory of Hesperia for sponsoring the iExpo judges luncheon. But the biggest thanks goes to all of our staff, students and parents who made this event possible! To download photos from today's event go to: tinyurl.com/iExpo2026

Big congratulations to Oak Hills juniors Melenie Villeda and Mariah Perez! 🎉 Their National History Day exhibit on the history of Barbie earned them County Champion honors and a spot at the state competition at Sac State in May. OHHS and HUSD are so proud of their hard work and dedication! 🙌 Stop by their front office to see their project on display! #itsagreatdaytobeabulldog

#HUSDSportsCenter 🦂🏀 Huge congratulations to the Hesperia High School Boys Basketball team! They were honored at this week’s Board of Trustees meeting for an absolutely incredible season! 👏🏆 These Scorpions really brought the heat this year! Check out these amazing stats: They finished with a massive 24-9 record! 📈 They are ranked #1 in our local area and #83 in the entire state of California! 🥇 They were co-MRL Champions! 💍 The team also made history this year! 📜 For only the second time in school history, they were CIF Sectional Finalists. And for the first time in school history, they competed in the CIF State Playoff Tournament in Division 1! 🌟 Most of our Board members even went out to watch the CIF Finals in person. They told the team how impressed they were with their hard work and heart on the court. We are so proud of our student-athletes and coaches for such a "barn burner" of a season! Way to go, Scorpions! 🦂🔥 Welcome to Scorpion Country! 🦂🏀🌵

#HUSDSportsCenter 📣✨ ​Let’s hear it for our amazing HUSD Cheer All-Americans! We are so proud of the 19 students who earned this huge honor! 🌟🙌 ​Some of our talented cheerleaders even took their skills across the world! Hope Castagnola from Sultana High School traveled all the way to Rome, Italy to perform in the New Year's Parade! 🇮🇹👗 Teal Pride! From Hesperia High School, Dalilah Rendon and Isabella Del Hoyo also performed in Rome, while Katelyn Balders rocked the Disney World Thanksgiving Parade in Florida! 🦂🏰 Welcome to Scorpion Country! Our HUSD Board of Trustees was so happy to recognize these stars at a recent meeting. It was extra special because so many other All-American teammates came out to support them! 🤝🎓 ​Way to go, ladies! You make Hesperia shine! 🎆💖

#HUSDSportsCenter 🦂🏆 ​Huge congratulations to the Hesperia High School Boys Wrestling team! 🤼‍♂️ This week, our Board of Education honored these incredible athletes for winning the CIF Championship! 🥇 ​These Scorpions are truly dominant on the mat! Check out this amazing record: ​They are 4-time undefeated MRL Champions in a row! ⛓️ ​In the last five years, they’ve earned four CIF runner-up awards and now the big Championship title! 🏆💥 ​We are so proud of the hard work and dedication these student-athletes show every single day. You make our community so proud! 🌟 ​Way to go, Scorpions! Welcome to Scorpion Country! 🦂💎