Early February, MPUSD teamed up with Partners For Peace to offer the Strengthening Families Program within the Seaside community.
We hope you’re enjoying Spring Break. We want to provide a reminder about the availability of FREE COVID-19 take-home rapid tests at our MPUSD COVID-19 testing center offered through our partner Heal 360.
From the very beginning of the pandemic, the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District has adhered to guidance from the California Department of Public Health and our county health department. We intend to follow the updated state guidance unless more restrictive measures are adopted by the Monterey County Health Department. In accordance with the state’s update, effective Monday, March 14, 2022, masks will be strongly recommended but not required for students (regardless of vaccination status) at all MPUSD school sites and departments.
Town Halls in English and Spanish will be held this evening (March 1) at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. to learn more and ask questions. Read full story for links to Town Halls.
The month of February marks Black History Monday in the United States.
Monte Vista Elementary will expand to be TK-8 schools by adding 7th grade in the 2022-2023 school year and 8th grade in the 2023-2024 school year. In order to support Monte Vista’s expansion, the Board recently approved the reconfiguration and consolidation plan that will move Monte Vista permanently to the Walter Colton campus starting with 1st through 7th grade in 2022-2023 and then become a full Monte Vista Transitional Kindergarten through 8th grade starting in 2023-2024.
Several parent education classes will be available starting in February.
The Monterey Peninsula Unified School District welcomes students, families, and staff back from Winter Break. The California Department of Public Health has released updated guidance regarding COVID-19, and the district will host a Town Hall to provide an overview, as well as address questions from the community.
The Monterey Peninsula Unified School District in partnership with Effective School Solutions offers four parent workshops January - April 2022.
Superintendent PK Diffenbaugh shares with families the importance of getting tested before returning back to school on Wednesday, January 5. Take a moment to listen to his message, as well as where you and your family can pick up testing kits or to have a test administered at our Cabrillo Family Resource Center.
Open Enrollment for grades Transitional Kindergarten through 8th grade is now open for the 2022-2023 school year. This period is the only time to request a transfer from one school to another school within the district for the upcoming 2022-2023 school year. If you wish to request a transfer you must complete a request form no later than Friday, February 4, 2022 for middle and elementary school.
