Most Noteworthy Accomplishments 2014-2019

El Segundo Unified School District

Passed a $92 M General Obligation Bond Measure to improve school facilities and technology (2019).
Finalized Joint Agreements with City of El Segundo for future use of the Aquatics Facility (2019).
Established a legacy or endowment funds with $16M of Imperial Street School proceeds that will provide ongoing annual revenue for technology infrastructure, deferred maintenance and capital outlay projects (2017).

Twenty Awards From Outside Agencies

Successfully earned recognition as a California Distinguished School: ESHS (2019).
Successfully earned three Gold Ribbon Schools: ESMS (2015), CSS & RSS (2016).
Successfully earned Exemplary Arts Program: ESHS (2019).
Successfully earned Schools to Watch- Taking Center Stage Award: ESMS (2018).
Successfully earned a Green Ribbon School – Bronze Medal: CSS (2018).
Successfullyearnedtwo GoldenBellAwards:Bio-medical Pathway (2018) and International Baccalaureate (2015).
Successfully earned two California Civic Awards of Merit: ESHS Civics Day (2019).
& ESMS Community Service Project (2016).
Successfully earned distinction as a California Democracy School: ESHS (2019).
Successfully earned three Apple Distinguished Schools for Innovation, leadership and educational excellence from Apple: ESHS (2015/2017) & ESMS (2017).
Successfully earned two six year WASC accreditations: Arena (2014) & ESHS (2015).
Earned license status for Eagles’ Nest Preschool (2015).
Earned two Model School Attendance Review Board recognitions (2016 & 2019).

Program Highlights

Adopted the Graduate Profile and began to align practices to achieve student attainment of profile competencies.
Completed training faculty teams in the Yale Institute for Social Emotional Learning’s RULER program.
Selected to become a member of the League of Innovative Schools (2016).
Successfully completed a two day comprehensive re-evaluation visit for International Baccalaureate that contained numerous commendations: ESMS (2019).
Ranked first among South Bay region public high school on the CAASPP results: ESHS (2018).
Ranked in the top 5% of high schools in California and the nation by US World Report: ESHS (2019).
Achieved the highest high school graduation rate in the region of 98.9% of senior class earning diplomas (2018).
Expanded Arena program model to provide increased access and more comprehensive support, including hiring a special education teacher and utilizing agency therapists (2019).
Selected as two of 75 schools across the nation to participate in Learning Ovations A2i to support increased literacy skill development (2018 to present).
Received two grants from the Cotsen Foundation to deepen implementation of Cognitive Guided Instruction in Mathematics (2015-2019).
Selected for partnership between the California Society of Anesthesiologists, UCLA, and Project Lead the Way to support implementation of the PLTW Biomedical Sciences curriculum (2017).
Increased library services from four days to five days per week (2015).
Implemented a one-to-one iPad initiative at secondary schools (2014 to present).
Infused Chrome books into third through fifth grade (2017 to present).
Successfully implemented Project Lead the Way elementary through high school (2015 to present).

Thirteen Exceptional Employee Recognitions

One teacher was a Los Angeles Teacher of the Year (CSS 2017).
Two teachers wereselectedaspartofthetop25LosAngelesCountyTeachersoftheYear out of 73,000 teachers in Los Angeles County (ESMS 2014 & ESHS 2018).
One teacher was selected as a Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics and Science (ESHS 2015).
Five classified employees were selected as Los Angeles County Classified Employees of the Year (CSS & RSS 2015, RSS & DO 2016, & ESHS 2017).
Four administrators were selected as ACSA Region 14 Administrators of the Year (2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019).

El Segundo Education Foundation Grant Increased

From 2014 to 2019, El Segundo Education Foundation increased pledge from $1M to $1.8 M.