Size in California:
27th largest
Size in San Diego County:
3rd largest
Geographic size of District:
100 sq. miles
Communities Served:
Poway, Rancho Peñasquitos, Rancho Bernardo,
Sabre Springs,
Carmel Mountain Ranch, Torrey Highlands, Black Mountain Ranch, 4S Ranch,
Santa Fe Valley
Number of Schools: 33
22 elementary schools
6 middle schools
4 comprehensive high schools
1 continuation high school
Location of Schools:
11 schools in city of Poway
20 schools in city of San Diego
2 schools in the county of San Diego
Number of Students:
32,532 (K-12)
Total Elementary
(K-5)....14,289
Total Middle
(6-8)....7,863
Total High School
(9-12)......10,380
Adult Education: 10,352
students
(CBEDS 2002-03)
Ethnic Diversity:
American Indian/Alaskan Native 0.5%
African American 3.0%
Asian
10.3%
Filipino
6.9%
Hispanic
8.8%
Pacific Islander
0.5%
White
67.8%
Multiple/No Response 2.3%
Number of Employees:
3,296
Budget:
$206 million
Lottery:
2% of total budget
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2005 National School of
Character Awarded to Chaparral Elementary
Congratulations to Chaparral Elementary School who has recently been recognized as a National School
of Character. Chaparral was chosen as one of only 10 schools in the nation for
the efforts of staff, parents, and students in good citizenship, volunteerism,
responsibility, honesty and respect as well as their academic
achievement. 
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Superintendent's
Message
After Almost 30 Years of Steady Enrollment
Growth, PUSD Sees Drop in Enrollment
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Declining K-12 enrollment has
been taking place for some time in many districts across the
state. Poway Unified is one of the
last districts in San Diego County not to be in decline, due in large part to
the desirability of our schools and the overall quality of life in our many
wonderful neighborhoods.
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Taxpayers
Association Recognizes PUSD with its
Golden Watchdog Award
 The Poway Unified School District received a coveted 2005 Golden Watchdog Award from the San Diego County Taxpayers Association for saving
taxpayers close to $9 million by refinancing school construction and
modernization bonds approved by district voters in 2002.
Poway Unified Superintendent Don
Phillips, Ed.D., with Citizens Oversight Committee Chair Kathy Frost, and PUSD
Board members, Andy Patapow, president, and Penny Ranftle, vice president,
accepted the award on behalf of the school district at the May 18, 2005 annual
San Diego County Taxpayers Association Golden Watchdog and Golden Fleece Awards
dinner in San Diego.
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Everyone Reaching Out with Books for Mississippi School
Libraries Destroyed in Hurricane |
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 Library staffs are leading the way in helping children
whose library collections have been destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Lynn
Grindstaff, library media technician at Painted Rock Elementary School said that
the school district has collected more than 9,000 books so far. Donations will
be accepted at school sites and at PUSD, and shipped free of charge through
Allied Van Lines Atlas Transfer in Poway. Monetary donations from Sony and
others will pay for expenses and used for book vouchers for the Harrison County
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Your Prop U Dollars at Work |
| Construction projects are underway across the school district.
For a
PowerPoint display of our latest accomplishments go to:
www.powayusd.com/bond/updates.htm
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Midland Elementary School
Progress on the new
two-story
classroom building
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Mt. Carmel High School
New Music Building
(Building T)
Read More -> |
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Westwood Elementary School
Outer ring classroom and
bathroom modernization continues.
Read More ->
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Poway High School
Buildings P S and M are now
completely demolished.
Read More ->
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Prop U
(Building for Success) Community Report |
The Citizens' Oversight
Committee presents its Fall 2005 program update
to the community. The Committee is pleased to report that currently the Building
for Success Program is on budget and on schedule.
The Group One schools - Mt. Carmel and Poway High School,
Westwood and Midland Elementary schools
began renovations and re-building in the Summer of
2004. The online report and a printable copy are available.
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Community Report
Building for Success
Citizens' Oversight Committee
Frequently Asked Questions
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Helping Children Arrive at
Kindergarten Ready to Learn |
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Parents, every child's first and most important teachers, are
critical to Kindergarten readiness. PUSD's
Preschool/Extended Student Services developed an informal list of desirable
readiness skills that will help children when they begin school. The list is a
guide to help reassure parents that their intuitions and experiences with their
own children give them valuable insight about readiness for kindergarten. For
more information, call 858-748-0010 ext. 2075.
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What knowledge, skills,
and attitudes are important in preparation for KINDERGARTEN?
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Alphabet Knowledge
Identifies some letters, uses some letter-sound associations, and may
begin to recognize that letters make up words. |
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Books
Enjoys
being read to, explores
and discusses books, draws pictures related to story, and talks about
drawing. |
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Concepts
Knows concepts like over, under,
through, etc. |
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Poway High School
2005 State Wrestling Champs
Coach: Wayne Branstetter
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Mt. Carmel High School named California
Distinguished School
Mt. Carmel High School has become a 2005
Distinguished School. The school was one of 100 high schools in California who
received the honor on May 20 in Anaheim, California. This is the third
California Distinguished School Award for Mt. Carmel. The other awards were in
1986 and 1999. Mt. Carmel also received the national Blue Ribbon School Award in
1989 and 2000.
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Looking
Toward the Future - College |
Preparing
students to be successful in college and
in the business world begins with preschool and extends throughout one’s
lifetime. The links in this section access websites that give not only college
information, but tips for parents of elementary students as well. Learning
about all the options available for students today can help in planning for the
future. Beginning to plan early can make all the difference.
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| College preparatory coursework, known as a-g
requirements, are prerequisites for admission to colleges and universities
including the University of California and California State University systems.
Having more students meet the rigorous a-g requirements and be successful in
college is a major goal for Poway Unified. Students need to acquire the critical
skills needed to do college work during high school through taking advantage of
college prep
coursework.
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Check out PUSD on-line |
The Poway Unified School District highlights many of its special events in
an area of our website we call "Inside Look". These stories,
about students, schools, and special programs were featured on our home page.
Click here to see the "Inside Look."
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Anurag
Wins Spelling Bee! |
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Meadowbrook Middle School
eighth grader Anurag Kashyap became the USA spelling champion
defeating 272 other spellers in a tough two days of competition. |
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just the first few letters of the street name, you will be given the names,
addresses, phone numbers of the schools of residence
for that address. There are also
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