News Releases
2023 News Releases
- Nine Monterey High School Student Engineer and Scientists Recognized at County Science and Engineering Fair
- Central Coast High School to Name New Culinary Kitchen and Classroom After Long-Time Educator and Prominent Community Leader Mary C. Owens
- Seaside High School to Host 2023 FIRST® Robotics Competition Monterey Bay Regional Seaside High School to Host 2023 FIRST® Robotics Competition Monterey Bay Regional
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Monterey Peninsula USD Announces Settlement in Lawsuit with Juul Labs, Inc.
- Five Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Leaders Honored as Association of California School Administrators Region 10 Administrators of the Year
- Earns the College Board’s AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for Expanding Young Women’s Access to AP Computer Science Principles
- Marina Vista Elementary Arts Academy becomes second Blue Zones Project® School in Monterey Peninsula Unified School District
- Marina Vista Elementary Arts Academy recognized as a 2023 California Exemplary Arts Education School
- Monterey Peninsula Unified School District receives $500,000 to support homeless youth statewide and nationally
2022 News Releases
- Court rules on Monterey High School Stadium Project
- Seaside High to name new MakerSpace after prominent community member and former Board of Education Helen B. Rucker
- Olson Elementary students in partnership with the Arts Council for Monterey County and Mexican-American multimedia artist Sea Sevilla create mural as part of 6th grade community project
- Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day
- Monterey High School to be named after long-time drama teacher
- MPUSD and City of Monterey join 'Get Connected California!' campaign to help close digital divide
- Monterey High School theater to be dedicated after long-time drama teacher
- Monterey High School to name Science & Innovation Center after prominent community members
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Seaside High School to dedicate new stadium after long-serving, popular coaches
- Olson Elementary in Marina Becomes first Blue Zones Project® School in Monterey Peninsula Unified School District
- Olson Elementary Partners With Littera Education to Bring Free High-Dosage Tutoring to Marina Students
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Seaside High School to name classroom wing after former principal and long-time MPUSD board member
- Marina High School to name gymnasium and library after prominent community leaders
- MPUSD Receives Half a Million Dollars to Support Teacher Residency Program
- Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Kicks Off School Year
- Community to Celebrate Monterey High's Boys Baseball and Girls Softball Teams in City Parade
- MPUSD Receives Half a Million Dollars to Support Teacher Residency Program
- 2022 Stuff the Bus: Deloitte Impact Day
- 18 Students to 'Take Flight' in the Joby Aviation Summer Program Through MPUSD's Career Technical Education Unique Summer Offering
- MPUSD Secures State Community Schools Funding to Continue Prioritizing Academic Programs and Interventions to Support Students' Critical Needs
- Largest School District on the Peninsula to Graduate More than 700 students
- Seaside Student Named 2022 Bezos Scholar
- MPUSD Hosts Drug Awareness Panel with Montage Health, Ohana, and Sun Street Centers to Address Fentanyl and Other Drug Related Issues
- MPUSD Partners with Motel 6 to Establish a First of its Kind Short-Term Emergency Housing Program for Students Experiencing Homelessness
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Multiple MPUSD Students Complete AA Degrees or IGETC via Dual Enrollment Program
- MPUSD Music Education Program Receives Nation Recognition Third Year in Row
- Fifth Annual MPUSD Hackathon Hosted by Seaside High School
- Seaside High School to Host FIRST Robotics Competition
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Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Pilots Teen Mental Health First Aid at Marina School
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150 MPUSD Students to Attend First Ever County of Monterey Career Fair
- Eight Monterey High School Students Thrive in Tri-County Business Competition
- Seaside High School Earns the College Board's AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for Expanding Young Women's Access to AP Computer Science Principles
2021 News Releases
- MPUSD to Strengthen Equitable Access to Standards-Aligned Math Curriculum Through Partnership Funded by Gates Foundation
- U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Awards Monterey Peninsula Unified School District $1 Million to Strengthen Academic and Support Programs
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School of the Arts Offers You Will Rise Project: An Art Against Bullying Residency
- Annual Battle of the Bay Between Monterey High and Seaside High to Showcase New Seaside High School Track and Field
- Monterey Peninsula USD Named Nation's Best Communities For Music Education
2020 News Releases
- Turnaround Arts Mentor, Grammy-Award Winning DJ IZ Avila Works With Students at Marina Vista Elementary Arts Academy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School of the Arts
- Harvard University Convenes a Group of School District Leaders in Seaside to Focus on Deeper Learning for Students
- Two Monterey Peninsula Unified Schools Receive Prestigious State Recognition
2019 News Releases
- MPUSD to Host Districtwide Hackathon
- Marina High School Unveils New Gymnasium - Ribbon Cutting Set for November 16
- Walter Colton Middle School Students Take Anti-Bullying Message to Colton Hall
- Seaside High School Spartan Showcase: Grand Opening of Digital Library Media Center, Makerspace and State of the Art Classrooms
- Seaside High Counselor Awarded Yale Educator of Year
- Seaside Principal Named Grand Prize Winner in Nutella's "Who Makes Your Morning Happy?" Contest
- Marina High School student named prestigious Gates Millennium Scholar and becomes member of The Gates Millennium Scholarship Class of 2019
- Monterey Peninsula Unified School District to Engage with Educators Across the State Rallying for Full and Fair Funding of Public Schools
- Monterey High School Becomes First International Baccalaureate World High School in Monterey County
- Turnaround Arts Mentor, Grammy-Winning DJ IZ Avila Works With Creative Students at Marina Vista Elementary in Monterey, CA
2018 News Releases
- December 3: MPUSD District 1 Trustee Earns CSBA Masters In Governance Certificate
- November 29: Two Peninsula School Districts Awarded Funding to Enhance Visual and Performing Arts
- October 17: Marina Vista Elementary Arts Academy transforms campus using giant photographs in collaboration with Inside Out Project, Turnaround Arts: California
- May 17: Four MPUSD Schools Receive Educational Results Partnership Honor Roll Designation
- April 23: Meet the 2019 Monterey County Teacher of the Year
- April 16: Marina's Marina Vista Elementary joins national arts-fueled school reform program
- March 7: Repairs and Upgrades to Prepare Students for 21st-Century Success
- February 21: Seaside elementary students to engage in video conference call with Turnaround Artist Amanda Lucidon, White House Photographer for Former First Lady Michelle Obama
- February 1: Monterey Peninsula USD Annual Teacher Recruitment Fair