MPUSD in the News
2019 Stories
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD recognizes importance of breakfast
- Monterey County Herald: Homeless, foster youth population grows in Monterey County
- Education Dive: Few states recognize the arts as part of their ESSA accountability plans (Cristy Campanaro, Principal of Marina Vista Elementary is featured)
- A survey of MPUSD students shows trust in school resource offers wanes as kids get older
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey family off to Galápagos Islands to study reefs, track sharks (A Monte Vista Elementary kindergartener is studying in the Galápagos lslands)
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula USD superintendent earns honor
- Monterey County Weekly Good Week/Bad Week – Superintendent Diffenbaugh was recognized in the Monterey County Weekly for his recent ACSA Region 10 Superintendent of the Year honor.
- KSBW: School Resource Officer back at Seaside
- KSBW: Meet Seaside's new School Resource Officer
- Monterey County Herald: Marina Vista Elementary Arts Academy visited by Grammy Award winner
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD pushing parents to attend engagement workshops
- KSBW: Bach Festivals bring song-writing intensive to MLK School of the Arts
- Monterey County Weekly: Good Week/Bad Week (MPUSD highlighted for bond program work underway)
- Monterey County Herald – Monterey Peninsula Unified School District votes against detection dogs
- Monterey County Herald – Monterey Bay Aquarium now accepting applications for Teachers Institutions
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD to expand early childhood programs with new grants
- Monterey County Weekly: Community meeting about MPUSD bond at Seaside High School
- Monterey County Herald: CalFresh benefits to be used early due to government shutdown
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD seeking input for school facilities bond projects
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified School District launches Monterey Ivy League Program
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD principals continue to lead by example
2018 Stories
- Monterey County Herald: California School Dashboard website gets new look, updated stats
- Education Dive: $4.4M in grant funds help California administrators improve STEM instruction
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD receives $750 grant for STEM teachers
- Monterey County Herald: New MPUSD teacher evaluation system aimed toward growth, improvement
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey County school districts introduce down payment assistance program for home buyers
- KAZU: New Program Helps Educators Buy Homes
- KSBW: MPUSD Teacher Housing
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside High students plan to host city council debate
- Monterey County Weekly: Good News
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Monterey County Herald: Extra funds coming for visual and performing arts programs
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Monterey County Herald: Seaside High awarded for computer science courses
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Monterey County Herald: Monterey County educational leaders complete training course
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD receives $750K grant for STEM teachers
- KSBW: Monterey Peninsula Unified offers free SAT testing
- Monterey County Herald: Marina Vista Elementary kids turning to the arts for inspiration
- KSBW: Marina school covers campus with giant black and white photos of student portraits
- KSBW: MPUSD offers youth mental first aid training to community
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside High set to host mayoral debate
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey County students attend Pebble Beach Authors and Ideas Festival
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey High goes high tech
- Monterey County Herald: Cross Country: Marina High School’s Christopher Plascencia strides to new horizons
- Monterey County Weekly: TAMC is gathering ideas for improving school routes from the commuters themselves
- KSBW: Seaside vs. Monterey Battle Of The Bands is back
- Monterey County Herald: Battle of the Bay: Barragan, Monterey makes last second field goal to defeat Seaside High
- Monterey County Herald: High School Football: Monterey and Seaside to meet in Battle of the Bay
- Monterey County Weekly: Faced with a teacher shortage, school districts get creative and hire teachers in training
- Seaside and Monterey schools get their school resource officers back – but not without a fight
- KION: MPUSD aims for safe routes to school
- MPUSD Board ok's SRO's in agreement with Monterey and Seaside
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD challenges staff, students with a big question
- KION: Superintendent Diffenbaugh on Neighborhood Housing Fund for Monterey
- KSBW: MPUSD’s Back-to-School Kick-Off Day
- Monterey County Herald: Sixth graders get warm welcome at Seaside Middle
- Monterey County Herald: Students help transform Walter Colton Library
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD to offer free public youth health mental training
- Monterey County Herald: Marina High to break ground on new high school gym
- KSBW: Marina High School gymnasium
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD’s Youth Mental Health First Aid expands beyond staff to include the community
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside school seeks to use new garden as teaching opportunity
- KAZU: Measure I asks homeowners to pay for school repairs
- Monterey County Weekly: Voters pass MPUSD's $213 million bond for infrastructure
- KSBW: Monterey picks up tab for its school resource officer program
- Monterey County Herald: Marina High seniors visit young students for Senior Walk
- Monterey County Herald: Highland Elementary gets a new lawn
- Monterey County Weekly: A much-needed school kitchen renovation is set back after MPUSD rejects all bids
- Monterey County Herald: Marina High is on a mission to to increase college access for all students
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD schools receive Honor Roll status: Monterey High and Foothill Elementary among those awarded for decreasing achievement gap
- Monterey County Herald: Monte Vista Elementary teacher recognized with prestigious award
- Monterey County Herald: Keeping student engaged, in school
- Salinas Californian: OPINION: All children deserve access to music and arts
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey’s La Mesa set to open new reading room
- Education Dive: Leaders discuss ways to sustain school improvement through the arts
- Monterey County Herald: Marina High student receives Gates scholarship
- K-12 Daily: Grant money awarded to help LEAs deal with teacher shortage
- Monterey County Herald: Longtime drama teacher directs final show
- Special Monterey County Weekly: Featuring students in A Shot at School Safety
- KSBW: Parents hear from Monterey County school districts on how they're keeping students safe
- Monterey County Herald: Monte Vista teacher recognized with prestigious award
- Monterey County Herald: Marina Vista Elementary School makes switch to become Turnaround Arts campus
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey Peninsula students participate in National School Walkout day on anniversary of Columbine shooting
- Monterey County Herald: Life in the fast lane: Aaliyah Carreras setting records without a track at MarinaKSBW: Marina High School student accepted to 4 Ivy League schools
- Monterey County Herald: Nunez recognized with ACSA principal of the year award
- Monterey County Weekly: High-need schools countywide are taking a hard stance on lack of funding
- KSBW: Local thespians on the rise
- KSBW: Monterey prepares for National School Walkout Day
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside High School dramatic arts program receives $10,000 in grant money from NBC
- Monterey County Weekly: Seaside High wins $10,000 for its theater program through NBCMonterey County Herald: Seaside’s Briscoe named MVP in MBL’s Pacific Division
- Schools of Opportunity: SHS video
- Monterey County Herald: Up to the task: MPUSD administrators take ‘Shadow a Student Challenge’
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD votes to put $213 million school bond on June ballot
- Monterey County Weekly: As #NeverAgain sweeps the nation after a school shooting, local students get on board
- Monterey County Herald: Dreams become reality as Monterey earns first section title
- Schools of Opportunity: SHS video
- Monterey County Herald: Up to the task: MPUSD administrators take ‘Shadow a Student Challenge’
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD votes to put $213 million school bond on June ballot
- Monterey County Weekly: As #NeverAgain sweeps the nation after a school shooting, local students get on board
- Monterey County Herald: Dreams become reality as Monterey earns first section title
- KSBW: Local schools in need of teachers
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD Teacher Recruitment Fair seems promising despite California teacher shortage crisis
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey County school districts revisit safety protocols in wake of recent school shooting
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD is rallying its constituents to put a $213 million bond on the June 2018 ballot
- Monterey County Herald: Central Coast awarded as model school
- KSBW: MPUSD takes aggressive approach to address mental health on campuses (Forward 2:20 into story)
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside Middle School set to host film festival
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside High honored as ‘school of opportunity’
- The Washington Post: Here are eight ‘Schools of Opportunity’ that do extraordinary things for students
- Monterey County Herald: Ballooning pension costs affecting recent education financial gains
- Monterey County Herald: Claudia Meléndez Salinas, Reporter’s Notebook: Division over police in Monterey County schools
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD officials identify more potential cuts for school district; reach goal of $5 million
- Monterey County Herald: Five Monterey school districts earmarked for Dashboard support
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD holds first student hackathon
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD offers generous retirement incentive to teachers
- Monterey County Weekly: Increased pension contributions are coming, MPUSD braces for budget hits
2017 Stories
- MPUSD Stewart wins statewide recognition
- KSBW: MPUSD cutting class schedule from eight to seven
- MPUSD approves $1.4 million in cuts
- Monterey County Herald: PK Diffenbaugh – MPUSD taking proactive measures to respond to fiscal challenges
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified School District to consider changing schedules
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD's high-turnover military students get a $1 million boost for STEM training
- KSBW: The story behind Monterey-Seaside drum battle gone viral
- KSBW: Monterey NJROTC students complete emergency response training
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey teens train for emergency response with staged disasters
- Monterey County Herald: Marina students begin their career connections in middle school
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD renews SRO contracts for one year
- KSBW: The drum battle between Seaside and Monterey (SIDEBAR: This is super cool!)
- Monterey Herald: Preps of the Week – Ali Shankin of Monterey field hockey, Matt Martinez of Alvarez football honored
- MontereyCounty Herald: Robotics competition offers Monterey Peninsula students glimpse of the future
- MontereyCounty Weekly: MPUSD renews police contracts for another year
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD officials want to re-negotiate contracts with police
- Monterey County Weekly: A theater group at Seaside High School becomes a de facto support group for queer students
- KION: Will Peninsula School resource officers stay or go
- Monterey County Weekly: Salinas school boards face pushback for rejecting cops on campus; MPUSD reconsiders
- Carmel Magazine: Jackson Browne gives back
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD considering 2018 bond
- KSBW: MPUSD takes second look at police officers on campus
- Monterey County Herald: Three years later, a new culture takes shape at MPUSD
- Monterey County Herald: New teachers and old traditions at MPUSD schools on first day of classes
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD to consider other options to school resource officers
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified School District to offer discounted child care
- Monterey County Herald: Students spruce up Monterey’s Walter Colton Middle School before classes star
- Monterey County Herald: Academy at Monterey Peninsula Unified School District fights ‘summer learning loss
- Monterey County Herald: Schools keep feeding children during summer
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD offers TDAP vaccination clinics
- Salinas Californian: Proud to be Mariners
- Monterey County Herald: School Bytes – Monterey area girls chosen for AAUW science camp
- Latino Edge: El aclamado cantante y compositor Jackson Browne visito a los estudiantes de Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School en Seaside como parte del programa “Turnaround Arts: Calfiornia” del John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- EdSource: Some smaller districts enroll younger 4-year-olds in early kindergarten
- Monterey County Herald: Kindergarten teacher Pilar Osaba, Monterey Herald’s teacher of the year
- Monterey County Herald: Walter Tribley Community college means key financial gains
- Monterey County Weekly: School districts face ongoing teacher shortage, mull building employee housing
- Monterey County Herald: Special Olympics teaming up to inspire
- Monterey County Herald: Tandy Beal - Using dance to help third-graders learn, develop skills
- KSBW: Monterey County students shine at national science fair
- Monterey County Weekly: Trump's proposed budget would create cuts affecting thousands locally
- Monterey County Herald: Palenke Arts Festival to showcase Seaside student talent
- KION: New field and track in Marina gives kids a safe space to recreate
- KSBW: New field and track unveiled in Marina
- Monterey County Herald: California School Dashboard, a new school accountability method
- Monterey County Herald: Letters to the editor: Seaside Middle School eighth-graders take part in “Campaigns for a Cause”
- Monterey County Herald: History Day projects tasked with ‘Taking a Stand’
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD launches parenting classes to increase academic achievement - March 13, 2017
- MPUSD to hold annual recruitment fair
- Monterey County Women: Super Natural Chef Kari Bernardi
- Monterey County Herald: Marina High School teacher uses CPR to safe life
- Monterey County Weekly: Schools see drop in attendance on A Day without Immigrants
- Monterey County Herald: Local businesses close, school attendance drops during 'Day Without Immigrants'
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey County teacher shortage not letting up
- Monterey County Herald: Immigrant support events on their way in Monterey County
- MPUSD looks for ways to better communicate its changes
- Some Monterey County schools 'safe havens' for immigrant children
- MPUSD ed tech coordinator helps teachers use more technology in the classroom
2016 Stories
- Monterey Peninsula schools to divvy up $33 million in infrastructure spending
- Monterey County Herald: Two more school districts move to change elections to even years
- Carmel Magazine: Eco Ambassadors Program a Natural Teaching Tool
- Center for Ecoliteracy: Practicing Sustainability - While Saving Millions of Dollars
- Monterey County Weekly: Reports of overcrowded Carmel school buses reveal another problem
- Monterey County Herald: Mobile dairy visits Marina Vista Elementary students
- Monterey County Herald: Enrollment rises at Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, bucking a trend
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside High freshmen excited to get new laptops today as part of a new program
- KION: Hundreds of Seaside students get Chromebooks
- KION: Seaside students get Chromebooks for school and home
- KSBW: Seaside High School students receive Chromebooks
- Salinas Californian: Stuff the Bus kicks off; New center opens
- Monterey County Herald: Stuff the Bus volunteers help move Resource Center
- KSBW: Stuff the Bus kicks off in Seaside
- KION: More than 7000 students facing homelessness in Monterey County
- Univision: Combatiendo la pobreza con la campaña “stuff the bus”
- Salinas Californian: Stuff the Bus kicks off; New center opens
- Monterey County Herald: Stuff the Bus volunteers help move Resource Center
- KSBW: Stuff the Bus kicks off in Seaside
- KION: More than 7000 students facing homelessness in Monterey County
- Univision: Combatiendo la pobreza con la campaña “stuff the bus”
- Hollywood Reporter: Jane Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg join expanded White House Arts Mentorship Program
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside school selected for nationwide arts program
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Jane Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg Join Expanded White House Arts Mentorship Program
- PR Newswire: Capital Insurance Group® Partners with Special Olympics Northern California to Become Presenting Sponsor for 2016
- KSBW: Monterey County schools recruiting to fill classrooms
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey students celebrate Read Across America
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD approves sweeping changes to secondary education
- The Atlantic: What if America’s teachers made more money
- Monterey County Herald: Wendy Root Askew impressed with MPUSD Board
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey school district job fair attracts crowd of teachers
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD to offer tuition reimbursement program for teachers
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD takes bold step to transform secondary education
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD launches bold reimagining campaign of secondary education
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside middle and high schools want to adopt 'New Tech' model
- Monterey County Herald: Central Coast wants more career options for students
- Monterey High celebrates its Super Bowl ties
- Super Bowl 50: Football fun on the Central Coast
- Former NFL players honored at Monterey High
- Monterey High honored for Super Bowl Talent
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey teacher shortage could get worse, report warns
- Monterey County Weekly: Monterey may share tax revenue on Hotel Pacific property
2015 Stories
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside Middle School launches anti-bullying program
- Univision: The Legacy of a Victim
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD launches bold reimagining campaign of secondary education
- Monterey County Herald: Hour of code brings computer science to classroom
- Monterey County Weekly: Monterey High School's theater program makes big changes
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey educators hail anticipated passage of education reform bill
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey County girls want more non-academic counselors
- KION: Bay2Tray brings fresh local fish seafood to the school cafeteria in Monterey
- Monterey County Herald: California voters concerned with teacher shortage
- Monterey County Herald: Looks ugly, tastes delicious
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD nutrition chief receives state award
- KSBW: Lizzie Velasquez story shared with students at Carmel International Film Festival
- Monterey County Herald: Nonprofits: Fundraiser results announced
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD: New class puts arts into STEM
- KION: Shortage of substitute teachers affects central coast
- @RoyolPhoto: Colton Middle School STEAM students build hydraulic judobots
- @VFisher45: Students at Del Rey Woods Elementary participated in Great ShakeOut
- KION: Marina students duck, cover, and hold on
- KSBW: Local LULAC chapter celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
- USDA: School Embraces Nutrition Standards to the Culinary Delight of Its Students
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD veterans in charge of sprucing up schools, classrooms
- @RoyalPhoto (video): Dietrick Brown MPUSD Facilities King Elementary Gym update
- Monterey County Herald: New musical instruments for Del Rey Woods students
- @MontereyHerald (video): Students get new instruments at Del Rey Woods Elementary
- San Francisco Chronicle: ‘Ugly’ fish a prized catch for Bay Area school cafeterias
- The Packer: Natural Delights sponsors Tour de Fresh cyclists
- Monterey County Weely: Fostering Hope
- Monterey County Herald: Public release of California test scores pushed to September
- Monterey County Herald: Class in session
- KION: MPUSD gets $1.25 to help military families
- KSBW: MPUSD scores $1.25 million to support military students
- Monterey County Herald: New MPUSD teachers start school year with training
- KION: New MPUSD teachers attend two-day orientation
- KSBW: MPUSD stepping up and seeing positive results with the implementation of Common Core
- Monterey County Herald: Recruiting campaign pays off in MPUSD
- KION: Special Report - New technology keeping kids safe at Central Coast schools
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD gets a jump on enrolling students in food program
- Produce Highlights: Monterey School District Nutrition Employee Rides In Tour De Fresh
- Monterey County Herald: Long-term English learners getting more attention in Monterey County
- Salinas Californian Fresh snacks (third entry in column)
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD superintendent marks one year on the job
- Produce News: Tour de Fresh started a chain reaction of nutrition
- Monterey County Weekly: Yay for Pre-K
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD's Summer Feeding Program
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey educators, Arts Council: Increase arts in school
- Monterey County Herald: CalTEACH Summer Reading Lab wobbles along
- Monterey County Weekly: Meet the Class of 2028: A year spent in transitional kindergarten at one of the county’s most disadvantaged schools shows that astonishing success can be found in the most unlikely places
- Monterey County Herald: Intermezzo: Arts Council for Monterey County on mission to restore school programs
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey High loses football coach before he begins
- Monterey County Herald: Los Arboles students nab first place at state history competition
- Monterey County Herald: California education coalition wants more money for schools
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD grad rates among highest in county
- KION: Hundreds take part in 10th annual Special Olympics
- KSBW: Monterey County Special Olympics
- KION: Central Coast kids get lesson on drunk driving dangers at Seaside High
- Monterey County Herald: Staged disaster provides teachable moments at Seaside High
- Salinas Californian: Education Digest for May 4
- Monterey County Herald: State schools chief Torlakson promotes good eating in Monterey County visit
- Monterey County Herald: Staged disaster provides teachable moments at Seaside High
- KION: Some parents choose to opt out of Common Core testing
- Monterey County Herald: California schools lag behind on technology investment
- Monterey County Herald: Current math books not aligned to Common Core
- Monterey County Herald: Military parents concerned with MPUSD schools
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD teachers to get salary increase
- Univision 67: Maestros llegan a un acuerdo salarial en Monterey
- Monterey County Weekly: With disposable plastic bags and containers on their way out, Monterey Bay activists target plastic straws
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD teachers' union reaches landmark contract agreement with district
- Monterey County Weekly: The Monterey Peninsula has become the epicenter of a student-led movement to reduce waste, for the ocean
- KION: Los Arboles Middle School celebrates the environment; MPUSD reduces energy by 20 percent
- Univision 67: Estudiantes en Marina aprenden sobre ecología
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey Peninsula to adopt math curriculum aligned to Common Core
- Monterey County Herald: California enters new era of student testing
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey school district reaches out to Bay View Academy
- KSBW: Dr. Seuss is on the loose for Read Across America
- Monterey County Herald: MPC students bring Dr. Seuss characters to life
- Univision 67: Read Across America
- KION: MPUSD wants to expand transitional kindergarten program
- Monterey County Herald: Marina students pledge to respect each other
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey County has huge demand for teachers
- KION: Making a Difference: Arts in the Classroom
- Monterey County Herald: Best-selling author works with Monterey Children
- Univision 67: El nuevo Superintendente de Educación de la Península de Monterey enumera sus planes
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey High hosts career and technical fair
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD teachers low on salary, high in compensation
2014 Stories
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey County sees big drop in suspensions, expulsions
- Monterey County Herald: Scathing MPUSD audit finds widespread flaws
- Heritage Radio Network: Inside School Food Bay to Tray in Monterey
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD parents launch art fund
- Monterey County Herald: 2014 brought change to Monterey County schools
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD could tighten screws on grad requirements
- KSBW: Coding in the classroom
- Univision 67: Tecnología en las escuelas
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey schools join "hour of code"
- KION: Local students take part in national "Hour of Coding"
- Monterey County Herald: Oregon Shakespeare Festival actors bring show to Monterey High
- Monterey County Herald: Art history mystery: Monterey artist's 'Goatlings' subject of hunt
- KION: Seaside police, educators make sure walk to school is safe
- Monterey County Herald: CTA launches Instructional Leadership Corps