SBCUSD News
![From left to right, current Ramona-Alessandro Elementary Principal Reginald Thomas, immediate Alessandro past principal Teresa Hopkins holding the glass award, SBCUSD Superintendent Mauricio Arellano, immediate Palm Avenue past principal Kathy Alcorn holding the glass award and current Palm Avenue Principal Dr. Janice Gordon.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1750193262/sbcusdcom/xjerveghrqxrdrbxpbco/2025DistinguishedSchools-192.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1750193262/sbcusdcom/xjerveghrqxrdrbxpbco/2025DistinguishedSchools-192.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1750193262/sbcusdcom/xjerveghrqxrdrbxpbco/2025DistinguishedSchools-192.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1750193262/sbcusdcom/xjerveghrqxrdrbxpbco/2025DistinguishedSchools-192.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1750193262/sbcusdcom/xjerveghrqxrdrbxpbco/2025DistinguishedSchools-192.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1750193262/sbcusdcom/xjerveghrqxrdrbxpbco/2025DistinguishedSchools-192.jpg","width":2200}])
Ramona-Alessandro Elementary School earned its first-ever California Distinguished School Award, and Palm Avenue Elementary School earned its third California Distinguished School Award this year.
![Cairo Garcia, alumno del octavo grado, fue uno de dos alumnos de Serrano Middle School honrados con el Reconocimiento de Rendimiento Sobresaliente por el superintendente Mauricio Arellano y la Mesa Directiva del SBCUSD en abril 2025.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1749674419/sbcusdcom/sj0rrr1zvh7ql62ubfsk/Cairo5A2A6962.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1749674419/sbcusdcom/sj0rrr1zvh7ql62ubfsk/Cairo5A2A6962.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1749674419/sbcusdcom/sj0rrr1zvh7ql62ubfsk/Cairo5A2A6962.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1749674419/sbcusdcom/sj0rrr1zvh7ql62ubfsk/Cairo5A2A6962.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1749674419/sbcusdcom/sj0rrr1zvh7ql62ubfsk/Cairo5A2A6962.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1749674419/sbcusdcom/sj0rrr1zvh7ql62ubfsk/Cairo5A2A6962.jpg","width":2200}])
![Davidson Elementary School student Chase Gray-Luna stands front and center holding his framed Outstanding Student Award certificate. He is flanked by his family, his principal, Superintendent Mauricio Arellano and the Board of Education.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1749668357/sbcusdcom/ufofjingebweu41y2abi/Chase5A2A6870.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1749668357/sbcusdcom/ufofjingebweu41y2abi/Chase5A2A6870.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1749668357/sbcusdcom/ufofjingebweu41y2abi/Chase5A2A6870.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1749668357/sbcusdcom/ufofjingebweu41y2abi/Chase5A2A6870.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1749668357/sbcusdcom/ufofjingebweu41y2abi/Chase5A2A6870.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1749668357/sbcusdcom/ufofjingebweu41y2abi/Chase5A2A6870.jpg","width":2200}])
On Tuesday, April 15, the SBCUSD Board of Education presented the Outstanding Achievement Awards to students, parents and staff of Davidson Elementary School, Del Rosa Elementary School, Serrano Middle School and Sierra High School.
![A Norton Elementary student leans into a planter to check the vegetables, while another student brings over some gardening tools.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1749593752/sbcusdcom/pjzaquhj6co9pj0ajlxr/Norton-5A2A2451.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1749593752/sbcusdcom/pjzaquhj6co9pj0ajlxr/Norton-5A2A2451.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1749593752/sbcusdcom/pjzaquhj6co9pj0ajlxr/Norton-5A2A2451.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1749593752/sbcusdcom/pjzaquhj6co9pj0ajlxr/Norton-5A2A2451.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1749593752/sbcusdcom/pjzaquhj6co9pj0ajlxr/Norton-5A2A2451.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1749593752/sbcusdcom/pjzaquhj6co9pj0ajlxr/Norton-5A2A2451.jpg","width":2200}])
Two SBCUSD campuses, Kimbark and Norton Elementary Schools, have been honored by the California Department of Education with a 2025 California Green Ribbon School Award.
![Fairfax Elementary School Principal Dr. Gregory Alexander and President of the Alpha Alpha Epsilon Sigma Alumni chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Dr. Robert Strong are surrounded by Alumni chapter members in their fraternity blazers and Fairfax cheerleaders.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1749594730/sbcusdcom/yb4wmluausni325teosw/Fairfax-5A2A0186.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1749594730/sbcusdcom/yb4wmluausni325teosw/Fairfax-5A2A0186.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1749594730/sbcusdcom/yb4wmluausni325teosw/Fairfax-5A2A0186.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1749594730/sbcusdcom/yb4wmluausni325teosw/Fairfax-5A2A0186.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1749594730/sbcusdcom/yb4wmluausni325teosw/Fairfax-5A2A0186.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1749594730/sbcusdcom/yb4wmluausni325teosw/Fairfax-5A2A0186.jpg","width":2200}])
Fairfax Elementary School is now the proud beneficiary of a powerful new partnership thanks to the adoption of the school by the distinguished, predominantly African-American fraternity Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.