Milpitas
Unified School District
Float representing the first
schoolhouse in Milpitas: the Laguna School. Original can be seen
at the intersection of Calaveras Rd. and Felter Rd. These are
the Mattos children on the July 4, 2002 Historical Society float.
Calendar
2007-2008 School Year
School begins Monday, August 27, 2007. Last day of school, Thursday, June 12, 2008.
Campuses
Maps to Milpitas Schools
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Maps showing where the public schools are located, links to school
websites, contact information, principals' names and email addresses.
Clubs, Academies
Digital Business Academy
A three-year "school-within-a-school" program designed
for students in grades 10 - 12. A team of teachers work together
with approximately 60 students per grade level to provide a well-rounded
academic and technical course of study.
Milpitas High
School Leo Club
Meets every Thursday During School 12:15 - 12:35pm in the Milpitas
High School Room G-09.
Milpitas High School
Music Department
Schedules, Director and staff, photos, alumni info. Support the
band by enrolling in Drivers
Ed online here.
Milpitas
NJROTC
Meet the staff and view photos of the activities of our high
school's ROTC.
District
Info
What to Wear to School
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Most Milpitas elementary schools and both middle schools
require uniforms. Check here for your school requirements.
Avelar's Photo
of Intruder Drill
Tony Avelar, Milpitas Post photographer, won second prize for
his photo here that ironically implies that near-military force
is used to enforce our high school's drug-free, violence free,
litter-free and profanity-free zone. Click on Features. The photo
is tan, and you must run your cursor over it to see an enlargment.
District
Overview
From GreatSchools. Overviews of each of our schools.
Milpitas
Board of Education
Photos and contact information of the members of the
Milpitas Unified School District Governing Board.
Milpitas School Board Meeting Calendar
Meetings televised on cable channel 15 at 7:00 p.m. during
the Board meetings. Meetings are held the 2nd and 4th Tuesday
of each month beginning at 7:00 PM in the Board Room located
at 1331 East Calaveras Blvd. Agendas
and Minutes.
Milpitas
Unified School District
This is the home page for the school district, with an overview
of the community and goals for the public school district. Unfortunately,
the site is entirely unnavigatable in some Mac and Windows browsers.
Milpitas
Unified School District Job Openings
Please click on a job title below for detailed information about
a specific posting. Online application available.
County
Services
Santa Clara County
Office of Education
Silicon Valley's county-wide educational resource and administrative
center.
Silicon
Valley Reads
What if all the teens and adults in our area read the same book
and talked about it? Which book would that be?
Editorials
Biology: Principles and Explorations
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The Milpitas Post reported on May 30, 2002, that "Milpitas
High School's science department is considering adoption of Biology,
Principals [sic] and Explorations, by publisher Holt, Reinhart
and Winston, for ninth to 12th grades." That's their spelling,
not mine. Here are some reviews of this text book.
College Preparatory Mathematics
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Does this math program prepare our teens to be math
literate or to just feel good about math?
Closing
the Gap To Build Support for Education
If you could see the lineup of people, resources, and money behind
the effort to persuade you that all is well, you would be astonished
that any negative or critical coverage appears anywhere, at any
time. From the Education
Intelligence Agency. [Note: MUSD just hired a PR consultant.]
The
Great American Textbook Scandal
Leonard Tramiel, a balding, dark-bearded man of 45, sat alone
in a science classroom in Milpitas, a middle-class community
on the south end of San Francisco Bay. Having earned a Ph.D.
in physics from Columbia University and having made a bundle
in Silicon Valley, Tramiel now taught occasionally around the
Bay Area as a volunteer. He discovered many errors in the science
textbook and attempted to get these errors fixed.
Forbes Magazine.
Mathematically
Correct - California Issues
In the early 1990's, California bought into the fuzzy math reform
in a big way. The state, once known for good schools, now competes
for the lowest test scores in the nation.
Tragedy
at Columbine High School
Here is an example of how one school in California confronted
the tragedy in Littleton, Colorado. The essay was written by
Jack Weinstein, Facing History and Ourselves' San Francisco Bay
Area program director. Jack taught at Milpitas High School, in
Milpitas, CA, for 18 years. Forty teachers and administrators
from Milpitas High School have participated in Facing History
programs.
Parent Teacher Associations
(PTAs)
Milpitas
High School Parent Teacher Student Association
We sponsor staff appreciation events, chaperone student activities
and 'lend a helping hand'. The PTSA is proud to sponsor our annual
scholarship program which awarded $500 scholarships to graduating
seniors based on their school involvement, community service
and academic improvement.
Rancho
Middle School PTSA
Your ideas and advice is always welcome. Come join the Rancho
PTSA today. We want you and we need you. Meets 3rd Monday each
month in the Rancho Library. (Outdated. new site coming soon.)
Milpitas Unified
Council of PTAs
Represents all of the PTAs in the Milpitas Unified School District.
Sinnott
Parent Teacher Association
We provide a link between staff and parents to support all of
our students.
Programs
California Consortium for
Independent Study
We are a state wide organization interested in the advancement
of independent study programs. Milpitas is in Region 5.
No
Child Left Behind
Marlin Foxworth, former Superintendent of MUSD points out that
the plan doesn't use the appropriate methodologies and looks
at deficits in the students and not the deficits in teaching.
State Educational
Organizations & Info
California High
School Exit Exam
Test postponed. Class of 2006 will be first that must pass the
exam.
California PTA
Explore and utilize this Web site to learn about convention,
health, parenting, community concerns and educational issues.
California
Sixth District PTA
Santa Clara County's PTA organization which provides leadership
and advice, assists in unit or council organization and training,
provides resources for Parent Education workshops, offers recommendations
regarding legislative and advocacy issues and communicates critical
information from the National and California State PTAs.
California's
Standards, Curriculum, and Assessment
Figure out what your child should be learning. Many files in
Adobe Acrobat.
California Teachers Association
Here, you can learn about the organization that represents and
serves more than 330,000 members - consisting of teachers and
other education employees in the state's more than 1,000 school
districts.
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