Laytonville Unified School District

LUSD Families: A reminder that tomorrow, October 13th, is a non student day on both campuses. We look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday!

Laytonville High School would like to invite our community to attend our 2025 homecoming celebration! Next week students will be dressing up in spirited costumes, competing in competitions and making lasting memories with their friends. One aspect of homecoming that takes a lot of energy is the art of creating floats from scratch to match the 2025 theme of Cities Around the World. This year's seniors chose Rome, juniors chose Paris, sophomores chose Miami, and freshmen chose San Francisco. You can come watch the float parade anywhere along the route from Harwood Park to the high school starting at 4:30 PM. After the parade, join us in the quad for our annual student-run carnival. There will be games to play and a delicious chicken taco dinner plate with rice and beans for purchase from Booster Club.

In our athletics world, our volleyball team has been really competitive this year and taking home many wins! They will actually play two games during homecoming week. On Monday they will play Potter Valley at home and on Wednesday they will have their "official" homecoming game on Wednesday, October 8th vs Grace Christian starting at 5 PM. We look forward to seeing everyone there! For the first time in over 6 years we have a soccer team! Our players are working really hard to build a program and there is some really amazing talent on the field! We will host Anderson Valley for our homecoming soccer game under the lights at 6 PM, no admission price, just come down for some Friday night fun and good food!

During halftime of the soccer game the homecoming king and queen will also be announced. All week they will be competing in competitions and dress up days to be the crowned winner. Freshmen, Sophomore, and Junior princes and princesses will also be making a debut on the field at half time. This year's royalty will be represented by: 9th: Mia Jones and Kenji Lewis, 10th: Cheryl Scott and Leibel Firks, 11th: Khloe Neuroth and Tyler Knight. The senior queen and king court is made up of: Kylie Waring, Aniela Rogers, Lexy Lamoureux, Paula Alma Garcia, Brigid Henry, Angel Rangel Torres, Isaac Ashton, Matthew Posey, Kael Berglund, and Anthony Beber Vanzo. We look forward to seeing you next week!

This annual clean-up day comes every third Saturday in September. This year a few members of our Junior class along with one of their advisors, Mr. Adams, joined the efforts to pick up trash along the road. They made the loop from the school, up Branscomb Road, and around North Road. In their combined efforts, they picked up roughly 104 lbs. of trash and recycling. They picked up a variety of items. When asked what the largest time picked up was, they said a rug, and the most common items they picked up were Smirnoff bottles. They played their music, laughed, waved at people passing, and helped to make our community cleaner. Mr. Adams had sent the students with a pledge form to collect pledges as a fundraiser, but the event was a little difficult to explain as a fundraiser. The students chose to show up regardless and do some good around the community. If you feel like supporting this class with any donations, you can drop it by the high school office and let them know it is for the Junior Class. Thank you Tyler, Khloe, Blake, Deegan, Hannah, Gabby, Eden, and Mr. Adams for your contributions in cleaning our community.

Please use the following links to view the current sports schedules.
High School Volleyball: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jg2LEDJaaGoa-PbKjz_hgQfRPWbU8V5zcAyZBV67lKM/edit?usp=sharing
High School Soccer: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13BE6E_XIAKsFiscNzUhH84bPFDVNiWm9IBncn57NomE/edit?usp=sharing
Middle School Volleyball: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/155YpIPCXw-LKYBzQ0CnvaXuFNJJIlUe3NeIycE56-BA/edit?usp=sharing

You’re invited to Laytonville High School’s Back-to-School Night this Wednesday from 5:50–7:30 p.m.! Come walk through your student’s classes, meet their teachers, and see what’s ahead for the school year. The LHS Booster Club will be serving a delicious spaghetti dinner fundraiser at 5:00 p.m. in the LHS Quad.

You're invited to Laytonville High School’s Student Showcase/Open House this Thursday from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. Come celebrate our students’ hard work and achievements! This event is open to the entire community, so bring your friends and family and see what our students have been up to.

Please use the following links to view the current sports schedules. High School Baseball: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_qQYYookCBsOPBM4n4StZy_u0HqC2dou-gBo6YLN2hw/edit?usp=sharing High School Softball: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qNNsuEkbDHLD3x2E3RH93IBjQEoLt-uR88hF4FG6T3I/edit?usp=sharing High School Track: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-BhZMxt4tZ3Rx3VaIInVZRODt7F9dVjFBfZDJ4xAXhg/edit?usp=sharing Middle School Softball: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bzXqaOQgy9CCP9IwP8vBCW8aGjMdvkRlJH08xiIrfX4/edit?usp=sharing Middle School Soccer: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Y6OJwmtYQqJyxC3mEwouxM6X7ESH5jAy_ROglV5hKY0/edit?usp=sharing

📢 Looking for a job in education? Join Laytonville Unified School District at the MCOE Job Fair tomorrow, March 26th! 📍 Where: Mendocino County Office of Education – Cedar Building 📅 When: 3 PM - 7 PM 📍 Address: 2240 Old River Road, Ukiah We’re hiring for the 2025-2026 school year! Positions include: ✅ Teachers: Multiple and Single Subjects, CTE Computer Science & Substitute Positions ✅ IT Support ✅ Counseling ✅ Other school & district roles Stop by our table to chat about opportunities, or call the Laytonville Unified office for more details. We’d love to meet you! 👩‍🏫👨‍💻📚

Good morning LUSD Families. We are getting reports of snow conditions impacting the region but according to CalTrans, Highway 101 will be clear. The Branscomb Road bus route will be completed only to Ben Mast Hill this morning. We plan to begin instruction at our usual times at each campus. If you feel that your student cannot safely attend school today, please contact your school office. Have a great day.

LUSD Families! Just a reminder that there will be no school on Monday, February 17th in observance of President's Day!

LUSD Families! Remember that there will be no school this coming Monday, February 10th in observance of Lincoln's birthday. Have a great three day weekend!

This past weekend the middle school girls teams participated in two tournaments! B team girls gave their best effort in Eagle Peak and girls A team competed in a two day tournament in Willits with the following middle schools: Pomolita, Baechtel Grove, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Anderson Valley, and Round Valley. We came in 3rd place with all tourney awards going to Mia Jones and Daya McGuire. The A team girls have had an incredible season with only two regular season losses. As a team of all 8th graders and one 6th grader, Coach Alyssa Craver is sad to see them go, but very excited to watch their success as a group of strong and smart girls who will continue to grow their talents in high school! If you haven’t watched them play yet, all LMS teams will have their 8th grade night and last home game against Round Valley on Tuesday, February 18th.

On Saturday, the Laytonville Mock Trial Team competed in a scrimmage at the Lake County Courthouse to prepare for their upcoming county competition. The team has made a lot of progress since the beginning of the year and coaches Elina Agnoli and Emily Baize are very proud of them! They took on Upper Lake and Middletown high schools for the scrimmage and scored well against them! Freshman Leibel Firks took home an MVP award for his role as defense witness CJ Costly. Prosecution attorney Blake Gamble and prosecution witness Matthew Posey were also honored as MVPs. This year’s mock trial case involves an alleged kidnapping of a candidate in the midst of a hotly-contested city council election, where the winner would cast the deciding vote on whether or not to allow vacation rentals in the small rural community of Emerald Bend. The team will go on to compete in the county competition on Saturday, February 8th.

Congratulations to the Laytonville Middle School Girls B team for taking 3rd in the Round Valley tournament last weekend. Go Warriors! Coach Alyssa said, "We placed third and Mariah received the All Tourney Award! This past weekend the B girls played in a tournament in Covelo. They had a long day, starting with the first game at 9 am. They played Covelo, winning 20-14. They played again at 12 against Point Arena winning 23-20. Our next game was against Middletown at 5pm where we lost but played hard (Middletown took first place in the tournament). We then played Eagle Peak at 7 pm . We lost that one placing us 3rd out of 7 teams. The girls played hard and had fun! It was a great experience but a long day for all, over 11 hours in Covelo." The Laytonville Middle School Boys B team also played in a tournament in Round Valley last weekend. Coach Steven said, “Boys started with a game VS Covelo B. @ 9am losing. Again playing after lunch playing Covelo's C team winning and finally playing Lower Lake with a very close game losing by only a few points in the 4th quarter. After the last game Eli was awarded the All Tourney medal for his performance.”

Notice inviting inclusion on the list of qualified bidders. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Laytonville Board of Trustees, state of California, has elected to utilize the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Procedures and, according to the terms of Section 22034 of the Public Contract Code, hereby invites all licensed contractors to submit information about their firm to Laytonville Unified School District for inclusion on Laytonville Unified’s list of qualified bidders for the 2025 calendar year. https://5il.co/33i41

Please use the following links to view the current basketball schedules. High School Basketball Schedule: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1n-j-hlXDipK2rAkw3E5hpZyoJdIgmWbQhZ7vQMZtX9Y/edit?usp=sharing Middle School Basketball Schedule: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JW-hnY7uwd13KiGd9IwY2GdUSQM-pha0qOqsdqVFQ74/edit?usp=sharing

Our food service team knocked it out of the park today with an amazing lunch lineup! Students enjoyed hot, cheesy pizza paired with our fresh and fully-stocked salad bar, featuring crisp veggies, delicious toppings, and dressings for every taste. A big thank you to our incredible food service staff for keeping us fueled and ready to learn!

Communication Reminder for Laytonville Unified Families: As severe weather approaches this season, we want to remind our learning community about how we’ll keep you informed of any changes in schedule or closures occurring in our schools. Notifications will be sent via social media and text messages to families, typically by 6:30 AM on mornings when weather events are forecasted. If no notice is sent by 7 AM, please plan for school as usual. Decisions are made using reliable information from Caltrans, the Fire Department, and other trusted local sources. The safety of our students, families, and staff is always our top priority. We are in constant contact with the Mendocino Office of Education and other county schools to ensure that we have the best information available about weather conditions and if school closure is a viable option. If bus routes are clear, power is available at our sites, and no major flooding has occurred, school will likely remain open. We also understand that weather conditions vary across our region. If your family cannot attend due to weather-related challenges, please contact your school office for support and access to academic resources for your student. Thank you for your understanding as we navigate these situations together. Stay safe!

Attendance Challenge Update!! A big shoutout to our 4th and 7th graders for rocking attendance for the month of October! These classes had the highest percentages, showing dedication and commitment. Ms. Jacobson's 4th grade class had a 94.90% attendance rate. Ms. Reid's 7th grade class had 92.70% attendance rate. Keep up the great work everyone. Let's see which classes will rise to the top for the month of November!

There will be no school on Monday, November 11th, in observance of Veterans Day. Please honor and remember the bravery, sacrifice, and dedication of our veterans. Have a wonderful weekend and happy Veterans Day!