Laytonville Unified School District

Laytonville High School will host our annual student Student Showcase this Thursday, May 25th from 1:00 to 3:30. We will see exhibits from Welding, Fire Department, Public Safety, Spanish, to Graphic Arts, and Building Trades. Culinary Arts will be selling delightful meals and offering cake judging tickets or just get a drink or snack from other fundraisers. Come by and enjoy the giant bed swing, the epic visiting climbing wall, enjoy the high school rock band performance, witness the yearbook dedication, or maybe engage in a water balloon fight at the end of the day. Parents and community are welcome to come on by and check out all of the great happenings.

Congratulations Lady Warriors! On Saturday, May 20th, the Lady Warriors Softball Team defeated Valley Christian 25-1 in the North Coast Section Semi-finals. They will now move on to play California School for the Deaf in Fremont this Wednesday at 5pm. Good Luck and Go Warriors!

May 18th, 2023: Laytonville Schools Celebrated Native American Day today. Students were able to lean about Native Foods, Soap Root Brush Making, Hand Games, Cahto Language, Beading, Jewelry Making, and Traditional Basket Making. Middle School Students participated in a clinic to learn the Native Stick Games and the whole school district came out to eat Indian Tacos see the Round Valley and Cahto Dancers. Thank you everyone for a great day.

Please remember Friday May 19th is a regular school day for Laytonville Unified Schools. See you tomorrow!

LUSD invites the community to come out at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow, 5/18/2023, to watch dancers performing for our Native American Day celebration. This event will take place on the field by the Garden Room at Laytonville Elementary School!

Reminder: The Laytonville Unified District Advisory Committee meets Wednesday, May 17th at 4 PM in the LUSD Board Room. LUSD Board of Trustees Meeting meets Thursday, May 18th at 5:30 PM in the Board Room.

Laytonville Unified has a booth at the Community Resource Fair with info, including attendance, preparing for kindergarten, registration papers and much more. Happening until 5:30 today at Healthy Start. Come by and check it out!

Happy Mother's Day from Laytonville Unified School District!

Laytonville High's Culinary 2 class went down to Mendocino College to help prep lunch for 350 people for the College's 50th Anniversary Gala this weekend. They washed 35 lbs. of lettuce, shredded carrots, made vinaigrette, BBQ sauce and chimichurri, roasted a mountain of asparagus and cooked quinoa. Thank you to Chef Petti for this opportunity to get experience working in a commercial kitchen!

El viernes hubo un almuerzo especial del cinco de mayo para nuestros estudiantes, preparado por nuestras maravillosas familias latinas. Mil gracias a Marcos y Érica Santacruz por donar y preparar unas carnitas deliciosas, y gracias a Emilia Alcazar, Haide Sanchez, Patricia Torres, Angela Saldaña, Teresa Guillen, Bessy Portillo, y Sara García por proveer arroz, frijoles, salsa, coca colas y agua frescas. ¡Todos dijeron que se divirtieron con buena comida, amigos y cultura!

On Friday, LHS hosted a special cinco de mayo lunch celebration for our students prepared by our wonderful Latino families and served by their kids. Special thanks goes to Marcos and Erica Santacruz for donating and preparing the mouthwatering carnitas, and to Emilia Alcazar, Haide Sanchez, Patricia Torres, Angela Saldaña, Teresa Guillen, Bessy Portillo, and Sara García for providing rice, beans, salsa, cokes and aguas frescas. Everyone agreed it was a great event filled with food, friends, culture and fun!

Dear LUSD Teachers, Thank you for all that you do for our students and our staff. We really appreciate you and your hard work!

Today Laytonville High School hosted our very first career fair. It was a great opportunity for our students and the 8th grade class to talk to career representatives from all around our county. After the event students and presenters were provided a free BBQ lunch with a side pasta salad made by our culinary arts department. We would like to give a special thank you to our staff and parent volunteers who made this day possible. We are very grateful to the 23 businesses and organizations who gave up part of their work day to speak to our youth. Your time was greatly appreciated, thank you so much to: Law Office of Elina Agnoli Sherwood Valley Casino COPE Health Solutions CAL Fire Mendocino Forest Products LLC Mendocino College Eel River Recovery Project Consolidated Tribal Health Project Inc. City of Willits Air Force Mendocino County Office of Education Sticker Farmer Mendocino Mendocino College Physical Therapy Assistant Program Pacific Gas and Electric US Army Long Valley Health Center Tribal Solutions Group, Inc / Grade Results Redwood Credit Union Adventist Health Standard Tech Plumbing Fort Bragg Electric California Human Development Safeway of Willits

There is a District Advisory Committee (DAC) meeting today at 4:00 p.m. in the District Office Board Room. Here is the meeting agenda: https://5il.co/1s66d

Hello LUSD Families: Due to rainy conditions this afternoon (4/17/23), the softball games scheduled for both LHS and LMS have been cancelled. LHS will move today's games against Potter Valley to Wednesday, May 10th. The LMS game versus Fort Bragg has not yet been rescheduled.

Laytonville High School will get out at 1:45 on Wednesday and Thursday, April 5th and 6th for Parent Teacher Conferences. Parent Conferences will go from 2-4pm on Wednesday and from 4-6 on Thursday. Conferences will be located in the LHS library and snacks will be provided from the Culinary Arts Class. Third Quarter report cards will be available at the door.

On Thursday, March 23rd, Brett Hayes came to work with Native American students from Laytonville Elementary and High School. Brett came over from Round Valley to teach students how to make drums and drum sticks from deer hide. The smell of the hide was powerful, but the students all had a great time.

The LHS Sophomore class will have to reschedule their chili cook-off. It is canceled on Friday, 4/7/2023.

Good Afternoon Families and Staff of Laytonville Unified, Today, the Ukiah Police Department received a call on their business line regarding an active shooter situation at Ukiah High School. Ukiah Police Department investigated this call and deemed it to be not credible. Ft. Bragg Unified and Willits Unified also received such calls. The FBI has issued a country-wide advisory warning of this national trend. The safety and well-being of students and staff is always our highest priority, and we take all necessary measures to ensure our campus was safe. LUSD will continue to monitor this case, and we will update you with any new information. Please talk with your children about reporting any situation that causes discomfort so it can be fully investigated. Thank you to our county law enforcement officers, who did a fantastic job responding to this situation. Please contact the school should you or your student have any concerns or questions. Here is a link to an article by the Associated Press describing the national trend for your review: https://apnews.com/article/hoax-school-shootings-explainer-swatting-439046152b9c3db45bfbfd8c10321c28 Take care, Bruce Peters LUSD Superintendent

LUSD has miscellaneous classroom furniture and chairs sitting by the music room at the old high school (next to the bus barn) that are free to anyone. Come by today, 3/31/2023, between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. to pick up any of the items you would like. Please don’t pick up items outside of these times. If you have any questions, please call the District Office at (707)984-6414.