This is What Day of the Dead Means in 2021 South San Francisco High School’s annual Día de los Muertos celebration returned for the first time since 2019 with live dance performances by the school’s ballet folklorico program and the construction of a gigantic Day of the Dead altar.
SSFUSD’s Ethnic Studies Program was the Product of Foresight Years before California Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 101, which requires that all high school students complete an ethnic studies course in order to obtain a diploma starting in the 2029-30 school year, South San Francisco Unified School District (SSFUSD) understood that ethnic studies could help keep students engaged inside and outside the classroom.
A Triumphant Return The South San Francisco High School ballet folklorico program made a triumphant return to live performances after a COVID-induced, 18-month hiatus with dances celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at South San Francisco city hall on September 16.
In the News: KTVU-2 Mornings on 2 Interviews Dr. Moore About SSFUSD's August 11 Reopening Here's what SSFUSD Superintendent Dr. Shawnterra Moore told KTVU-2 reporter Sal Castaneda about the district's reopening plans.
In the News: SSFUSD Prepares for In-Person Classes KPIX-5 reporter Max Darrow discusses SSFUSD's preparations for reopening on August 11.
In the News: KRON-4 Previews SSFUSD Reopening Plans KRON-4 reporter Charles Clifford previews SSFUSD's reopening plans.
SSFUSD's Class of 2021 Experiences High School Graduation after an Entire Year of Distance Learning It's been a tough 14 months, and it's hard to say who had it worse: the class of 2020 whose final year was abruptly interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic on March 16, 2020, or the class of 2021, who barely set foot on campus after spending the entire year in distance learning.
A Perfect Bookend: South City Girls Bring Home First Soccer Championship a Year After Losing in the Finals In a perfect bookend, the 2020-21 South San Francisco High School (SSFHS) girls' varsity soccer team claimed the school's first-ever Central Coast Section (CCS) championship on May 29, 20201, winning 1-0 in overtime against Monterey High.
What Happened When South City High Students Opened a Time Capsule from 1996 When Stephanie Chu graduated from South San Francisco High School (SSFHS) in 1996, she and her fellow associated student body (ASB) members buried a time capsule in the school's newly constructed quad inscribed with the following message: To Be Opened May 22, 2021.
South City High Represents at National History Day State Finals At the state finals of the National History Day (NHD) competition on May 8, 2021, South San Francisco High School (SSFHS) junior Brenda Gonzalez emerged as a second-place finisher for her individual website “The Chicano Art Movement”.