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”.
These are the SSFUSD Schools that Won a 2021 Kent Award for Innovations in Distance Learning The San Mateo County School Boards Association (SMCSBA) recognized South San Francisco Unified School District (SSFUSD) in the form of Kent Awards in the category of "Innovations in Distance Learning" for the 2020-21 school year.
In the News: SSFUSD Harnesses Ultraviolet C Rays to Protect Students When In-Person Instruction Resumes April 19 Parents with students in transitional kindergarten (TK) through fifth grade at South San Francisco Unified School District (SSFUSD) now have the option to bring their children back to campus for in-person instruction and academic support from April 19 through May 28.
In the News: KRON-4 Interviews Dr. Moore on SSFUSD's Partial Reopening KRON-4 News reporter Sanaz Tahernia interviewed South San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Shawnterra Moore about the resumption of in-person instruction on April 19 and the measures the district has taken to protect students and teachers from COVID-19.
South City Schools to Welcome Back Elementary Students Monday SSFUSD invites elementary school students back to campus for limited, classroom instruction after almost 13 months of distance learning.
In the News: South City Has a Memorable Softball Opener South San Francisco High School debuts a new baseball diamond.
These New Teachers are Stepping Up to the Challenge of COVID-19 Sinead Nelson, Scott Amiton, and Sarah Nasr talk about why they joined SSFUSD as new teachers for the 2020-21 school year in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.