Parent Newsletter #40: 6/6/25
Highlander News from the Principal's Office
Website: https://phs.piedmont.k12.ca.us/
Location: 800 Magnolia Ave, Piedmont, CA 94611
Phone: (510) 594-2626 | Instagram: @piedmonthigh
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Principal: Dr. Yoshihara
Assistant Principal: Mr. Marik
Dear PHS Families,
Before you check out for the summer and embark on travel, lounge by the pool, or start a house project, please note the dates for next year's Parents' Club meetings, which will be held in the Alan Harvey Theater lobby on the following Fridays from 9:00-10:30 am:
- August 15, 2025
- September 19, 2025
- October 17, 2025
- November 14, 2025
- December 12, 2025
- January 16, 2026
- February 13, 2026
- March 20, 2026
- April 17, 2026
- May 15, 2026
Happy Summer,
Sally Baack and Dana Lung
Co-Presidents, PHS Parents' Club
Per AB 3216 (Phone-Free School Act) signed by Governor Newsom in September 2024, all school districts must develop policies limiting or prohibiting phone use by July 1, 2026.
On May 28, 2025, the Board approved a policy that restricts cell phones to only be permitted before school, after school, and at lunch. This extends to all personally connected devices, including but not limited to:
Tablets (e.g. IPads)
Smartwatches
Earbuds/earphones
Smart watches
Laptops (beyond District-issued Chromebooks)
During class time, including Academy, all students shall place their phones into the “cell phone hotels”. They shall remain in the hotel until the end of the class. This shall include Academy.
During passing and brunch, cell phones shall be off (or on silent) in your backpack.
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Cell Phone Enforcement
In the classroom, teachers may remind students to put phones in the hotel. Otherwise, they may collect the phone for the remainder of the period or ask that office staff come retrieve the phone. If office staff retrieves the phone, a parent/guardian will be asked to come pick up the phone.
During passing periods and brunch, staff will ask students to put away or remove personally connected devices. Repeated violation of this may result in the phone being confiscated and picked up by a parent/guardian.
We will offer the following college entrance exams next school year. The dates are still tentative but we want to get information out to you know for planning purposes. All orders will be made through Infinite Campus School Store which can be done when the school year starts next year. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mr. Marik
- Pre-ACT - Saturday, 10/4/25 (confirmed)
- PSAT - Saturday, 10/11/25 (confirmed)
- SAT - Monday, 3/16/26 (still tentative)
