Parent Newsletter #41: 6/5/26

Website | Phone: (510) 594-2626

Location: 800 Magnolia Ave, Piedmont, CA 94611
Instagram: @piedmonthigh

Bell Schedule (Regular) | Library Schedule

Road to Graduation | Athletic Newsletter

College & Career Newsletter | Yearbook Info

Nutrition Services Newsletter

2025-26 School Profile | Student Handbook

Principal: Dr. Yoshihara | Asst. Principal: Mr. Marik

Dear Highlander Families,

Today I say goodbye to the class of 2026 and welcome to the class of 2030. Graduation was spectacular. A special Thank You to Mr. Scherman for his commencement speech. It was one for the ages. And to our recent graduates--best of luck on the next phase of your life. Come visit us anytime.

To our new families and returning students, please enjoy the summer as we will hit the ground running in August. We will see everyone again on August 10 for the first day of school. Happy summer!

Warmly,

Dr. Yoshihara

August 6: New Student Orientation (4-6 pm, AHT)

August 6: New Parent Orientation (6:30-7:30 pm, AHT)

August 7: New Student Orientation, 10th-12th grade (11 am, AHT)

August 7: Walk Through Registration / Picture Day (12-6:30 pm)

August 10: First Day of School

August 14: All-School Welcome Assembly (Academy)

August 28: Parents' Club Meeting (9 am, AHT Lobby)

September 3: Back To School Night (6:40-8:55 pm)

Walk through registration volunteers are needed. Yes, you read that right, we are already deep into planning for walk through registration. This is an optional, albeit, important day for us to welcome students back to school. If you are available on August 7, we would love for families to sign up via the link below.

2026-27 Walk Through Registration Signups

And just like that — it’s summer. (You deserve a gold star if you're still reading the Friday Newsletters!) Yesterday was the last day of school, and last night we had the privilege of watching our seniors walk across the beautiful stage and say good-bye to Mr. Scherman . I would like to take a moment to thank all of the amazing folks who helped make all of the Senior events this past week happen -- as you will see it takes a lot of people to make these special moments happen for our kids:

• 10th Grade Parent Reps - Claire Arno, Liz Cha Foster, Cassie Cyphers, Michelle Heafey & Tiffany Hong - thank you so much for handling Senior Sunset.
• 11th Grade Parent Reps - Amy Cordani, Charlotte Ero, Kim Hunter, Janet Lai & Sabrina Smith - thank you for making Grad Night so special.
• 12th Grade Parent Reps - Barbara Dickason, Michelle Heafey & Jenny Osman - thank you for everything you've done to make ALL of the senior events this week and over the last year magical. The Senior class is in your debt for all your hard work into making this special year even more so.

We've also updated our website with next year’s meeting dates, so you can get them on the calendar before the summer slips away.

Andrea Zambrana
Vice-President

PHS Parents’ Club

Congratulations to the class of 2026. It as a fantastic day, and we thank all our families and special guests for coming out to celebrate with our seniors. I apologize in advance about the restricted video of graduation. It missed about the first 30 minutes of the ceremony. We will work to build redundancies in our system to ensure this does not happen again.

PHS Class of 2026 Graduation

This may be your last task before you say your final good-bye to your high school.

Your PUSD email will become inaccessible on July 3, 2026, so:

• Make sure to change any accounts that use your PUSD email address for login purposes if you want to maintain access to them. Most notably, possibly, your College Board account.
• If you have any projects, essays or assignments you wish to keep, you have some options on how to transfer them from your PUSD account to either a personal Gmail account or as MS Office files locally to your computer.

Read the instructions carefully, as there are various options.

Graduating Seniors - Leaving PUSD and Taking Your Files

Contact HelpDesk at help@piedmont.k12.ca.us before July 3rd if you have any questions or issues.

The World Languages Department is excited to announce the Spanish Honor Society chapter at Piedmont High & Millennium High: Innovadores de Exedra. This is a nationally recognized honor society for students excelling in Spanish. Spanish Honor Society Application

Before completing the application, please review the qualifications below to ensure you meet the eligibility criteria.

Thank you for all our parent reps who helped with making this an unforgettable evening.

Michelle Heafey - '28 & '26 grade rep

Liz Cha-Foster - '28 grade rep

Cassie Cyphers - '28 grade rep

Claire Arno - '28 grade rep

Tiffany Hong - '28 grade rep

Jenny Osman - '26 grade rep

Barbara Dickason - '26 grade rep

The seniors had a lot of fun.

Cap & Gown Day took place this past Wednesday at all our elementary schools. Thank you to all the parent chaperones, teachers, support staff and administrators at our elementary schools for being amazing hosts. There was a lot of joy and plenty of tears to go around. I've shared my collage with the principals for future use.

Hello families,

As the year comes to a close and students are working hard to get their final assignments submitted, the counseling office is organizing credit recovery for students who received a D or an F. Please check Schoology with your student to confirm whether or not they will need credit recovery over the summer. If you believe your student will require credit recovery, please reach out to their counselor for next steps.

From,

The Counseling Office

• Thanks to our students and parents for making this such an amazing school year!