EUSD Newsletter

Greetings Emery community,

Congratulations on completing the first half of the school year! I am so proud of our students’ growth and achievement and our staff members’ hard work to ensure they meet their goals.

Our school district appreciates the continued parent engagement. I hope this break gives you time to spend with your loved ones and plan for another great year. I am excited about what the new year has in store for everyone. During this break, I encourage families to read together. Reading is a great way to spend quality time with your loved ones and support your child’s literacy.

I wish our students, staff, and families a restful break. I appreciate your commitment to our students every day. We appreciate your leadership and hard work. Have a wonderful holiday break and a happy new year!

Sincerely,

Dr. Quiauna Scott

Superintendent

Excellence - Equity - Engagement - We are #EmeryStrong!

We are thrilled to recognize our teachers who have given over 20 years of service to Emery Unified School District.

Camille Pires, 25 years

Evan Pippen, 20 years

Leslie Epstein, 20 years

Dawn Turner, 24 years

We celebrated our teachers with awards, Smashburgers, and appreciation postcards. The teachers all made speeches about their time at EUSD. Congratulations, and thank you for your dedication to our community!

We are excited to share that Elevate Oakland is facilitating a student choir for TK through 3rd grade and an after-school choir program. Elevate Oakland leverages music and the arts to provide life-changing tools for youth to accomplish their goals, enrich their lives, and inspire them to strive for greatness. The program provides students with access to mentoring, nurturing, instruction, and training by dedicated professional artists and musicians. We look forward to sharing more about our students' achievements with Elevate Oakland!

Watch the Emery cheer team’s performance in this year’s Emeryville Holiday Parade!

The California School Dashboard (Dashboard) is an online tool designed to help communities across the state access important information about kindergarten through grade twelve schools and districts. The Dashboard features easy-to-read reports on multiple measures of school success.

The Dashboard represents one of many steps taken over the past decade that have raised the bar for student learning, increased the focus on equity, and expanded the review of performance data to a specific set of state and local measures. For more information, please visit the Dashboard website at https://www.caschooldashboard.org/.

View EUSD’s progress at the links below:

Anna Yates Elementary

Emery Secondary

Emery Unified

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a program that encourages reading the moment your child is born! Once every month, this program will carefully select and send age-appropriate books for your child to keep. Reading these books with your child supports their early learning skills!

All children from newborn to five years old can receive books from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library! We encourage all eligible families of EUSD to sign up for this program, even if your child is not yet old enough to attend school.

Sign up (open to all Emeryville children and children within the zip code 94608): https://imaginationlibrary.com/

Click “Check Availability” in the upper right corner and get started by entering your home zip code.

We are excited to welcome new staff members to the EUSD team! We look forward to your partnership and contributions to our school district community.

Sean Gabel - Director of Information Technology

Geovany Calderon - AYES Teacher

Leslie Bailey - AYES Playground Cafeteria Monitor

Luz Rosales - Custodian/Groundskeeper

Guadalupe Torres Hernandez - Food Service Worker

Demaries Carroll - Food Service Worker

The Emeryville Citizens Assistance Program (ECAP) is the only Food Pantry in the Bay Area open for direct food distribution six days a week. It serves over ten thousand families per month.

ECAP will be holding its 2023 Annual Holiday Dinner Distribution Project this year on Saturday, December 30, 2023, at the Emeryville Center for Community Life (ECCL) at the corner of San Pablo Avenue and Steve Dain Drive (47th Street).

ECAP plans to prepare 2,000 hot dinners to distribute to homeless encampments and senior centers throughout Emeryville, Oakland, and Berkeley.

ECAP is seeking volunteers of all ages for that day and during the previous week to help prepare for the event and cook, serve, and distribute the meals on Saturday, December 30.

Sign up for tasks and time slots: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4AADA62BABF85-44334481-ecap

During the holidays, people of all ages may experience various emotions. Therefore, it is crucial to prioritize mental health and overall well-being. Engaging in self-care activities, spending time with loved ones, and setting limits to cope with stress can all be helpful for families.

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Email: info@emeryusd.org
Website: https://emeryusd.k12.ca.us
Location: 4727 San Pablo Avenue, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
Phone: 510-601-4000