Rowland High School

Hello Raider Families,

Welcome to the 2025-2026 school year! Our staff is thrilled to return and continue fostering growth and learning within our school community. As we begin the year, we’re excited to support students in embracing our Raiders Goals—being Thinkers, Communicators, and Contributors—qualities we hope all students will embody by graduation. This will be introduced during our Week of Welcome (WOW), an extended homeroom period during the first week of school.

It’s crucial for parents and guardians to stay connected with us to ensure a successful start to the year. We encourage you to engage through our school website, social media, the Raider Review, and ParentSquare.

We invite you to our Back to School Night on September 4th, starting at 5:00 p.m. This event will feature entertainment, a meeting, and classroom visits.

Please remember to complete the data verification process if you haven’t already done so. This helps us maintain accurate contact information and supports our school’s funding.

I look forward to a year of productivity, challenges, and memorable experiences.

Thank you,

Gregory Perez

Rowland High School Principal

As we start the school year, we’re excited to share our focus on the Raider Goals: Thinkers, Communicators, and Contributors—key qualities we want every student to develop and demonstrate by the time they graduate. Students will be introduced to these goals during our Week of Welcome (WOW), an extended homeroom period held during Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday the first week of school. This special time will help students connect with their classmates, learn about our school culture, and set a positive tone for the year ahead.

We will close the Week of Welcome with the Back to School Assembly on Friday.

Support Time will begin on Tuesday, August 19, 2025. Students assigned to Support Time will see a 7th period listed in their schedule, which can also be viewed in the Aeries app. This period is designed to provide additional academic support and enrichment opportunities.

During the check-in process, students received their unofficial academic schedule. This schedule will most likely hold in place and become official with the start of the school year. Every year we have students and/or parents who want to change a class for various reasons (i.e., the student wants to be in the same classroom as his/her friend, doesn’t want a particular teacher, wants a different period for the class, etc.). As in the past, we cannot honor student or parent requests for schedule changes. These types of changes cannot be made because our Master Schedule gets set based on the request for classes provided during the registration process.

Once the schedule is in place, there is very little flexibility to make significant changes to our offerings because books have been ordered, teachers have been hired and/or assigned, and the curriculum has been developed based on the Master Schedule.

Adjustments to a student’s schedule will be made for the following reasons:

1. The student did not receive a required grade-level course; or

2. The student does not have a minimum of 5 classes.

There is movement of classes after the first two weeks of school, but that is limited and only to balance classes. We hope this explains our process. Thank you for being so understanding.

WOW spectacular Friday during extended lunch. Participate in games to earn MINGA points. Participate in 8 games and get a free otter pop.

The Rowland High School ASB card costs $55. It is an important and valuable purchase for our active Rowland Raiders. The fees collected from the ASB cards help pay for:

- Renaissance System

- Security at events

- Student Assemblies & Events

- Spirit Week Activities

- Tournament entry fees & officials for all sports

- Athletic and Fine Arts letters & awards

- Link Crew

- School Dances

This card provides students with discounts for all dances, spirit shirts, yearbook, school supplies and provides free entrance to all home and league non-CIF sporting events.

We will have our Welcome Back Assembly during 2nd period on Friday, August 15th. Wear your class color!

Make-up yearbook pictures for 9th–11th graders, especially the Class of 2027, will be held on Wednesday, August 20th, in the Hideout from 7:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Students with a PE class will take their picture during that class period.

Seniors interested in purchasing senior attire must do so by Friday, August 15th. Visit the ASB office to buy a senior shirt for $35 with an ASB card or $40 without, and a sweatshirt for $45 with an ASB card or $50 without. Purchasing senior attire grants seniors FREE entry into all senior activities.

Join us for Senior Sunrise in the stadium at 5:30 a.m. to watch the sun rise on your first day of your last year in high school. Enter on Valencia, across the street from the Mormon Church, on the visitor side. Enjoy a donut and Capri Sun while spending this special morning with your fellow classmates.

Seniors are invited to sign a graduation gown all week at lunch on the stage as a commitment to graduating in June 2026. This tradition is open to all seniors, so don’t miss the chance to leave your mark!

The Rowland Unified School District is committed to equal opportunity for all individuals in education and in employment. Rowland Unified prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical information, national origin, parental status, pregnancy status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. If you believe you, or your student, have been subjected to discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying you should contact your school site principal and/or the District's Chief Compliance and Title IX Officer, Silvia Rivas, by phone at (626)854-8392, by email at srivas@rowlandschools.org, or in person at Rowland Unified School District at 1830 Nogales Street, Rowland Heights, 91748.