Sierra Unified School District

Our district will never be the biggest, but that doesn’t stop us from striving to be the best… our Sierra Best. It’s this commitment to excellence that is instilled in our children helping them to spread their wings and become the best that they can be.

 

may be small compared to other districts but we pride ourselves on things like opportunity, academic choice, creative thought, ideas and ingenuity, and caring for others. These are the things we consider big and we create the space for our students to live them out each and every day.

 

is our goal for every student. To meet this goal, we take a systematic approach to using data from formative and summative assessments to evaluate student progress at each grade level and course, adjusting as needed while delivering a comprehensive curriculum. With smaller class sizes within the SUSD our students get one more essential boost in meeting our excellence goals – more time with their teachers.

The District currently serves 1,220 students, in grades TK through 12 from three schools; Foothill Elementary (grades TK-6), Sierra Junior High School (grades 7-8), Sierra High School (grades 9-12), with Sierra Junior High and Sierra High Schools sharing the same campus, facilities, administration and many of the staff. Sierra Alternative Schools meet the needs of families in need of a non-traditional approach to education. Serving students K-12 in two online schools of choice and a 10-12 grade alternative high school.

There are three Native American Rancherias located within the district with direct ancestral ties to the Native American Mono Tribe. Those Rancherias are: Table Mountain Rancheria, Big Sandy Rancheria, and Cold Springs Rancheria, each with a rich cultural heritage.

 

Sierra Unified features a 200-acre school farm, which provides an extended learning program for students K-12, dual enrollment offerings, CTE pathways, and an MTSS-structure that addresses students’ social-emotional health as well as their academic performance needs.

In this mountain community, students are able to explore multiple areas of interest with the choice to pursue academics, athletics, the arts, and co-curricular activities simultaneously.