Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Weekend

Aug 18

Aug 19

Aug 20
Make-up Walkthrough Registration
7:15 AM
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FIRST DAY
of SCHOOL

8:00 AM -

3:30 PM
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PUSD School Board Meeting 7:00 PM

Aug 21

Classes  

8:00 AM -

3:05 PM

Aug 22

Classes  9:10 AM - 2:50 PM

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Football scrimmages
at Miramonte

Aug 23 -24

Aug 25

Aug 26

PHS Boosters Board Meeting 
7:00 PM  

Aug 27

Aug 28

Aug 29

Football Game vs. Justin-
Siena - JV 4PM; V 7PM Witter Field

Aug 30 -31
Labor Day Weekend
no school on September 1

What’s Happening

School Announce-ments

Athletics

Student Services

PHS Parents’ Club

PUSD &
School Board

Recurring Links

News

Complete PHS Calendar of Events

Visit the PHS Calendar to download the calendar to your home computer or mobile device, or view Special Schedules and School Year Highlights.

Block Schedule

View or print the daily schedule of bell times.

Student Newspaper TPHNews

Curious about what’s really going on with students, what’s really happening on campus and more?  Read the PHS student newspaper, The Piedmont Highlander

PHS Yearbook's Photo Journal: People of Piedmont High

Modeled after the Humans of New York project, the PHS Yearbook class publishes a photo journal as a way to showcase its photography skills and individual student stories. Visit the People of Piedmont High photo journal online.

What’s Happening?

FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL - August 20th - 22nd

Wednesday, August 20th - 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Thursday, August 21st - 8:00 AM  - 3:05 PM

Friday, August 22nd - 9:10 AM - 2:50 PM
** Please note that the start and stop times vary each day

PHS Football - Friday, August 29th at Witter

vs. Justin-Siena - JV 4:00 PM - Varsity at 7:00 PM
Come watch the first PHS football games of the season on Friday, August 29th at Witter Field, and enjoy Playa Azul's tantalizing Taco Bar! Fresh Mex cuisine with all the fixin’s. Dinner service starts at 5:30, so come get dinner while you watch the JV team wrap up and the Varsity game get underway. The Snack Shack will be in full swing serving snacks and beverages for both games.

School is closed on Labor Day, September 1st

Back to School Night
Thursday, September 11th

Parents/guardians will be able to visit each of their students' classrooms on Thursday, September 11th from 7:00 - 9:00 PM for a brief overview by the teachers.

Summer Memories: Drama Students performed “Streetcar” at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

From August 1st - 13th, 11 members of the PHS Advanced Acting class traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland to perform at Fringe, a performing arts festival bringing together more than a thousand carefully selected performances from around the globe. The students performed four times at the Pilrig Church Social Hall and received a four star (highly recommended) review from Broadway Baby. Bravo!

Hamlet Fringe Festival Cast Members

Front Row: L-R: Amy Kelleher, Cecelia Soghikian, Sophie Nadler

Back Row L-R: Walter Le Duy, Zane Haney, Wes Dunlap, Mara Blumenstein, Grant Gadbois, PHS Acting teacher Kim Taylor, Becca Havian, Gabe Bolio, Maya Tellez

 
Jean Jarvis and Eric Havian, parents of cast member Becca Havian, thought this was a fantastic opportunity: “We observed that the students’ personal and artistic growth from their high school performance to the final Fringe performance was dramatic. This was a unique educational opportunity, and we appreciate the support that the district administration, parents of cast members, Support Groups (PHS Parent Club, CHIME, ALPS), greater Piedmont community, and especially, Kim Taylor, were able to provide.”  

Daily Announcements

Read exactly what the students hear daily by checking out the daily PHS Announcements

Infinite Campus

Visit Infinite Campus, the student and parent portal, for access to copies messages from school, grades, progress reports, report cards, class schedules, attendance records and more. Parents can provide updates to parent/guardian contact information, household information,  and emergency contacts too..

School Announcements

Welcome Letter from Principal Daniels
August 4, 2014

Dear Students and Parents/Guardians:

I am very excited to welcome all students and families to Piedmont High School for the 2014 - 15  school year. “Achieve the Honorable,” our school’s long-standing tradition, occurs through students’ and staff’s personalized pursuits of academic learning, school/community involvement, and personal growth. PHS offers an exceptional educational program of strong academic rigor that is balanced with outstanding student support and a wide range of co-curricular and  extracurricular opportunities.  

Some highlights for this school year include the following initiatives: a new bell schedule pilot; 1:1 Chromebook program pilot for all ninth and eleventh graders; continued work on Common Core State Standards (CCSS), Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), CSTA K–12 Computer Science Standards, and  Service Learning implementation; and a new freshman student  transition program called Ground Crew.  

PHS offers a talented faculty who work each day to foster high academic learning and promote social and emotional growth for all students. This school year’s new PHS faculty members are Ginna Myers, assistant principal of curriculum and instruction; Amy Dunn-Ruiz, math teacher; Tamatha Hauskens, English teacher;  Dr. Rajendra Shrivastava, computer science teacher; Katie Terhar, social science teacher; Craig Best, athletic director; and Sara Taylor, paraeducator.

PHS values student and family involvement in our programs. To learn more about our programs, visit and explore the PHS website and the Parents’ Club website. PHS  community members are committed to ensure that each student receives the best educational experience possible for success in the twenty-first century.  

Please note that for the first week of instruction, PHS  will be on the special schedule shown here for Wednesday,  August 20, through Friday, August 22. The following  week, PHS will  follow  our new regular five - day  rotation bell schedule.

Best  regards,

Brent Daniels

View the original letter

NEW 5-Day Bell Schedule

Click here to view the PHS Daily Bell Schedule.

Beginning the SECOND WEEK OF SCHOOL, August 25-29, we begin using the new block schedule.

• Monday -  8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
• Tuesday -  8:00 AM (tutorial) or 9:10 AM - 2:50 PM
• Wednesday -  8:00 AM - 3:05 PM
• Thursday -  8:00 AM - 3:05 PM

• Friday -  9:10 AM - 2:50 PM

PHS Athletic Department

To learn more about participating on PHS athletic teams, policies, guidelines, and more, visit the PHS Athletic Department.

PHS Athletics Directors

Craig Best

510-594-2744

cbest@piedmont.k12.ca.us
Megan Hernandez

510-594-2640

mhernandez@piedmont.k12.ca.us

PHS Boosters Club

For information, visit the PHS Boosters Club. Next meeting on Tuesday, August 26th from 7:00 - 9:00 PM in the PHS Student Center.

Athletics

Registration for PHS Sports

Please submit the Physician Signature Medical form for each player to the school office; include your student’s name and sport(s) on the top of the form, and keep a copy of this form for yourself.

Cross Country

Practices: Monday 3:45 – 5:30pm; Tuesday – Friday 3:15-5:30pm

Football

Practices: Monday – Friday

Scrimmages at Miramonte: Friday, August 22,

JV - 3:45 pm; Varsity 6:45 pm

Click here to download the Game Schedule

Women’s Golf

Practices: Monday 4pm; Tuesdays and Thursdays –
Click here to download the Varsity Match Schedule

Women’s Tennis

Practices: Monday - Friday

Women’s Volleyball:

August 19th and 20th ALL PLAYERS 3:30-6:30pm

Practices:
Varsity: Monday  - Friday 3:30 – 5:30pm (tentative)

JV: Monday - Friday 5:30 - 7:30pm (tentative)

Men’s Water Polo:

Practices: Monday – Mills College Pool  6:30-8:30pm  

Tuesday and Thursday – Piedmont Swim Club 7-9pm

Wednesday – Albany HS pool – 7-9pm

Friday – Piedmont Swim Club (Varsity only)  7-9pm

Women’s Water Polo:

Practices: Monday and Wednesday – Piedmont Swim Club  7-9pm

Tuesday and Thursday – Mills College Pool  6:30-8:30pm

Friday – Piedmont Swim Club (Varsity only)  7-9pm

College and Career Center

The PHS College & Career Center is a resource available to all PHS students, offering many services to students, including one-on-one college and career counseling, visits with college admissions reps and practice ACT and SAT tests.  Stay up to date with the College & Career Center by reading the bi-monthly bulletin.

Wellness Center

For more information visit PHS Wellness Center

Student Services

New Science Course

We recently announced that we have a new science course called Physics: Alternative Energy Design & Construction.  This course has been approved by UC Doorways, and meets the “D” lab science requirement, as a physical science.  This course was developed by Ms. Chamberlain, one of our National Board Certified Teachers, and was submitted in June for A-G approval.  This approval was granted two weeks ago.

We are catching up on getting this course updated on Infinite Campus, as such, you might see the old course name listed still. Bear with us as we work on getting IC updated with the new course title and code.  

If you have questions about this please contact Assistant Principal Ginna Myers.

Course Change Requests

Our counseling office has been receiving a significantly high number of course change requests, so please bear with us.  For the first week of school, we are going to prioritize addressing requests from:

1. Students with no class scheduled periods 2, 3,

4, 5 or 6

2. Freshmen, sophomores and juniors with fewer than 6 classes or  seniors with fewer than 5 classes

3.  Students that have completed summer school and need their schedule adjusted

4.  Students missing required courses

5.  Students with two courses scheduled during the same period

6.  Students without a schedule

The counseling office will see students for other concerns beginning the week of August 25th.

Lockers

Please look for updated information about student locker assignments soon.

PHS Parents’ Club Information

The PHS Parents’ Club provides support to the High School.

PHS Parents’ Club Meetings

PHS Parents' Club meetings are held in the District Boardroom from 9-11 am and are open to all. Meeting dates are:

Tuesday, September 2
Tuesday, October 7

Tuesday, November 4

Wednesday, December 3

Wednesday, January 7

Wednesday, February 4

Tuesday, March 3

Tuesday, April 14

Wednesday, May 6

Wednesday, June 2

The PHS Parents’ Club is a member the Associated Parents’ Clubs of Piedmont. Visit the APCP website to learn more about how APCP supports our schools.

PHS Parents’ Club Information

Thank you to Registration Volunteers!

The PHS Parents' Club extends a big THANK YOU to Suzanne Sassi and Kristi Stone for organizing the 2014/15 Walk-Through Registration and to Lori Adams and Lindsay Barstow for organizing the welcome back to school luncheon for PHS Teachers, as well as all our fantastic volunteers who assisted with these events. All the pre-planning and prep work done to streamline the process made this a smooth trip for many families this year.

The PHS Parents’ Club extends a special THANK YOU to the PHS ASB students for making registration the success it was!  Great Job!

Update from the President - Katie Korotzer

Dear PHS Families,
Take a few short minutes to view Molly Schroeder's Ted Talk on YouTube.

On Monday, All 250 teachers, administrators, instructional aides, specialists, administrative assistants, custodians, and maintenance, heard Molly speak at their annual convocation which was all about the theme of the year: Shaping Our Future: Living in Beta". The event captured the importance of agility, resilience, perseverance, and adaptation as necessary traits for innovation in our schools.

Katie Korotzer

PHS Parent Club President 2014/15

Open Volunteer Positions

PHS Parents' Club is looking for volunteers to fill these important jobs. Please contact Katie Korotzer for more information or to volunteer.

School Board Liaison - STILL OPEN

Attends or views on KCOM PUSD school board meetings. Provides

report to parent club board at monthly meetings.

Budget Advisory Committee - STILL OPEN

Attends and participates in PUSD Budget Advisory Committee. Provides report to parent club at monthly meetings.

Website Review - POSITION FILLED

One or more volunteers to read the PHS Website twice yearly to identify information that needs to be changed or updated.  Coordinates with parents’ club president and high school tech team.  No technical experience necessary.

School Board Meeting Notes

Looking for more information on current and past school board meetings?  Please visit the Board Meeting Materials provided by the Board of Education.

School District Information

For more school district information, please visit the PUSD website.

PUSD and School Board Information

PUSD Board Meetings

Regular Board of Education meetings are usually held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, 120 Vista Avenue, Piedmont, beginning at 7:00 p.m.

The next regular meeting is Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

The PHS Bulletin is prepared by the PHS Parent Board and distributed by PHS Administration through Infinite Campus on behalf of PHS families, administration, students and teachers. The PHS Bulletin is published weekly on Wednesday.

Links to published Bulletins can be found here.

For Community and District-wide news and updates, please visit The Piedmont Portal.

The PHS Bulletin

• Please submit articles by email to the PHS Bulletin Team by Monday at 5:00 PM.
• Please send all text and images in the native format (.doc, .jpg, etc.), not as a .pdf so that we may cut/paste portions into the bulletin.
• Please provide a link to your organization’s website (if you have one) or links to a webpage with details which we may link to, in the interest of saving space in the bulletin.

The Piedmont Portal

The Piedmont Portal is a joint endeavor provided by volunteers of The Piedmont Educational Foundation and the Associated Parents Clubs of Piedmont. Subscribe to the free, weekly Piedmont Portal bulletin to stay up to date on school and community announcements.