Piedmont Unified School District

The Piedmont Unified School District (PUSD) comprises the seven schools in the city of Piedmont, California, United States.

The district office shares a building with Piedmont High School and Millennium High School, and sits next to Piedmont Middle School.

Schools edit

  • Egbert W. Beach Elementary School: the school was established in 1913. It was the city's second elementary school and it preceded the building of Piedmont High School in 1921.[1] The school was named in honor of Egbert W. Beach, the first man from Piedmont to die in World War I.[2]
  • Frank C. Havens Elementary School: originally built in 1908, a year after the establishment of Piedmont as a city. The city's first elementary school, it originally went by the name the Piedmont (Bonita Avenue) School. The name was changed when the building was entirely rebuilt in the 1950s.[3] The school is named after lawyer and real estate developer Frank C. Havens.[4]
  • Millennium High School
  • Piedmont Adult School
  • Piedmont High School
  • Piedmont Middle School
  • Wildwood Elementary School

Academics edit

In 2005, the average API score of the district was 920, 18 points higher than the previous year.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "A Brief History of the City of Piedmont". City of Piedmont. Archived from the original on 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
  2. ^ "In Memory". Veterans of the First Engineer Combat Battalion. Retrieved 2007-03-05.
  3. ^ "Frank C. Havens Elementary School". Historical Photo Archive. City of Piedmont. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
  4. ^ "A Brief History of the City of Piedmont". City of Piedmont. Archived from the original on 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
  5. ^ "Local Educational Agency (LEA) Report". 2004-05 Academic Performance Index (API) Growth Report. California Department of Education. Retrieved 2007-05-16.

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