Quite literally, our community's future leaders, decision-makers and contributors are sitting in our classrooms right now. We do not take this responsibility lightly.

Clovis Unified intentionally hires and develops teachers who are caring and committed to providing an exemplary education to our students, and we challenge our entire staff (6,000-plus!) to use their area of expertise to make a positive impact on our students' lives. 

Whether it is a bus driver warmly welcoming a child each morning, a librarian building a robust literary collection or a buyer ensuring supplies arrive on time, every member of our team shares the same goal to do the best we can for our kids.

We believe by putting students first, we are paving the way for them to become successful today - and tomorrow - in mind, body and spirit!

Our Child Development Expanded Learning Opportunities Program developed a brand new program this year that will bring a deeper-dive into art lessons for TK and kindergarten students. ELOP instructors will have immersive sessions at the Fresno Art Museum, viewing the exhibitions and holding discussions, that will then result in engaging lessons for students to tap into their artistic creativity. Our team's innovative concept found supporting partners in the museum and Fresno County Office of Education.

Passionate teachers, like Buchanan High's video instructor Dan Pearce, help their students to aim high, to challenge themselves and to give their best efforts on their projects. The fruitful rewards result in successful collaborations, increased learning, and in the case of Pearce's students, 10 Emmy Awards this past year from the Northern California Chapter of the National Academy of Television and Science! Yep, those Emmys. "I can't wait to see what their future holds," he said.

Prioritizing state-of-the-art learning means our educational team looks for opportunities to bring cutting-edge technology to our students, like the Anatomage tables that arrived this year. Our CTE department pursued and successfully received grant funds for these medical-school-level virtual dissection tables that will let our healthcare students learn anatomy, diseases and a variety of lessons from 3D, touchscreen images of the human body.