Awards and Honors

HLPUSD Los Altos High School Students win First Place in 2016 Congressional App Challenge.

• Forbes Magazine America's Best Employers: California - HLPUSD Ranked in Top 50 (August 2020)  
• Model School Attendance Review Board (SARB) (April 2019)
• U.S. Department of Education - National Blue Ribbon School 2017 awarded to Wedgeworth School (September 2017)
• HLPUSD honored by the California Department of Education for its Model School Attendance Review Board (SARB) Program (March 2017)
• Los Altos High School Students Win First Place in the 2016 Congressional App Challenge (March 2016)
• Hacienda La Puente Unified School District Placed on the College Board’s Gaston Caperton Opportunity Honor Roll for Expanding Access to College (February 2016)
• HLPUSD Featured For Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) Excellence in Education Trust West report (September 2015)
• California Department of Education - Gold Ribbon Schools Awards 2015:  Wilson High School, Newton Middle School Orange Grove Middle School, and Sierra Vista Middle School  (.pdf) (May 2015)
• Valley Alternative High School Selected as Model Continuation High School 2015 by the California Department of Education (.pdf) (March 2015)
• National Blue Ribbon School 2014:  Los Molinos Elementary School  (October 2014)
• Education Trust West Honors Hacienda La Puente USD as High Flyer District (September 2014)
• Mesa Robles Middle School:  Top 25 Finalist - Google Lunar XPRIZE race to the Moon with LEGO® MINDSTORMS®! (June 2014)
• California Distinguished School Award 2014:  Sunset Elementary School
• Awards (.pdf)
• Department Highlights (.pdf)
• Facilities, Supplies & Equipment (.pdf)
• Professional Development (.pdf)
• Education Program Awards (.pdf)
• Glen A. Wilson High School selected as Finalist in the Siemens "We Can Change The World Challenge"
• Three HLPUSD High Schools Named America's Best High Schools
• La Puente High School awarded Honorable Mention in the 2012 Gaston Caperton Inspiration Award Competition
• Antonio Garza awarded the 2013 "Preschool Teacher of the Year Award"
• HLPUSD Schools named to the 2012 Honor Roll
• Doug Fore selected as a CALCO Award recipient
• Valley Alternative named Model Continuation High School

The California Business for Education Excellence (CBEE) recognized the following schools for their outstanding success in raising student academic achievement:

                       
 After an extensive analysis of student achievement data for every public school in California, these schools stood well above the rest in raising their students to grade-level proficiency and beyond.  It is for that reason that CBEE named them a 2013 California Business for Education Excellence Honor Roll School.

California Businesses for Education Excellence (CBEE) Awards