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:
Baldwin Academy | California Elementary | Del Valle Elementary |
Fairgrove Academy | Glen A. Wilson High | Grazide Elementary |
Kwis Elementary | Los Altos Elementary | Los Molinos ES |
Los Robles Academy | Mesa Robles | Newton Middle |
Sierra Vista Middle | Sunset Elementary | Valinda Academics |
Wedgeworth ES | Workman Elementary |
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.