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The Morongo USD Board of Education recognized Behavioral Instructional Assistant Satore Mark at their regular board meeting last night for her outstanding work with students in the district. Satore works with students at her home site, PLUS, as well at students at Twentynine Palms Junior High School and Condor Elementary School. "Satore has been flexible and tireless in her daily support of her home site of PLUS, as well as her willingness to loan her behavioral expertise and daily physical presence at TPJHS and CES," said PLUS Principal Andrea Gordon. "Unbelievably, she has extra energy to spare for the Home Hospital program! Satore is one amazing employee!"

Today is National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day and we wanted to take a moment to highlight the amazing School Resource Officers that help keep our students safe! SRO’s are deputies with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department that are assigned to work on all matters related to the school district. School Resource Officers provide law-enforcement services to students, families and school faculty on and off campus. Their regular duties include patrols of school campus sites and surrounding neighborhoods, investigations of juvenile related crimes and working in collaboration with the school committee members as a resource for safety and security. Deputy Joshua Merrell serves as the SRO for the east-end of the Morongo Basin and Deputy Michael Lomboy serves as the SRO for the west-end. Deputy Merrell graduated from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department academy in 2019. He was assigned to West Valley Detention Center, and then transferred to Morongo Basin Station in 2020. Deputy Merrell successfully completed his field patrol training and has continued his training in numerous areas. Deputy Lomboy graduated from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s academy in 2017 and was assigned to the West Valley Detention Center for approximately seven months before being transferred to the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s station in June 2018. Deputy Lomboy completed his field training shortly after and began his career as a deputy sheriff on patrol. Deputy Lomboy was selected for the Narcotic Division’s Marijuana Team during the successful county-wide detail Operation Hammer Strike. Deputy Lomboy has continued his training and experience in numerous law-enforcement subjects over the past four years. Thank you Deputy Merrell and Deputy Lomboy for all that you do to protect our students!

Students in the PLUS program and staff from the SELPA office were invited to the Integratron last month to participate in a sound bath and learn about the powers of meditation. "At PLUS, students are taught to carry a 'Coping Skills Toolbox' that they may utilize when life gets stressful," said Andrea Gordon, the Principal of the PLUS Program. "This type of meditation will be an essential piece of the individual toolboxes." Thank you to everyone at The Integratron for providing this amazing opportunity for our students. #ProudtobeMUSD

Way to go MUSD readers! In 5 months our TK-3rd grade students have read over 6,000,000 words! Be on the lookout for a flyer that will go home announcing a Winter Break Reading Challenge for San Bernardino County. You could win some fabulous prizes for being the top readers in the County! Have a great Winter Break and keep reading!

Santa Claus brought some Christmas cheer to Twentynine Palms Elementary School this morning with some help from his friends at the Twentynine Palms Rotary Club. Thank you Santa and our local Rotarians for bringing books to our students.

The Town of Yucca Valley recognized the Trojan Football team at their council meeting earlier this week. Thank you for recognizing the outstanding efforts of our student athletes! Photo Courtesy of The Hi-Desert Star

Families at Palm Vista Elementary School had some fun during their Bingo for Books event last night. Students and family members all played bingo for the chance to win books. At the end of the event everyone got at least three new books to take home!

Students from our PLUS program's elementary classroom recently went on a field trip to the 29 Palms Creative Center. Thank you so much for having our students. They had a great time exploring their creative sides through pottery.

Twentynine Palms High School student Kieu Huynh was recognized by the MUSD Board of Education earlier this month for her admittance to the highly prestigious UCR Medical Leaders of Tomorrow Academy. Congratulations Kieu! We can't wait to see all the amazing things that you do as a future medical leader. #ProudtobeMUSD

The Trojans are headed to the CIF finals! Congratulations to the YVHS varsity football team on their amazing win last night against Santa Fe. Now only one more game stands between them and the championship title. Let’s go Trojans! 💛🖤#ProudtobeMUSD #WeAreYV

The Owls soared today at Joshua Tree Elementary School's November Leadership Assembly! This month students were recognized who "Put First Things First." That means they prioritized their important work before play.

Congratulations to all of the schools throughout the district who received recognition at the 8th Annual San Bernardino County Schools PBIS Showcase. This year, 15 schools within the Morongo Unified School District were recognized for their continued work creating positive school environments on campus for their students.

The Yucca Valley High School football team dominated at their home game against Buena Park on Friday, moving them into the Division 12 CIF Semi Finals! They'll be hosting Santa Fe High School this Friday on Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. We're so proud of our amazing student athletes. #ProudtobeMUSD

Congratulations to the Trojan football team for making it to the CIF Division 12 Quarter Finals! The Trojans have had an amazing 2023 football season winning the Desert Valley League Championship, bringing home the bell at the Battle of the Bell and defeating Wilson High School in their first round of CIF competition last week. Now the Trojans will be taking on Buena Park on Friday for the Quarter Finals. You can catch the game at the Trojan Stadium on Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.

Last week students at La Contenta Middle School were visited by former professional wrestler Marc Mero for an inspirational talk about making positive life choices. Mero's speech touched on his humble beginnings and his journey to pro athletics. He encouraged students to be kind to their families, show empathy for their peers and to follow their dreams. Thank you to Marc Mero for visiting our students!

Congratulations to the following top schools, classes and students on their progress on Footsteps2Brilliance for the month of October! Morongo Unified School District, in partnership with San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, is proud to offer Footsteps2Brilliance early literacy apps in English and Spanish for free to all families with children in 3rd grade or below.

Candy, costumes, pumpkin decorating and more! Morongo USD students got into the holiday spirit at school sites across the district.

Tonight the Academy of College and Career Excellence held a ribbon cutting for their new permanent campus. Board Members, district staff, students and families gathered for the ceremony that was followed by the schools Fall Festival.

Tonight was a special night for Twentynine Palms High School. 🐾 Surrounded by students, staff, district personnel and local dignitaries the Wildcats celebrated the long-awaited Wildcat Stadium in a ribbon cutting ceremony. Let's go Wildcats! 🐾

Students at Twentynine Palms Elementary School had a special visitor today when Assemblyman Tom Lackey stopped by. The Assemblyman took some time to tour the school kitchen and lunch area, while also enjoying school lunch with district personnel and students. Dr. Lackey and students also got the chance to try out the Districts new Bike Blender and then enjoy the smoothies! Thank you for taking the time to visit our school and students!