Piedmont Unified School District Explained

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

Schools

• 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

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

External links

• Piedmont Unified School District website
• District profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: A Brief History of the City of Piedmont . City of Piedmont . 2007-02-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070614033834/http://www.ci.piedmont.ca.us/html/history.htm . 2007-06-14.
2. Web site: In Memory. Veterans of the First Engineer Combat Battalion. 2007-03-05.
3. Web site: Frank C. Havens Elementary School. Historical Photo Archive. City of Piedmont. 2007-02-28 .
4. Web site: A Brief History of the City of Piedmont . City of Piedmont . 2007-02-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070614033834/http://www.ci.piedmont.ca.us/html/history.htm . 2007-06-14.
5. Web site: Local Educational Agency (LEA) Report. 2004-05 Academic Performance Index (API) Growth Report. California Department of Education. 2007-05-16 .