Congratulations Russell Smith for "rocking the schoolhouse," not only for the month of May, but all year long and throughout your career! We are very lucky to have you serving the students, staff, and broader community of Alta Loma.

🌟Celebrating Excellence & Dedication!🌟 Tonight, we expressed our deepest gratitude to all the retirees being honored and thank you for your years of service and lasting impact on our students and community. For those who couldn’t attend, please know you are celebrated in spirit! 💙 We also proudly recognized some outstanding members of our Alta Loma family: 🏆 Principal of the Year: Mrs. Vetere 🏆 Teacher of the Year: Mrs. Au 🏆 Employees of the Year: Mrs. Gruber & Ms. Chavez-Urias 🏆 Volunteer of the Year: Mr. Gordon.
Your dedication, passion, and commitment make our schools shine every day. Thank you for inspiring excellence! ✨








Celebrating Our Student Support Champions! Tonight, Director Carter and our incredible school-based counselors shared the amazing work happening at each site to support our students’ well-being, growth, and success. From providing guidance and resources to creating safe, nurturing spaces, these educators are making a real difference every single day. On behalf of the School Board and all of Alta Loma School District, thank you for your dedication, compassion, and tireless efforts to help every student thrive! 💙💙








The Alta Loma Junior High choir concert was nothing short of spectacular! Thank you to the leadership of musical Director Ryan Wysocki, for another wonderful performance.❤️


Congratulations to our May "rock the school house" winners: Russell Smith and Adriana Mohler. Both are so well deserving! It is hard to get a picture of Russell, but we will soon and we will post his smiling face. 🤩

Our east side elementary schools put on quite a performance this evening, under the musical leadership of Mr. Levi Gorton. Tonight's concert performance was held at Vineyard Junior High and it was spectacular to listen to and see. Thank you Mr. Gorton for another great show! ❤️




Fabulous open house event ALE! 🤩 Thank you to the entire staff. Students and their families were excited to visit your beautiful classrooms! Dr. Hurley and Dr. Smith enjoyed visiting with so many of you. Have a wonderful summer break! ❤️










Thank you Deer Canyon Elementary for welcoming Assistant Sup Cerecerez and Trustee Davies during your Thursday staff appreciation luncheon. You are truly appreciated! Thank you for your continued service to our students and community. ❤️




Alta Loma Junior High presented their second annual theater performance "Beauty and the Beast." Everything about this performance was extraordinary! I am so proud of our talented students and staff. Congratulations ALJH for another memorable performance! 🥰 Thank you Trustee Davies, Hurley and Chung for attending this special performance.








Thank you Carnelian staff for welcoming some ALSD Cabinet members and Trustee Martinez at your staff appreciation luncheon. We are truly grateful for your service! ❤️


Great things grow at ALE! 🌺 Dr. Smith wrapped up her 2025-2026 site visits with a final visit to ALE. There was much energy and excitement throughout the campus as students and staff prepared for their upcoming Open House. Thank you ALE for making the last, one of the very best! 🤩








The Vineyard Junior High spring musical concerts did not disappoint, as usual! Mr. Evans and Ms. Shutts presented two nights of incredible performances. We are so lucky to have them both serving our ALSD students. Our students are very talented! 🥰






Dr. Smith's last student advisory meeting of the year was held in person at the DSC. Directors Cruz and Carter solicited feedback from the students regarding dress code, AI, and the LCAP student survey. Thank you for your service students. You were an incredible group and represented your schools so well.


Recently, Victoria Groves hosted a visit from Assemblyman Garcia District 50, to showcase their magnificent inclusion program. Thank you Trustees Buller and Chung, WESELPA Director Ricky Alyassi, and Dr. Smith for joining in the visit. It was very inspirational and informative! ❤️










Meet Cooper the cub, Alta Loma Elementary's new 2026-2027 mascot. ❤️ Dr. Smith, along with Trustees Chung and Buller, had a great time joining in the fun. Dr. Smith even had the opportunity to grab a photo op with her ALE student advisors. 🤩




A huge shoutout goes to Alexis Barbosa, one of our extraordinary music teachers in ALSD. Your Jasper spring concert was educational and lots of fun. Very impressive! 🤩




We are so proud of Ms. McCoy, one of our extraordinary choir teachers in ALSD. Here she is mesmerizing the audience at this year's Hermosa spring choir concert. Thank you Hailey for all you do. 😍



Congratulations Mr. Matt Gordon for being named the volunteer of the year for the Alta Loma School District! Your servants heart and care for our students and staff is so deeply appreciated. Hermosa and all of Alta Loma are extremely excited to recognize you with this prestigious award.❤️

We had a great visit to Stork! There is always a tremendous positive culture throughout the campus. Thank you Trustee Martinez for visiting our extraordinary students and staff. 🥰






Great things are happening at Banyan Elementary every day! Thank you Principal Travis for a wonderful visit! 🤩








