DARREN BROWN IS COLUSA HIGH SCHOOL'S NEW PRINCIPAL

The Colusa Unified School District Board of Trustees has selected Darren Brown as the new Colusa High School Principal starting July 1, 2012.  Mr. Brown is taking the place of retiring high school principal, Dave McGrath. 

Mr. Brown has been the assistant principal at East Nicolaus High School as well as the principal of the district's continuation high school for the last four years.   He has been in education for 12 years, primarily teaching English.  He attended California State University, Sacramento, on a baseball scholarship.  He began his teaching at West Campus High in Sacramento, where he taught for six years before moving to Switzerland, his wife's homeland where he also lived and taught for two years.  Mr. Brown earned his administrative credential through Chapman University in 2008.

At East Nicholas Mr. Brown has been involved in FFA, helped coach the girls basketball team and is credited for raising the school's standarized test score from 730 to 801. 

Colusa Unified is excited to have Darren Brown as part of our school community.   Welcome Darren!

COLUSA UNIFIED NAMES NEW SUPERINTENDENT 

The Colusa Unified School District is pleased to announce they have signed a contract and taken action to offer Dwayne Newman the position of District Superintendent.  Newman is presently Superintendent of the Monte Vista School District in Monte Vista, Colorado.  The new Superintendent will begin work July 1, 2012.   However, he is planning several visits to the district before then.  Newman will take over the role of Superintendent from Mr. Larry Yeghoian who is retiring after 11 years as the successful leader of Colusa USD.

Mr. Newman has served as a Superintendent for the past four years.  Prior to that, he was a principal at both the high school and middle school levels, and a high school science teacher.  Most of Mr. Newman’s educational experience has been in small rural communities.

Mr. Newman earned his Master’s Degree at National University in La Jolla, and his Bachelor of Science from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.  He is presently working on his Doctorate of Education from Northcentral University in Prescott, Arizona with an expected completion date in the fall of 2014. 

Colusa will become home to the Newman family.  Mr. Newman, his wife Nicole, and their son Alden will reside in Colusa.  Nicole, who is also a school administrator, is currently seeking employment in the area.  Alden will attend Kindergarten next year.  Mr. Newman’s two older sons, Joseph and Elijah, will be frequent visitors. 

Mr. Newman is looking forward to working with the CUSD Board of Trustees, staff, parents, students and community members to continue improving the educational achievement of all students in the district.  The district will be planning an opportunity for the community to meet Mr. Newman prior to July 1st.  

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 PARENT ACCESS TO GRADES ONLINE

We continue to have the process that allows parents to access their child's grades and attendance online (Aeries Browser Interface).  If you have not signed up and would like to use this service, please contact your student's school office for the step-by-step process.  We strongly encourage all parents to take advantage of this opportunity.  You can see excactly which assignments have been turned in and each part of their grade (homework, tests, quizzes, projects, etc.).

Another way to access information about your student's classes is to go to our new district website here at:  http//:colusa.k12.ca.us (click on your child's school).  Many teacher web pages are up and some are under construction.  You can email all teachers through this portal.