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![Update to the Community Place Holder Click here for more information]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1710804223/dnusdorg/oe07tx8oertjptf0dgsq/UpdatetotheCommunityImage_1.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1710804223/dnusdorg/oe07tx8oertjptf0dgsq/UpdatetotheCommunityImage_1.png","width":512}])
![Teacher Residency Recruitment - Special Education]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1745276216/dnusdorg/qolyrdmsp2reqx6klyi3/spedcredential.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1745276216/dnusdorg/qolyrdmsp2reqx6klyi3/spedcredential.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1745276216/dnusdorg/qolyrdmsp2reqx6klyi3/spedcredential.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1745276216/dnusdorg/qolyrdmsp2reqx6klyi3/spedcredential.png","width":1155}])
![CIM Parent Survey Flyer Final Click here to learn more.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1744846193/dnusdorg/zy0cnprofrnriaenphtj/CIMParentSurveyFlyerFinal.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1744846193/dnusdorg/zy0cnprofrnriaenphtj/CIMParentSurveyFlyerFinal.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1744846193/dnusdorg/zy0cnprofrnriaenphtj/CIMParentSurveyFlyerFinal.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1744846193/dnusdorg/zy0cnprofrnriaenphtj/CIMParentSurveyFlyerFinal.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1744846193/dnusdorg/zy0cnprofrnriaenphtj/CIMParentSurveyFlyerFinal.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1744846193/dnusdorg/zy0cnprofrnriaenphtj/CIMParentSurveyFlyerFinal.jpg","width":1700}])
![Smith River Spring Music Concert Click here to learn more.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1744994288/dnusdorg/nxmuns2wmq3d5nfb4rq0/SmithRiverSpringMusicConcert.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1744994288/dnusdorg/nxmuns2wmq3d5nfb4rq0/SmithRiverSpringMusicConcert.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1744994288/dnusdorg/nxmuns2wmq3d5nfb4rq0/SmithRiverSpringMusicConcert.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1744994288/dnusdorg/nxmuns2wmq3d5nfb4rq0/SmithRiverSpringMusicConcert.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1744994288/dnusdorg/nxmuns2wmq3d5nfb4rq0/SmithRiverSpringMusicConcert.jpg","width":1545}])
Last Superintendent's message of April 2025. Click here to learn more.
Help us understand our children better by taking this survey. Note that the survey is intended for parents or guardians of students from California school districts, involved in the current year monitoring activities. Click here to learn more.
The spring concert is still about a week and a half away. But make sure you save the date!
Headlines and Features
[Crescent City, CA] – The Del Norte County Unified School District Board of Trustees has approved a key update to the District’s aging wireless infrastructure. During the most recent Board Meeting, Ryan Bahten, Director of Network Information Services for Del Norte County Office of Education (DNCOE), presented a comprehensive proposal to upgrade and modernize the Wireless Infrastructure in all Del Norte County Schools. This effort includes new Wireless Access Points (APs) and Wireless Controllers at all District Schools, as well as Castle Rock Charter School, and County Office of Education Schools—an initiative totaling $696,285.98.
Smith River Elementary is officially a Kindness Certified School! Click to learn more about our commitment to kindness.
Del Norte Cheerleaders gave an amazing halftime performance alongside future Warriors, thanks to dedicated coaches. Click here for more!
Shu' 'aa-shii nin-la Tolowa Dee’ni nation, True North Organizing Network, to our student dancers, and everyone that helped organize this event.
![Del Norte Schools Moves Forward with Critical Wireless Infrastructure Refresh]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1742582042/dnusdorg/yg236jxrcfrgvrekcrdn/Screenshot2025-03-21113153.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1742582042/dnusdorg/yg236jxrcfrgvrekcrdn/Screenshot2025-03-21113153.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1742582042/dnusdorg/yg236jxrcfrgvrekcrdn/Screenshot2025-03-21113153.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1742582042/dnusdorg/yg236jxrcfrgvrekcrdn/Screenshot2025-03-21113153.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1742582042/dnusdorg/yg236jxrcfrgvrekcrdn/Screenshot2025-03-21113153.png","width":1329}])
![Spreading Kindness: Smith River Elementary Becomes a Kindness Certified School!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1738799742/dnusdorg/gk5f2s1cvywi9if8231w/476296857_1210370081091812_7692570385914497285_n.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1738799742/dnusdorg/gk5f2s1cvywi9if8231w/476296857_1210370081091812_7692570385914497285_n.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1738799742/dnusdorg/gk5f2s1cvywi9if8231w/476296857_1210370081091812_7692570385914497285_n.jpg","width":526}])
![Del Norte Cheerleaders gave an amazing halftime performance alongside future Warriors, thanks to dedicated coaches. Click here for more!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1738195176/dnusdorg/rcwhxrfzedfgvnwr4grp/475340351_1153358276792743_5165947129093426716_n1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1738195176/dnusdorg/rcwhxrfzedfgvnwr4grp/475340351_1153358276792743_5165947129093426716_n1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1738195176/dnusdorg/rcwhxrfzedfgvnwr4grp/475340351_1153358276792743_5165947129093426716_n1.jpg","width":600}])
![Pictures of Smith River Students in their regalia for the winter solstice Dee-Nash facilitated by the Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1734974521/dnusdorg/ewazn1334s6rgshhm1ej/SRWinterSolsticeDee-Nash.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1734974521/dnusdorg/ewazn1334s6rgshhm1ej/SRWinterSolsticeDee-Nash.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1734974521/dnusdorg/ewazn1334s6rgshhm1ej/SRWinterSolsticeDee-Nash.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1734974521/dnusdorg/ewazn1334s6rgshhm1ej/SRWinterSolsticeDee-Nash.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1734974521/dnusdorg/ewazn1334s6rgshhm1ej/SRWinterSolsticeDee-Nash.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1734974521/dnusdorg/ewazn1334s6rgshhm1ej/SRWinterSolsticeDee-Nash.jpg","width":2048}])
Mission & Philosophy
Equipping Students for Success
DNUSD is dedicated to creating a safe and welcoming environment where each student is provided with high-quality instruction that meets them where they are and leads them to content mastery in each grade level. In addition, students benefit from access to counselors and other programs that coach them in life skills, high school and college readiness, and career awareness. To these ends, students will be offered meaningful learning experiences to enable them to access and critically analyze information, pose substantive questions, to communicate and collaborate effectively, and to build lasting and profound connections to the community.