Merced Union High School District

By ROBIN SHEPARD Times Correspondent A $10 million high school career training facility is expected to break ground in Atwater within a year, according to Alan Peterson, superintendent of the Merced Union High School District. The 10,000 sq. ft. warehouse-style center, located on a 6-acre parcel of District-owned land off of SP Avenue…

California school districts have had a hard time recruiting teachers and the situation has reached alarming levels in some areas. But the Merced Union High…

On the last Friday of school, before the Thanksgiving break, the Merced Elks Lodge provided a free luncheon for about 100 special needs students and staff…

A southside native has joined the list of candidates throwing their hats in the ring for Merced City School Board. Beatrice McCutchen is running for the Area 5 open seat, which is currently being contested by only one other candidate, Abigail De Leon-Bacilio. McCutchen grew up in the south of Merced and went through the city school system…

(MUHSD press release) After consultation with Merced County Department of Public Health (MDPH), Merced Union High School District (MUHSD)…

Thousands of local high school seniors who make up the Class of 2020 received their diplomas during a series of “drive-thru graduation” ceremonies at the six…

Alan Peterson, the superintendent of the Merced Union High School District, released a video on the district's Facebook site on Monday evening about plans for graduation ceremonies for thousands of students from the area's six campus locations. The district has not issued a press release, but Peterson told Facebook followers that two…

Atwater’s Dave Honey, a longtime board trustee for the local high school district, has died. “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the loss of…

In its ongoing efforts to become a more environmentally-sustainable district, Merced Union High School District (MUHSD) is partnering with ENGIE Services…

Merced Union High School District (MUHSD) has a high graduation rate (91.4 percent), exceeds the state average on the California state dashboard's college and career indicator (56.1 percent), and has a sizeable number of students who go to college upon completion of high school. However, it’s important that we continue to strive for…