Volleyball Tryouts this Week
Coach Kari is ready for the new season, and we welcome you to open gym the rest of summer. Come to the big gym at 5:00 this Tuesday and Thursday. We are doing an hour and half learning and improving our play. Kari is going to host tryouts for Girls Varsity on August 11 and August 13. If there is enough interest, the Spartans will authorize a JV team too. All this is happening in a hurry to prepare for the season opener August 26 at Vallejo HS. We are thrilled to be working towards our new season, new league, new coach, new heights
Perfect Attendance brings the Beautiful Game
If you make it a perfect seven days (Thursday August 20-Friday August 28) at Emery HS, you will be gifted a FREE ticket to see our East Bay's only professional soccer team at the historical Oakland Coliseum. Your job--to attend every class in a timely way and then on Saturday August 29. Thanks to the Oakland Roots and the school community for making this happen.
Go! Fight! Win!
Be the spirit! We are hosting tryouts for the 2026-27 Spirit squad Monday August 10--Wednesday August 12, you will want to be part of something special with Coach Amara, be on the sideline, be at the games, be the joy at the Rallies, compete and get your Spartan spirit roar. No experience necessary, but passion and teamwork is! See you at 10:00 in our dance room.
Spartan Spirit Wear on Sale
If you love being a part of Emery High now you can show the world. We just got in the best looking t-shirts, hats and swag featuring our school's unique look. Deck yourself out in support of Emery softball, soccer, basketball or cross country. With each shirt selling for $25, you can get the whole set for $100. We have hats and more gear and they come in all sizes S-M-L-XL-2XL and they are here in the front office for you to admire and then purchase. Show the world that you are an Emery Spartan
E is For Excellence
Varsity athletes are the Best. If you make it to the end of your season, maintaining grades and displaying best sportsmanship, you are in line to win a Varsity letter. This Fall, it is all about Football, Cheer, Volleyball and Cross Country. We are rooting for eligibility, work ethics and success for all the Spartans. You will recognize them by their letters.
Make a Run for it
The week before school is the right time to join the Emery cross country squad. We are thrilled to accept ANY student who wants to get going. There is no experience necessary and if you have the grades to qualify and make the commitment, you are on the team! We have meets in the Fall, and will travel to beautiful spots in the East Bay to test our times and build community. Join us Thursday August 13 and Coach Todd will be your guide to growth
Be a part of something Honorable
Emery High School has been part of the California Scholarship Foundation since 1933. And during that time, it has asked students who are sophomores, juniors and seniors to demonstrate that they have earned good grades in their most academic courses. The due date is April 15, so grab an application form and get it filled out with your academic record and if you qualify, (and you can do so for all six semesters beginning sophomore year) you can earn special honors for graduation in addition to making a great boost to your resume.
English Learners at Redwood Regional
Kaleb and crew from Ms. Kamat's ELD program went out to Redwood Regional Park this week to capture the sights and sounds of the world around them, and then maximized the experience by doing some nature sketches of the flora and fauna around them. The students had a chance to work with their new English language skills to ask the questions and pose some theories based on their sharp observations.
Encore for Emery Band
One of our favorite calendar events of the year is here. It is the Art and Music Showcase, and it features all of the work that students have put in this year. Ms. Ruff and Ms. Crichlow's kids submit tons of great art, while Mr. Salvatore's band provides the soundtrack for a night to remember. We saw a terrific show that demonstrates that the Artist spirit is going to be part of our school for years to come. All three band units from the high school did a high level performances and with the addition of multiple arts classes, we had a full house to big in an auction to capture the spirit of our school
It's always the right time for Trigonometry
Emery has always made a big investment in math and if you want to know how big--just ask one of the students who can probably calculate it for you. We went visiting on the second day of this unit of study and Mr. Herrera put all hands on deck to show students that sine, cosine and the whole world of trig is not beyond the grasp of his hard working students. Our goal: to have every student math proficient by the time they walk the stage and even dreamier, that the students embrace and love the journey to get there.
Cooking Club makes Stuffed Pasta Shells so Good
Rising Grads honored at Emery High
Graduating twice, Ahsim Mohsen is pictured here with his instructor from the Rising Sun program that held its culminating ceremony on July 24 at the Emery HS gym. Ahsim graduated with his class this June and then pursued a series of classes in West Oakland that other Emery kids have enrolled and excelled in, where students get training in the work industries and leads that help them to get work upon completion. Our latest grad came in thinking Electronics but is now oriented toward carpentry. We can't wait for this year's seniors to choose their pathway along with our friends from Rising Sun
The Sound of Silence: Emery policy move
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Emery Earns sets school record on State Testing
The class of 2027 has set a high bar for future Spartan students. The early results from Spring's state testing is in and the Emery High juniors earned the highest percentage of Exceeding Standard in our school's history. The Advanced Level was achieved by 28% of Emery English test takers and 12% of Math testers, both numbers represent the highest proportion of high scores in the eleven year history of the CAASPP. We are thrilled with the results and credit teachers, Mx. Combs and Mr. Maloles' English and Mr. Herrera and Mr. Anthony in Math, and the crew who made this possible.
Next year's clubs today
Being part of a group is one of the best predicators for school success. Emery High is looking to bring students closer to others and to the community with an end of the year club drive. Both the Social Justice and the Car Club are looking for new members to wrap up this year and get ready for the next. We are excited to have both ready to recruit and grow in the future with on site and off campus events
Create the look for Emery HS 2026-27
We love to share the news at Emery High. We need a great artist who can get others to see what we can only dream of. We have clubs and sports and special events and fund raisers and more. And every one of those needs a fetching image or graphic to show how cool it is. If you know how to bring an idea to life, you are the student we need to see next year. Let principal Kibby know what your experience is, then get ready to be the school image creator. You can't spell Spartan without "art"
Blue Ribbon Spartans
A great haul at the Alameda County Fair for the Emery art crew. Over a dozen blue ribbons for work ranging from these carrot collages to prize winning photography and knit arts as well. Teachers Daphne Ruff and Jessica Wright-Crichlow can take well regarded bows for the quality of work that our students produce. You have until July 12 to see it before you miss out and have to search for corn dogs and cotton candy without art.
Spirit Starts with You?!
Game Day, Rallies and every day spirit is better when it comes accompanied with the Emery Spartan, Imagine you leading the cheers, serving as school ambassadors, being the public face of school spirit. Be part of the Cheer Squad, or jam with the Band. We will be doing tryouts the first two weeks of school and if you are the best, you can wear it all year long
Parent Teacher Student Association Begins
We are inviting you (all of you reading this!) to be part of Emery's restructured PTSA. The school is eager to welcome you to help make decisions, share in our creating a community. We will start our monthly gatherings the first Wednesday in September
Fridays feel the beat
We are going to celebrate every Friday in the Fall with a student DJ spinning tunes on the field. If you have the chops and the beats, then you can be the one putting the tunes into the final day of every week. We will host auditions the first few weeks until we find the young person who will be DJ Emery for all the students to find their Friday grooves
One hundred years of Emery celebration
Emery High School opened in 1928 with a group of students who were just part way through their secondary school profile. The first graduates walked the stage in the Spring of 1930, and that means we are in the midst of our centennial celebration. Look for images and flashbacks to where we were in addition to where we are going. These freshmen are going to be a part of something historical.
Where you are going....
Emery High School students ALL qualify for free bus transportation during the year. Did you know that until age 19, they also all qualify for free travel over the summer. Add that tp 50% off on BART and you are talking about a season to remember. Make sure to apply now, as it takes some time to process, but if you do, you will have a full license to travel wherever you need to be around the Bay for a very affordable (and Free!) cost
Write on. Emery Ink rides again
Emery Ink is going full time starting this Fall. Mx. Combs is going to be offering Journalism as a college prep elective to students starting this year, meaning we anticipate a lively forum for hard news, on the spot reporting, reviews, opinion pieces, sports stories, and lifestyle reports on what matters most to our students. Combine that with photography, editorials and an occasional cartoon, and you are here at a time when all the news fit to print runs right through Emery High.
Share our Fortune
Our final Food Giveaway of the year wasn't just an event, it was an absolute party! We had 81 feet of grocery-packed tables, a beautifully catered dessert and beverage spread, bubbles, balloons, and an incredible crew of volunteers meeting our families right at their point of need.
Our Impact at a Glance:
How are we doing? Let's find out this Fall
The University of California is debating about bringing back the SAT as an Admissions standard in the years to come. Emery wants to get ahead of the news and is going to ask our underclassmen to try their hand in the preparatory assessment, the PSAT this fall. There is an opportunity for elite juniors to earn scholarships with good scores. We are hoping to inspire all of our students to then be ready to take the SAT when it becomes a thing. Lastly, we are confident that they data we get about student success will help us to inform instruction for all of our Emery teachers too.
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