Online Registration is Now Open

Online Registration is Now Open

We are pleased to announce that Online Registration Verification is now open for ALL DUSD students! This includes returning students and new students who have completed enrollment. Registration can be completed using your Parent Connect Portal or by...
Can you hear the THUNDER?

Can you hear the THUNDER?

After months of discussion, we are excited to share that Downey Unified’s Board of Education unanimously voted to change the Griffiths Middle School mascot from the Indians to the Thunderbirds. For the last several years, the image of the Thunderbird has been part of...
Medical Insurance Protection for your child

Medical Insurance Protection for your child

Even though we take many precautions to protect your child from injuries, accidents can and do happen while students are participating in school activities on campus, on school trips, and during extra-curricular activities and sports. Although Downey Unified School...
2020 Virtual Ceremonies

2020 Virtual Ceremonies

While it was not the ending of the school year we anticipated, it does not diminish how proud we are of our students for being so determined, resilient, and hard-working. Our wish was to continue to honor our students, including our promoting eighth-graders, within...
1:1 Take-home iPad Program

1:1 Take-home iPad Program

It is beneficial for all students to have access to technology. Beginning Fall 2020, Downey Unified School District is excited to introduce its 1:1 Take-Home iPad Program for all 6th – 8th-grade students!  Downey Unified understands the importance of each of our...
Ensuring Our Students are Globally Competitive

Ensuring Our Students are Globally Competitive

Griffiths Helps Prepare Students to be College and Career-Ready Griffiths Middle School has several Career Technical Education (CTE) Pathways that feed directly into Warren High School. Each CTE course offers relevant project-based activities modeled by professionals...