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Get to Know Our New Website!

Get to Know Our New Website!

We are very excited to have a new look on our school websites but we know this can cause confusion as our parents and staff get used to the new pages. Follow us on a quick tour of the new site to learn where all your go-to links are now located.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Free Meals for DUSD Students

Free Meals for DUSD Students

We are happy to announce the expansion of our drive-thru/walk-up free meal distribution program for Downey Unified students! Please remember that students need to be present to receive meals. Each child present will receive one breakfast meal and one lunch meal. There...

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Good Morning Griffiths

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The Thundercast

The Thunder Cast

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