Principal's Message

Welcome Back our Awesome Ponies and Community Partners!

We hope everyone enjoyed an exciting and restful summer break!

Central’s unwavering commitment continues to focus on creating a rigorous learning environment that promotes college and career readiness through academic, social, and emotional learning. Our district and school theme this year continues to be, WE ARE BANNING, and collaboratively, we can ensure all of our students thrive: Every Student. Every Day.

Our focus remains on enhancing our school climate, accelerating student achievement, and increasing parent involvement and engagement. Our school remains committed to a research-based and well-rounded educational approach that includes AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination), PBIS (Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports), SEL (Social and Emotional Learning), SAI (Structured Academic Instruction), and MTSS (Multi-tiered System of Supports). As a professional learning community and a Dual Language Immersion school, we look forward to honoring and celebrating our students' diversity and achievements in collaboration with staff, parents, and community partnerships. Please mark your calendars for our Back-to-school & AVID night, August 13, 2026, 5-7 pm.

I look forward to a Pony-Awesome school year and to seeing all our Ponies soon!

Yours truly,

Ileana Gutierrez Ed.D.
Principal
Central Elementary School