High school students are back on campus

Capistrano Unified’s high school students — clad in masks and practicing safe distancing — returned to campus for much-awaited in-person learning on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020 for the first time this school year.

The high school students are the latest to join teachers and school staff on campus as the final phase of the district’s staggered return to schools for its 47,000 students. In-person, on-campus learning is subject to the county’s tier in the state reopening criteria. Families are able to switch to a 100 percent online option at any time.

The first phase began Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, with the district’s special education programs and self-contained services, followed by pre-K through eighth grade. Click here for photos of the middle schools’ return, and click here for photos of the elementary schools’ return.

See photos below of students on campus for their first day back at Serra High School and San Juan Hills High School.

Students wear masks in Serra High School teacher Matt Sheridan’s world history class on their first day back on campus at Serra High School.
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Students take notes in senior English teacher Becky Tran’s classroom at Serra High School.
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Teacher Matt Sheridan of Serra High School teaches world history as students return to campus wearing masks. High schoolers returning to campus was the final phase in Capistrano Unified’s staggered approach to reopening school campuses.
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Students listen carefully in Serra High teacher Becky Tran’s senior English classroom on their first day back on campus since the pandemic began last spring.
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Students return to the classroom at Serra High School. Here, students wear masks during teacher Robyn Nixon’s geometry class on the first day back on campus.
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Students in teacher Becky Tran’s senior English class are practicing safe distancing and mask wearing at Serra High School.
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Students learn world history in teacher Matt Sheridan’s classroom at Serra High School. The students are back on campus, wearing masks and practicing social distancing.
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Teacher Matt Sheridan of Serra High School teaches world history to students in person on their first day back on campus since the pandemic began last spring.
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Serra High students attend senior English with teacher Becky Tran on their first day back in the classroom on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020.
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Teacher Matt Sheridan of Serra High School teaches world history to students in person for the first time this school year at Serra High School. Students are wearing masks and practicing social distancing.
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Students attend senior English class with teacher Becky Tran on their first day back on campus in fall 2020 at Serra High School.
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Students return to Serra High School in Robyn Nixon’s geometry class wearing masks and practicing social distancing.
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Students keep a safe distance at their desks while returning to Fernanda Villalba’s Spanish class at San Juan Hills High School.
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Students learn about surface tension as they experiment with soapy water in Tyler Deshon’s chemistry class at San Juan Hills High School on their first day back on campus since the spring.
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Tyler Deshon teaches students in his chemistry class with face masks, safe distancing, and a little Plexiglas at San Juan Hills High.
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Students attend Linda Keeler’s French class at San Juan Hills High School.
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Teacher Tyler Deshon looks over a student’s work in science class while wearing face masks at San Juan Hills High on the first day back on campus this fall.
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Students attend Linda Keeler’s French class at San Juan Hills High School on the first day high schoolers were allowed to return to classrooms.
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A student records the results from her science experiment at San Juan Hills High School in Capistrano Unified.
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Students attending Linda Keeler’s French class talk to other students still at home online at San Juan Hills High School.
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Students practice safe distancing at their desks during Fernanda Villalba’s Spanish class at San Juan Hills High School.
Photo by Steven Georges/CUSD Insider
Students in teacher Tyler Deshon’s science class run experiments with the surface tension of water on their first day back on campus since the pandemic caused schools to shut down and move to distance learning in the spring.
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Brenda Olsen teaches students in her science class with face masks and safe distancing at San Juan Hills High School.
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Students wear face masks as they return to school in Brenda Olsen’s science class at San Juan Hills High School.
Photo by Steven Georges/CUSD Insider
Students keep a safe distance at their desks in Fernanda Villalba’s Spanish class at San Juan Hills High School.
Photo by Steven Georges/CUSD Insider

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