Hopkinson Elementary School, which serves children in kindergarten through fifth grade, is one of several…More schools in the Los Alamitos Unified School District to be named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the United States Department of Education as well as a California Distinguished School by the California Department of Education.</p> <p>Additionally, Hopkinson has been repeatedly named a Scholar School by the California Business for Education Excellence Foundation. The motto of the school, headed by Principal Linda Stewart, is "Learning together in a partnership of cooperation, communication and caring."</p> <p>Hopkinson Elementary School offers Kids' Korner,  an extended day-care and after-school program featuring activities such as homework, crafts, games and supervised play. The school also offers a music program and a program for gifted students.</p>

The Los Alamitos Unified School District is the administrative body responsible for the community's six elementary…More schools, two middle schools, one comprehensive high school and one continuation high school. The elementary schools are Hopkinson, Lee, Los Alamitos, McGaugh, Rossmoor and Weaver. The two middles schools are McAuliffe and Oak. The high schools include Los Alamitos High and Laurel High continuation school. Scattered throughout Los Alamitos, Rossmoor and Seal Beach, the schools serve students from all three communities. Governed by a five-member elected school board, the district's elections are held in even years with about half the board's seats expiring each election year. School board meetings are typically held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month. The school district offers several programs including special education, extended day care and the Gifted and Talented Education program.</p> <p>Gregory A. Franklin is the district's superintendent.</p>

Established in 2000, The School News Roll Call is a free newspaper delivered to homes within the boundaries of the…More Los Alamitos Unified School District. Covering local schools and education issues, the paper offers regular features such as a messages from the school district's superintendent, county board of education officiails, local librarians and several of the school's principals. It is a truly local paper that is run by Founder and Publisher Kay Coop.</p> <p>The School News puts out zoned editions unique to each school district it covers, and it covers several throughout Southern California. The publication schedule is staggered depending on the school district being covered. For the Los Alamitos Unified School District, a new edition basically comes out every other month with a gap during the summer break. The School News can be found off Main Street in Seal Beach. The newsroom sits in an idealic setting in the small building at the back of Brita's Old Town Gardens.</p>