Harrison News
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![Rowan Gilstrap, a senior at Martin Luther King High School, was named the Outstanding Leading Actor at the 2026 Lucie Arnaz Awards.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1781561914/riversideunifiedorg/alj3crctpxxdz5tqhi4b/a948e810-0f67-439d-85e9-57bc735ae7ff.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1781561914/riversideunifiedorg/alj3crctpxxdz5tqhi4b/a948e810-0f67-439d-85e9-57bc735ae7ff.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1781561914/riversideunifiedorg/alj3crctpxxdz5tqhi4b/a948e810-0f67-439d-85e9-57bc735ae7ff.png","width":735}])
Students from Martin Luther King High School and John W. North High School earned top honors at the 2026 Lucie Arnaz Awards, which celebrate excellence in high school musical theatre in the Inland Empire.
![Riverside Unified Alumna Emily Ausmus Named Top NCAA Division I Women’s Water Polo Player]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1781294374/riversideunifiedorg/zkkf8h3j349kbn6y5etx/7.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1781294374/riversideunifiedorg/zkkf8h3j349kbn6y5etx/7.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1781294374/riversideunifiedorg/zkkf8h3j349kbn6y5etx/7.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1781294374/riversideunifiedorg/zkkf8h3j349kbn6y5etx/7.png","width":1080}])
Riverside Unified alumna Emily Ausmus, a Martin Luther King High School Class of 2023 graduate, secured the 2026 Peter J. Cutino Award.
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Two construction and modernization projects completed within the Riverside Unified School District have received regional and national recognition for excellence in educational facility design.
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Harrison Elementary School became the first elementary school in Riverside County to be named an Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) National Demonstration School.