CVUSD's Communication Snapshot

• What's Cooking: Check out the February School Cafeteria Menus
• Now Open: Neighborhood School Enrollment for NEW Students for the 2024-25 School Year
• Deadline Extended: Priority School Choice Application Deadline is Now February 7th at 11:59PM
• CVUSD Honors Black History Month this February
• Celebrate Black History Month with CVUSD: Free Music & Dance Performance on February 23rd
• Deadline Reminder: High School Students Register for the CVUSD-Hosted SAT by February 9th
• You’re Invited: Virtual Preview Nights for New Proposed Core Literature Titles
• CVUSD High School Students Earn Top Two Spots in Hackathon by the Sea, Overnight Coding Event
• Thousand Oaks High Scholar Named Top 40 High School Scientist in Prestigious Regeneron Science Talent Search
• Congratulations to Elizabeth Blake, CVUSD's January 2024 Teacher of the Month!

• The school cafeteria menus for February are available on the My School Menus website!
• Click here to access the breakfast, snack and lunch menus along with the nutritional information for all school meal programs for the month ahead.
• Important Reminder: School meals are available at NO COST for all students.

In the CVUSD we have a right fit for every student. For families who would like to enroll their student in a CVUSD school other than their assigned neighborhood school, this may be completed via the online School Choice Application process. The priority deadline for the 2024-2025 School Choice Application has been extended one week to the new date of Wednesday, February 7th at 11:59pm.
⏰ Click here to learn more.

This spring, the CVUSD is offering, for the first time ever, the opportunity for our students to register to take the SAT® on a CVUSD high school campus on a non-school weekday.

Act Now to Reserve Your Spot! Friday, February 9th is the Deadline to Register
To register to take the SAT® on a CVUSD high school campus on Monday, March 18, 2024, login to Q Parent Connect and follow the payment instructions LINK. The cost of the exam is $80. Fee reductions are available to students who qualify. Students will need to bring their fully charged, school-issued Chromebook with them to take the assessment. Click here to learn more.

The CVUSD community is invited to join the District’s Instructional Services team for two scheduled Preview Nights (virtual) to review a proposed new middle school Core Literature title: Almost American Girl by Robin Ha (Grade 8) and two proposed new high school Core Literature titles: Overground Railroad by Candacy Taylor (11CP/AP/IB), and Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (AP English Lit and Comp):

• Virtual Preview Event #1 - Tuesday, February 6th at 5:30pm - Click Here to Register to Attend

• Virtual Preview Event #2 - Thursday, February 15th at 5:30pm - Click Here to Register to Attend

These titles are to be brought before the CVUSD Board of Education for Information/Discussion at the February 7th Board of Education Meeting and for Action at the February 21st Board of Education Meeting.

📚 To learn more about Core Literature and the Core Literature Adoption Process in the CVUSD, please visit the Core Literature (Grades 6-12) webpage.

Congratulations to team VitalSync from Westlake High School for earning first place, and team ReBinify from Thousand Oaks High School for earning second place in the annual Hackathon by the Sea, overnight coding competition hosted by the Ventura County Office of Education. The Hackathon encourages students to use technology in creative ways to solve problems and engage users. At the end of the event, student teams presented their creations to judges, who awarded prizes. More than 100 students from high schools throughout the county spent an entire night creating apps and websites. Click here to learn more about the competition and the award-winning apps developed by our two teams of students.

Congratulations to Ramon Moreno Jr., 12th grade scholar of The Center for Advanced Studies and Research at Thousand Oaks High School, who was selected as one of the top 40 finalists in this year’s Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. The finalists were chosen based on their projects’ scientific rigor and their potential to become world-changing scientists and leaders. Each finalist is awarded at least $25,000 with all finalists participating in a week-long competition in Washington, DC in March where the top 10 Regeneron Science Talent Search 2024 winners will be announced. Click here to learn more about this incredible accomplishment.

Every day in the classroom, Elizabeth Blake promotes a love for music and musical excellence. Ms. Blake challenges her students to listen, support, mentor, collaborate and perform with each other at a high level. For more than two decades, Ms. Blake has made an immeasurable, positive impact at Westlake High School and Los Cerritos Middle School. She is the orchestra and strings teacher and the Strings Advisor, at both schools, where she has shared her incredible talents with students, families and the community at-large. We and the Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce are proud to honor Ms. Blake as the January 2024 Teacher of the Month! Click here to read more.