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BV Schools Monthly

October Edition - Buena Vista School District

BV Schools Monthly October Edition - Buena Vista School District

See the Superintendent Letter for a call to continue to teach our children the courage of dignity

April Edition

The Courage of Dignity in Public Schools

Monthly Superintendent Letter
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MONTHLY SUPERINTENDENT LETTER

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In this edition of the BV Monthly, check out the April letter from the Superintendent (click red button above) - Is your child committed to not "snitch" or courageous? April is state testing month, we will conduct a district wide safety drill, and we will all witness a rare solar eclipse. Read the Good to Knows to learn more. Celebrate our student and staff achievements! Our special topic of the month is Artificial Intelligence. Give us your feedback each month. Click the red buttons throughout the Monthly to learn more and be part of the BV Schools Proud movement...Let's Do This!

BV Schools "Good to Knows"
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District Wide Safety Drill

The first week of April, the district will conduct a safety drill in collaboration with local emergency response teams. More information will be provided during the week. The district will practice reunification with some families.

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State Testing

Click the photo to the left to see important testing dates. Please avoid any prearranged absences during this time. Parent excusal from testing is included in the information. While state testing is only one way we monitor our students' academic progress, it is so important our students demonstrate their best efforts in all they do.

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BV Schools Calendar 2024-25 and 2025-26

In case you missed it, the calendars for 2024-25 and 2025-26 have been approved and published! They are available on the website and also can be found by clicking the photo to the left.

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Contribute to BV Schools Proud Funds

Our first annual BV Schools Proud Night was a big success! It was a fun evening and launched our campaign to restore our track and field. Read more about the evening and how you can be part of reaching our goal.

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Community Chats with Superintendent

Join an informal conversation with Superintendent Yates on topics of interest to you. The next Chat will be April 9 and we will start with school funding and safety and then open up for discussion. Click the photo for a flyer with information.

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BV PEAKS

BV PEAKS is a group of BV Schools citizens who are Partners Engaged Around Kids' Success. The purpose is for the school to give and receive information to this group of interested and invested partners of the district. Are you interested in visiting schools and being part of this group that meets about six times during the year? Contact Lisa Yates at lyates@bvschools.org
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SCAP: Student Centered Accountability Program

BV Schools is founding district of the state-wide accountability program named Student Centered Accountability Program (SCAP). There are now over 20 districts involved in this expanded, innovative program that gives transparency of student progress and the systems supporting student growth. See the information made available through SCAP by clicking the picture and read more at the Good to Knows.

BV SCHOOLS PROUD!
Click the Red Button to read more about our students worthy of celebrating! Not everything gets published - just highlighting a few!
BV Schools and What's in the News
Click the red button to read topics in public education and BV Schools.

BV Schools and What’s in the News

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The media and politicians are focusing much attention on public education these days. We celebrate the collective commitment to the education and wellbeing of our youth. It is a worthy dialogue for us all to engage. Unfortunately, not all that is highlighted in the news is the reality of your local schools. We welcome, invite, and encourage our families and community to contribute to the goodness of BV Schools. Our local school board is available to link to the community, the BV PEAKS (Partners Engaged Around Kids’ Success) meets regularly to exchange information about the schools, there are monthly meetings and this Monthly. Each month, we will begin sharing information about topics in public education and provide some perspective on what is happening in your local BV Schools.


This month's topic: Artificial Intelligence - Are students cheating and compromising privacy?

Submit future topics you would like to be considered for publication/explanation to Superintendent Yates: lyates@bvschools.org


2023-24 Previous topics:

Topic Five: Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students - How are the schools responding to more students?

Topic Four: Youth Mental Health - How can we help our children?

Topic Three: Censorship - Are a few parents or communities asking to ban books in our schools?

Topic Two: Chronic Absenteeism - Why is the District so harsh?

Topic One : Artificial Intelligence (AI) in schools - Are our kids using it?

2022-23 Topics:

Topic Six: My property taxes are increasing, doesn't that mean BV Schools has more revenue?

Topic Five: Student Well Being and Behaviors - What’s going on with our students?

Topic Four: Clubs - Does BV Schools Allow Some Types of Clubs But Not Others?

Topic Three: Are math scores declining?

Topic Two: Teachers are Indoctrinating Students with their Personal Beliefs

Topic One: Most third graders are not reading at grade level and the Science of Reading


Click the red button above to read about each topic.

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