
CVUSD's Communication Snapshot
Week of August 21, 2023

Communication Snapshot: Week of January 8, 2024
In this week's snapshot of information, events, news and updates - you'll find information on the following topics:
- The First Week of Classes in 2024 is Here - Welcome Back from Winter Break!
- What's Cooking: Check out the January School Cafeteria Menus
- Calendar Reminder: Schools are Closed Monday, January 15th in Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- CVUSD is Awarded $750,000 Grant to Support Student Mental Health Programs
- CVUSD Parents/Guardians: You're Invited to the January Workshop - "Substance Use and Youth: What's New and What to Know" on Wednesday, January 24th at 6pm
- Save the Date: 2024-2025 School Year Enrollment for *New* TK-12 CVUSD Students Opens on Monday, January 29th
- High School Families: There's Still Time to Register for the CVUSD-Hosted SAT Exam on March 18th
The First Week of Classes in 2024 is Here - Welcome Back from Winter Break!
What's Cooking: Check out the January School Cafeteria Menus
- The school cafeteria menus for January 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.
Calendar Reminder: Schools are Closed Monday, January 15th
Click here to view the complete 2023-2024 CVUSD School Year Calendar.
CVUSD is Awarded $750,000 Grant to Support Student Mental Health Programs
Dr. Shanna Egans, Assistant Superintendent of Student Services, and Dr. Heather Chamberlin-Scholle, Director of Mental Health and Wellness Services, applied for and were awarded a $750,000 grant to further support CVUSD's mental health programs. CVUSD is the only school district in Ventura County to earn the grant from the California Department of Health Care Services, Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, Evidence-Based Practices and Community-Defined Evidence Practices Grant Program Round Two: Trauma-Informed Programs and Practices. This grant will be used to fund a counselor and mental health clinician to serve and support our CVUSD students. CVUSD was informed that they had been selected as a grant award recipient on Thursday, December 21st. Click here to learn more about the District's Mental Health and Wellness Services.
Parents/Guardians please join the CVUSD's BreakThrough Student Assistance Program and The Conejo Schools Foundation for an in-person workshop: "Substance Use and Youth: What's New and What to Know." This cost-free event will be held on Wednesday, January 24th from 6pm - 7:30pm at 33 Greta Street in Thousand Oaks (inside Century Academy's MPR). The event's presenter is Gabe Teran, Youth Development and Advocacy Consultant of Next Gen Community Consulting.
➡️➡️ Please click here to register.
➡️ Please click here to learn more about the event (English)
➡️ Please click here to learn more about the event (Spanish)
* For children currently enrolled in a CVUSD school, you do not need to complete the online Pre-Enroll process to go to the next grade level. All currently enrolled students will receive Annual Updates information prior to the start of the 2024-2025 school year.
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. As a result:
You don’t have to worry about traveling to a separate test center.
There’s no juggling of weekend responsibilities or disruptions to family time.
SAT Registration is Now Open:
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.
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