CVUSD's Communication Snapshot

• 🍐 What's Cooking: Check Out the April Cafeteria Menus at Your School
• CVUSD Recognizes April as Arab American Heritage Month
• Event Reminder: Don't Miss the Inaugural CVUSD Career Education (CTE) Student Showcase on April 3rd
• Limited Spaces Available: Register for the "Reality Party for Parents" Event on April 5th
• Banyan Elementary & Wildwood Elementary Earn 2025 California Distinguished Schools Honor
• CVUSD Scholars Achieve Top Awards in 70th Annual Ventura County Science Fair
• Madroña Academy of the Arts and Sciences Celebrates 60 Years of Excellence
• 🎥 Welcome to Class - March Madness Comes to the Conejo with the Annual Unified Sports Basketball Tournament

• The school cafeteria menus for April 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.

April is National Arab American Heritage Month, a time to formally recognize the contributions and accomplishments of Arab Americans and to honor their community's rich history and heritage.

This year's theme, "Arab American Heritage: Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future" reflects on the community's legacy while empowering the next generation of leaders to advance our country's progress and success in business, education, government, science, and the arts.

At the Wednesday, March 19, 2025 Board of Education meeting, Resolution #24-25-29: In Support of Arab American Heritage Month was approved. Click here to learn more.

Families of current and future CVUSD students, students and the broader community are invited to the Inaugural CVUSD Career Education (CTE) Student Showcase on Thursday, April 3rd from 5pm to 7pm at California Lutheran University's Lundring Events Center to learn more about the CTE Career Pathways available in the CVUSD!

More than 200 students and staff members from CVUSD middle and high schools will have booths set-up that demonstrate the skills they have developed in the Career Pathways Program and provide their peers and future students/families the opportunity to learn more about the unique academic offerings available across the District, including coursework in:

Colina Middle School, Conejo Valley High School, Newbury Park High School, Sequoia Middle School, Thousand Oaks High School and Westlake High School will be represented at this first of its kind event in the Conejo.

Click here to learn more about all of the CTE Career Pathways offerings in the CVUSD, and be sure to attend the event on April 3rd to learn directly from students and staff about Career Pathway offerings in the Conejo!

Parents and guardians of students in the Conejo Valley Unified School District are invited to attend a free "Reality Party for Parents" on Saturday, April 5th.

This unique event offers participants the chance to explore a local Conejo Valley home transformed into a realistic teen party scene. During the tour, youth actors will bring to life concerns expressed by local teens and young adults.

The goal of this event is to foster relevant and meaningful conversations between parents, guardians, and their teens about these challenging topics. Open discussions are encouraged among attendees. Community strategies aimed at keeping children and youth safe and healthy will be shared.

Reservations are required for this FREE, adult-only event, with very limited availability. One hour time slots are available between 1pm and 6pm. Tours are available in Spanish.

• Click here to register for the event

Congratulations to Banyan Elementary School and Wildwood Elementary School who were announced last week by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond as two of the 336 elementary schools selected for the prestigious 2025 California Distinguished Schools Program!

Banyan and Wildwood Elementary Schools earned this recognition through successful demonstration of Exceptional Student Performance. Schools recognized for Exceptional Student Performance are among the highest in overall student achievement in the state, while also showing strong indicators of student engagement and positive school climate. Specifically, schools were selected by analyzing data reported through the 2024 Dashboard, with a focus on demonstrating excellence and growth in academic achievement and ensuring a positive school climate.

Since its inception in 1985, the California Distinguished Schools Award remains one of the state’s most important ways to celebrate exceptional schools, districts, teachers, and classified employees for their innovation, talent, and success in supporting students.

Elementary schools and middle and high schools are recognized as California Distinguished Schools in alternate years; therefore, awardees hold the title for two years.

Click here to learn more.

On Monday, March 24th, the winners of the 70th annual Ventura County Science Fair were announced at an awards ceremony at the Ventura County Office of Education (VCOE) in Camarillo. Awards were presented in a variety of scientific categories, including microbiology, engineering, and chemistry. Congratulations to our CVUSD students who achieved top awards in a variety of categories and prestigious awards, including:

🌟41 CVUSD scholars from Thousand Oaks High School (25), Los Cerritos Middle School (11), Westlake High School (2), Newbury Park High School (1), Sequoia Middle (1) and Sycamore Canyon School (1) who won top place awards in a variety of categories.

🌟19 of the 35 highest-scoring entrants in the competition were from CVUSD schools and will advance to the California Science & Engineering Fair, which will take place at California Lutheran University in April.

🌟For the third consecutive year, a Thousand Oaks High School student has been selected as the one Ventura County Science Fair participant to earn the honor of competing in the prestigious International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) which will take place in Columbus, Ohio in May. Natalie Yip, 11th grade, award-winning project title is: Investigating the Synergistic Effect of Hesperidin and Fisetin on Aspergillus Niger and Hippodamia Convergens.

🌟The event featured nearly 500 projects submitted by 650 students from middle and high schools throughout Ventura County.

Click here to learn more about the annual competition and to learn more about this year's winning projects.

Photo Above: Natalie Yip from Thousand Oaks High School, this year’s ISEF participant from Ventura County.

Last week, our Madroña Academy of the Arts and Sciences held a special assembly to celebrate its 60th anniversary of service to the community. The event featured alumni guest speakers who shared the positive impact the school had made in their lives, along with a time capsule, which each grade contributed mementos to. Students wrote letters with their predictions for the future, drawings and paintings of themselves, their favorite school activities and provided facts about popular culture in 2025, which will all be locked away in the time capsule for future students to learn from. The event concluded with a schoolwide, choreographed dance routine led by the school's dance teacher. Congratulations Mustangs on this milestone year!

It's a big year for celebrations in the CVUSD, with the District also celebrating 50 years of service to the Conejo community. Check out the below timeline for an overview of the Building Blocks of Education in the CVUSD, when each current CVUSD school's building was constructed.

📍 Click here to learn more about 50 Years of Educational Excellence in the CVUSD.

📍 Click here to Share Your Favorite CVUSD Memory (and have the chance for your memory to be featured in a future weekly e-newsletter!).

Over the last three weeks, our three comprehensive high schools each hosted a Unified Sports Basketball Game in front of a cheering crowd, with stellar basketball skills, sportsmanship, inclusion, and fun on full display for slam dunk events.

In preparation for the annual Games, the teams typically practice once a week where training together and playing together is a quick path to friendship and understanding between teammates. It’s social inclusion through sport where students foster respect for each other and become leaders on and off the court.

These events are made possible because of the CVUSD’s dedicated staff members who have made this memorable experience possible. The CVUSD is proud to be part of the #InclusionRevolution. Way to go Athletes and Unified Partners!

Watch the video below to learn more.