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RVHS PARENT/STUDENT HANDBOOK

🐎KEEPING IT REAL FOR THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR!💥

AVID October 2026 Newsletter!

Monday, 11/9/26 REGULAR SCHEDULE Start Time 8:24 AM School Ends at 3:35 PM

• CTE Sports Med Guest Speaker Cal State Long Beach RM. 420
• RVTV Announcements Period 2 at 10:40 AM, keeping yourself and students informed about important events and information.
• US Army Informational Booth/Table CCC & Commons @ Lunch
• Please see the RVHS Activities & Athletics Calendar for Practice times
• Mustang Dance Academy Practice/Rehearsal 3:30 - 7:30 PM
• Folklorico Practice & Club Meetings 3:45 - 7:00 PM
• The Ranch Players Theater Rehearsals 3:45 - 6:00 PM
• Voices of the Herd Treble & Bass Choir Rehearsal 3:40 - 4:40 PM
• VVUSD Community Schools Steering Committee Meeting 2 VVUSD - RM 401 4:00 PM

• CTE Sports Med Guest Speaker RUHS
• RVTV Announcements Period 2 at 10:26 AM, keeping yourself and students informed about important events and information.
• Office Hours (OH) Flextime after period 4
• Mustang Dance Academy Practice/Rehearsal 3:30 - 7:30 PM
• Folklorico Practice & Club Meetings 3:45 - 7:00 PM
• The Ranch Players Theater Rehearsals 3:45 - 6:00 PM
• Voices of the Herd Treble & Bass Choir Rehearsal 3:40 - 4:40 PM
• Love 4 Life Student Ambassador Program CCC 3:45 PM–4:45 PM
• Afterschool Tutoring RM. 415 3:45 - 4:45 PM
• School Leadership Team (SLT) Meeting Library 3:45 PM
• ROTC at D.O. 6:00 PM

• FEDERAL HOLIDAY - NO SCHOOL (SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR VETERANS AND THOSE WHO SERVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE.)
• Band-Shadow Hills Tournament

• AVID 10 to SDSU and UCSD All Day
• RVTV Announcements Period 2 at 10:26 AM
• KW Walks ELA Periods 3, 4, 5
• Office Hours (OH) Flextime after period 4
• After School Tutoring Library 3:45 - 4:45 PM
• RVHS ASB Class Council Workdays 3:45 - 7:00 PM
• The Seed Program Meetings 3:45 PM
• Band JW North Tournament 3:00 - 11:00 PM
• Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) 4:00 PM
• Basketball, Girls VR vs Great Oak AWAY 5:00 PM
• "She Kills Monsters..." Theater Fall Show! 6:00 PM

• Rancho Red Friday!
• Puente Cal Baptist University Field Trip 8:45 AM
• NHRA Youth & Education Service in Pomona 9:00 AM
• RVTV Announcements Period 2 at 10:40 AM, keeping yourself & students informed about important events and information.
• RVTV Announcements Period 2 at 10:40 AM
• RVHS ASB Class Council Workdays 3:45 - 7:00 PM
• "She Kills Monsters..." Theater Fall Show! 6:00 PM
• Bilingual Aides Meeting
• STEAM Team Meeting

Saturday, 11/14/26

• Scrimmage Baseball VR Baseball Field 8:00 AM
• STEAM SAT *For ESPORTS Only
• Crimson Regiment Band Practice 12:00 PM
• Crimson Regiment Band Tournament @ Western High School 3:00 PM
• "She Kills Monsters..." Theater Fall Show! 3:00 PM
  

• Monday, November 16th Kindness Matters Week!
• Wednesday, November 23rd - 27th Thanksgiving Break!

To Think About….

The Courage to Stand: A Veterans Day Story

There was once a young man who asked his grandfather, a military veteran, "What does it mean to be a hero?"

His grandfather thought for a moment and replied, "A hero isn't someone who never feels afraid. A hero is someone who chooses to do what is right, even when it's difficult. It's someone who puts others before themselves, stands up when others back down, and keeps going when the road gets hard."

The student asked, "When you went to war, did you feel afraid?"

His grandfather smiled. "Of course. Courage isn't the absence of fear. It's deciding that something greater than your fear is worth standing for."

As we celebrate Veterans Day, we honor the men and women who have demonstrated that kind of courage. They remind us that freedom, sacrifice, commitment, and service are not just words; they are choices we make every day.

To our Rancho Verde Mustangs: You don't have to wear a uniform to demonstrate courage. You demonstrate it when you stand up for your values and not compromise to fit in with the crowd, when you refuse to give up on a difficult assignment, when you show respect, when you serve your community, and when you choose to be a leader rather than a follower.

This Veterans Day, remember that the greatest way to honor those who served is to live with the same commitment to something greater than yourself.

Be courageous. Be a hard worker, Be grateful. Be someone others can count on. That's the "Mustang Mentality of Excellence."

Happy Veterans Day, and thank you to all who have served!

"I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all.. success takes sacrifice and thousands of hours..." - Simone Biles