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RVHS PARENT/STUDENT HANDBOOK

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

Monday, 10/19/26 REGULAR SCHEDULE Start Time 8:24 AM School Ends at 3:35 PM

• Bilingual Facilitators and Reclassifiers Meeting
• RVTV Announcements Period 2 at 10:40 AM, keeping yourself and students informed about important events and information.
• US Army Informational Booth/Table Commons @ Lunch
• Girls Golf Sunbelt Prelims
• Please see the RVHS Activities & Athletics Calendar for Practice times

• Curriculum Council K-12 D.O. All Day
• 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
• RVHS Guest Speaker J. Mireless 10:00 AM
• Afterschool Tutoring Library 3:45 - 4:45 PM
• 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
• Tennis, Girls JV/VR vs Poly/Riverside AWAY 3:15 PM
• Love 4 Life Student Ambassador Program CCC 3:45 PM–4:45 PM
• Superintendent Awards Theater 6:00 PM

• Professional Development: 8:10-10:00 AM PLT Collaboration
• Student of the Month (SOM) MARB 7:30 AM
• Choir Fest @ RCC 8:30AM - 2:00 PM
• AP Meeting
• CTE AMR Guest Speaker Rm. 405 All Day
• UCR Early Academic Outreach Prog. (EAOP) College & Career Center (CCC) 10:00-3:00 PM
• Band Practice/Rehearsal Band OP 4:00 PM
• Girls Golf Sunbelt Prelims
• Voices of the Herd Treble & Bass Choir Rehearsal 3:40 - 4:40 PM
• 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 Away Choir Event at RCC 6:30 AM
• KW Walks Languages & P.E. Periods 3, 4, 5
• RVTV Announcements Period 2 at 10:26 AM
• Office Hours (OH) Flextime after period 4
• CAASPP Luncheon during Office Hours!
• Cal Trans Presentation OH Bray
• After School Tutoring Library 3:45 - 4:45 PM
• Tennis, Girls JV/VR vs Vista Del Lago/Moreno Valley HOME 3:15 PM
• Football (11 person) FS vs Liberty/Winchester HOME 4:00 PM
• RVHS ASB Class Council Workdays 3:45 - 7:00 PM
• The Seed Program Meetings 3:45 PM

• RV Scholars Seniors College Visit Trip CSU Long Beach & UCI 7:15 AM - 6:30 PM
• Rancho Red Friday!
• Mt. Sac Invite Cross Country, Boys & Girls VR vs TBD
• Math Follow Up Walkthrough
• RVTV Announcements Period 2 at 10:40 AM, keeping yourself & students informed about important events and information.
• STEAM Team Meeting And AI Task Force D.O.
• RVTV Announcements Period 2 at 10:40 AM
• RVHS ASB Class Council Workdays 3:45 - 7:00 PM
• Football (11 person) VR vs Liberty/Winchester AWAY 7:00 PM

Saturday, 10/24/26

• Crimson Regiment Band Away Event in Rancho Cucamonga 7:00 AM
• Flag Football Tournament All Day
• ELOP Sports Mustang Pavilion & Old Gym 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
• Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) Training D.O. 401 8:30 AM

• Friday, October 28th ASB Haunted House in 809/810 All Day
• Friday, October 30th Grades Due 3:30 PM

To Think About….

The Teacher Who Believed

Every day, a student named Eric sat in the back of the classroom, convinced he wasn't smart enough to succeed. When assignments came back with low scores, he stopped raising his hand and started believing that trying wasn't worth it.

But his teacher noticed.

One afternoon, she pulled up a chair beside him and said, “Eric, I don't expect you to know everything today. I just need you to believe you're capable of learning something new tomorrow.”

She began checking in with him, celebrating small victories, and reminding him that mistakes weren't failures, they were steps toward success. She even shared with Eric and the class the Michael Jordan example of achieving success by failing forward. "I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." - Jordan (M.J.)

Weeks later, Eric raised his hand to answer a question. His answer wasn't perfect, but his confidence was growing. After class, he told his teacher, “I used to think I couldn't do it. Now I think I can.”

His teacher smiled. “That's where success begins.”

Moral of the Story:

Sometimes, the most important thing a teacher gives a student isn't an answer, a grade, or a lesson. It's the belief that they are capable of becoming more than they ever imagined.

One teacher. One student. One moment of belief. A lifetime of possibility.

"You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them."

-Michael Jordan (M.J.)