CVUSD's Communication Snapshot

• It's Inclusive Schools Week! Join CVUSD in Celebrating December 8th-12th
• SEDAC Hosts Inclusive Schools Week Donation Drive for The Conejo Closet
• Stay Connected with "Up to Five Key Takeaways" from Our Advisory Councils/Committees
• Thousand Oaks High School's Marching Band Soars to Success this Season!
• Congratulations to Westlake High Senior Oscar Ruiz: A 2025 QuestBridge National College Match Recipient!
• Newbury Park High School's Panther Closet Opens - Offering Support and Essential Resources

• The Lancer Green Ribbon is Cut on Thousand Oaks High School's New Robotics Technologies Lab

This week, December 8th-12th, is Inclusive Schools Week. All year through, and especially this week, CVUSD celebrates its commitment to providing supportive and quality education to ALL students.

Inclusive Schools Week is an annual event nationally recognized that provides an opportunity for our schools to discuss and celebrate how to successfully include and educate all children. This year's theme, Children First: Building A Stronger Tomorrow, highlights the importance of putting students at the center of education and recognizes their right to belong.

During Inclusive Schools Week, CVUSD schools will host a variety of events and activities that recognize the individuality of each student and demonstrate how celebrating differences fosters a community of inclusivity, kindness, and respect, ultimately enriching learning for everyone. Click here to learn more.

The CVUSD Special Education District Advisory Council (SEDAC) has organized a Conejo Closet Donation Drive for Inclusive Schools Week, December 8-12, 2025.

The Conejo Closet seeks to assist CVUSD families in need by providing toiletries, personal care items, school supplies, and clothing, free of charge.

The SEDAC Inclusive Schools Week donation drive will benefit CVUSD students with disabilities by collecting items specifically designed to support the needs of children and youth with disabilities, such as fragrance free toiletries, adaptive backpacks for wheelchair users and sensory-friendly and adaptive clothing.

SEDAC also hopes to collect essential tools like noise-blocking headphones, fidgets and chewy toys to help students manage sensory challenges, anxiety, focus and attention.

To support this donation drive, please visit SEDAC’s Amazon Wish List or Target Wish List to purchase items that will be shipped directly to the Conejo Closet. Your donations will help make our schools even more inclusive by making sure that all students with disabilities have what they need to thrive, in school and in life.

🎁Amazon Wish List: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1DTN6QXACUNS6?ref_=wl_share

🎁Target Wish List: https://www.target.com/gift-registry/gift/conejo-closet-drive

Family participation and engagement is a key priority of the CVUSD. Our seven Advisory Councils and Committees meet regularly for vibrant discussions, informative presentations, relationship-building activities and more. These meetings are open to all members of our CVUSD community to attend. However, we understand that attending meetings in-person is not always possible.

🌟 The Updates from Advisory Councils/Committees webpage serves as a place to stay informed on updates and actions from each Advisory Council and Committee, with "Up to Five Key Takeaways" from each meeting posted regularly after meetings are held. Check out the latest takeaways, here: https://www.conejousd.org/5KeyTakeaways.

For the second time in three years, the Thousand Oaks Marching Band has earned the Southern California 3A title! Our Lancer student-musicians came home as gold medalists with an immaculate performance of their production Soaring in the 2025 Southern California School Band & Orchestra Association Field Championships. Congratulations to our students on their well-deserved success and to the staff and families whose support and leadership help to make special moments of success like this possible.

For upcoming opportunities to see incredible performances from our students, check out the 2025 CVUSD Visual & Performing Arts Holiday Performance Calendar.

Congratulations to Westlake High School 12th grade student Oscar Ruiz who has earned a full-ride scholarship to Bowdoin College through the prestigious QuestBridge National College Match Program!

The QuestBridge Match program connects high-achieving students with top-tier colleges that offer full scholarships covering tuition, housing, meals, books, and more. Oscar’s match to Bowdoin highlights not only his incredible achievements but also the power of AVID’s college-readiness support and the opportunities available through QuestBridge.

As a four-year member of Westlake’s AVID program and the current AVID President, Oscar has shown exceptional determination, leadership, and commitment to academic excellence which are all qualities that embody the spirit of AVID and the values of our Warrior community.

Oscar plans to pursue a degree in Environmental Studies at Bowdoin College, a highly selective liberal arts college in Maine, known for its academic rigor, 7% acceptance rate, and mission centered on the Common Good. Click here to learn more.

The Newbury Park High School Panther Closet, an extension of the District's Conejo Closet initiative, is officially open and ready to serve students. Housed in a newly repurposed space on the NPHS campus, the Panther Closet provides students with free access to essentials including clothing, toiletries, shoes, and other basic necessities.

Thank you to the staff, families, community members and organizations whose ongoing support and generosity makes programs like this possible.

The Lancer green ribbon was recently cut on Thousand Oaks High School's new Robotics Technologies Lab, opening the door for students to build, learn, and explore their passions in the exciting field of Manufacturing & Robotics. This milestone was made possible by the dedication of our Lancers' team with support from the Strong Workforce Program grant, which enables CVUSD to expand hands-on learning opportunities in STEM and career technical education.

The new Lab has allowed the school to begin offering Robotics classes, with a competitive side to the program as well. The Robotics team will be taking on other high schools in the near future at various Robotics competitions.

Click here or below to watch a video to learn more about this incredible new space and the hands-on learning opportunities it affords students.