VIDA

Are you ready for some jolly fun for the whole family?! Mark your calendars as we invite you to come and enjoy some festive treats, student musical performances, student and outside vendors, and to share in some seasonal cheer! This family-fun event welcomes all the VIDA community and their friends and family! More information, and vendor registration information can be found HERE. We already have 12 vendor booths signed up! Student vendors and outside community vendors are encouraged to register!

VIDA Sharks will be receiving an email on Monday, December 9th with a link to the interest form for our Spring semester Design Labs. Our VIDA Sharks have the opportunity to take two Design Labs each school year based on their interests. The form is also available in our Canvas LEAD page.

Please remind your student to complete their Design Lab interest form. The forms are due on Monday, December 16th.

Thank you!!!

Hey VIDA families, CLICK HERE for an update on the Board of Education's vote for date of VIDA's relocation.

Hello Sharks!

In preparation for the VIDA relocation for the 2025-2026 school year, there will be a series of forums for our community, our students, and our staff. Please CLICK HERE for more information!

VIDA Ventures, our very own middle school entrepreneurs, have partnered with Handel's Vista for a holiday fundraiser. Students could use your support as 20% of the profits are donated right back to our students. These limited release package orders are only available through our fundraiser and are sure to be a hit at your holiday get together! Share some memories and delicious Handel's ice cream this holiday season while also supporting our sharks!!!

Scan that QR code or Click the link to purchase now and pickup your fresh handmade order between 12/20/24 to 12/23/24 from 11 AM to 10PM at Handel's Vista!"

Through the San Diego County Office of Education, all VIDA students have the opportunity to participate in Screening to Care. This is a program that groups students with peers to learn about and practice various social-emotional skills, as well as connect with their peers.

These groups will occur during school hours once a week for 8-10 weeks. If you are interested, please click HERE. Groups will start after we return from Winter Break.

Please see the flyer for more information.

Please use this link to submit a baby photo of your 8th-grade student.

8th Grade Parents-

If you were unable to attend the 8th Grade DC/NYC Information Meeting on 8/29, here is the slide deck from the meeting. This LINK includes the cost, itinerary, and travel information. As a reminder, this is NOT a school-sponsored event.

If you are interested in sending your student, make sure to click on this LINK. The trip fills up quickly, so we want to make sure you receive enrollment information. Enrollment opens on Tuesday, 7am.

Please reach out to Alyssa Brumbaugh alyssabrumbaugh@vistausd.org if you have any additional questions.

Are you ready for some jolly fun for the whole family?! Mark your calendars as we invite you to come and enjoy some festive treats, student musical performances, student and outside vendors, and to share in some seasonal cheer! This family-fun event welcomes all the VIDA community and their friends and family! More information, and vendor registration information can be found HERE. We already have 12 vendor booths signed up! Student vendors and outside community vendors are encouraged to register!

Consider donating a gift for a student of middle school age or one of their family members. Donations can be dropped off at the bin in the office now through December 13th.
Suggest the donations :
Lego sets, craft supplies, beauty supplies, reusable water bottles, sporting goods, boys and girls clothing, men’s and women’s clothing, toys for various ages, home good supplies, gift cards to department stores or grocery stores

Every year, the PTA hosts a much-deserved, early morning breakfast feast for all of VIDA's incredible Staffulty before we break for the holidays. It's a wonderfully generous display of appreciation for our Staffulty who work so hard and dedicate themselves to the well-being and educational experience of our students.

It's that time where we ask VIDA families to help with monetary donations and food items for the event. This year, the PTA has made arrangements for a portion of the menu to be catered, and the link to donate directly to that fund is HERE.

There are also many food items and dishes on the menu as well. Sign up list will be shared soon!

We will need volunteers for this event! Please come and support your jawsome Staffulty for a morning they so deserve!

Parents and PTA Association members needed! The Snack Shack is a key fundraiser and important program for our organization, plus the students love it! We are looking for volunteers to help work with our students to run the program on Tuesdays and Thursdays during lunch hours.

Volunteers will oversee the operations at the table, answer questions from the student workers, and help with sales as needed. If you have a few hours each month that greatly helps!

This program is also open to student volunteers. If you have a student interested in joining the Snack Shack Club please email: president@vidapta.org

Click here to Volunteer

What do you call a group of sharks? A SHIVER of sharks! Please join the 2024-2025 VIDA PTA "Shark Shiver" HERE to help our organization continue the beneficial programs that support the students and staffulty! Your $10 membership directly funds VIDA PTA activities! For more information or to reach out - please email president@vidapta.org.

• FAQS regarding Middle Schol Boys & Girls Club Athletics click the LINK.

Complete the ETS program application by using the link below:
Program Application
Questions? Contact Edwin Torres at etorres@palomar.edu

This is the 2024-25 VUSD Calendar: CLICK HERE

• This will help you know when schools are closed when there are Minimum Days, and when the school year ends.

This is the Bell Schedule for different days by Grade Level and Days: CLICK HERE

• Mondays are LATE START. Students attend all classes. School begins 10:00am.
• Tuesday & Thursday are "ODD Blocks" + Lunch & Design Lab. School begins 9:00am.
• Wednesdays & Fridays are "EVEN Blocks" + Lunch & Design Lab. School begins 9:00am.
• School ends at 3:35 pm, every day unless there is an official Minimum Day.

In order to align with new VUSD guidelines, middle schools have updated their cell phone policy. Please see VIDA's new policy above.

Please have a conversation with your child that when items are forgotten they can check in the front office during passing periods or lunch to check if the items have been dropped off.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!

Order the 2025 Yearbook today for $35!

Visit JostensYearbooks.com to order online or see Ms. Z in the front office to pay with cash or check.

Don’t forget to order school pictures at shop.jostenspix.com!” Be sure to include your event code: FE51724.

Wabi Sabi

By Beth Kempton

The definitive guide that teaches you how to use the Japanese concept of wabi sabi to reshape every area of your life and find happiness right where you are.

Fed up with the exhausting challenges of our fast-paced, consumption-driven existence, millions of people around the world are turning to timeless cultural traditions to find true meaning. In this transformative handbook, Beth Kempton introduces you to wabi sabi (”wah-bi sah-bi”), a captivating concept from Japanese aesthetics that offers a whole new way of looking at the world.

With roots in Zen and the Way of Tea, wabi sabi teaches you to see beauty in imperfection, appreciate simplicity, and accept the transient nature of all things. It inspires you to simplify everything and concentrate on what truly matters. Filled with simple yet profound wisdom, Wabi Sabi will help you slow down, reconnect with nature, and be gentler on yourself.

From honoring the rhythm of the seasons to creating a welcoming home, from reframing failure to aging with grace, Wabi Sabi teaches you find more joy and inspiration throughout your perfectly imperfect life.

Vista Innovation & Design Academy (VIDA)

Email: vidasharks@gmail.com
Website: www.VIDASHARKS.com
Phone: 760.724.7115
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vida.sharks.5
Twitter: @VIDASHARKS

Vista Unified School District prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, intimidation, and bullying in educational programs, activities, or employment, based on actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, national origin, nationality, immigration status, ethnicity, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender-identity, or gender expression, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. VUSD requires that school personnel take immediate steps to intervene when safe to do so when he or she witnesses an act of discrimination, harassment, intimidation or bullying.

For questions, concerns or complaints, please contact District Equity and Title IX Compliance Officer: Dr Cheree McKean, Executive Director - Student Support Services; 1234 Arcadia Avenue, Vista, CA 92084; (760) 726-2170; chereemckean@vistausd.org

Consider donating a gift for a student of middle school age or one of their family members. Donations can be dropped off at the bin in the office now through December 16th.

Suggest the donations :

Lego sets, craft supplies, beauty supplies, reusable water bottles, sporting goods, boys and girls clothing, men’s and women’s clothing, toys for various ages, home good supplies, gift cards to department stores or grocery stores.