BUENA UPDATE March 2025

Greetings Buena Families!

We are LUCKY ☘️to work with our amazing Bulldog students every day! ❤️

Here are some upcoming events and great news:

🔷Congratulations to our choir who received a "SUPERIOR" rating at last night’s festival at Santa Paula High School!

🔷Seniors! Please join us tomorrow, March 13 for the senior meeting at 11:35 in the auditorium.

🔷Congrats Knowledge Bowl Team! Last Thursday, Our Knowledge Bowl competed in their first four rounds of competition, earning a 3-1 record, beating out Villanova, Channel Islands, and Del Sol.

🔷Congratulations to Boys Golf who won the Ventura City Cup Championship beating Ventura, St. Bonnie, and Foothill! Brady McHenry also won medalist at the Spanish Hills Invitational and Buena Boys Finished in 1st as a team. Buena Boys Golf is currently 5-0.

🔷Wrestling finished the year with two athletes competing at Masters Tournament: Senior Rylan Pedroza (one of the most decorated wrestlers in Buena's history) and 10th Celeste Hindley. They also had 4 Channel League Champions, Rylan Pedroza, David Arambula, Celeste Hindley and Ryan Homan.

🔷Buena Girls Soccer: Finished the year Channel League Champions 2025 and lost in the CIF-SS Semi-Finals lead by Channel League MVP-Offense Tatiana Padilla

🔷Buena Girls Basketball: Finished the year Co-Channel League Champions 2025. Lead by Junior Karisma Lewis and Co-MVP Channel League. 3 All Ventura County Players, 1st Team Karisma Lewis and Mimi Moon (signed to CSU Fullerton) and 2nd Team Alynah Leon

🔷Girls Water Polo- had a very successful season. Two girls made the D2 All- CIF Team: 1st Team Avery Buehner, 2nd Team Addison Bruno 3rd Team Maren Bursek.

🔷Yearbooks are on sale now! Yearbook Prices: Jan 10- March 20 $100, March 21-May 16 $110. See information below to purchase a senior ad.

🔷Graduation is on Thursday, June 5 at 4pm at Ventura College. Graduation Practice will take place at Ventura College on Tuesday June 3 from 12:30-2:30 pm. 🎓

🔷Grad Night will be at Universal Studios on May 22. Tickets are $200 each. Students will leave Buena around 3:30pm and leave Universal at 1am. Please see additional information below.

🔷College/Career Center News! This Saturday 3/15 at Ventura College!

Filing for FAFSA/Dream Act is a graduation requirement and necessary to receive the VC Promise. If you and your senior need help filing please attend VC's Cash 4 College event this Saturday 3/15 any time between 9 AM- 12 PM. It is for all students, regardless of their future plans.

🔷Check out our student news website, Buena Speaks! https://buenaspeaks.org/

🔷We offer school TUTORING Mondays from 2:45-4:15pm, TUESDAYS during lunch and Wednesdays from 7:30-8:20 am in the library!

🔷Our library is open from 8am-4pm daily!

🔷Our next ELAC meeting is on April 22. Dinner is included.

Thank you for your continued support of Buena High School! Please let us know how we can assist you.

Thank you,

Dr. Audrey Asplund

Principal

Buena High School

The Buena High School community empowers all students to achieve their full potential in a safe and academically-engaging environment. We inspire our students to be responsible and productive citizens in an evolving global society.

Our students will be:

Beneficial to the community

Understanding and respectful of diversity

Life-long learners

Leaders in their fields

Dedicated to wellness and self-advocacy

Occupation- and technology-oriented

Guided by integrity and critical thinking

Skilled communicators

Mission

• Motivate learning through a challenging and engaging curriculum

• Stimulate intellectual curiosity and life-long learning

• Foster responsibility and personal growth

• Guide all students to successfully pursue their career paths

• Inspire creativity and artistic expression

• Establish a climate of respect for the unique qualities and diverse backgrounds of all students

5670 Buena High School

Ventura, CA 93003

Dr. Audrey Asplund, Principal

Website: https://www.venturausd.org/buena/HOME.aspx
Phone: 805-289-1826