CVUSD's Communication Snapshot

• Read Our New Message: Important Resources and Information
• Calendar Reminder: All CVUSD Schools & District Offices are Closed Monday, January 20th in Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• Important Date Reminder: The "On-Time" Deadline for School Choice Applications for the 2025-2026 School Year is January 31st
• Don't Miss Out, High School Students: Register Now for the CVUSD-Hosted SAT Exam this March
• Board of Education News - Swearing-In Ceremony & Reorganization of the Board
• Elected to Serve: 50 Years of CVUSD Board Members
• Westlake High Students Win Congressional App Challenge for CA's 26th Congressional District
• Ten TOHS the Center Scholars Selected to Present at the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium

As high wind conditions return to our area, we want to reemphasize our commitment to educational continuity for our community of learners. Read our new message - Important Resources and Information, here: https://www.conejousd.org/InfoResources

📅Calendar Reminder: In recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, all CVUSD schools and district offices are closed on Monday, January 20th. Classes will resume on Tuesday, January 21st.

We wish the entire Conejo community a great three-day weekend, ahead!

In the Conejo Valley Unified School District we have a right fit for every student. For families who would like to enroll their student in a CVUSD school other than their assigned neighborhood school, this may be completed via the School Choice Application process.

👉 School Choice Applications may be submitted at any time between November 1, 2024 at 8am and Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:59pm to be considered "on time" and to be included in the lottery process.

👉 The School Choice Application for the 2025-2026 school year is available for families to complete ONLINE HERE.

📅 View a PDF of Important School Choice Timeline (2025-2026) Information for Elementary Students

📅 View a PDF of Important School Choice Timeline (2025-2026) Information for Secondary Students

Importantly, families do NOT need to submit a School Choice Application if their student is planning to attend their assigned neighborhood school, or if their student was previously approved to attend their current school through school choice.

Please click here to learn more about the 2025-2026 School Choice Application.

This spring, the CVUSD is offering an opportunity for students to take the SAT® on Monday, March 17, 2025 (a non-instructional/no school day) at a CVUSD-hosted test location: Thousand Oaks High School Gymnasium. As a result:

• You don’t have to worry about traveling to a separate test center.

• There’s no juggling of weekend responsibilities or disruptions to family time.

SAT Registration is Now Open:

To register to take the SAT® in the Gymnasium at Thousand Oaks High (2323 N. Moorpark Road) on Monday, March 17, 2025, login to Q Parent Connection and follow these Payment Instructions. The cost of the exam is $80 and fee reductions are available to students who qualify. Students will need to bring their fully-charged, school-issued Chromebook with them to take the assessment.

NOTE: The deadline to register is Saturday, February 1, 2025. Space is limited, and registration is first come, first served.

Once registered, your student will have access to free full-length practice tests in Bluebook™ (College Board’s digital testing application) and Official Digital SAT® Prep with Khan Academy®.

📝 Please click here to learn more.

In December, CVUSD hosted a Swearing-in Ceremony for newly re-elected Board Member Karen Sylvester and newly re-elected Board Member Lauren Gill. Superintendent Dr. Mark McLaughlin administered the Oath of Office to Trustee Sylvester and Trustee Gill.

Trustees Sylvester and Gill are serving their second consecutive elected term on the Board of Education for the CVUSD. They were first elected to their respective positions in November 2020. Board of Education Trustees are elected to serve four year terms.

To learn more about each Board of Education Member, please click here.

New Board President, Vice President & Clerk Chosen via Nomination, Majority Vote

Also in December, the annual Reorganization of the Board of Education took place.

The purpose of the reorganization is for the following Board of Education office positions to be selected: Board President, Board Vice President and Board Clerk. Through their nomination and election process, the following Board members were voted into the following office positions:

• Lisa Evans Powell, DSW, Board President

• Karen Sylvester, Board Vice President

• Bill Gorback, Board Clerk

The Board Members will hold these office positions for one year.

This school year, the Conejo Valley Unified School District celebrates 50 years of providing exceptional educational experiences to all students! Throughout its tenure, the CVUSD has been governed by an elected board of five trustees. Over the District's five decades of service, 39 trustees have served as part of the District's Board of Education. Check out the below list of trustees who have served our community of learners:

Congratulations to Benjamin Xie and Mihir Bamdhamravuri, Westlake High School 11th grade students, who were recently announced by Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA) as the winners of the 2024 Congressional App Challenge for California’s 26th Congressional District. The students created Sentinel, an integrated web application that monitors and detects wildfires to improve safety and reduce emergency response times.

The Congressional App Challenge is a competition organized by Members of Congress across the country for middle school and high school students to create their own software applications and gain experience with computer coding.

Click here to read more.

Congratulations to the ten scholars enrolled in The Center for Advanced Studies and Research at Thousand Oaks High School who were recently selected to present their research at the So Cal Junior Science and Humanities Symposium in February. They now have the chance to compete for over $400,000 in scholarships by presenting the results of their original research investigations in STEM before a panel of judges.

The Center for Advanced Studies and Research at Thousand Oaks High School is a rigorous AP Capstone program in which students develop the research, critical thinking and communication skills necessary to be successful in college and in professional endeavors. It is a specialized program within Thousand Oaks High School that supports students pursuing this course of academic exploration.

Way to go, Lancers!