CVUSD's Communication Snapshot

• Mid-Year Reminder: Ensure Your Student's Emergency Contact Information is Current
• Education Recovery Scorecard: CVUSD is One of 11 California School Districts to Perform Above Pre-Pandemic Levels in Both Math and Reading
• Teaming Up Towards Inclusion: CVUSD is a Supporting Inclusive Practices (SIP) Grantee!
• 📬Reminder -You've Got Mail: Help Shape the Future of CVUSD, Take Our Annual Feedback Survey
• Save the Date: CVUSD School & Community Resources Fair for Families of Students with IEPs
• Join Us for the February Parent/Guardian Workshop: Online Safety - How to Protect Your Children
• Celebrate Black History Month with CVUSD: Free Music & Dance Performance Event
• Westlake High Achieves Academic Decathlon Five-Peat as County Champs, Thousand Oaks High Earns Third Place
• Congratulations to CVUSD's February 2025 Teacher of the Month: Alyssa Peters of Weathersfield Elementary!

We’re halfway through the school year, and we encourage our CVUSD parents/guardians to take a moment to review their child’s emergency contact information, including secondary contacts, that are within the Q ParentConnection portal (click "Parent Connection" and login with your user-specific credentials). It is important to identify and have included in your child’s school records a trusted adult guardian who can care for your child during an emergency, or should a situation arise when a parent/guardian is unable to pick up their child from school. Additionally, families can complete a Caregiver’s Authorization Affidavit (English) / Declaración Jurada de Autorización del Cuidador (Español) to give a trusted adult the authority to make educational and medical decisions for their children. A caregiver affidavit is necessary in the event that a parent or guardian is not able to care for their children.

The Conejo Valley Unified School District is one of only 11 school districts in California recognized for performing above pre-pandemic levels in both math and reading via the Education Recovery Scorecard. This achievement highlights our District's commitment to excellence and resilience in education, which is made possible by the outstanding dedication and hard work of our community of educators, administrators, staff, students and families.

In its third year, the Education Recovery Scorecard (a collaboration between the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, The Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University, and faculty at Dartmouth College) provides a high resolution picture of academic recovery in 8,719 school districts with either math or reading achievement data across 43 states. Building on the recent NAEP release, the Education Recovery Scorecard combines the NAEP results with state test results for roughly 35 million grade 3-8 students between 2019 and 2024, portraying district-level changes in achievement for individual communities across the country.

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We are proud to share that CVUSD is one of 94 school districts in California to earn a Supporting Inclusive Practices (SIP) Grant for the 2024-2025 school year. The CVUSD will receive $30,500 in funds to support its pursuit of inclusive and equitable systems from July 2024 through September 2026.

The SIP funds will be used for a myriad of initiatives to support inclusion in the CVUSD, including engaging activities for students, such as Unified Sports, and impactful professional learning and training for staff. This professional development for staff will include TK/Kindergarten teacher training for inclusion, Co-Teaching training for teachers and administrators, paraeducator training, and model teaching from elementary special educators.

The vision of SIP is, “for every student to be educated in an environment that is intentionally designed, equitable, and inclusive.” As a grantee, SIP will also provide assistance to the CVUSD through its three-tier system of support and resources.

CVUSD is proud to be a SIP grantee, and part of the coalition of districts and educators who are committed to working together to promote inclusion in the best interest of all students! Click here to read more.

Our 2025 CVUSD Annual Feedback Survey was deployed via email last week to all parents/guardians and to all staff members. This important survey is confidential, takes approximately 10 minutes to complete, and the feedback received will help to shape the future of CVUSD.

➡️ The subject of the email is: Conejo Valley Unified School District needs your feedback

➡️ The survey email will be from the sender: Conejo Valley Unified School District.

➡️ Families will receive one survey link to complete for each of their CVUSD students.
➡️ The survey will be deployed to the first parent/guardian listed in each student's account.
➡️ If you did not receive the Survey, please complete this Support Form.

⚠️If you do not see the survey in your inbox, please check your spam folder. ⚠️

Please be on the lookout for this important email in your inbox - your input is greatly appreciated!

The CVUSD Special Education Department invites families of students with Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) to join them at the CVUSD hosted Resources Fair this Wednesday, February 19th from 9am to 10:30am in the University Center MPR (2801 Atlas Avenue, Thousand Oaks). CVUSD staff including CVUSD school psychologists, and BCBAs, as well as representatives from community agencies/resources such as Goodwill Industries, Rainbow Connection and Tri-Counties Regional Center and more, will provide tables of information. This will also be a great opportunity to learn more about community resources and have any questions that you may have answered.

CVUSD Parents/Guardians, please join our BreakThrough Student Assistance Program and the Conejo Schools Foundation for a workshop on Online Safety presented by members of the Ventura County District Attorney, FBI and local law enforcement. This free, in-person event will take place TODAY, Tuesday, February 18th from 6pm to 7:30pm at University Center (2801 Atlas Avenue, Thousand Oaks).

This workshop will review online safety with tips and best practices for how to protect your children. Online safety is crucial in today's digital world, where kids and teens face risks like cyberbullying, scams, and harmful content. A serious issue is sextortion, where someone uses threats to get explicit material or money. Parents can help by keeping communication open, teaching safe online habits, and using privacy settings and parental controls. Together, families can create a safer internet experience for their children.

👉 Click here to register to attend this free event.

👉 Click here to learn more.

The CVUSD community is invited to celebrate Black History Month with a free music and dance performance from 1 Shine Youth Center at Thousand Oaks High School's Performing Arts Center on Thursday, February 27th at 4pm. Click here to register to attend.

Congratulations to Westlake High School’s Academic Decathlon team who achieved first place in the 2025 Ventura County Academic Decathlon. The annual competition was held over the past few weeks, with the top three finishers revealed at a ceremony in Camarillo. This is the fifth consecutive year that Westlake High School has placed first overall. Thousand Oaks High School’s Academic Decathlon team earned third place.

As the county’s first place team, Westlake will now advance to the state Academic Decathlon. The theme for this year’s Academic Decathlon is “Our Changing Climate.”

Congratulations to our Westlake High Warriors and Thousand Oaks High School Lancers on their top place finishes! Click here to learn more.

Alyssa Peters recognizes the diverse needs of students, and meets those needs by employing a wide variety of instructional strategies, resources, and technologies to engage students in meaningful learning experiences. A teacher in the CVUSD for a decade, Ms. Peters is currently the Lead Primary Teacher at Weathersfield Elementary School where she teaches kindergarten. At Weathersfield, she provides individualized support to each student to ensure that every child reaches their full potential, and we and the Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce are proud to honor her as the CVUSD February 2025 Teacher of the Month!

Not only does Ms. Peters deliver educational excellence in her classroom for all students, but she also imparts the importance of kindness. At the Tuesday, February 11th Weathersfield Elementary School staff meeting, Ms. Peters was surprised with the February 2025 Teacher of the Month recognition. She was presented with a commemorative plaque from the Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce to honor her special recognition, along with a $300 teacher grant from the Conejo Schools Foundation, and congratulatory wishes from CVUSD’s leadership team and members of the Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Education Committee.

Congratulations Ms. Peters on this award, and thank you for embodying the spirit of excellence and innovation that is strived for at Weathersfield Elementary, and across our District!

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