Rancho Roundup Week 35

Marlene, Ariana, Zoe, and Minerva traveled to Sacramento for the HOPE Latina Action Day Conference!

Thank you to Monica Medina from HOPE, and the two amazing school leaders, Lisa Jackson and Cecilia Silva, for being amazing chaperones!

Thank you to our amazing PTSA parents for celebrating our Volunteers and partners!

Intellisaprk Parent Notification

Our school district has significantly invested in providing our middle and high school students with unique opportunities. By participating in the Intellispark surveys, our students are not just sharing their feelings about engaging, connecting, and belonging at The Ranch but also playing a crucial role in shaping our school environment. These online surveys will be conducted in their classrooms three times a year (e.g., fall, winter, and spring).

Below is more information:

• Multiple-choice survey questions help educators understand their students' interests, goals, and preferences, including their adult and peer relationships and their sense of school engagement, support, and belonging.

• Intellispark Survey Questions

• Preguntas de la encuesta

• This data was designed to provide school-level information on key indicators that align with the California Healthy Kids Survey. The belonging, connection, and engagement surveys have been designed to provide information on key indicators that align with the CHKS and are specific to connectedness.

• A student, the current teachers who have that student, and anyone at the site with “Administrative Access” (e.g., counselors) may see the student profile and their responses to survey questions. Teachers who do not currently teach the student do not have access to student information.

• When a student's response indicates a low score to questions about their social-emotional well-being, our RBV administration and counselors are ready to step in. This is a protocol and testament to our commitment to every student's well-being. We will follow up three times a year when the survey is administered.

• Vista Unified School District has a contract with Intellispark. This includes legal agreements in which Intellispark may not interact with or send/sell any student's data to any other entity, including sending data to parents or family members.

If you have any questions, please contact the school. If you do not want your student to participate in this survey, please complete this Opt-Out Form.

JUNIORS: The time to book your senior portraits is NOW. Call Studio 94 to make an appointment, or visit studio-94.com after June 5 to book online. If you have not already taken your photos by August, you will be asked to schedule at Stampede Days in order to meet the November 7 deadline. A $20 sitting fee applies. Please contact rbvyearbook@vistausd.org for a waiver if you qualify for free or reduced lunch.

Summer Athletic Workouts

A lot of the RBV Athletic Programs will be offering workouts to attend this June and July. These workouts are open to all returning Longhorns and incoming Freshmen. Below is a link to let you know the date and times.

RBV Summer Athletic Workouts

Physicals and Athletic Clearances

HomeCampus 2025/26 is now open. If you have your physical done and want to complete your Athletic Clearance please start the process. Get it done early!

Step By Step Athletic Clearance Process

25-26 Physical Form

Need to Contact a Coach

If you need to contact a coach about a specific sport please see the list attached below:

RBV Athletic Coaches List

What is A-G?

A-G is a set of specific high school courses that students must complete to be eligible for admission to California public universities, such as the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU).

These tools help students:

• Stay on track for high school graduation

• Explore college and career pathways

• Keep their options open for a variety of opportunities after high school

By thinking about the big picture, students can set goals and make informed choices throughout their high school journey.

1. YEARBOOK: The 2025 yearbook will be here before you know it, and sales are picking up. Make sure to order yours before they sell out. Books are $100, payable in the finance office or at yearbookforever.com. Please make sure you have not already purchased a yearbook for your student; refunds will not be given for duplicate orders.

2. ANGEL BOOKS: Each year we request help from our school community to get yearbooks into the hands of deserving seniors for whom the book is cost prohibitive. Our publisher calls these "Angel Books." There are several ways to contribute to this program:

   
   

   1. Visit the finance office and make a donation to the yearbook account. Make sure you tell them the donation should go toward an Angel Book.
   2. Visit yearbookforever.com and scroll down to "Donate a Yearbook." You have the option of donating a full book or making a custom donation. Any amount helps!

   
   

A key resource in fostering a safe and supportive school climate at RBV is PSST World, an anonymous reporting tool that empowers students to report safety concerns confidentially. Fear of retaliation often prevents students from speaking up, but PSST World provides a secure way to report bullying, cyberbullying, abuse, threats, self-harm, weapons, or other issues affecting school safety—without revealing their identity.

Students only need to provide their name if they wish to be contacted. To submit a report, click here or on the PSST World icon above. Explore the videos and resources on this page to learn more. Thank you for helping keep RBV and VUSD a safe place to learn and grow!

Please feel free to browse through the videos shown to the right of this page for more information. Also, additional resources are also linked below that will help you create a PSST shortcut on your device.

How to create a PSST shortcut on an IOS (Apple) device

How to create a PSST shortcut on an Android device

Testing starts next week and we need your help. Please sign up to be a proctor for AP and IB tests and share the signup with friends and family. All materials and instructions provided. All volunteers 19 and older and English speaking are appreciated.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0E4DACAC2CAAFB6-49351578-rbvapib

This section will provide information for the many senior activities that will take place in the Spring. It will be updated as more information is available.

February

• Cap and Gown orders, Students in need of a Cap and Gown can still order through the link here https://milestonegrad.com/rancho-buena-vista-high-school/
• Graduation announcements have arrived. Students who order announcements can pick them up at the ASB Office.

March

• Senior classroom visits from Dr. V.
• Graduation Information
• Graduation Information Spanish

April

• Prom tickets go on sale. Prices start at $95.

May

• May 1- Senior Decision Day at Lunch, come celebrate your next chapter with Ice Cream Sundae's
• Grad Night: May 9–10. Students leave from RBV and spend a full day and evening at Disneyland Park and Disneyland California Adventure. Students return to RBV at approximately 4:00 AM on May 10th.
• Cap and Gown Pickup: May 15th during lunch, from 11:44 AM to 12:14 PM.
• Prom: May 17th, from 7:00 to 10:00 PM. The location will be announced in April.
• May 30, Senior Dinner/Picnic at RBV
• Senior Finals: May 29–June 2.

June

• Senior Clap Out at Breeze Hill and Lake Elementary, June 3rd, 9 am - 12 pm
• Graduation Practice: Tuesday, June 3rd. Seniors will receive their graduation tickets at this time.
• Graduation: Wednesday, June 4th, at 5:00 PM.

Counseling Newsletter

Summer School

Students will be recommended for summer school by their school counselor. RBV Summer School is offered for students to remediate D/F grades only. Students will sign up for summer school during the course selection process.

Summer School Session 1: June 9 - June 27

Summer School Session 2: June 30 - July 18

Hours: 8:30am - 12:30pm

* Summer School attendance is mandatory!

Hello Longhorns, and welcome to a new school year! Here is some helpful information as we complete our first full week of the school year.

Administration

• The front office will be open daily from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Attendance Office

• Our Attendance Office will be open from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. Parents, if your student is absent, please call the attendance office at 760-727-7284 Ext. 72031. Students will not be released after 3pm.

Arrival at School

• Student drop-off is located in the student parking lot by the stadium. No student drop off in the front parking lot.

Internet Access

• If your families does not have reliable internet access at home, mobile hotspots are available for check out in the library. Please reach out to our Community Liaison, Cecilia Silvavillalba for assistance, ceciliasilvavillal@vistausd.org.

Cell Phones

• As a school site we recognize the impact that cell phones have on students ability to focus in class. We want all our students to be able to achieve at their highest potential. For this reason, all classrooms will be cell phone free during instructional time, meaning phones must be put away and kept away.
• We hope that all students will be able to follow the classroom expectations.
• Students who do not comply with this school rule will engage in the following process with their Assistant Principal
• First Offense: Student's phone is sent to the office and retrieved at the end of the day.
• Second Offense: Student's phone sent to the office and the students parent or guardian must pick up the phone.
• Third Offense: Students phone is sent to the office and the students parent or guardian must pick up the phone.
• Further situations will result in additional disciplinary actions by school administration.

To protect our students, when picking them up early from school:

• Adults coming to pick up students MUST be on the emergency contact list. Please take this moment to update your emergency contacts on Aeries.

• A valid ID (Driver License, Passport, Military ID, or other federal forms) MUST be presented when picking up your child.

• Students will not be released to anyone not on the contact list or without a valid ID.

We are seeing an increase in students riding electric bikes to school. We have a new parking area for the bikes and students have been doing great with using our new procedures. We have a few resources to share regarding bike safety as well as a link to the required bike safety course students must attend to obtain a parking permit for their bikes.

Online safety course is being developed to support our students safety.

Resources:

Biking and walking safely - U.S. Dept of Transportation

Bicycle Safety - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Bicycle Laws and Safety Tips - San Diego County Bike Coalition

Bicycle Safety Course - CHP

E-Bike Rules of the Road - California

People for Bikes Website

529 Garage - Bike Registration

SDCBC - Bike Registration/Theft