Valley View Middle School
School of Choice (2024-2025 School Year)
Become a Viking
- Welcoming School Community: Friendly, connected and supportive student body and staff
- Value Education: A culture of motivated learners
6th Grade Cohort: Classes and lockers in designated area
Medical Science Technology (MST)
Student Incentive Programs
Variety of Electives and Clubs (see below)
School Events (Spirit Days, Dance, Talent Show, Movie Night, Musical, Spelling and Geography Bee & More)
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Academics & Electives
Valley View has a ton to offer for all of our 6th through 8th grade students. Below are just a few of our programs:
- 6th, 7th, 8th Grade Honors Courses - All grade levels offer honors courses which is not more work but more academic rigor
- Algebra and Geometry - Math has many options for our students
- 6th Grade can take general or honors math
- 7th Grade can take, general, math accelerated, or Algebra
- 8th Grade can take general, Algebra, or Geometry
- Bio-Tech / Sports Medicine - Students will focus on human anatomy, bio-tech, and how sports medicine has changed throughout the years.
- Electives Offered -
- *Advanced - Concert Band or Concert Strings
- Art
- Animation
- Beginning - Band or Strings
- Ceramics
- *Choir - Mixed, Concert or Vocal Ensemble
- Coding
- Crafts
- Drama
- Entrepreneurship
- Guitar
- Intro. Foreign Language
- Leadership
- Mock Trial
- Podcasting
- Psychology
- Robotics
- Science of Foods and Cooking
- Spanish 1
- Video Production
- Yearbook
- Gaming / Coding - Focus on Technology: students will learn the basics of coding, gaming, as well as robotics through the use of Spheros.
- Mock Trial - Competes with other middle school teams in the Spring
- PE - Students have a choice of PE- General, Yoga, or Dance
- Restorative Justice - A leadership program that has students develop empathy and become peer tutors, peer mentors, as well as help students learn from their errors on campus.
- Robotics - Our teams compete in various competitions.
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Student Clubs
Valley View works hard to connect with our students and one of the best ways is through our clubs. Our students have a number of clubs available to them during the school day and after school.
A few clubs that have been offered: Anime Club - Builders Club - Chess and Checkers - Craft Club - Drama Club - Frisbee Club - GSA Club - K-Pop Music Rainbow Club - Lunchtime Basketball - Mickey and More - Mock Trial Club - Movie Club - Rubix Cube Club - School Newspaper - Strategy / Gaming Club - Video Gaming Club - Walk and Talk - Weightlifting
Intramural Sports: Basketball, Pickleball, Soccer & Volleyball (compete against HMS & SMS)
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Viking students are recognized throughout the school year in many different ways. Viking PRIDE, Renaissance, and Seal of Civic Engagement and Academic Excellence are just a few.
Viking PRIDE - Student of the Month
At VVMS, we want our students to take PRIDE in their scholastic career and take responsibility in their academic studies. Monthly, our staff will nominate EXEMPLARY Valley View Viking students in each of the areas of the Viking PRIDE - Positivity, Respect, Improvement, Diligent, and Excellence.
Selected students will be honored in one of their classes. Their pictures and a description of them will be displayed and the students will be highlighted on our school social media, website, and newsletter.
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Renaissance
Renaissance is a program designed to acknowledge students’ academic success each quarter. The Renaissance strategy is to promote an ATTITUDE OF EXCELLENCE by emphasizing academic achievement. We take pride in recognizing and rewarding student achievement and performance.
Students at Valley View are motivated by the recognition and rewards they receive when they qualify for Renaissance. By using short segments of time, students are encouraged to do better and to make the effort to improve. Students must re-qualify each quarter. Renaissance membership is open to all students who receive: 4.0 GPA /GPA of 3.5 or higher/Improvement of .5 or more in their GPA. The ultimate goal of our efforts is to have students and staff at Valley View enjoy and promote a community dedicated to achievement and committed to an attitude of excellence.
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Middle School Seal of Civic Engagement
We are excited to introduce the Middle School Seal of Civic Engagement program at Valley View Middle School, which encourages and recognizes students' active involvement in civics-related activities. We are proud that our history/social studies teachers will guide our students through this process for any student interested in pursuing the seal.
Benefits for Students: Special recognition, enhanced civic knowledge, personal growth, and improved college and career readiness. Demonstrates students' dedication to civic engagement, leadership abilities, and community involvement.
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Awards
We set high academic standards for our students at Valley View and firmly believe in our school motto, “STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE.”
This special ceremony is to recognize our students that have demonstrated academic excellence throughout the school year (all 4 quarters). Students earn awards in the following categories:
★Perfect Attendance★
★Most Improved★
★ Excellence Award - 4.0 GPA with all Outstandings in citizenship & effort (all 4 quarters)★
★Presidential Award (8th grade only) - Students qualify for this honor by maintaining a 3.5 cumulative GPA from 6th grade through the fall semester of their 8th grade year. As well as received high achievement on their 2023 state testing. ★
School of Choice (SOC) - Here is How it Works!
- Take a tour (not required).
- Attend the VVMS Showcase/ Parent Information Night on February 1st @ 5:30 PM (not required).
- Complete the School of Choice Application on SVUSDs website which opens on November 15th. It is due by Friday, February 9, 2024, in order to be considered for openings. Late SOC applications submitted for schools with waiting lists will be added to the bottom of the list in the order in which they were received.
- Families will be notified of their acceptance.
- Once accepted, families will need to attend a registration night in March based on the first initial of your last name (required).
- Incoming 6th & 7th Graders Last Names A-L - March 6th: 5 - 6 PM
- Incoming 6th &7th Graders Last Names M-Z - March 7th from 5 - 6 PM
Take a Tour and Learn More
We will be hosting tours on the following days at 9 AM for new families interested in attending Valley View next year for the 2024-2025 school year. We expect the tour to take about an hour to complete. Valley View currently has limited parking in our parking lot due to ongoing construction at the front of our school, where we are installing gates along the campus perimeter. You are more than welcome to park along the yellow curb in our parking lot during your tour.
Tour Dates:
Friday, December 1, 2023
Monday, December 4, 2023
Friday, January 19, 2024
Monday, January 22, 2024
Friday, January 26, 2024
Monday, January 29, 2024
To request a tour of our school, please click on the link below. Any questions, please contact our Registrar at 805-520-6820 ext 1312.
Valley View Middle School Showcase
Contact Information
Valley View Middle School
3347 Tapo Street, Simi Valley, CA 93063
Phone: 805-520-6820 Fax: 805-520-6157
School Office Hours: 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Student School Hours: 8:00 AM - 2:35 PM