Crestview Elementary School

Crestview's first ever TRUNK or TREAT, what an amazing turnout!! Thank you to Crestview Elementary School & PTA for their vision and the hard work that went in to making this an incredible event. You guys are the best. Simi Valley Unified School District

Our Rock Garden is growing!Thank you Tatiana Arledge

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE WILL BE SENT TO ALL PARENTS EXCEPT FOR SIMI INSTITUTE, APOLLO HIGH SCHOOL AND MONTE VISTA SCHOOL. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LINKS IN THE MESSAGE HAD TO BE DISABLED IN ORDER TO ACCURATELY POST AND SHARE THIS. OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE, SIMIVALLEYUSD.ORG, HAS THE LINKS IN A MESSAGE ON THE TOP OF THE HOME PAGE IN THE RED BOX. THANK YOU. Dear Simi Valley Schools Community:... In preparation for the potential of having some or all of our schools reopening next month, we’re asking our parents and guardians to please complete the survey in the link HERE. We have also linked a document HERE that provides comprehensive information on what measures will be followed to best ensure everyone’s health and safety while on our campuses and facilities. Currently there are two possibilities for reopening schools in some format. The first would be if SVUSD applies for and is granted a waiver from the County of Ventura. Under the current waiver guidelines, ONLY elementary grades (JK/TK through 5th grades and the 6th graders at elementary schools) would be allowed to return. The waiver was created by the State of California to allow elementary schools to reopen when the county remains on the State’s watchlist. Our Board of Education will discuss the issue of applying for a waiver at the September 29 Special Board meeting. The other option for returning to in-person instruction comes from Ventura County’s COVID-19 numbers improving enough to take us to the next tier (red tier). Our county’s numbers are close right now to meeting that benchmark, so it is entirely possible that we could be allowed to reopen under the red tier even before we could obtain a waiver. The benefit to this is that ALL grades can return to in-person instruction, not just elementary. This survey needs to be completed for EVERY child in your family who attends a Simi Valley Unified School District school. If you choose to have your child remain in the virtual model, you are committing to staying in the virtual model through the end of the 2020-2021 school year. This is because the classroom cohorts are carefully created with both staffing needs and space requirements in consideration to accommodate both learning models. For elementary families only: You will be asked about returning to campus for in-person instruction under a Ventura County waiver and then you will be asked the same question again for returning to campus if ALL schools reopen (under a positive shift in the County’s COVID-19 numbers. Please complete and return this survey BEFORE 8 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 25. It is vital that everyone receiving this email complete this survey. Thank you.

Join us at our next PTA fundraiser. 100% of the funds go back to our fabulous students!

This years 2020-21 PTA Reflections Program theme is I Matter Because. Students can submit their works of art in one or all of the following art categories: Dance Choreography Literature... Photography Film Production Music Composition Visual Arts Student Entry packets can be found at capta.org/resource/participant-forms/ or can be picked up in the office. If you would like the entry forms emailed to you please contact Danielle Montelongo at [email protected] All entries must be submitted by October 5th, 2020.

First day of virtual learning! The teachers knocked it out of the ballpark, amazing. We MISS our students! #fromheretovirtualllyanywhere#CrestviewFirstDay2020 Simi Valley Unified School District

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS BEING SENT TO ALL FAMILIES AND STUDENTS SHORTLY: Dear Simi Valley Schools Families: We know that there are many technology issues happ...ening for some of you, including accessing your password, connecting to WiFi and Zoom questions. We have created a page on our District website, which can also be found on all of our schools' websites, under the "Virtual Instruction" section. It's called "Technology Help" and the direct link is here and will be found on our homepages as well. https://www.simivalleyusd.org/techhelp This page should cover most of the issues we are finding among our families to get the technology working in preparation for school's first day tomorrow (August 17). If you are still having trouble with any aspect of your technology after trying the suggestions on this link, please contact the IT Help Desk. They will be available starting at 7 a.m. tomorrow morning. The Help Desk can be reached by email at [email protected] or by phone at 805-306-4500 ext. 4811. Thank you for your patience and don't forget to put #SimiValleySchoolsFirstDay2020 on your first day pictures!