Sierra Vista Unified School District

A HUGE thank you to the San Pedro Kiwanis of Sierra Vista for supporting our 5th grade Bolts and Dust Devils throughout the school year! 🎉💙💛 Special appreciation goes to Lolene Paholke for leading this amazing Terrific Kids program and working closely with our fantastic 5th-grade teams at Huachuca Mountain and PDS! This inspiring program recognizes students for reaching their personal goals—and we love celebrating their success in fun and memorable ways! 🙌 🎁 Students received at their last ceremony school-colored baseball caps—blue or white for PDS, and yellow for HME—along with a permanent marker so they could collect autographs from teachers and classmates. It’s a special end-of-year tradition, and many students treasure their hats for years! Each time a student reaches a new goal, they receive a small reward: ⭐ 1st time: certificate, bumper sticker, pencil, and a bag (with school supplies) ⭐ 2nd time: pencil and bookmark ⭐ 3rd time: water bottle and pencil 🌟 Our Super Terrific Kids—those who went above and beyond—received a disposable camera and a photo album to capture their memories! After the celebration, students enjoyed free time outside where they proudly signed each other’s hats. We've even had former students tell us they still have their hat as a keepsake. 💫 Thank you to all the families, friends, businesses, and supporters—and especially the San Pedro Kiwanis—for helping us honor these hardworking, goal-crushing students! We are so proud of them! 🥰 #TerrificKids #GoalGetters #EmpoweringYouth #SVUSDProudARatedDistrict

🎓🐾 Our Kindergarten Roadrunners celebrated their promotion in style! The day was filled with joy as our littlest learners performed proudly, enjoyed a beautiful snack table, and marched through a tunnel of cheering 6th graders! 💙🎶🙌 Our hearts are full of pride, and we can't wait to welcome them back as 1st graders this fall! 💫📚 Thank you to all the families and staff who made this sweet celebration so special. 💐 #RoadrunnerPride #KindergartenPromotion #FutureFirstGraders #SVUSDFamily #GrowingTogether #EndOfYearCelebration #EmpoweringYou

🎓📣 Buena High School Graduation Traffic & Shuttle Info – Thursday, May 22 🚧 TRAFFIC NOTICE: Charleston Road will be closed from Colombo Ave to Moson Rd from 4:30–10:00 PM for Buena’s graduation ceremony. Please plan ahead and drive carefully as #SVPolice will be directing traffic and setting up cones and signage. 🚗 PARKING INFO: Parking at Buena High School is by parking pass only. Each graduate receives 2 parking passes. Only vehicles displaying STAFF, VIP, or PROJECT GRADUATION passes may enter from Colombo Ave. 🎓GRADUATE passes must approach from Giulio Cesare Ave via Hwy 90, where you will be diverted eastbound onto Charleston Rd to Fighting Colt Dr for access to the student lot (includes handicap parking). Each graduate will receive 2 GRADUATE parking passes for them and their families. 🚍 FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE: All other attendees are encouraged to use our FREE shuttle from the Mall at Sierra Vista (northeast corner between Dillard’s and Applebee’s). Shuttle Start Time: 5:00 PM Runs every 15–20 minutes until 7:00 PM Return service begins immediately after the ceremony, with the last shuttle leaving one hour post-ceremony. 🛑 NO ENTRY TO BUENA GRADUATION PARKING WITHOUT A PASS. 🛣️ Additional Traffic Reminders: Southbound Colombo (from neighborhoods) will be diverted to Campus Dr Northbound Colombo will be diverted to East De Medici Dr Leonardo de Vinci Dr/Charleston Rd intersection: CLOSED Westbound on Charleston (from Tombstone): must have a pass or divert to Moson Rd → Hwy 90 🎉 Let’s celebrate the Class of 2025 safely and smoothly! #SVUSD #BuenaPride #Graduation2025

📣 Reminder, SVUSD Families! Tomorrow, Thursday, May 22nd, is the last day of school, and it will be a half day! 🎉 🕚 Elementary release: 11:15 AM 🕧 Middle school release: 12:30 PM We wish all our SVUSD students and families a fun, safe, and relaxing summer! ☀️🌴 We can't wait to welcome you back on July 30th! 💙 #SVUSDStrong #LastDayOfSchool #HalfDayReminder #SummerBreak #SeeYouInJuly

🌭🎉 Join us for a delicious fundraiser with the Carmichael PTSO at Stagers! Grab the family and head over to Stagers for some tasty hotdogs — and don’t miss their special deal: 6 hotdogs + 3 sides for just $30! 🙌🍟🌭 The best part? 15% of the sales will go directly to support the Carmichael PTSO and all the amazing things they do for our students! 💙 📍 Stagers – 833 E. Fry Blvd. 📅 Wednesday, May 21st We hope to see you there! #CarmichaelPTSO #FundraiserFun #HotDogNight #SupportOurSchool #BearPride #StagersEats

🎉 PBIS is in full motion at SVUSD! We’re proud to share photos from our most recent PBIS Awards Ceremony, where we celebrated both students and staff who earned the most points for being Respectful, Responsible, and Safe! 🙌 These awards highlight the positive behaviors that help make our schools great places to learn and grow. 👏 We’re proud of our recipients—and of our entire PBIS system! #SVUSDProud #PBIS #PositiveBehavior #RespectfulResponsibleSafe #StudentSuccess #StaffShoutout #EmpoweringYou

🏃‍♂️🏅 Our elementary students from Bella Vista, Huachuca Mountain, Town and Country, Pueblo Del Sol, and Village Meadows came together at Buena High School for their first annual Track Meet—and it was a total blast! 💥 Six events filled the day with energy and excitement: • 100 Meter Dash • 400 Meter Dash • Mile Run (4 laps) • 4 x 100 Meter Relay • Long Jump • Softball Throw 👟 Each school sent 30 student-athletes—5 boys and 5 girls from grades 4–6—who competed in 1 or 2 events each. 🏅 Ribbons were awarded to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners of each event! 🙌 A huge thank you to the PE teachers from the five elementary schools for organizing this incredible event, and to the Buena cross country and track athletes for helping run it smoothly! It was an amazing day of sportsmanship, school spirit, and fun. Way to go, future champions! 💪💙💛 #SVUSDProud #ElementaryTrackMeet #FutureAthletes #BoltPride #WolfPackPride #RoadrunnerPride #DustdevilPride #BobcatPride

🌱🔧 From STEM to the Kitchen! 🍽️🥕 Culinary Arts students harvested garlic and carrots from Buena Engineering’s Earthboxes—our innovative subterranean watering system designed to maximize yield with minimal water. The results? Decent-sized carrots and fragrant garlic, ready to inspire some delicious dishes in Culinary class! And we’re not done yet—there’s still a full garlic harvest waiting in our Engineering Agrivoltaics Garden south of the pond. 🌿☀️ #STEMtoTable #EarthboxEngineering #SVUSDpride #SustainabilityInAction #AchievingExcellenceTogether #EmpoweringYou

🚀 Buena Engineering Heads to ISEF! 🌍✈️ This past Saturday, five of our amazing Buena High School engineering students departed for Columbus, Ohio to compete in the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) – one of the most prestigious STEM competitions in the world! We are incredibly proud of Robert Little, Jayden Edmunds, Asher Lanzendorfer, Joseph Schaaf, and Landon Martinez as they represent not only Buena but the entire Sierra Vista community on the global stage. A huge thank you to SSVEC for sponsoring this all-expense paid trip, giving our students the opportunity of a lifetime to showcase their innovation and hard work at a week-long competition. 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬 Let’s wish them the best as they share their projects, make global connections, and inspire future engineers everywhere! #BuenaPride #ISEF2025 #AchievingExcellenceTogether #SSVEC #STEMStars #EmpoweringYou

🎉 Yesterday at JCMS, we celebrated all the amazing accomplishments of our 7th and 8th grade students from the second semester! 🏆 Students were recognized for: 🌟 Principal’s List 📘 Honor Roll 📅 95%+ Attendance 🎯 Top PBIS Point Earners 🧮 Highly Proficient in Math & English on the Galileo Test 👏 Student of the Semester (nominated by their teachers) So much to be proud of—way to go, students! 💙💛 #ProudMoment #CoyotePride #StudentSuccess #WeAreSVUSD #EmpoweringYou

🎶✨ Still looking for something to do tonight? Join us for our Buena Choir Concert at the Klein Center for the Performing Arts! 🎤🎼 Our talented students have worked hard all year, and they’re ready to shine on stage! 💫 📍 Klein Center 🕖 Starts at 7 PM 💵 Free and open to the public! Come support our amazing performers — you won’t want to miss it! 🎶👏 #ChoirConcert #StudentTalent #KleinCenter #SVUSDArts #ColtPride #FreeEvent #SupportTheArts #TonightOnly #GoColts #MusicMatters

🏃‍♂️📚 Huachuca Mountain’s "Race into Summer Reading" was a blast! Students and staff showed up in costume and ran a lap around the field to kick off summer reading — and it was hilarious! 😂🎉 A huge thank you to our friends at the Sierra Vista Public Library for joining the fun and encouraging our Bolts to read 1,000 minutes this summer! 💯📖 Let’s do this — Go read, Bolts! ⚡💙 #RaceIntoReading #SummerReadingChallenge #HuachucaMountain #BoltPride #Read1000Minutes #LibraryLove #GoBolts #SVLovesReading #ReadingIsFun #EmpoweringYou

📢 Attention Families with Kindergarten-Age Children! 📢 Do you have a little one who’s eager to start Kindergarten but isn’t quite old enough? 🎒✨ Sierra Vista Unified School District offers early entrance testing for children whose 5th birthday falls between September 1 and January 1 of the upcoming school year. This assessment helps determine if they’re ready to jump into Kindergarten fun! 📝 Testing Dates: June 16th & June 30th ⏳ Sign up early to save your spot! 📞 Have questions? Contact Stacy Jackson-Fesser at 520-515-2743 or visit our website for more details: www.svusd68.org/earlykinder Let’s get your child started on their learning adventure! 🚀🍎 #EmpoweringYou #SVUSDProudARatedDistrict

🌸 Happy Mother’s Day to all SVUSD moms! 🌼 We appreciate everything you do and hope your day is filled with love, joy, and relaxation. 💖 Have a wonderful day—you deserve it! 💐 #HappyMothersDay #SVUSD #WeLoveOurMoms

🎉 Last week , we had the joy of welcoming our incoming kindergarten students for the upcoming school year! All of our elementary schools opened their doors for an afternoon of fun for the whole family—complete with scavenger hunts, meet the teacher, table games, a school bus experience, photo booth fun, campus tours, and more! 🚌📸🎲 We were so excited to meet our future students and their families! Missed the event? No problem! Reach out to our Welcome Center or contact your neighborhood school to schedule a tour or get more information. We’d love to hear from you and help you get ready for kindergarten! 💛✏️ #KindergartenReady #SVUSDWelcome

📚☀️ Huachuca Mountain is Racing into Summer and Reading! 🏃‍♂️💨 Get ready, Bolts! On Monday, May 12th, the Sierra Vista Public Library will be on campus to share all the exciting summer reading programs they have to offer! And that’s not all… we’re kicking off the fun with a Blow-Up Costume Race! 🦖🦄🕺 Does your student have a blow-up costume and want to join the race? They’re more than welcome to participate! 📍 Come watch the fun at 9 AM on Monday, May 12th – we’d love to see you there! We’re charging into the last two weeks of school with energy, laughter, and a love for reading! 💙⚡️ #BoltPride #ReadingRocks #RacingIntoSummer #SummerReadingFun #HuachucaMountain #SVUSDProudARatedDistrict #EmpoweringYou

🌮 From our Coyote PTSO: Coyote families, craving some delicious Southwestern food? Head over to Chipotle on Monday, May 12th from 5–9 PM and support JCMS while you dine! 🌯 Just mention JCMS and show the flyer when you order in person, and 25% of event sales will be donated back to support our students and teachers. 📱 Ordering online or through the app? Use code ZGGEL2Z at checkout! Thank you for supporting our Coyotes! 🐾 #JCMSPride #CoyotePTSO #DineAndDonate #SupportOurSchools #EmpoweringYou

🍎 Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! 🌟 SVUSD is celebrating all of our incredible teachers and staff this week! We are so proud to have you on our team and beyond grateful for everything you do for our students, families, and community. Your dedication, passion, and hard work make a lasting impact every single day. From all of us at SVUSD—thank you from the bottom of our hearts! 💛📚 #TeacherAppreciationWeek #SVUSDShines #ThankATeacher #EmpoweringYou

🎶 The Beat Goes On at SVUSD! 🎶 Thanks to the leadership of Mrs. Romo, our Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction, and the support of the competitive Hobbs Grant, music is coming alive in our elementary schools! With new instruments and supplies, our youngest learners are exploring rhythm, melody, and sound like never before. From drums to ukuleles, students are getting hands-on with music—and loving every moment of it! A huge thank you to Mrs. Romo for her vision and dedication. Because of her, music is no longer just a subject… it’s an experience. 🎵💛 #SVUSDShines #TheBeatGoesOn #HobbsGrant #MusicMatters

📚✨Last week, JCMS welcomed Leigh Ann Vaught and Jasmine Cendejas from Discovery Education to celebrate two outstanding educators! 👏 Ms. Hays and Ms. Macias were recognized for their outstanding use of DreamBox Math and DreamBox Reading Plus—adaptive online programs that personalize learning to meet each student’s needs. Their commitment to using these tools is making a meaningful difference in student growth and achievement. Way to go, teachers! 🎉💡 #JCMSProud#DreamBoxLearning#StudentSuccess#TeacherRecognition #EmpoweringYou