Sierra Vista Unified School District

On Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 all SVUSD schools and district offices will be closed due to training and kick off the new school year. Please be advised that all SVUSD employees will be unavailable and we encourage you to visit us on Friday, July 28th, or Monday, July 31 with all school related business. We will reopen for normal business hours on Wednesday, August 2nd. Sorry for the disruption this may cause.

Join us tomorrow, July 29th, at Buena High School from 9 am to 11 am for Colt Walkabout! Colt Walkabout gives students and families a chance to come to BHS and find your classrooms. Staff will be on hand to answer questions and help you find your way. Stop by anytime from 9 am - 11 am. We hope to see all of you there!!

On Tuesday August 1st, 2023 all SVUSD schools and district offices will be closed due to training and kick off the new school year. Please be advised that all SVUSD employees will be unavailable and we encourage you to visit us on Friday, July 28th or Monday, July 31 with all school related business. We will reopen for normal business hours on Wednesday, August 2nd. Sorry for the disruption this may cause.

On Friday, July 28th all elementary students and their parents are invited to our Open House and Meet the Teacher Night. Our teachers are excited to meet their students and parents. Come out and explore your school between 4 pm to 6 pm on Friday evening!

Due to a colony of bees near the front entrance of the Rothery Educational Center please use the east or west gate to enter the campus. Thank you!

Attention incoming Freshmen!!!!! Buena is hosting a Freshmen Welcome Day on Monday, July 24th from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. Freshmen Welcome Day is an opportunity for all our incoming Freshmen to explore the school, go on a Buena scavenger hunt, meet other students and speak with our Buena administrators. This is a great day for students who have never been to Buena to have the school all to themselves for the morning and see what Buena has to offer.

Attention incoming Freshmen!!!!! Buena is hosting a Freshmen Welcome Day on Monday, July 24th from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. Freshmen Welcome Day is an opportunity for all our incoming Freshmen to explore the school, go on a Buena scavenger hunt, meet other students and speak with our Buena administrators. This is a great day for students who have never been to Buena to have the school all to themselves for the morning and see what Buena has to offer.

All elementary students and parents are invited to our Elementary Open House & Meet the Teacher Night on Friday, July 28th from 4 pm to 6 pm. Come and meet your teacher, see your new classroom and explore the school. There will be a chance to get information from our nurses, bus routes and times and school supplies. Please also visit our website for more back to school information at www.svusd68.org

We are all set up at the Fort Huachuca Back to School Round Up at the Murr Community Center. Stop by and see us from 10am-2pm for information about our amazing schools!

Three Dustdevils are attending the National Junior Young Leader Conference in Washington DC this week. Grace Streeter, Angel Canez, and Olivia Porretta have worked incredibly hard over the past two years and earned their nominations under the leadership of Teri Neitring, the Student Council Advisor at PDS. They will be at the conference all week and attending leadership workshops, traveling to the capital to spend the day on Capitol Hill, visit many of the monuments, and Mount Vernon. Through this opportunity they are making many new friends from across the nation, as well as gaining mentors. PDS is proud of their presentation at the conference, way to go Dustdevils!

All school offices will be closed and there will be no Summer Academy classes on Tuesday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day. Normal business hours and Summer Academy classes will resume on Wednesday, July 5th. Have a safe and happy holiday!

Our proposed new Social Studies curriculum is in the 60 Public Review stage and tonight we will be open until 7pm for anyone who would like to come and review the program. For more information please visit: https://www.svusd68.org/article/1124426

Summer Academy is cancelled for tomorrow, Friday, June 23 for at Buena High School due to Buena becoming a Red Cross Shelter for people affect by the fire in Hereford. More information about the shelter will be available through the Red Cross and the Cochise County Sheriffs Office Facebook page, when that information is available. The District cannot provide any further information about the fire, shelter or any other resources. Summer Academy at Bella Vista, Carmichael, and Village Meadows will continue as normal.

Bus routes for Summer Academy will be running late due to the fires in the Hereford/Palominas area. Buena route 13 and Bella Vista Route 7 will not be able to bring students home in the areas from Ramsey Road to Palominas Road off of Highway 92. Those students will remain at the sites and need to be picked up by a parent. The remainder of riders those routes are running late. No other bus routes are affected.

All school offices will be closed and there will be no Summer Academy classes on Monday, June 19th in observance of the Juneteenth holiday. Normal business hours and Summer Academy classes will resume on Tuesday, June 20th. Have a safe and happy holiday.

Our transportation department has made changes to our current Summer Academy bus routes and times to improve student travel times. Please check our website using the following link https://www.svusd68.org/o/svusd/page/summer-academy for the updated routes. They will go into effect on Thursday, June 22nd, 2023.

SVUSD’s Summer Academy is in full swing and all students are enjoying their time in the classrooms. Our summer curriculum incorporates a wide range of activities designed to activate the brain and encourages our students to explore their world. Added to the core classes of math and ELA, our students enjoy classes like art, PE, music, theater, cooking and much more. SVUSD is providing a well-rounded educational experience, to keep our students engaged and offering them opportunities to explore their interests and develop new skills during this summer break.

Dear Summer Academy parents, we had to update our bus routes for all our elementary Summer Academy sites. Please check our website at https://www.svusd68.org/o/svusd/page/summer-academy for the updated information. Bus route changes will start taking effect on Wednesday, June 14th, 2023.

Sierra Vista Unified School District offers to the parents of a child, whose 5th birthday falls between September 1 and January 1 of the upcoming school year, the opportunity to apply for early entrance to kindergarten. The child’s skills and maturity level have to indicate kindergarten readiness. The intent of the early entrance program is to make kindergarten available to younger children who demonstrate above-average performance as measured by the Kindergarten Readiness Test (KRT). The Sierra Vista Unified School District administers the test. Testing dates for the 2023/24 Kindergarten class are June 20th and June 22nd. For more information please visit our website at https://www.svusd68.org/o/svusd/page/early-kindergarten-testing or call (520)-515-2743.

Our third annual Summer Academy starts tomorrow at Bella Vista Elementary, Carmichael Elementary, Village Meadows Elementary, and Buena High. Buses will be out in the community picking up students and school zones will be in place around the 3 elementary schools. Let the summer fun and learning begin!!!