Starting July 10th until July 16th the buena student parking lot will be under construction. Please do not drop off students or park in this lot for the time period. Please use the back of the school by the tennis courts.
First official day of football practice is July 31st. Student-athletes will have until August 7th to come out to practice. All athletes must have a practice permit from the athletics office in order to participate. All other sports start August 7th with more information to come!
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!
🚨July Summer workouts🚨 please notice changes to boys basketball and golf
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
Buena Colt Football had a great camp today with 72 youth players participating! High school players did a good job working with and helping the campers. Thank you for everyone who helped out.
Special shout out to all the campers and their parents!
Thank you LONGHORN RESTAURANT for being the camp SPONSOR!
GO COLTS!
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.
Cheer is having a blast at their summer camp in Phoenix‼️
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.
On Tuesday, June 20th improvements to the student parking lot at Buena will begin and continue over the next few weeks. If you are visiting Buena please make sure that you are parking outside of the areas that are marked and barricaded. Various parts of the parking lot will be marked off with maintenance crews working during school hours. As you are driving through, please be aware of these areas and work crews. We ask that all drivers use caution and care when driving in the student parking lot.
Summer Athletics in full swing!
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.
Congratulations to our Buena Athletes who received awards tonight at the Sierra Vista Herald’s Best of Preps Award Ceremony
- Gabe Cummings- Male X-country athlete of the year
- Nathan Farris - Male swimmer of the year
- Christina Van Acker - Female swimmer of the year
- Christian Gallagher - Male soccer player of the year
- Paige Goodman - Female soccer player of the year
- Sam Pitts - Co-Baseball player of the year
- Nathan Farris - Sportsmanship award
Please see the updated summer workout schedule. Updates to boys basketball and girls volleyball
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!!!
Our 3rd annual Summer Academy starts on Monday and we are getting the final details in order. We will be hosting schedule pick up for all students this Thursday and Friday from 10am-2pm at the following locations:
Bella Vista Cafeteria
Carmichael Cafeteria
Village Meadows Cafeteria
Buena High School Cafeteria
Head over to your student's Summer Academy site during those time to pick up schedules, fill out any necessary paperwork, get bus routes , and get those last minute questions answered.
The proposed 6-12 grade Social Studies Curriculum is in it's 60 day review period. Tonight is our first late night review opportunity.
The proposed curriculum is available for public viewing and comments until Thursday, July 20th. To view the curriculum stop by the Curriculum Office in the Rothery Education Center Room 403, Monday thru Friday from 8am-4pm. There will also be 2 evening opportunities to view the curriculum, Tuesday, May 30th and Tuesday, June 27th. Both of those days we will be open until 7pm. Scheduled appointments are not necessary but are encouraged and can be made by calling 520-515-2742.
In honor of Memorial Day, all district offices will be closed today. Have a safe and healthy holiday!
Tonight is graduation!!! Here are a few reminders
-Graduation will take place on Loveless Field, with gates opening at 6PM. Guests will only be able to enter using the east and west gates. The main gate to the field is for graduates only.
-Graduation will be livestreamed with the link available on the Buena website https://www.svusd68.org/o/bhs/page/class-of-2023 beginning at 7PM.
-Buena Band Boosters will operating the concession stand during the ceremony
-Students will receive 1 guest parking pass for parking at Buena High School. Please follow the directions on the pass for access to the school. These packets are extremely important as only those individuals with parking passes will be permitted to park at Buena High School for the graduation ceremony. Families can make multiple trips Buena as long as they have a parking pass.
-Additional parking will be provided with shuttles running approximately every 15-20 mins. Shuttle will begin leaving the Dillard’s parking lot at the Mall at Sierra Vista at 5:30PM and continue running until the ceremony begins. Shuttles will be available after graduation to bring guests back to the mall up to an hour after the end of the ceremony.
In order to promote the dignity and decorum of the ceremony the Buena
Administration and the Senior class want you to know the following:
-Only clear bags will be allowed in the stadium, bags will be checked at the gates
-All guests should remain seated during the ceremony
-All guests should remain in the stands until the ceremony is concluded
-Please do not bring noise makers, any discovered at the gates will be confiscated. -Any used during the ceremony will result in the user being removed from the facility.
-Guests are welcome to bring lawn chairs and blankets, if they choose to sit on the lower levels of the seating areas.
-School district policies and state laws that prohibit the possession or use of firearms, tobacco, e-cigarettes, vaping devices, alcohol, and illegal substances will be enforced.
-The main entrance to the stadium will be closed to the public. This entrance will be used only for the graduates. Guests will use thae two side entrance gates.
-The Arizona Rangers and Sierra Vista Police will be assisting with field security
-Handicapped Parking will be available on the west side of the student parking lot for vehicles with a guest parking pass and state issued handicapped placard or plates. There will be golf carts available for those on the shuttle who need assisting walking from the shuttle to the venue.