April 12 Minutes - Vista Unified School District

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Special thanks to teacher Diane Rocha for all of her efforts to help our students
compete in the Spelling Bee.
Beth Duncan and a team of students from Vista Academy have won a
NATIONAL award and are being invited to New York to accept the award as
a 2012 KWN New Vision Award winner!! The school who wins "Best Video of
the Year" will automatically be submitted to represent the United States in the
Global KWN video competition.
Teacher Myrna Gonzalez's fourth grade class at Olive Elementary won
second place in the National Milk Advisory Council Contest. Each student in
her class will be receiving a Wii Fit and Olive will be receiving $13,000.00 for
their school.
A moment of silence was taken for Mikael Larson a first grade student at
Breeze Hill Elementary who passed away this week. Mikael was a boy that
was filled with a joy for life. He always had a huge smile on his face and
everyone was his friend. He loved being in first grade and always did his best
work.
Item 7.C. School Report/Student Report
Sandy Du-Song Principal of Maryland Elementary presented her school
report and briefly shared what they have accomplished to date. Noted are a few
points Principal Du-Song shared.
A. In addition to the District and site learning walks, Maryland uses the
Professional Learning Community time to observe the grade above and
grade below for two reasons: 1. instructional rigor and 2. student
learning/student engagement.
B. Grade level collaboration held weekly and monthly for cognitive
planning to ensure student achievement based on formative
assessment.
C. Continue to enhance opportunities to involve, educate and support our
parent group for the purpose of supporting their students.
Student Report – Mission Vista High School
Student Board member Patrick Groves a student of Mission Vista High
School (MVHS) shared a brief report on his school. Mr. Groves stated the school
has grown expeditiously in three years. He is a founding member of the school
and so far 400 students have already registered to attend Mission Vista. Over 70
of them are inter-district transfers. MVHS has grown in their programs and
academics. The school has gone through many changes and they have a
welcoming environment. It has been interesting to see the many changes that
have occurred and students have stepped up to do their best. MVHS has a
unique culture all its own.
Item 8 The Cosca Group Presentation – Discuss and Approve the
Superintendent Profile Assessment
Ken Noonan a member of The Cosca Group shared information on the
meetings that were held with the community and district staff on April 9, 10 and
11 at Washington Middle School (WMS). All charts were posted around the room
for everyone to see the comments that were made. A total of 214 people
attended. 106 students also participated in the meetings. Mr. Noonan thanked
the district staff for their help, Nita Wright, Raylene Veloz and translators Sandee
Orozco and Ana Goldberg. Also thanked the staff at WMS.
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