Congratulations to MHS Seniors Jessie Vargo, Justine Levan, Allie Woerner and Jessie Manis! These young ladies authored a book entitled "By Girls, Four Girls" that focuses on transitioning from 8th grade to high school. They presented the book to the 8th grade girls at Chaparral and will be presenting it at Mesa Verde. A sponsor provided funding to print copies for all 8th grade girls.
Congratulations to the MHS Academic Decathlon Team for winning the National Title! Paul Watanabe, Justine Levan and Jonah Buck display the championship banner at the impromptu welcome home rally held Saturday, May 3, 2008 in the Vons Market parking lot across the street from MHS.
Students from CMS and MVMS participated in the 9th annual middle school track meet held at MHS. 280 students from CMS and MVMS competed in a variety of track and field events. The event was sponsored by the Moorpark Rotary Club.
Congratulations to the MHS Academic Decathlon Team and their Coach Larry Jones on winning the State competition, which took place March 7 - 10, 2008 in Sacramento! Out of a possible score of 60,000, the team earned 52,879 points. The Team will begin preparing for the National Competition, which will be held April 30th-May 3rd in Orange County. The community should be proud of the achievements of this stellar team!
Congraulations to the MHS Girls Varsity Soccer Team, led by coach Frank Paletta, on winning the CIF semi-finals against Agoura High School on Tuesday, Feb. 26. The team advances to the CIF finals and will play against Thousand Oaks High School on Saturday, March 1, 8:00 PM at Downey High School. Go Moorpark!
Moorpark High School, led by Karla Arriarán-Rodriguez, hosted their First Annual Girl’s Empowerment Conference entitled Peace, Love & Unity: Girls United to Succeed on February 20, 2008. The purpose was to empower our girls to feel confident, gain self-esteem and learn to make good decisions. Girls learned that they are not alone and shared many commonalities with each other. We hope to make this an annual event, bigger and better every year
"The Madwoman of Chaillot" is a French farce, written by Jean Giraudeax, and adapted by Maurice Valency. The 8th Grade Theatre classes at Mesa Verde performed this play on Thursday, February 21 and Friday, February 22. This play, about an eccentric woman and her street friends who thwart a plot to destroy Paris by a group of greedy businessmen, has been entertaining audiences since 1945, when the play was first produced.
Congratulations to the MHS Academic Decathlon Teams A & B! The teams were the two top winners in the County Competition. Team A will advance to the State Competition, which will be held in Sacramento next month. Read more...
The MHS Cheer Competition Team placed second in the USA National Competition at Agoura High School on January 26, 2008. The team qualified for the Nationals Competition, which will be held on March 7th and 8th. Congratulations!
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Civil War Comes Alive for District Students: Second graders from Peach Hill Academy and 8th graders from Chaparral and Mesa Verde Middle Schools were treated to an exclusive visit to the Civil War encampment Read More
Arroyo West Teacher Wins 1000 Books
Fifth grade teacher, Lisa Daniels, was delighted to find that she is one of one hundred winners of the “Whoopi! We’re Reading” Sweepstakes sponsored by Scholastic Book Clubs. A total of 1,000 book will be shipped to Arroyo West School. Ms. Daniels and her students will have the job of deciding where to donate the books within the community. Thanks to their teacher's participation in the contest, students will have the opportunity to experience first-hand how good it feels to share the gift of reading!
District Test Scores: The teachers, principals and support staff of the Moorpark Unified School District have reason to be very pleased with the achievement our students demonstrated on the 2007 state and federal accountability assessments. Our high-performing students and their parents, who are essential partners in the education process, deserve to be very proud. Read more
"Late Start" One Day a Week for Teacher Collaboration: One of the key areas of focus for this year, defined by our Strategic Planning Team and the District Board of Education, is for teachers to analyze data about student learning to design even more effective lessons to help students learn at higher levels. Supervised study in the library, computer labs and quad areas is available to students who arrive early. Read more......
New School Configuration: The District has implemented changes to the grade configurations at two of our elementary schools, effective for the 2007-2008 school year. Mountain Meadows now serves students in grades K-3 and Arroyo West serves students in grades 2-5. Read more......
New District Website: Beginning in August 2007, the new District website came online. The goal is to make the website a major source of “up to the minute” news and information for parents, community and staff members. Read more......
Student Wellness: The District Student Wellness Committee, comprised of parents, teachers, school nurses and administrators, has established new guidelines regarding food in the classrooms, based on recently enacted state mandates designed to address childhood obesity and healthy eating habits. Read more......
Dental Health: New legislation is requiring that all new incoming kindergarten students submit proof of an oral assessment performed by a licensed dentist. Read more......
Online Parent Connection: Last fall, a new student demographics database, “Zangle,” was launched. This year, new components are in use including “Parent Connection” which allows parents to go online to view such information about their children as attendance, schedules, grades, transcripts and assignments, depending on the grade level. Read more......