Bulldog Bulletin: 10/17/2021
Weekly Update - (Actualización Semanal):
Vista Academy of Visual & Performing Arts
Office Hours: Monday-Friday - 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Hilda (Front Office): Registration/General Questions - hildareynoso@vistausd.org
Sharon (Health Office): Registration/Health Concerns - sharonortega@vistausd.org
Rosy (Administrative Assistant): General - rosysimmonds@vistausd.org
Jorge (Community Liaison): Resources/Family Engagement - jorgegarcia@vistausd.org
Website: vapa.vistausd.org
Location: 600 North Santa Fe Avenue, Vista, CA, USA
Phone: 760-941-0880
Twitter: @VistaAVPA
For your information, we have included Dr. Doyle’s most recent Community Updates which went out to families on October 7.
Upcoming Dates to Remember:
- Tuesday, October 19: Spooky Stories "Zoom-bie" style-5:30 p.m.
- Thursday, October 21: The Great California Shakeout - 10:21 a.m.
- Tuesday, October 26: Spooky Stories "Zoom-bie" style-5:30 p.m.
Principal's Update:
Hello Vista Academy Families,
Thanks to everyone for their outstanding support of Booktoberfest. It has been absolutely wonderful seeing all of our students reading, reading, reading!
Attendance counts! With the challenges of the past year and half it is so important that our students are in school every single day. Please ensure that if your child is healthy they are not missing school due to optional vacations or because they don’t feel like coming to school. Every day matters and every day missed takes additional work for your child to catch up. We do understand when students are sick or in quarantine, but please make sure if your child is healthy, they are on time and in school.
SASEA Project Notification:
Our collaboration with UCSD’s SASEA Project has detected COVID-19 in our wastewater in a sample collected on October 13. UCSD will be on our site this Monday, October 18 & Tuesday, October 19 to provide testing for students and staff members that have signed the consent form. Only students who have a completed consent form will be participating in the testing. Students will be tested during school hours. The type of test is PCR nasal. Please note that parents will not be present during testing.
Spooky Stories "Zoom-bie" Style:
UPDATE - Student Costumes (October 29):
Independent Study Contract:
Healthy Food District Policy:
Health & Safety Important Information:
COVID-19 Decision Tree:
The COVID Decision Tree has been updated 10/7/21 and is here in ENGLISH, SPANISH. The update also includes the latest information regarding quarantine options for persons exposed to COVID-19.
We will continue to ensure that safety is a top priority at Vista Academy. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us.
COVID-19 Notification Process Update:
We will no longer be notifying the entire school with COVID notification letters and phone messages. Only classes with direct exposure or close contacts to a COVID positive will be notified. We will provide a weekly update on the number of new cases each week in this update in the health and safety section. For this past week we had 0 Covid cases impacting our campus this week and a positive wastewater sample on October 13 which will result in responsive testing tomorrow for students and staff who have opted into the SASEA project.
Please refer to Dr. Doyle’s latest community update and daily updates on districtwide COVID cases will be listed by school on the COVID dashboard.
Health Office Reminder:
Families, please keep us informed about the following:
If you notice any symptoms, please keep your child at home. Notify the school immediately.
If you have taken a test and it is positive, please inform the school immediately.
If you have taken a test and are awaiting the results, please keep your child at home until you receive the results.
If your child has taken a test and is awaiting the results, please keep your child home until you receive the results.
If you have been exposed to someone who tested positive, please keep your child at home and inform the school immediately.
Please make sure to always share your information with:
Mrs. Sharon at sharonortega@vistausd.org
Mrs. VanDerPol at brendavanderpol@vistausd.org
Mrs. Walker at benjiewalker@vistausd.org
Mrs. Berthiaume at chanelleberthiaume@vistausd.org
Thank you for your communication in helping to keep our learning community safe!
IB Update:
An additional component of our IB Self-study and IB Programme Evaluation has been a Programme Development Plan. We investigated this essential question: How do we support students' academic gains through Inquiry? Each grade level team, in addition to our Arts and Special Education teams made their own goals related to inquiry and we shared progress throughout the year. We learned that Vista Academy has many components of inquiry-based instruction in place; however, we still need to build capacity and deepen understanding of inquiry across grade levels, especially with new staff members.
Additional Information:
If you have any questions about our IB program, please reach out to our IB coordinator, Sharon Scott-Gonzalez at sharonscott-gonzalez@vistausd.org
Mrs. B's Update:
Our School's Counselor: Mrs. Bojorquez
Hello, this is your school counselor Mrs. Bojorquez. Please reach out to me with any concerns regarding attendance, academics, and social emotional learning.
My email : mariebojorquez@vistausd.org (760) 941-0880 ext. 44900
I support students with social skills classroom lessons, small groups, and 1:1 if needed. I can also refer to outside agencies or resources if needed.
VUSD Social & Emotional Support
Meet the Specialists!
Spanish Specialist: Diana Schoeppner
Diana started her teaching career as a bilingual classroom teacher for the Escondido Union School District in the mid 1990s. She spent several years at the elementary level, where the focus was teaching Spanish-speaking students in their primary language while gradually introducing English as a second language. Diana then took an extended leave to raise her family, always staying involved with her children's education as a parent volunteer. When Diana was ready to return to education, she began guest teaching for several districts in North County in grades K-8, including a long-term assignment at an International Baccalaureate school teaching Spanish. This experience helped Diana realize she longed to share her love of the Spanish language and encourage the importance of being bilingual. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Studies at San Diego State University and her BCLAD Multiple Subject Credential at Cal State San Marcos. Diana is a native Spanish-speaker and was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, where she lived until the age of five. She has been at Vista Academy since September of 2017.
First General ELAC Meeting & Election:
Booktoberfest Update:
While the reading contest is over, we have extended the time for you to gather donations! You now have until Friday, October 22 to finish earning donations by sharing your child’s Booktoberfest webpage.
Remember, students earn individual and classroom prizes by registering and raising funds. Here’s a peek at the Booktoberfest incentives page: https://www.getmovinfundhub.com/event-webpage/613f7b2486b6e/incentives
Please keep sharing, Bulldogs!