The PioneerGram
October 23, 2022
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From the Principal's Desk
The bell schedule for the coming week is pictured below. Be sure to read the entire PioneerGram for all updates and the latest news, and let me know if you have any questions.
JC Baxter, Principal
Upcoming Dates on Campus
Oct 24-28 Red Ribbon Week
Oct 29 Band Spectacular, 10am-8pm (details below)
Nov 7-10 Stunt Try-outs (details below)
Nov 8 Staff Development Day - No school for students
Nov 11 Holiday - Veterans Day
Nov 21-25 Thanksgiving Break
Dec 19-21 Finals (12:20 Dismissal)
Dec 22-Jan 8 Winter Break
Jan 9 Teacher Prep Day - No school for students
Jan 10 Staff Development Day - No school for students
Jan 11 School Reconvenes -- Spring Semester begins
Jan 7 Senior Picture deadline for Yearbook (details below)
Bell Schedule for the Week of 10/24-28
Announcements 10/23-28
Highlights
SVHS Theater
Girls Volleyball
Chess Club
Marching Band
Cross Country
Cheer and Sparkle Squad
Choir
Robotics
Unity Day
Band Spectacular October 29
The 53nd Annual Simi Valley High School Band Spectacular is one of the longest running marching band field tournaments in Southern California!
The event will take place at the SVHS stadium from 10 am to 8 pm on Saturday, Oct. 29. Gates open at 9 am at the east entrance. Drop in anytime!
Marching band field shows are choreographed musical field performances that include wind instruments, percussion and color guard ensembles.
The Simi Valley High School Marching Pride will take the field at 3:45 pm.
Vendor treats include funnel cake, coffees and smoothies, kettle corn, popcorn and cotton candy, plus burgers, BBQ, fries and Mexican specialties.
Students are only $5 using our GoFan link or show ID at the gate! General admission $10; students, teachers, first responders and teachers $5 using GoFan. $15 cash, credit/debit at the gate. Children under 5 are free.
Erin Newman
Band Manager, 53rd Annual Band Spectacular
VP/Fundraising
Simi Valley Music Boosters
818-620-6570
Make Your Mark on our 2023 Yearbook!
Attention Simi High Students!
Do you have a cool car, a job, a fun vacation? Do you have an adorable pet who deserves to be remembered forever? Do you and a sibling attend school together? Are you a senior and want everyone to see how much you have grown?
Fill out the following google forms and submit your pictures to the yearbook. All pictures must be school appropriate and a Simi High Student must be in the picture. These forms close out January 15th. Please upload your pictures this semester to guarantee you make it into the book.
(Please make sure every picture has a student in it before submitting them)
Do you love your pets? To include picture of you and your pets fill out the google form: please no solo pet pictures, a student must be pictured with their pet: Upload Pictures of You and Your pet
Did you go on a fun vacation? Upload pictures of what you did over Summer Break, Thanksgiving Break, or Winter Break here: Upload Vacation Pictures
Do you and a sibling attend Simi High together? Post a picture of your both on campus or at a school event here: Upload Sibling Pictures
Is your car special to you? Remember what you drove in High School and upload a picture of you and your car to the yearbook here: Upload Pictures of You and Your Car
Seniors!!!! If you have not submitted your baby pictures, (Sorry Seniors Only!) please fill out the google form by December 12th: Senior Baby Pictures
If you have any questions please contact yearbook class instructor Mrs. Marx at heather.marx@simivalleyusd.org
Senior Yearbook Portrait Deadline 1/9/22
In order to be pictured in the 2023 yearbook, please have your senior portrait session scheduled with Honest Light Photography no later than January 9th. This will guarantee your picture is placed in the yearbook. To schedule your appointment please contact Sean Engle at Honest Light Photography at 805-306-9542 or sessions@honestlight.net.
Address: 58 Moreland Rd. Suite B, Simi Valley, CA 93065
Studio Hours:
Tuesday - Friday, 10am - 1pm & 2pm - 6pm
Saturday, 10am - 1pm & 2pm - 5pm
Closed Sunday & Monday
Senior Yearbook Ads
Hello Parents of the Class of 2023,
Want to recognize your child's hard work and sacrifice? Want to show your child how proud you are of them for graduating high school? Then a senior ad (section or full page) in the yearbook is the perfect way to do it! Click on the following link and follow the easy steps! The early-bird deadline of November 29th will be here before you know it so don't delay! Information is in the attached file.
https://theyearbookcompany.com/
Sincerely,
TheYearbookCompany
Purchased Picture Packets Available for Pickup!
Student ID picture packets that were purchased from Honest Light Photography during Orientation and the first weeks of school are now available for pickup in the ASB Office.
Dual Enrollment - Spring 2023
Moorpark College has announced the Spring 23' classes that are offered to only SVHS students. New this semester are classes that are being taught on campus IN PERSON.
Please follow this LINK for information on the classes as well as how to get signed up.
School Photos - Order Online
Printed picture packets of the school photos taken for student ID cards in these first weeks of school are available to order online through Honest Light Photography (formerly O'Connor Bros. Photography). Follow these steps:
- Go to: HonestLightPhotography.com
- Select Order ID Photos
- Select the Simi Valley High School logo
- Enter the student’s ID # as the Online Code
Support Girls Basketball
Construction and Lunch Areas
School Devices
Password issues? Please contact Mrs. Babakhanian at annette.babakhanian@simivalleyusd.org or in the main office for support.
For those of you looking to purchase the insurance for the devices here is the link.
Visitor Check In At the Main Office
Dear Families,
I would like to welcome all of our families back for the 2022-2023 school year. As a public school district, our primary goals are to provide our students with a world class education and help students to become the best potential version of themselves. Another primary goal is to make sure our campuses are safe environments for all of our students and staff members. Our District needs your help to accomplish these goals.
First, we would encourage our families to volunteer their time whenever possible. In order to maintain rich programs that meet students’ needs and interests, each of our District’s school sites will provide protocols on how to participate for volunteer opportunities, and they will share how to sign up for these opportunities.
Second, we are committed to maintaining the safety of our schools. As part of this commitment, we must know who is on our campus at all times. For this reason, our District’s policy will be that all visitors must check into the school office whenever they are on the school’s campus. In the next few months, we will adopt additional measures to best monitor the visitors coming on our school campuses.
Thank you, in advance, for your help in making this school year both academically engaging and physically safe for our students. Your support in volunteering, as possible, and allowing us to know who is coming on to our school campus is greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
JC Baxter
Principal
Aeries Updated for 2022-2023
Aeries is the SVUSD Student Information System and the primary tool of communication. It is required that all families complete the data confirmation in the Aeries portal as soon as possible.
When updating contact information it would be helpful to use a cell phone number as the primary number. This will allow you to receive the text messages the school will frequently send out. Click LINK for directions.
LINK - DIRECTIONS FOR COMPLETING DATA CONFIRMATION IN AERIES
Login to Aeries Parent Portal: Parent Portal Link
Free Meals
SVHS NOW (Student News)
Check out SVHSNOW! Student news created by students. svhsnow.com
Simi Valley High School
JC Baxter
Principal
Email: johnc.baxter@simivalleyusd.org
Website: https://svhs-simi-ca.schoolloop.com/
Location: 5400 Cochran Street, Simi Valley, CA, USA
Phone: (805) 577-1400
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simivalleyhighschool/
Twitter: @SimiValleyHS
Equal Opportunity / Non-discrimination
The Governing Board of Simi Valley Unified School District is committed to providing equal opportunity for all individuals in education. District programs, activities, and practices shall be free from unlawful discrimination, including discrimination against an individual or group based on race, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital, pregnancy, or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, or genetic information; a perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.