This Week in LVUSD
Week of February 17, 2020
Congrats to the AHS Jazz Ensemble
The Agoura High Studio Jazz Ensemble, directed by Chad Bloom, has been accepted to Jazz at Lincoln Center's 25th Anniversary of the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Competition, May 7-9 in New York City. On a yearly basis, Essentially Ellington receives nearly 100 submissions from all over the United States and abroad. This will be Agoura High School's 12th acceptance to Essentially Ellington ranking #1 in attendance from the state of California and in the top 10 across the United States.
All groups in attendance will be judged by internationally acclaimed musician, composer, and bandleader Wynton Marsalis along with an esteemed panel of judges. For the complete announcement and a list of schools in attendance, please visit: http://academy.jazz.org/ee/
Jessica Lahey Coming to LVUSD
On March 18, at 6:00 PM, LVUSD will host renowned author Jessica Lahey at Calabasas High School’s Performing Arts Education Center to speak about her book, The Gift of Failure. Jessica is nationally recognized as an expert in the areas of parenting and raising balanced, healthy children. Her message empowers parents to allow their children to struggle, grow from mistakes, and develop self-efficacy.
Through sponsorship involving our surrounding cities, we are able to offer tickets to our community at a significantly reduced rate. Tickets for adults are $10.00 and students are $5.00. You can purchase tickets through the following link: CLICK HERE.
Upstanders Documentary: Coming May 5th
On Tuesday May 5th at 6:00 PM at the Calabasas High School Performing Arts Center, LVUSD will be hosting a free screening of the brand new documentary The Upstanders. The Upstanders explores cyber-bullying, bullying among friends, families, co-workers and the brain science behind it all. The film highlights new laws and programs already reducing bullying in schools and shows us how we can learn to make a difference together to create systemic change. The trailer is linked below.
Free tickets are still available via this link: CLICK HERE.
Looking for a Great Parenting Book?
- Go to: https://soraapp.com/welcome/login/340058
- Enter the email address LVUSD has on record for your family.
- Select the title you'd like to read or listen to and select "Borrow".
All titles have a two-week checkout period. We hope that this expanded format allows more families to access these incredible parenting resources.