805-485-3111

Leadership

Leadership
The Rio School District actively engages its employees to develop themselves as staff members and people. We look to develop leadership in every employee as well as every student. Our school site leaders, our principals, are key players in the quality of our schools and the resulting student educational outcomes.…
Superintendent Blog
2015 Biker Toy Run
The rumble of motorcycles greeted children and their parents waiting in the parking lot of Rio Plaza School in Oxnard on Saturday. Santa and hundreds of riders had come to deliver Christmas presents to children from around the area for a toy run organized by the Camarillo chapter of Bikers…
Migrant Education, Programs and Projects
Test Results, Learning, and Improvement
Last year was the first year California’s students took the new computer based SBAC test. Late this summer we received the results from the California Department of Education (CDE) and have been analyzing the data ever since. We look at various levels of the results and have been working to…
Superintendent Blog
21st Century Learning! What’s it All About?
Rio School District students and staff are working towards new learning goals. Like many Districts across the country we call them 21st century skills or practices. This acknowledges that we live in times that are rapidly changing and in many ways very different than just a few decades ago. Success…
Superintendent Blog
Caring…..How to Score a “5” on a scale of 1-5 for Caring
Caring is a 21st century skill and practice and has always mattered and will always matter in any century. Rio’s students, staff, and community care. This is why we have made the point of having 5Cs for our 21st Century Learning Aims: Communication, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Creativity, and Caring. Caring…
Superintendent Blog
The Centrality of Reading
In the last three year at Rio, we have gone all in for reading. We have added many high interest books to our libraries and made sure our libraries are full time places to learn and explore books. We have encouraged students and teachers to engage in our Accelerated Reader…
Superintendent Blog
One to One to the World
This month, October 2015, the Rio School District will achieve its goal of having one connected computer device for each child enrolled. This is sometimes called one to one computing or even one to the world which is, perhaps, a better term. We’re calling it One to One to the…
Superintendent Blog
Proposed Needs Analysis
Posted Sept 18, 2015 RIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE OF PROPOSED ADOPTION OF A SCHOOL FACILITIES NEEDS ANALYSIS INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF LEVEL TWO MITIGATION FEES ON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 65995, 65995.5 and 65995.7 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to California State Law and related authorities, the Board…
District News, Public Hearings
2015-2016 Bell Schedules
Click on one of the text links below to download a PDF file of that school’s bell schedule. 2015-16 Rio del Mar Bell Schedule 2015-16 Rio del Norte Bell Schedule 2015-16 Rio del Valle Bell Schedule 2015-16 Rio Lindo Bell Schedule 2015-16 Rio Plaza Bell Schedule 2015-16 Rio Real Bell…
District News
Notice of Vacancy for Provisional Appointment
Interested persons are hereby notified that pursuant to Education Code 5091, 5093 there is a vacancy on the Rio School District Board of Education.  A provisional appointment will fill a shortened term ending December 2016.  The seat will go to election in November 2016 for a full four- year term.  More…
District News
History Harvest Brochure
Students in the Rio School District are learning to be researchers, harvesting artifacts and engaging with community leaders by conducting oral history interviews to learn more about the culture and history of the Mixtec community. To Learn More Download The History Harvest Brochure (PDF)
History Harvest
Notices of public hearings
Public hearings will be held during a special Governing Board meeting of the Rio School District to be held on Wednesday, June 3, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. at the Rio School District Board Room, 2500 Vineyard Avenue, Oxnard.  Hearings will be held regarding two topics:  Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP),…
District News
2015/2016 Enrollment Packets
Enrolling your child into a Rio District School for the 2015-2016 school year? Here are the documents you need to complete: Kindergarten Enrollment Packet Grades 1-8 Enrollment Packet
District News
Rio’s “Forward Momentum”
More than one half of the 2014-15 school year is complete marking the half way point of my third year serving the Rio School District. Staff, students  and community have accomplished much in the last two plus orbits of the earth around the sun. Among the major elements of forward…
Superintendent Blog
S.T.E.A.M. – What’s it all About?
 is learning that focuses on science,technology,engineering, the Arts, and mathematics. The Rio School District is working to imbue STEAM learning in all our 8 schools in a variety of ways. In addition, we are in the planning process for constructing a new K-8 STEAM school that will combine architecture, curriculum,…
District News, Superintendent Blog, VCSTEAMN
Notice of Appointment – New Board Member
The  Governing Board of the Rio School District, in order to fill a vacancy resulting from the resignation of a member of the board, on February 18, 2015 appointed Glade Eggett, his term to expire December 2016.  Read the full text of the notice regarding this appointment here:  Notice of…
District News
Fresh Voices on Healthy Eating (Video)
There is a correlation between healthy eating and academic achievement. New standards for school lunches are helping our kids grow into healthy students! Watch the video below for more information. https://rioschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Fresh_Voices_on_Healthy_School_Meals.mp4
Child Nutrition Services
Positions needed for Bond Oversight Committee
At its January 2015 meeting, the Rio Elementary School District Board of Education passed a Resolution that established a Citizens’ Oversight Committee (“COC”) to oversee Measure G bond proceeds, expenditures and review the audit reports.  The District is asking for community members to participate on this committee.  (Employees of the District…
Citizen's Oversight Committee, District News
Candidates wanted for Board vacancy
A vacancy exists on the Rio School Board.  The district is seeking candidates to fill this position.  Information regarding this vacancy can be found here: Board Vacancy Candidate Info The candidate application can be found here:  CANDIDATE INFORMATION SHEET   If you are interested in this position, please complete the Candidate…
District News, Rio District Board
Teaching With YouTube: Digital Channels For Learning
If you don’t have a YouTube channel as an education provider, there’s a good chance you’re behind the times. Nearly every major educational institution in the world now hosts its own collection of videos featuring news, lectures, tutorials, and open courseware. Just as many individuals have their own channel, curating…
Technology news

BLOG CATEGORIES

Academic Calendar 1
After School Program 2
American Equation 12
Art Lessons 21
Books 2
Catchin‘ the Five C’s 1
Chess Club 3
Child Nutrition Services 12
Citizen’s Oversight Committee 1
Colloquium 2
Common Core Standards 11
Common Core Standards Resources 3
COVID 19 15
Current Events 1
District News 184
Dr. V’s Tech Blog 1
Drama 13
Drama Lessons 11
Dual Immersion Academy 2
Featured Videos 124
GATE 4
Harvest of the Month 12
Hip Hop Mindset 5
History Harvest 17
IBID 1
Images 1
Learning Garden 2
Links 3
Math Lessons 5
Migrant Education 4
Music Lessons & Tutorials 9
NFL 2
Poetry 52
Programs and Projects 71
Public Hearings 30
Pupil Personnel Services 7
Rio Artists 22
Rio District Board 1
Rio Music 20
Rio Writers 41
Science Carnival 1
Skoolcade 3
Sounds 5
Summer Drama Camp 2
Summer Science Academy 5
Summer Writers Camp 1
Superintendent Blog 126
Technology news 3
Texts 25
The Rio Indigenous Project 1
The River Project 3
Trout In The Classroom 2
Uncategorized 21
VCSTEAMN 8
Videos 8
Virtual Cook Night 1
Words 3
Skip to content