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Rio Rosales fourth-graders visit a national park

What’s a great 4C classroom look like ?
Across this country, American schools are innovating, changing, and re-inventing themselves in the calculus of a rapidly changing world. Not every school, of course, but schools like those who are members of edleader21 are focusing on the 4Cs; communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity among other practices that leaders know…
Superintendent Blog
2016 Trout Release
On Friday March 18th the sixth grade science classes from Rio Vista Middle School embarked on a field trip to Lake Castaic to release the trout that they raised in the classroom. Our school has raised a group of Trout from eggs to “fry” (little fish).  Our little trout are ready…
District News, Programs and Projects, Trout In The Classroom
Rio Chess Tournament
On March 18, 2016, 81 students from eight schools from the Rio School District and Oxnard School District participated in the 2016 Rio Chess Tournament. It was a success due to Mr. Jack Cashman, the Tournament Director, the many volunteers that came to help, and of course the amazing students who participated. Rio Chess Tournament 2016  Results Grade 3 …
Chess Club, District News, Featured Videos, Programs and Projects
2016 Piano Assembly
Pianist Daniel from USC Thornton School of Music played 8 concerts in 4 days at each of the Rio School District schools. He played classical music from the major time divisions of classical music which included the Medieval (500–1400) and the Renaissance (1400–1600) eras; the Common practice period, which includes the Baroque (1600–1750), Classical (1750–1820), and Romantic eras (1804–1910); and the 20th…
District News, Rio Music
Why the 4 Cs for Title 1 Schools?
There’s a movement afoot exemplified by edleader21 School Districts and Schools. These learning organizations recognize that the world is changing rapidly while many schools are not. Edleader21 schools and Districts seek to help their students develop the 4Cs; communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity. The 4Cs are basic practices and…
American Equation, Superintendent Blog
Robotics
Rio Robotics is a beginning course in Robotics, which utilizes Lego Mindstorms EV3 kits.  Students collaborate in teams to design, build, create and program autonomous robots to accomplish different tasks and complete various challenges; such as “Sumo-Bots “, “Plant Sorter”, “Maze Challenge”, “Shot Put Challenge”, and “Search and Rescue Robots”.…
Lab Class
The Lab Class is a 6th grade STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, & math) class at Rio Vista Middle School.  It is co-taught by Echo Lee and Jay Sorensen alternating weeks.  The purpose of the class is to experiment with various district initiatives and to try doing things in a…

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