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Joe Mendoza History Harvest Presentation
Phase III: Conducting Interviews with Community Leaders Students at Rio Lindo Elementary, Rio Real Elementary, and Rio Plaza Elementary Schools are now entering the final phase of the History Harvest project. They recently had the opportunity to hear presentations from important community leaders to learn more about the history and…
History Harvest, Programs and Projects
Arcenio Lopez History Harvest Presentation
Phase III: Conducting Interviews with Community Leaders Students at Rio Lindo Elementary, Rio Real Elementary, and Rio Plaza Elementary Schools are now entering the final phase of the History Harvest project. They recently had the opportunity to hear presentations from important community leaders to learn more about the history and…
History Harvest, Programs and Projects
Javier Gomez History Harvest Presentation
Phase III: Conducting Interviews with Community Leaders Students at Rio Lindo Elementary, Rio Real Elementary, and Rio Plaza Elementary Schools are now entering the final phase of the History Harvest project. They recently had the opportunity to hear presentations from important community leaders to learn more about the history and…
History Harvest, Programs and Projects
1st Annual Ventura County/Rio School District Spanish Spelling Bee
On Saturday, April 23rd, Río Real, a K-8 Dual Immersion school in the Río School District hosted for the 1st annual county wide Spanish Spelling Bee/Concurso de Deletreo, in Ventura County.  Students from Río SD,  Ventura Unified, Ocean View SD, Oxnard Elementary SD, and University Charter Schools, participated in the…
District News
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
Chess Club Movie Night at Rio Real
Mr. Stewart and Ms. Auerbach organized a “Chess Club Movie Night” Friday, March 19th. The student had chess club after school, we then put on the movie “Knights of the South Bronx” a movie about chess, which really inspired and pumped the kids up about chess. The PTA graciously let us borrow their popcorn making machine, and for…
Chess Club, Programs and Projects
Thinking About Testing
The Ides of March are upon us. Soon it will be May and students in grades 3-8, and 11 will be asked to do state mandated tests called the CAASPP which utilizes the SBAC. Folks should follow the links of the acronyms in order to learn what these tests aim…
Superintendent Blog
I am a son
I am a son of an orphaned son of immigrants and immigrants’ daughter. I am a son of the low income class. I am a son of high school graduates with no college degrees who raised children who all earned college degrees. I am the son of truly wise and…
Superintendent Blog
Renaissance in Rio and Oxnard
Recently we have engaged in a series of visits of community members and staff to Rio School District classrooms and Oxnard High School District Classrooms. These visits have brought visitors from the business community, school community, city government and recently city government officials and educators from Kuanianen, Finland. It was great to…
Superintendent Blog
Phase II: Conducting Family Oral History Interviews
Students at Rio Lindo Elementary, Rio Real Elementary, and Rio Plaza Elementary Schools are now preparing to conduct oral history interviews with their parents and grandparents to uncover the diverse culture and traditions of their family members. Not only will the students have an opportunity to learn about their families…
History Harvest
Why Art Matters?
This year the Rio School District has made a concerted effort to develop our Visual arts programs across our eight schools. In doing so, we hired two new outstanding art teachers who are working to develop art lessons and learning with students and teachers alike. This week we will hold…
District News, Rio Artists, Superintendent Blog
What does it take to be great?
The leadership of the Rio School District is aiming at greatness. We are rallying our resources and energies to achieve great things. Our main function as a school District is teaching and learning. Along these lines we have established goals and narratives that aim to help every child develop their…
Superintendent Blog
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