All Fillmore Unified School District Schools & Offices CLOSED through Friday, May, 1st 2020

March 18, 2020

Fillmore USD Families

The purpose of this message is to provide Fillmore Unified School District families with an update for March 18, 2020 regarding district actions to address COVID-19.

Today our Board of Trustees directed the closure of all Fillmore Unified schools and offices through Friday, May 1, 2020. All district and school events, meetings, activities, athletic practices, and athletic competitions have been cancelled thru May 1, 2020.

This closure is in support of the recommendations from public health officials to encourage “social distancing” to slow the spread of the virus. It is strongly recommended that individuals stay home during the closure as much as possible, and do not gather in public places.

A decision to reopen schools will be made in close consultation with the State of California, Ventura County Public Health, and the Ventura County Office of Education. We hope to reopen on Monday, May 4, 2020, but that decision will depend on the circumstances at the time. District families will be provided with notice prior to May 4, 2020.

We are aware that this closure has resulted in a loss of time spent learning in the classroom and are working to create educational opportunities for students while schools are closed. It is our intent to provide an update to families during the week of March 23rd regarding the district approach to distance learning.

We understand that school closures have significant impacts on our students and families, and we hope to resume normal operations in the future. Thank you for your understanding during this challenging time.

Respectfully,
Adrian E. Palazuelos, Ph.D.
Superintendent
Fillmore Unified School District

Additional Information
World Health Organization Q&A on coronaviruses (COVID-19)
https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses

VC Emergency (Official Ventura County Incident Information Source)
http://www.vcemergency.com/

California Department of Public Health website:
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/

CDC website:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

Child Nutrition Services Provide Free Pick-Up Meals During School Closure

Child Nutrition Services Providing Free Pick-Up Meals at 3 locations: Piru square Park: Corner of Center Street and Piru Square, Fillmore Middle School: 543 A Street, and Mountain Vista Elementary: 918 5th Street. Meals are served Monday March 16 through Friday March 20 between 11am and 1pm.

Pick-Up Meals During School Closure

English/Spanish All Fillmore Unified School Campuses OPEN Friday March 13. All School Campuses CLOSED Monday March 16 through Friday March 20

English/Spanish Coronavirus/COVID-19 update and impact on our schools

English/Spanish 2020 Census Information

Spelling Bee

3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students at Piru Elementary were excited to have participated in this year’s Spelling Bee!

A Love For Music

Fillmore Middle School students visit Piru Elementary School to share their love for music.

Piru Elementary Ball Donation

Representatives of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department and Fillmore Unified School District Board Member Scott Beylik visited Piru Elementary School to donate playground balls for our students to enjoy. They were very generous with their time and taught students how to safely play some fun games. Thank you Sherrifs and Board Member Beylik! Please come visit us any time.

Thank you Santa!

Santa visited us for our Piru Pre-School Holiday Cross Cultural Celebration and Learning. Thank you Santa for taking time out of your busy holiday schedule to visit us!

September is Attendance Awareness Month (English & Spanish)

School Board Adopts Resolution Supporting “Full and Fair Funding of California’s Public Schools”

“On Tuesday, August 20, 2019 the Fillmore USD Board of Trustees adopted Resolution 19-20-03 in support of “Full and Fair Funding of California’s Public Schools”. Visit http://www.fullandfairfunding.org to learn more about how you can support this statewide effort to increase funding for California schools.”

First Day of School

It’s an exciting time of year! Piru Elementary welcomed new and returning students to the first day of school. It’s going to be a great year!

Piru Tech Team Training

The new Piru Tech Team members were selected for next year. In order to prepare our new members, existing members developed a training to orient them to their important duties as members of this prestigious group at our school.

SWUN at Piru Elementary

We have been working diligently this year at our school to implement the SWUN program with fidelity. Our teachers ended the year with a co-teaching opportunity with our SWUN coach. It was a great experience for all who participated.

Piru Dance Festival

We had a very productive Dance Festival. Thank you to all the community members for coming out to support Piru Elementary school. Everyone had a great time and enjoyed all the food, games and prizes.

TK & 1st Grade Awards Assemblies

This Monday June 3rd we held our ceremony to honor our TK and 1st grade students in the areas of attendance, effort, improvement, achievement, excellence and our most prestigious award...The Condor! We are proud of all of our students for their efforts this year in working towards their personal best.

Career Day at Piru!

We were proud to have our first Career Day at Piru Elementary School. Our counselors worked collaboratively to bring a variety of professionals to share their path to their career, highlights of their duties, and their personal rewards in career choice. We had a college representatives, military personnel, district technician, district nurse, district chef, Emergency Medical Technician, game warden, police officer, engineer and principal. The students truly enjoyed the presentations. We appreciate all of our guests participation!

Piru Science Night

We are so thankful to Mr. Barrera for organizing Science Night. Students worked on their projects independently and then displayed their projects encompassing the scientific process of inquiry. We had a total of 150 participants working collaboratively in their group classroom projects. Great job everyone!

Kindergarten Animal Reports

Mrs. Lanning’s Kinder students learned about the adaptations living things have to survive in their environment. Students pictured are delivering their classroom report to their classmates. Very impressive!