SVUSD eNewsletter

SVUSD's Dual Language Immersion celebration for Dia de Los Muertos was truly festive! Families from Gates Dual Language Immersion Elementary, along with Los Alisos and Laguna Hills families, gathered for this community event to celebrate this special day.

All elementary teachers engaged in a day of hands-on science and writing using our Amplify Science materials. The morning hours were spent diving deep into one particular unit’s science kits. Teachers performed the actual experiments and inquiries and built their own models in collaborative groups. Each activity in the kit, including the building of the science wall and emphasis on language structures, is significant for student success. Teachers spent the afternoon writing to the prompt their students will be answering and practiced scoring. Our amazing K-6 teachers were able to analyze the new rubrics and are calibrated in their understanding of scoring scientific writing. It was a fun and intense day for all. Big thanks to the teachers on the writing task force and our instructional coaches for making this day happen.