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THE TEMECULA VALLEY
UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT
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The
general boundaries extend north to
Baxter Road in French Valley, south to
the Riverside County line, east to Vail
Lake, and west to the Temecula city
limit.
The District covers approximately
148 square miles.
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The
district includes 12 elementary schools,
two charter schools, one K-8 Home
School, four middle schools, one
continuation high school and two
comprehensive high schools.
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Approximately
21,000 students (Grades K-12) are
currently enrolled in the district.
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Approximately
9.9% of the students in the District
speak a language other than English.
About 4.1% of the district’s
student population is limited or
non-English proficient.
Nearly 60 separate languages and
dialects comprise the home language of
these students (80% being the Spanish
language).
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Approximately
15% of the students enrolled in the
district qualify for free or reduced
priced lunches.
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The
district strives to provide a variety of
exemplary programs that meet the
educational needs of all students.
Planning/goal setting activities
often include staff, parents, students
and the business community.
THE
COMMUNITY
Temecula
and the surrounding area were once cattle
and cowboy country.
Kaiser Development Company purchased
97,500 acres, including the old Vail Ranch
in 1964 and master-planned the community of
Temecula for quality growth.
The original plan has continued
enthusiasm and a broad experience of
successful, quality development.
Temecula became incorporated as a
city on December 1, 1989.
Temecula is a unique, planned
community which truly offers a
diversification of affordable housing,
growing employment opportunities and a
healthy, natural environment.
DISTRICT
PHILOSOPHY
The
Temecula Valley Unified School District
believes that the future of our country is
dependent on the young people who are being
educated in our schools.
Therefore, we are committed to
providing an environment in which all
children are encouraged to develop to their
maximum potential.
The learning environment must be an
exciting, positive, safe place where
children are encouraged to grow and develop.
This requires a professional,
mutually committed staff who demonstrate a
clear understanding of our mission and
accept the responsibility for working with
our children.
We expect that staff, parents,
business and community members join us in
supporting this fundamental philosophy.
DISTRICT
GOALS
The
Temecula Valley Unified School District
Governing Board believes that all employees
should work together to provide the maximum
support for students in order to have
students achieve at their highest level.
The accountability for this
expectation rests with all employees,
district-level and site-level.
The Temecula Valley Unified School
District Governing Board accepts their
responsibility for ensuring that all
employees respond positively to this
expectation.
District goals have been identified
in three areas: Curriculum, Instruction, and
Management.
THE
STAFF
Excellence
in the schools requires excellence in
teaching.
The administration of the Temecula
Valley Unified School District supports its
entire staff so they may achieve educational
goals.
We are committed to staff training
that improves the quality of a variety of
subjects and instructional techniques.
Reading, writing and mathematics are the
backbone of our fine educational program.
From kindergarten through the upper
grades, children are encouraged to master
the fundamentals of reading, writing, and
mathematics and to establish the habit of
reading and writing for pleasure and
knowledge.
Our teachers use a variety of methods
from basic phonetic systems to book clubs,
read-aloud stories, and reading games to
stimulate interest and achievement in
reading.
We also stress spelling, science,
language arts, social studies and offer
music, art, and physical education.
THE
FAMILY
Temecula
Valley Unified School District recognizes
that the foundation of good education begins
in the home.
We expect our students’ families to
communicate with us.
Tell us what you like about the
schools—and what could be improved.
We
invite parents to get involved.
Volunteer in the classroom, serve on
the School Site Council, attend PTA and
school board meetings, visit us at Open
House and Back-To-School Night, sign up for
teacher conferences, and talk to your
children about their classes, teachers and
assignments.
Most of all, we support a school,
parent, community coalition dedicated to
creating an environmental of excellence in
which to raise the youth of today…the
citizens and leaders of tomorrow.
INSTRUCTIONAL
PROGRAM
Language
arts (reading, speaking, listening, writing)
and mathematics are the cornerstone of our
instructional program, from the time the
student enters our district until they
graduate.
History/social science, science,
visual and performing arts health and
physical education are the other building
blocks of the district instructional
program.
Our program emphasizes
that learning is a life-long endeavor.
The
district is committed to the goal of staff
members modeling the pursuit of life-long
learning to all of our students.
In an effort to meet this goal, a
staff development program is in place to
enable the teacher to improve both the
quality of the curriculum and their
instructional delivery techniques.
This is accomplished through training
seminars, workshops and conference
attendance.
SPECIAL
PROGRAMS
GATE
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Children in Grades 3-12 may be served by
the district’s Gifted and Talented
Education
(GATE) Program.
This program is designed to
provide appropriate rigor and challenge
to students who meet the district’s
criteria for placement.
Specialized teacher training in
Gifted Education has been provided for a
number of teachers at each of our sites.
SCHOOL
IMPROVEMENT PLAN –
All elementary and middle schools
participate in the School Improvement
Program, funded by the State of
California.
The program established standards
for performance in academic and
operational areas.
LIBRARY/MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY
EDUCATION –
Students at all grade levels have access
to technology education programs
designed to teach students to access and
use information.
Each school has library/media
facilities that are available for use
during and after school hours.
MENTOR
TEACHERS
– Tenured teachers are recognized for
professional expertise as well as
provide mentoring services to and
experienced teachers.
TITLE
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– Students in grades K-3 as identified
by teacher referral, district-made
criterion referenced tests, and scoring
below the 49 percentile in reading on
the SAT/9 standardized test are provided
supplemental services to improve in the
area of language arts. The target
schools for this program are Sparkman,
Temecula and Vail Elementary schools.
BEFORE
AND AFTER SCHOOL CHILD CARE PROGRAM –
Child Care services for students in
grades K-5 will be available at Nicolas
Valley, Paloma, Pauba Valley, Rancho,
Red Hawk, Barnett and Sparkman
Elementary schools, from 6:00 am to 6:00
p.m.
A non-school day camp is also
available during summer and spring
breaks.
For more information, please call
695-7127.
Source:
Temecula Valley Unified School District
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