Welcome New Fillmore Middle School Resource Officer Deputy Yolanda Avila

The Fillmore Unified School District would like to welcome Deputy Yolanda Avila to Fillmore Middle School as our new School Resource Officer. Please stay tuned for meet-and-greet opportunities!

Deputy Avila said, “My name is Yolanda Ávila, and I am the new Fillmore School Resource Officer. I am a proud native of Ventura County. I was born and raised in the City of Oxnard with my siblings. I am fluent in Spanish and English, and this has provided me the opportunity to better serve our diverse community. Throughout my career, I have served Ventura County in various assignments. I have served in the county jail and as a patrol officer for the City of Moorpark. While working for the Sheriff’s Office. I have been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to use my passion for mentoring and developing youth throughout my career. I have worked with our local AYSO, and have made it a goal to volunteer in local schools. I look forward to using my life-long experiences and drive to help students as Fillmore’s newest SRO.”

FHS Meet & Greet, April 11th, 6-7pm at Alumni Park

Meet & Greet

Part of Fillmore Unified School District's FLAGSHIP EVENT SERIES

Tuesday April 11, 2023 - 6:00 to 7:00pm

FHS Alumni Association's Alumni Park, 559 Sespe Ave. Bring your own chair!

Fillmore residents invited to learn about Fillmore High School and exchange ideas for student opportunities in Academics, Arts, Athletics, and Activities. See you there!

Chrissy Schieferle
Superintendent,
Fillmore Unified School District

Keith Derrick
Principal,
Fillmore High School

Sponsored by FUSD

Hosted by The Fillmore High Alumni Association

(Next Flagship Series will be in May with Mr. Valdovinos, Principal FMS)

Fillmore Unified Migrant Speech and Debate Participants

On March 25, 2023, students from Fillmore Unified participated in the Ventura County Migrant Speech and Debate Competition at Oxnard College. Fillmore Unified was represented at the competition by a total of nine students who participated in the speech portion of the competition in both English and Spanish.

Students have been preparing for the competition since January 2023, with support from their coaches Jonathan Gonzalez and Veronica Lemus. The two coaches are teachers that work for Fillmore Unified and coached students during last year’s competition. In preparation for the event, students spent time after school and on Saturdays to researching, drafting, and perfecting their speeches, as well as practicing for the event.

Students have worked hard to develop their writing and public speaking skills and were able to perform confidently at the completion. During the completion, each student participates in three rounds, two rounds of prepared speeches and one round of extemporaneous speech. During the extemporaneous round, students received a topic during the event and are given a limited amount of time to prepare a speech on the topic before being asked to present their speech. This is a very difficult part of the competition and our students performed well.

Congratulations to all our student for their hard work and participation. Thank you to our two coaches for their work with students. Special thank you to our guest coach Maria Gonzalez for her dedication to the Migrant students of Fillmore Unified. We are so proud of the remarkable team that represented Fillmore Unified at this special event.

Migrant Speech Team 2023

Coaches
Veronica Lemus, teacher at Fillmore High School
Jonathan Gonzalez, teacher at Sierra High School

Fillmore Middle School
Alonso Laiz, 6th grade
Miriam Cacho, 7th grade
Sophia Rodriguez, 7th grade

Fillmore High School
Aaron Cacho, 9th grade
Abraham Vargas, 9th grade
Ana Maria Rodriguez Mares, 9th grade
Marileny Manzo Zambrano, 10th grade
Karen Laiz, 11th grade
Karol Laiz, 11th grade

Student Winners:

6th Grade English
Prepared 1st Place-Alonso Laiz
Extemporaneous 2nd Place-Alonso Laiz

7th Grade English
Prepared 1st Place - Sophia Rodriguez

7th Grade Spanish
Prepared 1st Place - Miriam Cacho

9th Grade English
Prepared 2nd Place - Abraham Vargas

9th Grade Spanish
Prepared 3rd Place - Aaron Cacho

10th Grade Spanish
Prepared 1st Place-Marileny Manzo Zambrano
Extemporaneous 2nd Place- Marileny Manzo Zambrano

11th Grade English
Prepared 2nd Place - Karol Laiz
Prepared 3rd Place - Karen Laiz
Extemporaneous 2nd Place - Karol Laiz

Happy World Down Syndrome Day!

Superintendent Schieferle celebrated World Down Syndrome Day along with Fillmore Unified students and staff. World Down Syndrome Day is a global awareness campaign which has been officially observed by the United Nations since 2012. The date being the 21st day, of the 3rd month, was selected to signify the uniqueness of the triplication (trisomy) of the 21st chromosome which causes Down syndrome.

Free Spring Break Camp for Kids [English/Spanish]

FUSD families that are interested may either print and return a completed form to their school office or may download the form and complete the registration using Adobe Acrobat or another PDF reading tool. Paper copies of the application will also be made available at your schools main office.

Boys and Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley PDF [English/Spanish]

Gonzalo Garcia Awarded Coastal California Youth of the Year 2022-23

The Fillmore Unified School District would like to congratulate Gonzalo Garcia for earning the title of Coastal California Youth of the Year for 2022-23.

For the first time in the history of the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley, a club member has won the title of Coastal California Youth of the Year. Sixteen year old Gonzalo Garcia Jr., who attends Fillmore High School from the Fillmore Clubhouse, competed against 8 other Boys & Girls Organizations on Tuesday March 8th in Solvang California. Gonzalo went through a very rigorous process that included an application, essay, interviews, a speech, and letters of recommendation. Gonzalo will be traveling with Boys & Girls Club staff to Sacramento later this month to compete for the state title of Youth of the Year.

A huge thank you to our community partner, Fillmore Boys and Girls Club, for providing our students with outstanding enrichment and leadership opportunities!

Good luck Gonzalo. We are proud of you!

Read Across America

To celebrate National Read Across America Day, Fillmore Unified School District staff, along with local fire and police departments, read to students to support literacy. Above is Superintendent Christine Schieferle reading to Mrs. Myers 3rd grade class at Mountain Vista Elementary School. Read Across America is celebrated from March 2 to 6. It begins on the birthday of beloved author Dr. Seuss. The National Education Association aims to encourage reading and to educate people about reading’s benefits, especially among children and young adults.