Sierra High School's Financial Aid Night is happening right now!

Sierra High School's Financial Aid Night is happening right now! We have a team of supporters from Ventura College and our Counselor Miss. Jackie there until 7pm helping parents, guardians, and students of seniors complete their financial aid forms. If you are a senior who has not applied yet please grab a parent/guardian, your laptop, and their 2021 tax information and head over to the school. Even if you do not have your tax info you can still go start!

thankful to have the wonderful Miss Jackie Gonzalez as our school counselor

Sierra High School, Heritage Valley Independent Studies, and FIllmore Adult School are all proud and thankful to have the wonderful Miss Jackie Gonzalez as our school counselor. She manages to monitor the transcripts of every student, meet with individuals, mentor students, meet deadlines, and so much more while always keeping her personality and core values at the forefront of all she does. When asked what core value is most important to her she chose JOY. It is very clear that she spreads joy to all she meets and she also helps others find their joy as well. Thank you for being on this mission of compassion for our students and all you do for our students, families, and staff!

We wish you a great week of appreciation!

~Mrs. Henrey and the SHS ,HVIS, and FAS Team

Reclassification Celebration [English/Spanish]

On Wednesday January 25th, Fillmore Unified honored 90 students who achieved reclassification.  Los Rayos Mariachi from Fillmore High School opened the Reclassification with an amazing performance by student musicians.  Ballet Folklorico Alma de Fillmore from Fillmore Middle School performed for their very first time during the celebration.  Our honored speaker for the evening was Mr. Valdovinos Principal at Fillmore Middle School who shared a wonderful message with our students and families.  Congratulations to our students on this wonderful accomplishment.  We are proud of you!

El miércoles 25 de enero, el Distrito Escolar Unificado de Fillmore honró a 90 estudiantes que lograron la reclasificación.  Los Rayos Mariachi de Fillmore High School abrieron la Reclasificación con una increíble actuación de estudiantes de música.  El Ballet Folklórico Alma de Fillmore de la Escuela Intermedia Fillmore se presentó por primera vez durante la celebración.  Nuestro orador de honor para la noche fue el Sr. Valdovinos Director de la Escuela Intermedia Fillmore, quien compartió un mensaje maravilloso con nuestros estudiantes y familias.  Felicitaciones a nuestros estudiantes por este maravilloso logro. ¡Estamos orgullosos de ti!

Celebrating Kindness

We have had a great week of celebrating kindness here at Sierra! We have decided to extend it until February 14th which we are calling Pal-entines. If you have someone you know at Sierra that you want to spread some kindness too please leave them a message on our Padlet (Link: https://padlet.com/ahenrey/q1zh2ake0x8xdgom ) If you haven't looked in a while there are over 100 compliments to students and staff and it continues to grow. Use the plus sign to add more! Thank you to ASB and our counselor for thinking of ways to celebrate kindness.

Attention Parents & Guardians: Info for ParentSquare

Attention Parents and Guardians: We have messaged each family their child's progress report in ParentSquare. If you did not get it try downloading the app on your phone or call the school to make sure we have the correct contact information on file.

Atención padres y tutores: Hemos enviado un mensaje a cada familia con el informe de progreso de su hijo en ParentSquare. Si no lo recibió, intente descargar la aplicación en su teléfono o llame a la escuela para asegurarse de que tengamos la información de contacto correcta en el archivo.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/parentsquare/id908126679

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details...

Have you driven by our campus and wondered what is happening?

Have you driven by our campus and wondered what is happening? We are getting a permanent shade structure installed! They are preparing the ground to pour the concrete and install the shade. We are very excited for the additional patio space and shade! Thank you to all of the students who requested it over the years, the District staff, and Governing Board for making it happen!

Sierra is celebrating Kindness next week!

Sierra is celebrating Kindness next week! We are asking students, staff, and family members to post a positive message to others on our virtual Kindness Wall. All messages are moderated and will take up to 1 day to appear to the public. Please help spread some joy to our school by adding to the wall!

https://padlet.com/ahenrey/q1zh2ake0x8xdgom (use the plus sign to add a message!)

Quarter 3 Week 2 Reminders!

We are well on our way to a great quarter. Just a few reminders that we need to make sure families are aware of so their students are a success while here at Sierra! We are noticing a pattern for some of our new students to be just a few minutes late or leave their device at home that we want to improve. Both "tasks" are a part of their daily assignments so that they can get points for being responsible. They can affect their grades because of missed instructions or time to do work.

1) Students need to be through the gate by 8:25am. Any later than that and they are not getting to their class before the late bell. Tardies impact their learning time and can affect their grades. Our program is accelerated and every minute in class counts. After 3 tardies we will call to arrange an in-person conference with their parent or guardian.

2) Students must use their devices daily so they need to bring their laptop every day. We have a very limited amount of loaner laptops here and they work much slower than the students' assigned laptops because they ae shared. Each time a student needs to borrow a laptop it takes at least 10 minutes out of their productivity because the check-out and log in process takes time. Your child will have a better learning experience if they bring their own device. Students that habitually forget their device (3 times or more) will need to have an in-person conference scheduled.

We have begun notifying families for conferences this week. Thank you for your assistance with this!

Reminder: No late start, 8:25am tomorrow!

We had a great first day with our new and returning students! Our campus has grown in numbers and we had almost 100% in attendance on our first day back! We are happy to see all of their smiling faces. It is going to be a great quarter. We want to make sure all parents know that we do not have a late start on Thursdays like FHS. Students are still expected to arrive before 8:25am. For the students in Piru that means getting on the early bus or finding an alternative for transportation.

¡Tuvimos un gran primer día con nuestros estudiantes nuevos y recurrentes! ¡Nuestro campus ha crecido en número y tuvimos casi el 100% de asistencia en nuestro primer día de regreso! Estamos felices de ver todas sus caras sonrientes. Va a ser un gran trimestre. Queremos asegurarnos de que todos los padres sepan que no tenemos un comienzo tardío los jueves como FHS. Todavía se espera que los estudiantes lleguen antes de las 8:25 am. Para los estudiantes en Piru, eso significa subir al autobús temprano o encontrar una alternativa para el transporte.