Chula Vista Elementary School District

Each Child is an Individual of Great Worth

Our "Heroes' Journey" begins Tuesday, January 14 in the Chula Vista Elementary School District. That's when the District kicks off a hero-themed Attendance Awareness Campaign.

Enrollment packets are available at neighborhood schools beginning Wednesday, February 5, 2020.

Arroyo Vista Charter fifth grade student Katerina Wright won first place in the District’s 2019 holiday greeting card competition.

Shiny new bicycles and helmets will bring joy to more than 100 third grade students as part of the 2019 “Bikes4Kids” distribution.

Thousands of canned goods and toys will be distributed to needy families for the holidays, thanks to the generosity of students, staff and administrators.

Hydro Station, the District’s newest hands-on experiential learning lab, earns prestigious 'BlueTech' award for its innovative approach to scientific teaching.

When students and teachers started school on Monday at Los Altos Elementary School in southern San Diego, they walked into surprise “Scholastic Classroom Makeovers.” Each classroom library received about 300 new books.

Finney Elementary music director Crystal Pridmore brings joy to her lessons in a way that students readily connect to her instruction. That is among the many reasons she is now a semifinalist for a GRAMMY Music Education Award.

A new study from the Learning Policy Institute takes an in-depth look at strategies in our District that helped to raise student academic performance above their peer groups in other California school districts.

Tanya Cruz-Flores is driven by a wrenching desire. “I don’t want any parent to go through what I went through,” she says.

A former San Diego police officer, Superintendent Francisco Escobedo, Ed.D., wanted to make a difference earlier in children’s lives, before they became known to police. Today, he is a 'Superintendent of the Year.'

CVESD was the only elementary district among the eight in San Diego County designated as 'positive outliers' by the Learning Policy Institute

Who was recognized and celebrated as classified and certificated employees of the year? Find out here.

A CVESD instructional assistant - behavioral specialist as one of six Classified School Employees of the Year. Maria Arroyo, who has worked at Daly Academy for the last 13 years, was honored in the para-educator and instructional assistance category.

For the second consecutive year, the Chula Vista Elementary School District has been honored with the “Best Communities for Music Education.”

Mr. Anderson not only had to learn to be a parent for the first time, he also had to learn about education and Special Education. In the process, he became an advocate for all students.

Dr. McLaren was recently named a “Principal of the Year” by the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA), Region 18, in the Elementary Principal category.

Red Ribbon Week®, the National Family Partnership’s Anti-Drug Campaign, is held each October 23-31. It is the oldest and largest drug prevention program in the nation, reaching millions of young people. And it is a personal mission for Superior Court Judge Enrique Camarena Jr.

Which is the only elementary school in the South County to offer an International Baccalaureate program? Cook Elementary.

Our District is among the state’s first recipients of a brand-new honor that celebrates the outstanding implementation of practices that have had a positive impact on student outcomes.