Executive Director Update: August 2023: Welcome Back to School!

Dear VCS Community, Welcome back from the summer and to the 2023-2024 school year!  Our amazing and dedicated staff is working hard to prepare for the upcoming school year and we look forward to welcoming our students back to the first day of school on Thursday, August 17th. This day will follow a regular ThursdayContinue reading “Executive Director Update: August 2023: Welcome Back to School!”

Executive Director update: December 2023

Dear VCS Community,  As we head into this winter break and the holiday season, I have been thinking a great deal about the times that we find ourselves in as we rear and educate our children.  There is so much conflict and suffering occurring around the world and we are parenting and educating in timesContinue reading “Executive Director update: December 2023”

Equity Spotlight: November 2022: 2nd grade Community PBL

In 2nd grade, we spend the year building our idea of community. We start at the very beginning of the making of the San Fernando Valley by studying all about rivers, how they are made, where they flow and the plants and animals that grow around this special riparian ecosystem paying special attention to the Los Angeles River.