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Covina-Valley Unified School District

  • Ben Lomond Elementary Students Build Positive Behavior Through Character Strong Program

    Ben Lomond Elementary School students are strengthening their understanding of character traits and learning to put them into action through the Character Strong program, ensuring students treat one another with respect, care, and integrity every day. The Character Strong program focuses on three key outcomes: “Be Strong, Be Kind, and Be Well.” Each month, students explore a new character trait through grade-level specific lessons and songs that reinforce positive behavior, helping them develop respect, responsibility, empathy, gratitude, honesty, and more.

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  • Covina-Valley Unified Celebrates Numerous Recognitions for Academic Excellence

    Covina-Valley Unified School District has earned multiple recognitions from U.S. News & World Report, Innovate Public Schools, and the Educational Results Partnership (ERP) Honor Roll for its innovative programs that empower students to excel inside and outside the classroom. All three Covina-Valley Unified middle schools ranked in the top 13% of public middle schools in California, while all nine elementary schools were ranked in the top 29% statewide, according to the 2026 U.S. News & World Report rankings. Additionally, Manzanita, Rowland Avenue, Grovecenter, and Merwin elementary schools, Las Palmas Middle School, and South Hills High School earned a place on Innovate Public Schools’ 2025 Top Public Schools list for closing opportunity gaps for Latino students.

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  • Sierra Vista Middle School’s WEB Program Earns Recognition for Promoting Positivity and Connection

    Sierra Vista Middle School’s Where Everybody Belongs (WEB) program is creating a culture of positivity, kindness, and care, ensuring every student feels seen and supported on campus. This commitment to fostering a welcoming environment earned WEB recognition at the World’s Greatest Schools Conference on Oct. 6 for digital positivity. WEB is made up of 38 seventh- and eighth-grade students who help engage their classmates through monthly classroom lessons, sports tournaments, games, rallies, and more. The program primarily supports sixth-graders and new seventh- and eighth-graders, helping them feel welcomed and connected to campus life.

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Northview High Students Uncover Passion for Service Through Public Safety Pathway

Northview High School students are putting public service theories, principles, and techniques to the test through hands-on lessons and projects in the school’s Public Safety Career Technical Education (CTE) Pathway, which aims to develop students into professionals with a passion for helping their community. The CTE pathway features three classes in which students cover a wide range of topics, including the history of law enforcement, the process of American justice, cultural diversity, ethics and patrol officer procedures. Students gain active skills in fingerprinting, blood spatter analysis, crime scene reconstruction and more.

Covina-Valley Unified Receives Grant to Continue Prioritizing Student Health and Wellness

Covina-Valley Unified School District’s efforts to continue prioritizing the wellness of students and offering mental health services that go beyond the classroom are receiving a significant boost thanks to the help of a $7.2 million California Community Schools Partnership Program grant, casting a light on the District’s commitment to serving the whole child. The grant funds will be used to expand the health and wellness support available to students across the District, including allowing the District Health and Wellness Center to remain open full-time.

Covina-Valley Unified Supports Deaf or Hard of Hearing Students, Ensures Every Student Succeeds

Covina-Valley Unified School District supports students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (DHH) from across the San Gabriel Valley by offering crucial services, ensuring that every student has the resources and opportunities to achieve success in their personal and educational goals. DHH students are supported by the Covina-Valley Children’s Center’s Early Start Program through the Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA).

Covina-Valley Unified School District Reaches New Heights with Aerospace Partnership

Excitement is in the air as Covina-Valley Unified School District prepares to launch its partnership with the Junior Flight Academy (JFA), bringing a groundbreaking aviation/aerospace program to students and ushering in a new era of educational excellence in STEAM education. The partnership will offer students an engaging online curriculum, combining aviation and aerospace technology with in-depth academic coursework, equipping students with invaluable, real-world skills that prepare them for aviation, technology, and science careers.

Covina-Valley Unified School District Showcased for Exemplary Practices in A-G Course Completions

Covina-Valley Unified School District was celebrated for its exemplary insights and strategies into student enrollment and success in A-G courses, shining a light on the District’s devotion to reducing equity gaps in college eligibility and promoting educational excellence. Covina-Valley Unified was one of nine school districts featured in the Policy Analysis for California Education’s (PACE) 2023 A-G Resource Guide, each of which achieved completion rates that surpassed the overall statewide rate.

Covina-Valley Unified Kicks Off New School Year with Welcome Back Convocation

Covina-Valley Unified School District ushered in the new school year by greeting teachers and staff with a hearty breakfast, celebrations, an inspirational keynote speaker, and more during its Welcome Back Convocation on Aug. 17. The convocation included a special recognition of the Teacher of the Year and Classified Employee of the Year, showcasing the excellence of C-VUSD teachers and staff. The District also screened a creative welcome back video featuring preparations for the new school year to excite staff for the return to campuses.

Covina-Valley Unified Celebrates Students’ Return to Campuses with Successful First Day of School

Rain eased up across the San Gabriel Valley just in time for Covina-Valley Unified School District’s first day of school on Aug. 21, where more than 11,000 students were welcomed back to campuses with smiling faces, warm embraces, and colorful decorations. Covina-Valley’s 19 school sites serve the areas of Covina, West Covina, Glendora, Irwindale and unincorporated parts of L.A. County, providing students with award-winning programs at all grade levels.

Covina-Valley Unified Students Gear Up for 2023-24 School Year

Covina-Valley Unified School District will start its new school year on Monday, Aug. 21. The District serves the communities of Covina, West Covina, Glendora, San Dimas, and Irwindale with 19 school sites, including an early childhood center and two adult education campuses.

Covina-Valley Unified Students, Families Gear Up for 2023-24 School Year at Back to School Extravaganza

More than 400 families left the Covina-Valley Unified School District Health and Wellness Center with huge smiles and backpacks brimming with free school supplies, thanks to the District’s first-ever “Back to School Extravaganza” held Aug. 10. The event – a resource fair aimed at preparing District families for the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 21 – included a complimentary pancake breakfast, free haircuts, health screenings, and mental health resources from the District’s Student Services team of counselors, social workers, and nurses.