Clovis Unified School District

09/23/2026

🎷 ALL THAT JAZZ
The first-ever Clovis Unified Jazz Night concert filled the Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall with beautiful music! Jazz bands from Buchanan, Clovis, Clovis East, Clovis North and Clovis West high schools took turns performing for each other, something they've never been able to do before due to conflicting schedules at other festivals. The evening culminated in an "All-Star Band" performance, featuring five musicians from each school. Guest artist Willie Murillo, a singer and trumpeter from Los Angeles, joined each school and the All-Star band on stage to play alongside them. It was a great evening celebrating the musical talents of our students!

09/23/2026

Elementary music teacher Rebecca Monson and her music classes at Boris Elementary were recently featured in a Positivity Project blog post! Monson wrote about the impact the Positivity Project lessons have had on her students, and how she can tell a difference in participation and behavior when the character strength lessons are reinforced schoolwide. Read more from Monson in her article!

Explore the impact refocusing on character strength education had student behavior at Virginia R. Boris Elementary school.

09/22/2026

🎭 BRONCO DRAMA PRESENTS: GREASE
The curtain is officially rising on the 2026-27 Clovis Unified theater season, with The Bronco Drama's production of "Grease!" Jump back in time to 1959 and watch the iconic story of Sandy and Danny as they fall for each other over summer and then try to navigate their romance through high school, friends and reputations. A live band truly brings this classic musical to life!

Performances run Sept. 24-26 and Oct. 1-3 at the Mercedes Edwards Theater (902 5th St., on the Clark Intermediate campus). The curtain rises at 7:30 p.m. There are also matinee performances at 2 p.m. Sept. 26 and Oct. 3. For tickets: cusd.com/drama.

09/21/2026

🦅 50 YEARS OF GOLDEN EAGLES!
In honor of the 50th anniversary of Clovis West High, the school invited alumni and former staff to come celebrate at the homecoming football game! Previous principals of the school were in attendance, and a group of alumni joined current students on the field at halftime during their performances. The Golden Eagles will be celebrating this special anniversary all year long!

09/21/2026

📖 SPECIAL GUESTS ON WILDCAT CAMPUS
Grandparents were the special guests at Valley Oak Elementary recently, for Grandparent's Day! Many students invited their grandparents to join them for "lunch on the lawn," and some grandparents spent time at the library reading to classes of young students.

"We are so honored by their continued support and dedication to making Valley Oak such a special place for our students!" said fourth grade teacher Jacey Domoto.

09/20/2026

💚 CARING T-WOLVES
The Clovis East High junior varsity cheerleaders shared care, laughs and good food recently when they volunteered to make a meal for guests of Terry's House. The house is a "home away from home" for families of critical care patients at Community Regional Medical Center, so they have a place to rest and recharge near the center. Clovis East's cheerleaders worked together to provide a comforting experience for the families as they embodied the school motto "Wolfpack Means Family!"

09/19/2026

✉️ MAIL CALL!
The Weldon Elementary Warriors surprised 69 veterans with letters of appreciation and gratitude while on the Central Valley Honor Flight! A bundle of letters from friends, family and community members were given to veterans enroute to Washington, D.C. Recipient Tom Parker, the husband of Weldon campus monitor Debi Parker, was especially appreciative of the care and support shown by the Warriors.

The Honor Flight is a program that sends veterans to Washington, D.C., to honor them for their service and help them experience the various monuments and landmarks dedicated to veterans in our nation's capital.

09/19/2026

📝 EQUIPPING STUDENTS
Sept. 18 is AVID Day, a national celebration of the Advancement Via Individual Determination program that equips students with skills and support to succeed academically and advance to the next steps in their educational journey.

Four teachers share what they are able to accomplish with their students and in their careers because of AVID: Katherine Stowell and Robert Manjarrez from Boris Elementary, Kim Vasquez from Copper Hills Elementary, and Haley Vertson from Sanchez Intermediate.

09/18/2026

💬 PARENT NIGHT: CYBERBULLYING AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Parents, join us for a presentation on youth mental health, cyberbullying, social media use and more tips on digital safety at the upcoming Parent Night on Sept. 24 at Dry Creek Elementary. Dinner and childcare is available starting at 5:30 p.m., with the presentation beginning at 6 p.m. Translation services are available.

For more information or to register, please visit cusd.com/parent-academy.

Parent Nights are education evenings for parents to learn about timely topics related to their students, put on by the Clovis Unified Supplemental Services department.

09/18/2026

💚 LESSONS IN BEING PRESENT
Part of the Positivity Project lessons include developing the "Other People Mindset," helping students learn to consider others when making decisions. This week, many schools are focusing on Being Present and Giving Others Your Attention! At Bud Rank Elementary, students wrote down a fact about themselves anonymously, then mixed up all of the notes. Students took turns reading aloud each other's fun facts, practiced their active listening and tried guessing which facts belonged to each of their classmates!

Character strengths like Being Present are part of the Positivity Project, a social-emotional learning program that all Clovis Unified elementary schools and many secondary schools are utilizing. To learn more, visit cusd.com/positivity-project