Buena High School

You are invited to Meet you SVUSD School Counselor Night on Wednesday, February 8th at the Rothery Education Center from 4:30pm -5:30Pm. Stop by and learn about what School Counselors do and meet our team. Every student deserves a school counselor to help with academic achievement strategies, managing emotions and applying interpersonal skills, and planning for postsecondary options. Every day, school counselors make a difference for students. Learn more at schoolcounselor.org/role #NSCW23 #HelpingStudentsDreamBig

Buena High has been cleared of any threat and classes have resumed as normal. SVPS will still be on campus as they finish their investigation.

Buena High has changed from a Lock Down to a Shelter in Place. Classes will resume as normal within the building, Sierra Vista Police Department will remain on scene continuing their investigation. During a Shelter in Place the campus does still remain closed to outside visitors. More information will be shared as it becomes available.

School counselors help students in more ways than you may know. This week we celebrate them as a part of National School Counseling Week 2023. All week we will feature one of our amazing counselors and what they to #HelpingStudentsDreamBig.

On January 23rd, Buena DECA attended a Rotary meeting to give a presentation about the various Buena CTE programs! Taking place at the Horace Steele room in the library on the Sierra Vista Cochise College campus at 12:00 pm, Buena DECA attended a Rotary Club of Sierra Vista meeting! In correlation with a DECA Project Management Business Solutions project, the Vice President of Career Development, Jenny Ou, gave a presentation about the Buena CTE department and the various CTE programs that Buena offers to its students. The president of Buena DECA, Victoria Kemnitz, attended this meeting with Jenny as well! The presentation covered an overview of what Buena CTE is, the benefits, its importance, how students get involved, how the community can help, and more. It was a fantastic meeting and Buena DECA hopes to maintain strong relations with the Rotary Club of Sierra Vista moving forward! It was a pleasure to be given the opportunity to speak to and meet with an organization that is always doing great things in the community. If you would like to help support Buena DECA's fundraising efforts, please visit buenadeca.org.

Buena JROTC and the Stocking Stuffer Program! This past holiday season, Buena High School's JROTC helped out with the Stocking Stuffer Program! Buena High School's Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) sponsored 10 children to the Stocking Stuffer Program, which helped provide clothing for 648 children in Sierra Vista, Huachuca City, Tombstone, and Palominas communities. The Stocking Stuffer Program is managed by Just Kids, Inc. and involves many other volunteers from the community. Buena JROTC's generosity touched the lives of so many children and made family life a little happier during the holiday season. Thank you to Buena JROTC for enhancing the lives of children in the area! Buena JROTC also participates in many other activities throughout the community, such as food drives, car washes, and more! Thank you for all you do and keep up the great work Buena JROTC!

Yesterday we held the 2nd annual SVUSD68 Spelling Bee. The 14 participants were the champions and runner-ups from each elementary and our middle school. Congratulations to all of our school winners for making it to the district wide Spelling Bee! After 17 rounds with 106 words called, January was the championship word. SVUSD68 2023 Champion is Quinn H. a 6th grader from Huachuca Mountain Elementary. And our runner-up, Landen M. a 4th grader from Village Meadows Elementary gave it his all! Quinn will be representing SVUSD68 at the Cochise County Regional Spelling Bee next month! Good Luck, Quinn!

This week, Buena nursing and home health students had the opportunity to learn about hospice care. Team members from Casa de la Paz Hospice joined the students in class and talked about the care they provide to patients and families and the role it plays in healthcare. This is just one example of how local community supports our Buena CTE programs. Thank you to Casa de la Paz Hospice for providing our students this learning opportunity.

Need dinner tomorrow? Colt JROTC Parents Club is hosting a fundraiser at the Sierra Vista Panda Express on Wednesday, January 25t. Mention this fundraiser and 20% of your order total will be donated to the club. https://www.community-fundraiser.com/fundraiser/events/promotions/99618711-e6ea-0621-7daa-74571adb3bb1/en/landing

SVUSD Curriculum Office is hosting a presentation about the proposed new science curriculum on Thursday, January 19th from 5:00-6:00 pm in the Rothery Education Center Conference Room. During the presentation representatives from both programs, Inspire Science and BRW AP Science, will walk through their respective programs and take questions from the attendees. 5:00-5:05 Welcome & explanation of our process by Terri Romo, Assistant Superintendent 5:05-5:25 Presentation from Inspire Science 5:25-5:35 Community questions for Inspire Science 5:35-5:40 Transition to BRW AP Science 5:40-5:50 Presentation from BRW AP Science 5:50-6:00 Community questions BRW AP Science Any questions that cannot be answered during the presentation will be sent to the companies for a reply and the district will post the answers on our website. If you would like to submit questions for the company please print from the link below and bring it with you to the event. https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2408/svusd/2704418/_Science_Curriculum_Questions_Form__1_.pdf

All schools and offices will be closed tomorrow in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

SVUSD has selected a new Science Curriculum for all grade levels. The proposed curriculum is available for public viewing and comments until Monday, March 6th. To view the curriculum stop by the Curriculum Office in the Rothery Education Center Room 403, Monday thru Friday from 8am-3pm. Scheduled appointments can also be made by calling 520-515-2742.

Due to a sewer line break, tonight's governing board meeting will be held in the Rothery Education Center Conference Room.

Winter break has begun! All SVUSD schools and offices will be closed for the Winter Break. School begins again on Wednesday, January 4th. We want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a very Happy New Year. Can't wait to see you all in 2023!!

The 2022-2023 Yearbook and Senior Ads are on sale now!!! Order your Senior Ad by February 1st to be sure it makes it in the Yearbook. Click the link below to place your order: https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/general/homepage?portal=true

Here is the bell schedule for Buena for Tuesday, December 13th.

Due to our area forecast for ice and snow overnight all Sierra Vista Unified School District schools will have a delayed start time of two hours. Buena will begin at 9:20am, JCMS at 11am and elementary schools at 10am. Bus times will be pushed back 2 hours on all routes and stops. All release times will remain as a normal school day. Breakfast will still be served but only cereal. Buena will not have zero hour. Thank you.

Students at Town & Country Elementary got to take part in a little holiday cheer and decorate gingerbread men cookies. But, these were not any ordinary gingerbread men. Buena Culinary students made the cookies using cookie cutters that were designed and printed by Buena Engineering students using a 3D printer. Once the template was created, it traveled to the Auto Shop and students used their metalworking skills to make the cookie cutters. The cookie cutters headed back to the student’s kitchen where the dough was rolled out and baked. Buena Culinary students then headed to Town & Country with the giant cookies, candy and frosting and worked with the elementary students to decorate the gingerbread men. Everyone had a blast and the first graders were so happy to have the big kids come to their class and work with them. Thank you to everyone who had a hand in making this holiday cheer happen!!!

Join us tomorrow night for Buena Band's Annual Holiday Concert!

On Monday, students from the EMS class had the opportunity to meet with a crew from PHI. Students were able to ask questions and explore what makes these medical helicopters so important to our community.