VIDEO: Overview of Buena Vista Virtual Academy in Yorba Linda
Since opening its doors in 2020, Buena Vista Virtual Academy (BVVA) has offered free, flexible, and personalized online educational opportunities to fit the unique needs of students…
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Annual PYLUSD Artworks! exhibition goes virtual to uniquely display student art from across the district
The Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District (PYLUSD) annual “Artworks!” student art exhibition has gone virtual! Each year, the exhibition professionally showcases artwork from PYLUSD students of…
Thirteen Yorba Linda Middle School students participate in virtual SCSBOA ensemble
Even during a pandemic, the show must go on! Despite the unconventional academic year, many students are making the most of it through engagement in…
Tuffree students win second place in OC Moot Court Competition
Last week, Tuffree Middle School eighth graders Nicole Leon, Sofia Gozar, JD Cavalluzzi, and Mia Demonte represented Tuffree Middle School and the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified…
Buena Vista Virtual Academy students thriving in virtual and in person learning opportunities
Since the beginning of the year, Buena Vista Virtual Academy (BVVA) students have embarked on a new and different learning adventure. Students have learned to…
Earth Week activities at Travis Ranch School
To raise environmental awareness, the Travis Ranch School Green Team hung ornaments with students’ Earth Week pledges on a tree on campus. Students wrote their pledges…
Valadez Middle School recognizes school bus drivers
On April 27, the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District recognized School Bus Driver Appreciation Day. Valadez Middle School Academy went above and beyond to recognize the…
Award given to Kraemer Middle School Language Arts teacher
Eighth-grade teacher Shane Twamley of Kraemer Middle School is one of three California teachers to be named to Curriculum Associates’ 2021 Class of Extraordinary Educators,…
PICTURES: PYLUSD successfully shifts to increased instructional model at school sites
On Monday, April 19, the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District (PYLUSD) shifted to an increased instructional model by combining cohorts at all comprehensive school sites. That day, the…
Interns serve Valadez Middle School community
As May approaches, academic communities are preparing for many transitions. Promotions, graduations, registration for the upcoming year, and many much anticipated summertime activities. Still, the…