Ladera STARS Academy

☀️ We wish the whole Ladera STARS community a safe and joyful summer break! ☀️
📍 We look forward to welcoming back our Dragons to the first day of classes for the 2024-2025 School Year on Wednesday, August 21st.

Come for Open House, leave with BeStill Tea! Thursday, May 30 5:30-7:30 pm. 🫖🍵☕️ 🌟💙

We are thrilled to be one of the two CVUSD schools selected as 2023 HONOR ROLL SCHOOLS by the Educational Results Partnership (ERP). Congratulations to our Ladera STARS Community for making this dream a reality! And congrats to our neighbor, Lang Ranch! 🌟🎉🌟🎉 🌟💙

Looking for some fun things to do on Saturday, May 18? You are invited! Save the date and join the WHS STEAM-team for some fun engineering and STEAM activities on Saturday, May 18 at Westlake High. Please preregister using QR code on the flyer. 🌟💙

Happy National Teacher Appreciation Week! 🍎 Teachers at STARS Academy are feeling all the love and appreciation after being greeted with a delicious breakfast and the most creative door decorations on Monday morning. And this is just the beginning! Thank you and all the Room Parents for showing your love and support for our amazing STAR-teachers! Let the week-long celebration begin! 🎉🌟🎉🌟 🌟💙 🍎

Our second graders are published authors! While using the Project-Based Learning approach, our second graders became the experts on the wildlife crossing and the animals this crossing is built for. They visited the construction site, heard from the expert () and now published books, fiction and nonfiction, about the animals that will be using this crossing. On Saturday, May 4, they participated in The Ventura County Reading Association’s Young Author Fair with crafts and author’s visit with the amazing ! Thank you Mrs. Nordstrom and Mrs. Brown for taking our scholars to the top and making them shine! 📚🌟🤩 🌟💙

Ladera STARS proudly joins CVUSD in celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander and Jewish Heritage Months, National Speech-Language-Hearing Month and National Mental Health Awareness Month. 🌸 🌟💙

Congratulations, Mrs. Babbitt’s chorus, for representing Ladera STARS Academy at the All District Chorus Festival and for singing your hearts out on that big stage Thursday night! You truly shined, Ladera STARS, and we couldn’t be more proud of all your hard work and commitment! Thank you parents, teachers and everyone who has helped to make this evening special! 🌟🎶🎉 🌟💙

Our STARS are already shinning bright on the big stage, and this is just a warm up! Many are performing for the first time! Break a leg tonight and go Ladera STARS dragons! 🌟🤞 🌟💙

Staff Appreciation Week is less than two weeks away. Here are some suggestions from the PTA on how to make our teachers and staff feel appreciated during the week of May 6 through May 10! (See flyer) 🥯📝🍪💐🤩 🌟💙

Bring your whole family, pillows and blankets and enjoy Lego Movie1 in the MPR on Friday, April 26 @ 5:30 pm. 🎥🍿🎬🧸 Thank you for organizing this fun event for all to enjoy! 🫶 🌟💙

Happy Earth day from Ladera STARS Academy family to yours! 🌎🌳💚🌍🌳💚🌏🥰 🌟💙

We need paraeducators and we would love to see you on our campus! Please scan the QR code on the flyer or visit bit.ly/CVUSDparaeducator for more information.
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Mario the Magician brought his high energy, wit and magic all the way from New York City to start off our Friday morning! 🍎🎩🤖 Thank you for captivating our hearts and minds with your entertaining and educational act! We had so much fun learning about the power of doing what we love and learning about people who inspired you: your favorite 11th-grade teacher and the work of Andy Warhol, Alexander Calder, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Nicolas Tesla! Your message and your high energy magic act are unparalleled! We hope to see you again - you just made many friend-fans in Thousand Oaks, CA! 🧡🌳 Thank you for bringing this magical assembly to our scholars & staff. 🫶 🌟💙

Bringing Restorative Practices into the classroom with Rodney Tulson, J.D., from the International Institute for Restorative Practices. A day of learning, training and reflecting . ⚖️🕊️ 🌟💙

Our third graders are finishing up the week before the spring break with a trip to Wishtoyo Village in Malibu to learn about the Chumash culture, wisdom and values. Thank you for hosting our scholars. 🌟💙