Enrollment & Registration

We at Sierra Vista have been preparing for the next academic year, and we are looking forward to working together to ensure the smooth transition for all of our incoming 7^th grade students and their families.  As a reminder, only students who live within our attendance territory will be permitted to attend Sierra Vista next year.  Those who live outside of our boundaries—including those Woodbury families currently attending Eastwood--will receive different communication from their next school.  

Enrollment Notification

In preparing for your students’ arrival, it would be helpful to get as accurate a count as possible of who plans on attending Sierra Vista in-person next year, who plans on attending IVA, who is undecided, and who plans on attending neither one.  Please use this link for responding before Friday, March 21st. 

General Information

Important Dates 

SVMS Virtual Tour 

Course Information with Updates for ELA and Social Studies

Course Descriptions 

Math

Director of STEM, Bob Curley, provided a webinar detailing information on IUSD's Math Pathways so parents and students can be informed of math options in secondary education after moving on from elementary. To view that webinar, please click here.

English Language Arts

ELA will have mixed ability grouped classes again next year.  Just like last year, we will receive feedback on each student's performance as a reader and writer so we can balance students based on their ability level so there is a healthy distribution of different learners in each classroom.   

**All students will have the opportunity to earn Honors designation on their transcript if they meet the grade point average requirement communicated at the start of the school year on the course syllabus.  Honors designation will be determined and captured on transcripts for each trimester.

 Social Studies

Social Studies will have some placement changes for 2024-2025 as students will either be in our Honors World History course or our World History course with Honors option.  Our aim is to provide rich experiences for all students and to give everyone access to Honors work and designation on their transcript.  This shift will also allow us to make for a stronger program as we begin to implement Standards Based Grading and align practices more closely with our main feeder high school, Northwood.

Honors World History students will be required to participate in National History Day Competition-- a project that relies heavily on research, analysis, and creativity--and it will require students to demonstrate a higher level of mastery at a more independent level. 

**Those enrolled in World History with the option of Honors will have the opportunity to earn Honors designation on their transcript if they meet the grade point average and National History Day requirement communicated at the start of the school year on the course syllabus.  Honors designation will be determined and captured on transcripts for each trimester.  For placement in the Honors World History, our criteria will be the following:

Students must meet all five criteria:

1. Grade of “A-” or above in trimesters one and two of 6th grade Language Arts (reading & writing only). Grade of “B-'' or above in each trimester of Language Arts if a current APAAS student.
2. Grade of “A-” or above in Social Studies for trimesters one and two in 6th grade.  Grade of “B-” or above in Social Studies for trimesters one and two in 6th grade if a current APAAS student.  
3. Scores of 3 and 4 (Outstanding and Satisfactory) in trimesters one and two of 6th grade for Work Habits in Social Studies and Language Arts.
4. Demonstration of mastery on a summative analytical writing assessment (a score of 85% or above).  
5. Assessed as an “outstanding” reader and writer on a three point scale (1–struggling, 2–average, and 3–outstanding).

Each student will be able to see on Parent Portal on Friday, April 26^th at 3 PM if they are slated for Honors World History or World History (with Honors Option).

Elective Selection 

Individual Elective Videos

Leadership Information and Application- Students interested in this class should read all information at this link to determine if they would like this as their first choice elective. 

Science Olympiad- Students interested in this class should read all information at this link to determine if they would like this as their first choice elective. 

Band and Orchestra Placement Information

Elective Selection Process (Incoming 7^th Graders)  THIS LINK WILL CLOSE ON APRIL 18th.

Bonus Period PE

We have a limited number of spots for Bonus Period PE, and the vast majority of our students will not be placed in this class.  To give you a greater sense of things, we have only 120 seats available for our student body of 1300.

Bonus Period PE is meant to increase elective access for our students who are required to be in an intervention class (Reading Lab, Math Lab, ELD, or Directed Studies).  In offering Bonus Period PE, intervention students have the opportunity to take a more traditional enrichment elective that their peers will be taking.  As such, students in intervention classes make up the majority of our Bonus Period PE classes.  When we have additional spots available, we examine the list of those students who expressed an interest in Bonus PE.  First priority goes to 8^th graders who want to participate in elective classes where we have space based on our staffing and Master Schedule.  We place all those students in a lottery and then reach out to families over the summer to verify placement in classes.  If after that lottery there are still available spots, we will undergo the same process for our 7^th graders.  One important thing to note: we do leave a number of open spots in Bonus PE at the start of the year because we have new enrollees who join Sierra Vista on a regular basis.  We must ensure that anyone needing intervention who joins us at any point in the year will have access to Bonus PE.  Thank you for understanding.

Special Education Information

SVMS SpecEd Parent  Presentation

6th Grade Tour

6^th graders will be visiting Sierra Vista on Friday, April 11^th for an assembly and tour from 8:00 – 10:00 AM.  Each elementary principal will send a message to 6^th grade families regarding their plan for how students should get to/from Sierra Vista. 

6th Grade Parent Nights

Access this slidedeck for an overview of information for the 6th Grade Parent Nights.

We are excited for another great year with you on campus.  You will find the information below helpful for you as you get ready for your 8th grade year.

General Information

SVMS Virtual Tour 

Course Information with Updates for ELA and Social Studies

Course Descriptions 

English Language Arts

ELA will have mixed ability grouped classes again next year.  Just like last year, we will receive feedback on each student's performance as a reader and writer so we can balance students based on their ability level so there is a healthy distribution of different learners in each classroom.    **All students will have the opportunity to earn Honors designation on their transcript if they meet the grade point average requirement communicated at the start of the school year on the course syllabus.  Honors designation will be determined and captured on transcripts for each trimester.

Social Studies

Social Studies will have some placement changes for 2024-2025 as students will either be in our Honors US History course or US History with Honors Option.  Honors US History students will be required to participate in National History Day Competition-- a project that relies heavily on research, analysis, and creativity--and this course will require a greater level of independence.  **Those enrolled in World History with the Honors Option will have the opportunity to earn Honors designation on their transcript if they meet the grade point average and National History Day requirement communicated at the start of the school year on the course syllabus.  Honors designation will be determined and captured on transcripts for each trimester. 

All students will move from the same 7th grade placement for their 8th grade year unless the student has conferenced with the teacher and will be administratively moved based on the student's performance in their 7th grade Social Studies class.

Elective Selection 

8th Grade Elective Video

Leadership Information and Application- Students interested in this class should read all information at this link to determine if they would like this as their first choice elective. 

Science Olympiad- Students interested in this class should read all information at this link to determine if they would like this as their first choice elective. 

Band and Orchestra Placement Information

Office Aide Application- Students interested in this class should read all of the requirements at this link if they are interested and apply if they would like this as their first choice elective.

Elective Selection Process (Incoming 8^th Graders). THIS LINK WILL CLOSE APRIL 18th

Bonus Period PE

We have a limited number of spots for Bonus Period PE, and the vast majority of our students will not be placed in this class.  To give you a greater sense of things, we have only 120 seats available for our student body of 1300.

Bonus Period PE is meant to increase elective access for our students who are required to be in an intervention class (Reading Lab, Math Lab, ELD, or Directed Studies).  In offering Bonus Period PE, intervention students have the opportunity to take a more traditional enrichment elective that their peers will be taking.  As such, students in intervention classes make up the majority of our Bonus Period PE classes.  When we have additional spots available, we examine the list of those students who expressed an interest in Bonus PE.  First priority goes to 8^th graders who want to participate in elective classes where we have space based on our staffing and Master Schedule.  We place all those students in a lottery and then reach out to families over the summer to verify placement in classes.  If after that lottery there are still available spots, we will undergo the same process for our 7^th graders.  One important thing to note: we do leave a number of open spots in Bonus PE at the start of the year because we have new enrollees who join Sierra Vista on a regular basis.  We must ensure that anyone needing intervention who joins us at any point in the year will have access to Bonus PE.  Thank you for understanding.

Special Education Information

SVMS SpecEd Parent  Presentation

The online Data Confirmation website will open on Monday, July 7th.  The data confirmation process must be completed by all families by Monday, July 21st.  In order to complete the data confirmation process, you must have a Parent Portal account, have internet access and the ability to print a document.  If you do not have a Parent Portal account, see Step #1 below.  If you do not have internet access or the ability to print documents, you are welcome to use a computer and printer at Sierra Vista once the office is open to the public (see dates below). 

We are going online this year for all purchases.  All items able to be purchased will be found in the Documents section of Data Confirmation, and it will guide you to myschoolbucks.com where you can buy various items. 

**Before you complete your purchases for Sierra Vista, consider joining PTSA.

All parents should complete Part 1 and Part 2 for each child attending Sierra Vista by Monday, July 21st.

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2025-2026 REGISTRATION

Registration will be done mostly online this year with parents being able to make purchases through myschoolbucks.com. All purchases and online data confirmation should be completed by Monday, July 21st so we can prepare items for distribution in August.

If you do not plan to attend Sierra Vista Middle School, please call the school at
(949) 936- 6600 as soon as possible.

The Irvine Unified School District will once again require residency verification for all IUSD students enrolling for the upcoming school year. This process is an annual legal requirement in California and it helps our district ensure that all available resources are spent efficiently and effectively to the benefit of our Irvine families. Moreover, these additional steps will help provide a full and precise accounting of our student population as we review staffing for the coming year.

For additional information, please contact the Sierra Vista Front Office.

IUSD Required Documents Website

Blended learning is a 21^st century learning environment where some of the learning takes place face-to-face in a school setting, and some of the learning takes place in an online environment. The online environment can be synchronous, meaning the students and teachers are interacting in a real-time environment (such as a live, online classroom, or through collaborative documents), or in an asynchronous environment, meaning students collaborate with peers, interact with multimedia content and submit assignments at various time during the school week.

Blended learning requires a high level of personal responsibility, as the learner must take the initiative to show mastery of learning and complete certain course objectives independently. It is important to know that while blended learning allow for some flexibility in terms of when and where assignments are completed, students must meet certain checkpoints and remain on pace throughout the semester. Students in blended learning are expected to show academic integrity and use technology responsibly for the purposes of education.

Current 7th/8th graders interested in the Blended Learning Program, please visit this link. If you have questions or wish to register, please contact your middle school counselor.