Rio Vista Elementary

Rio Vista Elementary School, located in Cathedral City, opened its doors for the first day of school on August 30, 2004. As one of 16 elementary schools in the Palm Springs Unified School District, Rio Vista serves approximately 680 students in grades preschool through fifth grade. The campus consists of 30 classrooms, a kindergarten building with four classrooms, a multipurpose building, an administrative office, a library building, and a large playground. A Head Start building is also located on the campus. The school is located in a neighborhood that has the potential for continued growth. The majority of the students live within walking distance. Many students attend through intradistrict transfers.

Rio Vista Elementary parents and staff have participated in decisions to set the tone, traditions, and practices for years to come. Establishing and maintaining the culture of our school falls into the hands of our entire learning community. Our focus statement, Rangers Lead the Way, is being realized as the entire community participates in the processes that becomes our practice.

The Rio Vista website provides parents with up-to-date information about school activities, grade-level events, educational websites, and PTA announcements. A dedicated cadre of parents volunteers regularly in classrooms. Each grade level holds a Back to School Night to provide information for parents for each child in their family. The active Parent Teacher Association, under strong leadership, meets quarterly and is dedicated to increasing parent involvement.

The School Site Council members are elected on a rotating schedule to provide continuity. The ten-member Council is fulfilling its duties as assigned. The Single Plan for Student Achievement is updated annually by the School Site Council with the support and advisory from the English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC). Our school will evaluate the effectiveness of our SPSA shortly after state testing scores are released and our SSC and other leadership groups have had the opportunity to review all student achievement data. Monitoring comments will be added to our SPSA throughout the year. Revisions to our SPSA, and subsequent Board approval, will occur if there are substantial budget and/or material changes during the school year.