Vista Nueva High School

Good Morning Vista Family, We have several activities going on this week. Today, our freshmen are presenting their end of year exhibitions. All other grade levels have time planned in advisory. Tomorrow we will be taking a trip to the Rec Center at San Juan College where students can participate in a wide variety of activities including rock climbing, disc golf, table games etc. Wednesday morning the students will be participating in a surprise activity around downtown Aztec. Wednesday afternoon we will have our annual seniors vs everyone kickball game. Thursday we will be visiting the Aztec Ruins. Thursday evening, we have graduation at 6:00 at the Connie Gotsch Theater at San Juan College. Friday morning we will be having an all school breakfast and enjoying each other's company before dismissing for the school year! If there are any activities you are not comfortable having your student participate in, please communicate with the front desk about attendance. Dreher

Good Afternoon Vista Family, Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 14th, is a regular school day. Among the many projects student's need to be finishing up, we also need to complete STAR end of year testing for our 9th, 10th and 11th grade students. Please make sure to have your students attend school tomorrow! Thank you so much, Dreher

Good Morning Vista Family, I am pleased to introduce you to the newest addition to the Vista staff, Olivia Cruz! Olivia was raised here in Aztec and after many years of worldly adventures, starting a family and diving deep into geology, Olivia decided to become a teacher. She is joining us after three years at Durango Big Picture High School. She is very excited for the opportunity to give back to her community and to work at our wonderful school. If you are interested in meeting Olivia, We are hosting a meet the teacher event today, from 5:30 - 6:30. She will be here to meet her incoming freshmen and anyone else that wants to join. Have a great day, Dreher

Good Morning Vista Family! Help us celebrate the amazing staff in this building next week! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0945ABAD2EA2F4CE9-49352637-teacher Dreher

Good evening Vista Family, We are rapidly approaching teacher appreciation week and we would love to show our amazing teachers all the love. Below is the link for anyone wanting to show their support. We had an awesome teacher appreciation last year and hope to do the same again. Thank you for your support! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0945ABAD2EA2F4CE9-49352637-teacher

Good Morning Vista Family, I have had some hefty developments in my personal life recently. Please read the attached letter. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eSOnnFygYv_V2XB7fN0UURazVeg8To-UUQ7WlT-JbIc/edit?usp=sharing With love, Dreher

Good Morning Vista Family, Tomorrow we will be administering the New Mexico ASR science exam to our Junior students. Juniors need to be at school on time tomorrow. All other regularly scheduled internship/classes will be taking place and transportation is still available. Dreher

Good Afternoon Vista Family, Just a reminder, tomorrow is SAT testing. Students may still go to their internships if they have transportation but transportation will not be provided by the school. If they do not have an internship day, it is a remote learning situation from home. Those students may work on pursuing their next internship opportunity. Good luck Juniors! Dreher

Good Afternoon Vista Family We had an emergency situation with an individual at Vista Nueva. Emergency responders have arrived at VNHS and assisted. At this time emergency responders will be departing the site soon. There was no danger to staff or students. We appreciate your understanding of this sensitive medical emergency. Thank you, Dreher

Good Evening Vista Family, I have a wonderful and rare retraction to deliver this evening. We have restructured grant funding for our work based learning and have gained approval to continue to pay our students through the end of the year for the excellent work that our students have been doing! Have a great evening! Dreher

Good Morning Vista Family, We have a few key announcements to share about the upcoming weeks. Today is the last day that we can guarantee payment to students for internship hours. This does not mean they need to stop getting hours, it just means that grant funds are dwindling and we could be at a zero balance in the near future. Students are still earning credit for their hours regardless of pay. Next Wednesday, April 10th, we will be administering the SAT for our Junior class. For all other students this is either an internship day or a remote learning day. There will not be provided transportation on that day as Mr. Dobbs will be administering the exam. Juniors will need to be here at 8:00 and should finish up testing just before lunch. Finally, the Aztec Prom will be taking place on Saturday, April 13th. Guest forms are available at the front desk now, and tickets will be on sale beginning Tuesday of next week. We are struggling to find computer power cord for our students. Each student should have a charger for their Chromebook but currently we have less than half of them accounted for. Please speak with your student about getting these chargers back to school. Lastly, next Friday, April 12th, the adulting 101 class will be heading to Tiger Pond for a day of fishing. Thank you all! Dreher

Good Morning Vista Family, We are pursuing the opportunity to become a community school in the state of New Mexico. One of our key steps is getting feedback from all relevant stakeholders. This grant would help give us the ability to expand our community partnerships in order to radically strengthen the resources and the student experience here at Vista. This survey should not take more than about five minutes. Thank you for your continued support as always! Dreher https://forms.gle/hfj4gg9RsWtadG5P9

Good Morning Vista Senior Parents/Guardians, As part of the State of New Mexico Graduation Requirements, all seniors must complete the Free Application for Federal student Aid, or the FAFSA. Next Tuesday, March 5th, beginning at 5:00 pm, we will be hosting a FAFSA night at Vista. College financial aid professionals will be on hand to assist you in completing the FAFSA. Please bring your FSA ID (parent/guardian & student both need an FSA ID). If you do not have an FSA ID you will need to create one at least 2 days prior to ensure that you can log in, visit the link below to create your account. https://studentaid.gov/fsa-id/create-account/launch" See you next week! Dreher

Good Morning Vista Family, We have had a few parents contact us about weirdness with appointment times for exhibitions. Depending on your phone, your settings and your use of google, occasionally appointment schedules default to the Pacific Time Zone because that is where google is based. The time zone is displayed on the sign up page. I do not know how to fix this, even on my own phone it does this. I apologize for any confusion this may cause anyone and I will continue to look for a fix, but in the meantime, we will all just to have to pay attention to what time zone is displayed for us on the booking page. Thank you for your patience and my apologies for confusion, Dreher

Good Evening Vista Family, In just a few short weeks we will be hosting exhibitions again. For this round, they will be taking place on February 14th, 15th, and 16th. Every student will be presenting this round and we need parent/guardian/family support. Below are the links for each grade level presentation time slots. Please select the appropriate slot for your students. We look forward to seeing all of you in just a few short weeks! Freshmen in Ms. McClung's class click here: https://calendar.app.google/8vvurKimSovSZTF4A Sophomores in Mrs. Dusenbery's class click here: https://calendar.app.google/dvt3DECtT99VeH4D9 Juniors in Mr. Dobb's class click here: https://calendar.app.google/Fvbx4gtiDjJ9P19R6 Seniors in Ms. Workman's class click here: https://calendar.app.google/diUH2MKyUECrKDHM6 Dreher

Good Morning Vista Family, Here is the bell schedule for a two hour delay. .. It is still possible we will have a remote learning day, it just depends on how this storm progresses. The next alert will be at 7:30. Dreher

Good Afternoon Vista Family, Over the break you should have received an email from "Admin 360" with a link to a survey for the state. Any parent/guardians able to fill this out for us in the next few days would be really helpful in our pursuit of funding for our school. This email would have shown up on 12/26 or 12/27. I will send out more information about this funding opportunity in the near future, but I would really appreciate help with this. Thank you for your time and continued support! Dreher

Good Morning Vista Family and Happy Holidays! As we head into the holiday break, just a few announcements and requests. On Thursday, a group of our students will be traveling to the Aztec Senior Center to do some holiday caroling. I am especially excited for the very original rendition of "The 12 Days of Christmas". Later today or tomorrow, guardians will be receiving an email from "Qualtrics". In this email is a link to a survey that will have a direct impact on a funding opportunity for school. Please, if you could take a few minutes to fill this out honestly it would be very helpful for many new endeavors. Our building is full of holiday cheer and the staff and students are bringing ear to ear smiles to my face every day. From our family to yours, we wish you a safe and loving holiday break! Dreher

Good Afternoon Families, Just a friendly reminder, we will be having our annual Thanksgiving Feast, on Friday, November 17th, at 11:00 AM. Below is the link to sign up to bring your favorite dish. Thank you to everyone that can contribute and we look forward to seeing you Friday! Dreher https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0945ABAD2EA2F4CE9-45869634-vista#/

Good Morning Vista Family! Whew! We made it through our first round of exhibitions! Thank you to everyone that came in to support our students through this new experience. Our students did very well. Now it is time to look to the future. Next Friday, November 17th, at 11:00 AM, we will be having our annual Thanksgiving feast, sponsored by the Aztec Boys and Girls Club. Our meal will be taking place again in the gymnasium next door. This is always a special day at Vista and we would love for our extended family to join us again in giving thanks for the many blessings in all of our lives. We had a tremendous turnout last year, but unfortunately ran a little short on food. The school will be providing turkey and will have all of the plates, napkins etc. We would love anyone's contributions to this feast. Below is the link for signing up to bring your favorite dish. Thank you to everyone that can contribute and we look forward to seeing you next week! Dreher https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0945ABAD2EA2F4CE9-45869634-vista#/