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Navigating the Digital World: Empathy in Action

Digital Citizenship Week is recognized in the month of October. Read on to learn how to support your student's digital citizenship.

Photo of kids with digital devices

Just as students are taught to be safe, responsible, and respectful on the playground, the same holds true for their digital learning. Knowing that students have so much information at their fingertips and that this information comes so quickly, Campbell Union is utilizing Common Sense Media's lessons to ensure that students are being responsible digital citizens. 

Campbell Union was recognized as a Common Sense District in 2024 for facilitating these student lessons and engaging families. These experiences help us teach students how to navigate the online world—from using social media respectfully to understanding the concept of a permanent digital footprint. Our goal is to empower students not just to be safe from technology, but to be smart, ethical, and effective users of technology.

What Does Digital Citizenship Look Like?

Digital citizenship is more than just internet safety; it’s about making good choices online. Our lessons focus on key skills that help students thrive:

  • Practicing Digital Empathy: Learning to communicate with kindness and respect, and understanding that words online can be just as hurtful as words spoken face-to-face. It’s about "thinking before you click or type."
  • Managing Your Digital Footprint: Understanding that everything they post, share, or like creates a public, lasting record. We teach students to curate an online presence that reflects their best self.
  • Media Literacy and Critical Thinking: Giving students the tools to stop and question the information they see. Is the source credible? Is this "fake news" or a reliable fact? This is a vital skill in the age of rapid information sharing.
  • Protecting Privacy and Security: Teaching students how to guard their personal information, create strong passwords, and recognize scams like phishing.

A Partnership for Parents

We recognize that digital citizenship is a partnership between school and home. Common Sense Media offers exceptional, age-specific resources for families. We encourage you to visit their Family Resources Website for:

  • Device Management Tips: Advice on setting family rules and limits around screen time.
  • Media Reviews: Ratings and reviews of movies, games, apps, and websites to help you make informed choices.
  • Conversation Starters: Guides to talk with your child about tough topics like cyberbullying and online safety.

We look forward to a successful year of helping our students grow into thoughtful, responsible, and informed digital citizens.

The Importance of Parent-Teacher Conferences

Superintendent Viramontez shares her fall community message.

Superintendent Viramontez in a classroom

Parent-teacher conferences begin the week of October 6, 2025. This is a wonderful opportunity for parents/guardians/caregivers to sit down with your  student and the student’s teacher to engage in goal setting, to better understand your child’s learning journey, and to gather feedback regarding your student.

Participating in parent-teacher conferences is an opportunity to deepen the connection between home and classroom. The conferences provide an opportunity to engage in the continuous improvement work that your student is participating in. Ask your student about their goal setting, their learning journals, and have them explain to you how they learn best and what strategies work best for them and then dialogue with your student’s teacher and your student.

Conferences will run from October 6 through October 10, 2025 and students will be on a shortened day schedule. Bell schedules are available on each school site website.

A few tips to help prepare for a smooth conference:

  • Ask your student how they learn best.
  • Ask your students if they are having any challenges - academically, socially, etc.
  • Ask your student if there is anything they would like brought up during the conference.
  • Prepare a list of questions for the teacher - questions should be focused on how to strengthen the home-school partnership and/or on how to best support your student.
  • Be fully engaged in the conference - silence cell phones, etc.

We look forward to deepening our partnership with you.

What’s Cooking in School Cafeterias? Real Food with Real Ingredients

Campbell Union School District is cooking up tasty meals and green initiatives.

Ladies prepping lunches in the central kitchen.

Long gone are the days of grey school lunches with mystery meats. Students in Campbell Union School District are now enjoying meals such as chicken risotto and farm-fresh produce.

While the favorite meals amongst students remains chicken nuggets, cheeseburgers, and pizza, the Child Nutrition Services (CNS) Department has committed to making these popular meals as clean as possible by using organic ingredients, scratch cooking, and sourcing products with the fewest, most natural ingredients.

Did you know that CNS does not serve breakfast food with a total sugar content above 13 grams? State law says that added sugars cannot exceed 10%. Campbell is not adding any additional sugars to its breakfast items.

Did you know that the cereals served by CNS are 51% whole grain and have 25% less sugar than the  cereals you purchase at the supermarket?

Changes Happening at the State Level

On Monday September 15, 2025, a list of new educational bills headed to the governor’s desk. Among them is Assembly Bill 1264 which would adopt regulations for ultra-processed foods (UPFs) - any food or beverage high in saturated fats, sodium, or specific added sugars or sweeteners. If signed, this bill would require schools to begin phasing out harmful UPFs by January 1, 2028. This law will require no action from Campbell USD as its focus on cleaner eating has been happening for years now. 

Knowing that ultra-processed food has harmful effects such as a higher risk of obesity, diabetes and heart disease, Campbell USD has a commitment to eliminating ultra-processed food for healthier outcomes and has been ahead of several state laws that have such regulations.

Partnerships for Cleaner Eating

The Child Nutrition Services Department works with both Food for Thought and the Department of Agriculture to source produce from farms within the San Jose/central valley area which allows the produce to move from farm to table in three days or less. Additionally, Food for Thought works in partnership to provide an on-campus farmers’ markets for the students. This opportunity allows for an educational component where students learn about nutritional value and stretching a dollar as they have school bucks to spend on produce. 

The student farmers’ market September schedule:

  • Marshall Lane, Sept. 24 beginning at 8:30 a.m.
  • Village, Sept. 24 beginning at 11:00 a.m.
  • Forest Hill, Sept. 25 beginning at 8:30 a.m.
  • Rosemary, Sept. 25 beginning at 11:30 a.m.
  • Lynhaven, Sept. 26 beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Please watch your school’s calendar for additional student farmers’ market locations, dates, and times.

Going Green

In addition to cleaner eating, CNS also made changes to reducing plastic waste. This initiative includes transitioning away from spork packages that were included in all meals regardless of what was being served to compostable utensils that students take only the utensil needed. To further reduce the District’s plastic consumption, CNS is moving from serving condiments in individual packets to a pump station. These are specialized condiment pumps due to the lower sugar content ketchup and other condiments we serve.

To deepen the go green initiative, Sherman Oaks is piloting a plated meal service which allows for fresher, more appealing meals while reducing the use of plastic and food waste. Based on the learnings from the Sherman Oaks experience, CNS plans to roll out the program at each of the middle schools in the coming years and then the elementary schools.

The Importance of Consistent School Attendance

Academic and socio-emotional success is directly related to students regularly attending class.

Students in a classroom

We’ve all heard that attendance matters for school success. Simply put, academic and socio-emotional success is directly related to students regularly attending class. But, did you know that according to research, students who miss 10 or more school days a year have difficulty reading by third grade, have more challenges in middle school and graduating from high school?

Here are a few tips that can help in establishing consistent school attendance:

  • Create a bedtime and a morning routine - regular sleep schedules help students wake up rested and makes mornings less chaotic.
  • Prep the night before - choosing what to wear and packing a lunch bag and backpack  the night before can save time and stress in the morning.
  • Taking advantage of free breakfast and lunch at school
  • Staying up-to-date on health and dental wellness checks
  • Staying informed  - ParentSquare allows you to monitor your student’s attendance, class assignments, and communicate with their teacher.

The Campbell Union School District is here to help. Additional information can be found at https://www.campbellusd.org/parentlogin 

Welcome to the CUSD Community

How CUSD is leaning into our core values.

Students holding hands on playground

Here at Campbell Union School District, we work as a community to ensure that every student is educated to their highest potential. We do this by leaning into our values of we are learners; we are collaborators; and we are community builders. As learners, staff have spent the summer engaging in a variety of formal and informal professional development - enhancing knowledge and skill sets in the classrooms and operations of the District. 

As collaborators, staff has been reviewing survey data to make continual improvements to optimize the 2025-26 school year and beyond. Our custodial and maintenance staff have diligently worked together to make sure the school sites are cleaned, spruced up and ready to welcome our students. We have been working with our partners to complete construction and technology upgrades. All District departments and school sites are engaged in streamlining our systems.

Community building has spanned from partnerships with local agencies and community partners to building welcoming, inclusive environments where our community feels seen and heard.

As we head into the 2025-26 school year, we invite you to partner with us as learners, collaborators, and community builders. We welcome you and look forward to the growth and progress we will make together on behalf of our students.