School News

Our Village community has once again shown what we can accomplish when we come together with purpose and heart. During the month of November,  our school took on the challenge of raising funds to support Second Harvest Silicon Valley, setting an initial goal to provide 5,000 meals to local families. Thanks to the generosity and enthusiasm of our students, families, and staff, we didn’t just meet our goal - we more than doubled it!

In total, we raised enough funds to provide 12,890 meals to individuals and families in our community. This incredible achievement reflects the spirit of compassion, leadership, and community that defines our school.  

Students helped champion the effort by making posters and raising money in creative ways such as holding their own yard sales and lemonade stands and doing extra chores to earn money at home.    Families and staff contributed through donations, encouragement, and partnership. Every gift, large or small, helped us build momentum and make a meaningful impact.  Second Harvest was so impressed with our students that they invited us to be a part of a special news segment featuring community giving that will be airing later in December - look for us on KPIX Channel 5! 

We are deeply grateful for the kindness and commitment of everyone who participated. Your contributions ensure that thousands of our neighbors will have access to nutritious meals, and your support models the power of giving for our students.

Thank you for helping us turn our fundraiser into something truly extraordinary. Together, we made a difference!

Thank you to all of our amazing students for another great year of Art, Innovation, and Music! 

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Dear Families:

Yesterday, January 7, 2025, we were informed by PowerSchool, our Student Information System (SIS) platform, that they experienced an international cyber attack at the end of December. This afternoon, our data team was invited to a webinar by PowerSchool to learn more about the situation. We have confirmed that some of our data was accessed. Fortunately, the disclosed information did not include any students’ Social Security Numbers. 

Essentially, the data accessed was the student's name, birthdate, address and similar information.  The discernable data fields accessed can be found here.

In the webinar, PowerSchool  shared their corrective actions and confidence that there is no further threat to the data.

While there is no indication that student passwords were compromised, we will supplement our daily monitoring system by providing students with new passwords in the next few days. 

We have worked extensively to ensure security in our data systems, such as implementing a Multi-Factor Authentication process, geographic restrictions, suspicious login protections and other security measures. It is unfortunate that, in spite of these efforts, our data was accessed as part of the PowerSchool cyberattack. We will continue to work to ensure our data is secure and will ensure our Student Information System increases security protections. 

PowerSchool is monitoring the situation, has engaged a cybersecurity remediation company to prevent future incidents, and will provide our staff with updates for our community. For questions related to PowerSchool’s security procedures, please visit PowerSchool’s website or email Security [at] PowerSchool.com.