Kathryn Peoples is passionate about science and curriculum. She’s been a teacher at EARTHS Magnet since the school first opened its doors in 2009 and she is helping to lead the way for CVUSD, as the District transitions to the new Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).

“Breathe in good thoughts. Breathe out fears about mistakes, because mistakes are proof you are trying.”

Before sitting down to take a mathematics exam, this is one of the positive affirmations third grade teacher Kathi Byington tells her students as they practice yoga in their Aspen Elementary classroom.

Every two years the California Healthy Kids Survey is administered to students across California.

This year Conejo Valley Unified School District students in grades seven, nine and eleven are being asked to participate in the survey.