MATES is a directly funded independent charter school and operates as a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation. MATES operates autonomously from the Conejo Valley Unified School District but does receive supervisory oversight from its authorizer, the Ventura County Board of Education. MATES is governed by acorporate Board of Directors in accordance with its adopted corporate bylaws.
Please join us for our next Campus Beautification Days!
The MATES Staff wishes everyone a fun and safe summer. See you August 18th for the Back to School Bash!
Do you know anyone interested in a home-school program that includes the MATES Curriculum and specialists? Tell them about the MATES Personalized Learning Program coming this fall. Contact Mrs. Olshever, bolshever@matescharter.org or Mrs. Kiszczak, lkiszczak@matescharter.org , for more information.
Last night was the annual board meeting. New and continuing board members took their oath of office. Congratulations to Megan Winter, Dr. Michael McCambridge, Jennifer Murasky, and Joey Tennison. Under your leadership, we are looking forward to another successful year at MATES.
Thank you to the MCN and all of the generous donors. We have new computers in the computer lab, and our students are loving them.
Mr. Nick Impellizzeri is our Executive Director for the day. He is doing a great job leading our school.
Last Night's Open House was a great showcase of all of the hard work our students and teachers do on a daily basis. We are so appreciative to everyone who supported MCN this year. Our students benefited greatly from all of your donations. Thank you for a fabulous 10th year!
MATES came in 2nd Place in The Oaks School Cents Program. Thank you to all of our parents for supporting this program. MATES won $2,200!!! A special thank you to Irene and Keith Akiyama for organizing and monitoring this program for our school.
MATES Community and Friends! We need your help! You may know we are hoping to embark on the groundbreaking of our Outdoor Classroom this summer, and we are looking for landscaping businesses to please consider working with us on this exciting project! We are open to starting discussions with landscapers or contractors in the Ventura County area. It would be an amazing project to help our school fulfill it's capital campaign project we kicked off last year with our Ten Year Anniversary, and be finished in time to start the 2019-20 school year for our students with a wonderful outdoor space for them to learn. Anyone interested should contact Executive Director Brenda Olshever at bolshever@matescharter.org. Thank you in advance for your help and support! Please consider sharing to help spread the word!
In honor of Founder's Day and our ten year anniversary, we planted a tree and a time capsule. Thank you to the Bateman Family for their generous donation of the tree.
Our third grade students are finishing the CAASPP Assessment this week. Next week our fourth and fifth grade students will take the assessment. Remember to get a good night's sleep and eat a good breakfast.
As MATES Celebrates it's Ten Year Anniversary, parents, staff and former students share their recollections of what makes MATES great. Thank you to Casey and Renee Dake for this wonderful video.
Thank you to MCN Mates Community Network for sponsoring the beautiful 10 Year Anniversary Gala. It was the perfect night to celebrate our founders and the great success of MATES.