Welcome to the Visitors Guide. The district website is updated on a continuous basis with information about important academic changes, issues before the Board of Trustees, upcoming events at individual schools or districtwide, and other news of interest to students, parents, staff and the community.

The website should be checked regularly for the most up-to-date and factual information about the district. We hope your web experience is as useful and rewarding. To help achieve that goal, the site implements a consistent, user-friendly design and navigational structure and uses a myriad of popular Internet technologies to enhance your experience.

Third Party Plug-ins

Q: What is a plug-in?
A: A plug-in is additional software that you can install for your web browser to add functionality. Plug-ins are commonly used to add video, audio, and other features and capabilities to your web browser. Fortunately, all the plug-ins used on the Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD) Web Site can be downloaded for free off the World Wide Web.

Free Plug-ins
For your convenience here are the plug-ins you may need to install to view some of the content in the CUSD Website:

Q:What plug-ins are used on the CUSD Web Site?
A: Adobe® Acrobat® Reader: Allows you to view and print Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Acrobat® Reader is available from the Acrobat® Reader Download page. Read more about PDF files below. Click on the Image below to get Adobe® Acrobat® Reader.

Q: What are PDF's and how do I use them?
A: PDF stands for Portable Document Format. PDF's keep the look and feel of documents that must maintain specific formatting. PDF files are compact, cross-platform, and can be viewed by anyone with the free Acrobat Reader.

PDF and Microsoft Word files on this site are indicated by the following instances:

PDF Version

Microsoft Word Version

File sizes will be indicated after the PDF or Microsoft Word icons within brackets "[file size]".

To view a PDF file, you will need Adobe® Acrobat® Reader installed on your personal computer. Acrobat® Reader can be downloaded from Adobe's web site at no cost.

Audio Instructions

Sound clips/files can be played on most any computer, however the file sizes can be considerably large. To play .wav files you will need a browser plug-in or other program that can handle them. CUSD patrons can use QuickTime, Media Player or Real Player, which can play files of many different formats on both PC and Macintosh.

Video Instructions

CUSD Video clips may be in one of the following formats:

AVI
MOV
MPG

Video clips/files can be played on most any computer, however the file sizes can be considerably large. To play video clips/ files you will need a browser plug-in or other program that can handle them. CUSD patrons can use QuickTime, Media Player or Real Player, which can play files of many different formats on both PC and Macintosh.

PowerPoint Instructions

CUSD PowerPoint presentations are available for viewing and downloading. You may choose to "click" on the link to open/view the file using PowerPoint or "right-mouse click" on the link (Mac: command + click) and choose the option "save target as", "save link as", or "save file as" to save the file on your computer.

PowerPoint Viewer

This download is for users who don't have Microsoft PowerPoint®; it will allow you to view PowerPoint presentations. This includes files created in both PowerPoint for Windows® and PowerPoint for the Macintosh.

Photo Instructions

CUSD photos are available for viewing and downloading. You may choose to "click" on the link to open/view the file viewing it in the browser or "right-mouse click" on the link (Mac: command + click) and choose the option "save target as", "save link as", or "save file as" to save the file on your computer.