Valley View Middle School in Simi Valley is the winner of the middle school division of the 2025 Ventura County Mock Trial competition after earning the highest score in the final round yesterday. Mesa Union School came in second place. The winners were announced at an awards ceremony yesterday at the Ventura County Office of Education in Camarillo. Here’s how the top five teams placed:
- Valley View Middle School
- Mesa Union Middle School
- Trinity Pacific Christian School
- Medea Creek Middle School
- Hillside Middle School
The middle school division of the Ventura County Mock Trial is now in its third year. Ventura County is one of the only counties in California to include middle schools in its Mock Trial competition. This year’s middle school division included 229 students from these nine schools:
- Hillside Middle School
- Isbell Middle School
- Medea Creek Middle School
- Mesa Union Middle School
- Monte Vista Middle School
- Rio del Sol Middle School
- Sinaloa Middle School
- Trinity Pacific Christian School
- Valley View Middle School
The complete list of middle school results in all of the various judging categories is available at this link. A list of past Ventura County Mock Trial winners is available here.
More about the 2025 Ventura County Mock Trial
The Mock Trial competition is coordinated annually by the Ventura County Office of Education. The event brings courtroom drama to life as students take on the roles of participants in a criminal case, including attorneys, witnesses, bailiffs, and journalists. This year’s fictitious case is People v. Gold, which is about a city council candidate's kidnapping. The students present their cases in real courtrooms before actual judges. Local attorneys volunteer to serve as scorers. The Ventura County Office of Education would like to thank Superior Court Judge Gilbert Romero and all of the volunteers whose contributions make Mock Trial such an engaging and impactful educational experience.
Additional information about the Ventura County Mock Trial is available at vcoe.org/mocktrial.