Reed Newsletter • August 24, 2022 

Spirit Wear Sales at Drop Off

Thursday, August 25 & Friday, August 26

Labor Day (No School)

Monday, September 5

Back to School Night

Thursday, September 15

6:00-7:30pm

Parent/caregiver only event

Picture Day

Tuesday, September 20

Dear Reed Families and Caregivers,

A HUGE thank you goes out to our entire Reed School community—students, staff, parents, and caregivers for a great first week! Students are doing a fantastic job learning new routines, making friends, and participating in a wide array of activities. We are so proud of our Reed Raccoons!  Please be reminded that it is very normal for your child to feel exhausted by the end of the day during these first few weeks. Please consider limiting after school activities and providing a little extra quiet down time in the late afternoons or just before bed. This extra time will help your child decompress and restore from the busy school day.

Names & Faces at Reed School

Today, at our schoolwide Community Time assembly, we watched our “Names & Faces of Reed School'' slideshow. The message to our students was, “These are the adults who work together to keep us safe at school.” Be sure to ask your child all about it. 

Morning Carline

Please take a moment to review the carline procedures below. Your support will greatly help make the morning carline run safely & efficiently. Thank you!

• Carline begins at 8:00am and closes promptly at 8:25am. Gates must close by 8:25am to ensure that students have time to walk to class while we have morning supervision. If you arrive after the volunteers close the gate, please find a safe place to park and walk with your child to the front office. 
• Parents must remain in the car for drop off and pick up. Volunteers will assist your child getting in and/or out of the car. 
• Students must exit and enter the car on the curbside. 
• Students need to be ready to exit the car (shoes on and backpacks/totes ready) when the volunteer opens the door.
• If your child is having difficulty transitioning to school, please find a safe place to park and walk your child to the gate or office. A member of our staff will be ready to support you and your child.

Breakfast/Lunch Program

Please read this important message from our superintendent.

Lost & Found

As the afternoons grow warmer, jackets and sweaters tend to come off. Please take a moment to look through the Lost & Found rack for missing clothing. The rack is in the front circle before and after school each day. Please be sure to label all clothing.  Thank you!

Classroom Coordinator Volunteer Opportunities

Are you interested in volunteering in your child’s classroom? Get more involved at Reed and help create a sense of community within your class! Please consider volunteering as a Room Parent, Car Line Coordinator, Yearbook Photo Coordinator or Party Coordinator for your child's classroom. These are very important and rewarding volunteer positions with the wonderful upside of working closely with your child’s teacher.

Please complete THIS FORM and submit by THIS FRIDAY, August 26th. Volunteers will be contacted by their Grade Level Coordinator with further details by September 2nd. Please see the detailed job descriptions HERE. Thank you for sharing your time! If you have any questions, please contact your Grade Level Coordinator:

• For PreK/Kindergarten, contact Zey Nasser Knowles zeynasser@yahoo.com
• For 1st grade, contact Adriana Mason adrianamayorga.mason@gmail.com
• For 2nd grade, contact Michelle Thomsen mmsmith8@yahoo.com

School Lunch

School Lunch Volunteers Needed!  We need your help at Reed this school year serving nutritious lunches free of charge to every student who requests one.  Please sign up for a regular twice-a-month shift by adding your name to one of the slots on the  Reed: 2022-2023 School Lunch doc. Volunteers work in teams of 4 so sign up with friends and make it a regular get together!  Feel free to share a shift or sign up to be a substitute volunteer. Questions? Contact the Lunch Chairs (Dana Berhoff dberhoff@yahoo.com & Maren Jaffe Maren.iansmith@gmail.com)

Spirit Wear

Get your REED Spirit Wear this Thursday, August 25th and Friday, August 26th during drop-off.  We’ll have a REED Spirit Wear sales table set up by the front gate at Reed.  For questions, please contact our Spirit Wear Co-Chairs Jennifer Berry Wang (jenniferwang9514@gmail.com) and Kristin Kemnitzer (kristin.kemnitzer@gmail.com)

Reed Union School District has a new lunch program starting this year. All students will be able to receive both breakfast and lunch free of charge. Monthly menus are posted HERE on our school website.

Volunteers are needed to make the distribution of lunches run smoothly. If you can help, please fill out the form below and your school’s lunch volunteer coordinator will contact you.

GET INVOLVED!

Reporting a Reed School Absence 

All students are expected to attend school on a consistent and on-time basis. If your child is going to be tardy, absent, or leave school early for any reason, please be sure to email OR call and notify the office:

reedattendance@reedschools.org

(415) 435-7840  extension #4

Please Provide the Following Information:

• First and last name of your child
• Your relationship to the child
• Teacher's name
• The reason for the absence or tardy

RUSD Mission & Vision: Each student will be challenged and inspired to reach their fullest intellectual, social-emotional and creative potential to positively impact the world.