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Online PreK & Kindergarten Registration (new families only) for 2024-2025 school year |
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#ReedKindness Valentine's Project February 5-9 |
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Walk & Roll to School Wednesday, February 7 |
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Reed Valentine's Spirit Day (details below!) Wednesday, February 14 |
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Reed PTA Meeting Wednesday, February 14 at 9:00am in Room 17 |
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Mid-Winter Break (NO SCHOOL) February 18 - 23 |
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Staff Development Day (NO SCHOOL) Monday, March 18 |
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Dear Reed Families & Caregivers, Last week’s Great Kindness Challenge was a HUGE success! Acts of kindness in all forms were shared and expressed throughout the campus. Students shared friendly signals with one another, created beautiful cards and letters for classmates and staff, and Mrs Hoover’s class even shared a student-created “Kindness” video at our weekly Community Time. Reed Raccoons really know that Kindness Matters! More joyful events continue right into the month of February. On February 7th classrooms across the campus will be celebrating the 100th day of school followed by Global School Playday, Valentine’s Day, and our next Spirit day: Show Your Love For Reed School. Lots of ongoing events to share and express kindness! More information on each of these events will be coming home to you from your child’s teacher. Warmly,
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Early Pick-Ups Reminder
Register Now: 2024-25 Reed School PreK & Kindergarten
*Current PreK & Kindergarten students do not need to re-register. Current students will remain automatically enrolled.
The month of January is always an exciting time for picture books due to the annual Caldecott medal and other awards announced at last week's American Library Association Youth Media Awards. At Reed, students in PreK and Kindergarten learned about the Caldecott award, read some previous winners, and learned how to identify the award on the cover of picture books. Students in 1st and 2nd grades participated in a mock Caldecott election, voting on many different potential winners after reading the books with Mrs. Smith. They considered how the illustrations supported the story's mood and how valuable they were to the text itself. We were successful this year! Students and Mrs. Smith were thrilled to hear that Big, written and illustrated by Vashti Harrison, took home the medal, and several other picture books we enjoyed received the Caldecott honor. |
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Students were given the opportunity to design their own Caldecott medal. |
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The covers of a Caldecott winner (left), and an Honor winner (right). Both were this year's Reed Elementary favorites! |
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District Message: Marin County Significant Weather Event Forecast
As you all know, Marin is forecast to receive a significant storm this evening and Thursday with the potential of high winds, flooding, and power outages.
The Marin County Office of Education (MCOE) has been monitoring this storm and assisting districts as we prepare. We are also in close communication with involved agencies and we will pass along any pertinent information to our families and staff.
Due to the expected severity of the storm, we are taking precautions to ensure our campuses are safe for our students and staff. Our maintenance and custodial staff have inspected the areas on our campuses, and our staff will continue to monitor conditions throughout the course of the storm.
Please know that our plan is to keep schools open as long as there are no extended power outages, flooding, or impassable roads. Please provide yourself extra time and use extra caution as you travel to and from school. As always, everyone’s safety is our primary concern.
In the unlikely event of a school closure, we will communicate to employees and parents/guardians via email and other means of communication.
Below, please find some useful resources: National Weather Service – Local updated weather advisories/warnings/forecasts
Marin County Schools Emergency Preparedness Services - Road closure updates and other emergency resources
PG&E Storm Outages – Latest updates on power outages and estimated times for restoration of power. |
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SAVE THE DATES FOR FOUNDATION SPRING EVENTS! |
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Lunch Volunteering Are you interested in becoming a regular volunteer at Reed this year? We have several open spots on Mondays and Tuesdays in our school lunch volunteer schedule for the remainder of the school year. Shifts run once a week, every other week (just twice a month) from 12-1 pm.
To sign up, add your name in one of the yellow-highlighted, empty spaces in the google doc below.
Lost & Found
Walk & Roll It’s that time again! Walk and Roll day is Wednesday, February 7! Get your sneakers on and walk, bike, carpool, bus, scoot, or park and walk to school for a prize!
Reed PTA is helping to spread #reedkindness by sponsoring a special Valentine’s themed project for all Reed students to work on in class during the week of February 5th. Reed Students will make heart wreaths with special Valentine messages for the residents of Aegis Living, a senior assisted living community.
If you have any questions about this project or have other suggestions on how to spread #reedkindness, please contact Reed PTA Site Chair Julie Stewart at reedpta94920@gmail.com
Please join our next Reed PTA meeting on Wednesday, February 14th at 9am in Room 17.
Our monthly PTA meetings always include a heartwarming presentation from Dr. Niesyn, and this February meeting will also include an overview of the Reed Union School District and district update from Dr. McGrath.
If you have any questions, please contact Reed PTA Site Chair Julie Stewart at reedpta94920@gmail.com
2023-2024 YEARBOOKS |
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The 2023-2024 yearbook promises another fun-filled, all-color, book of school day memories. While you’re checking off your back-to-school list, reserve your child’s yearbook today!
Please contact Jennifer Schmidt (jenniferjschmidt@gmail.com) or Bobbi Kezirian Kleinbrodt (bobbi.kezirian@gmail.com) with any questions.
Please note: If you have multiple Reed students, you will need to do separate SchoolPay transactions to purchase each student’s yearbook. If you experience an issue with SchoolPay, please log out of SchoolPay and purchase each yearbook as a GUEST.
To confirm whether you have already purchased a 2023-2024 Reed Elementary yearbook, please search your email for the following keywords (with no quotation marks): SchoolPay E-Receipt Reed Yearbooks 2023-24 |
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Announcing the 2024 PTA Nominating Committee
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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 #1
Please Provide the Following Information:
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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. |
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Mary Niesyn, Principal
Reed Elementary School |
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