March 26, 2025

Reed School Book Fair
March 24 - 27

Book Fair Family Night
Wednesday, March 26 from 4:00 - 6:30pm

Reed PTA Meeting
Tuesday, April 1 at 9:00am in Room 17

Reed Spirit Day - Color Day (details below)
Wednesday, April 2

Walk & Roll to School Day - Earth Day Seed Giveaway
Wednesday, April 2

Kindergarten Music Performance
Wednesday, April 2 at 8:30am

Spring Recess (NO SCHOOL)

April 7 - 11

Walk & Roll To School Day - First Day of the Spring Challenge

Wednesday, April 16

Reed Book Donation Drive
April 21 - 25

Reed Open House
Thursday, May 1 from 5:30pm - 7:00pm

2024-2025 Reed School Calendar

Dear Reed Families and Caregivers,

Spring is here! With spring comes lots of excitement and an array of PTA and school sponsored activities across Reed School. We are presently in the midst of Sing-a-Story Opera in the Classroom with visiting artists from the San Francisco Opera Guild. Be sure to read below for more information and lots of photos. On Friday, March 14 our entire school enjoyed our annual Read Across Reed event. Throughout the morning, several important members from our school and broader community read to students in every classroom. Guest readers included members of the Tiburon Police Department, postal carriers of the Belvedere-Tiburon Post Office, members of our RUSD Board, the Mayor of Belvedere, and more! Last Friday, our entire PreK enjoyed hands-on STEAM activities with the Try It Truck engineering-on-wheels. Yesterday, our 1st grade classes enjoyed a visit from several guests from Agricultural Institute of Marin (AIM) and our 2nd grade students began a 6-session poetry exploration with guest teachers from the Pseads organization. Tonight, we hope to see many of our families at our Reed School Book Fair Family Night. This is a great opportunity to connect with friends and families—old and new!

In the midst of the excitement that spring brings, students can sometimes need a little extra support developing and using positive and proactive strategies for communicating with others.  We encourage parents and caregivers to carve out time to review, revisit, and look for opportunities to practice the Kimochis 7 Keys to Communication together with your child.

Warmly,
Mary Niesyn & Staff

Read Across Reed

Try It Truck

First Graders Learning All About Plants
Our entire 1st grade had a visit from Ms. Blossom, Ms. Mint and others from the Agricultural Institute of Marin (AIM) . Students learned about what plants need, including water, sun, soil, and love! Students also made ‘Grass Buddies’ which will sprout grass hair. Ask your 1st grader all about their experience!

Poetry in 1st & 2nd Grades
Thanks to the generosity of our District PTA, our 1st and 2nd grade students once again will participate in the Blue Skies, Bright Star Science and Poetry program. Each class will enjoy 4-6 poetry lessons with guest teachers from Pseads.org

*The Blue Skies, Bright Star Science and Poetry program is an 8-week experience for students in Grades 1-8 that integrates the humanizing power of poetry and the joy and acuity of science to explore the roots of human curiosity, creativity, storytelling, and innovation. This program is currently in its 10th year, and serving over 2,000 students a year in five districts. Teachers have reported district-wide improvement in writing scores, and in collaboration with educators, this initiative has helped set new benchmarks for equity, achievement, asset-based learning, art-science integration, and community-building.  

Sing-a-Story

Reed School sends a sincere Thank You to our PTA for once again sponsoring Sing-a-Story Opera in the Classroom. Sing-a-Story is a component of The San Francisco Opera Guild's educational program in which a teaching artist visits each classroom and leads students in a singing lesson and an interactive musical telling of a classic opera story. The operas were: Hansel and Gretel (PreK & Kindergarten), The Magic Flute (1st grade), and Many Voices of Cinderella (2nd grade). What a treat it is to see our students in action. Enjoy the photos below!

Specialist Corner: PE Note from Mr. Kaiser

With March Madness in full swing, we are focused on basketball skills! Kids are receiving instruction in the fundamentals of dribbling, defending without fouling, passing, and shooting. Our goal is to make recess basketball games safe and fun. A few kids are even learning to spin the ball on their finger!

I love a good game collaboration with a grade, a class, or a student. One of our 2nd grade students created a game we now call Max Z Ball. We’ve developed 3 levels to this game. Half the class starts defending a pin standing in a hula hoop. Using the underhand toss, students try to knock down anyone’s pin. They must keep one foot in the hoop when they throw and they can run around anywhere to get a ball. If their pin falls down they are out and go to the back of the line. It has been quite popular with the students and will definitely be an annual event every year!

This week we have the Book Fair so we are outside in the beautiful weather playing Drag’n Tails! Students are learning how to put on and attach a long flag to a belt and run around trying to stomp on each other’s tail. If a tail comes off, that student does 5 jumping jacks, puts their tail back on, and rejoins the game. 

*As we roll into spring and the weather gets nice, please consider signing up for our lunchtime activity volunteer opportunity.

Reed Book Fair this week!

Join us for shopping, dinner and fun at Family Night from 4-6:30pm TONIGHT!

Our final shopping opportunity in the MPR will be tomorrow right after school.

If you won’t have a chance to stop by, you can still earn credit for our school library by shopping at the Reed online book fair now!  

Want to volunteer?

Sign up here to help with setup, as a cashier, or on family night!

Reed Book Donation Drive April 21-25

It's time for our annual book donation drive to benefit The Book Exchange of Marin! The Book Exchange connects kids and teens from Marin's most under-resourced communities to books - a terrific community-service organization that needs our support. Our goal is to donate 5000 books this year, which is an average of 13 books per student. It's a big goal, but not too far from what we have delivered in the past!

The Need for Children and Teens: Fiction, story books, chapter books, learning/easy readers, dictionaries, encyclopedias, textbooks and test prep books for teens. Please, no adult books or cookbooks.

The Ask:  Drop books in the bins placed in front of the main entry to school and front office during the week of April 21-25.

If you would like more information, please visit https://www.bookexchangemarin.org/ or email Kim Meek (kmeekfi@gmail.com), Krupa Antani (krupapantani@gmail.com) or Julia Gellert (julia.a.gellert@gmail.com)

Safe Routes to School

We need volunteers to help hand out materials and prizes - please sign up here !

Eyes Up Marin Tip of the Month

Don’t be distracted by the alerts from your phone. Did you know you have the ability to silence your phone while driving?

To silence your phone while driving, enable “Do Not Disturb While Driving” or “Driving Focus” on your iOS or Android phone, which automatically silences calls, texts, and notifications when you’re detected to be driving. Google “silence phone while driving” to find out how. If you have to use your phone, make sure you use hands free equipment. 

The Eyes Up Marin campaign is part of the Street Smarts Program and Safe Routes to Schools, locally-funded programs of the Transportation Authority of Marin.

2024-2025 Yearbooks

Reserve your child’s yearbook today!

Lost & Found

If you are missing a favorite jacket, sweatshirt or water bottle, please check the lost and found today or contact Alina Zyakun (alinazyakun.tca@gmail.com) before these items are donated at the end of the month.

PTYay

PTYay Appreciation for Bobbi Kerizian and Jennifer Schmidt, Reed Yearbook Chairs. THANK YOU for all the time, effort, and dedication you put into creating this year’s yearbook! From gathering countless photos to organizing and designing each page, your hard work ensures that our students will have a beautiful keepsake to treasure for years to come.

✨ Your School Needs You! PTA Positions Open ✨

Looking for a meaningful way to support your child’s school? Consider stepping into a PTA leadership role! These positions are 2-year terms, giving you time to make a real impact.

No special skills needed—just a passion for helping our schools and students thrive!

Contact ANY MEMBER of the Nominating Committee or fill out this INQUIRY FORM if interested. 

For detailed job descriptions, email amy.dugdale@gmail.com or click HERE 

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:

• 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.