Walk & Roll To School - Spring Challenge
Wednesdays: April 23, 30 & May 7 |
Reed Book Donation Drive
April 21 - 25 | School Bus Driver Appreciation Day
April 22 | Last Day to Order Yearbooks
May 1 | Reed Open House
Thursday, May 1 from 5:30pm - 7:00pm 2nd grade Chorus Performance on blacktop at 5:30pm - all are invited! | Memorial Day (NO SCHOOL)
Monday, May 26 | PreK Music Performance
Wednesday, June 4 at 8:30am |
Field Day
Wednesday, June 11 at 9:00-11:15am
| 2nd Grade Farewell
Wednesday, June 11 at 11:15am-11:30ish |
Last Day of School
Friday, June 13 (12:00pm dismissal) |
Dear Reed Families and Caregivers,
Welcome back! I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful spring break. As always, Reed students jumped right back into action and are participating in an array of activities and special events. A very special surprise was unveiled to our staff and students on Monday morning by our PTA Site Chair, Michelle Thomsen. She presented our new outdoor classroom (be sure to look at photos below). Funding was provided by the
Belvedere Community Foundation and the Tiburon Peninsula Foundation. I am so grateful for the collaboration amongst our PTA, our staff, our maintenance team, and our community foundations for this incredible surprise!
In the weeks leading up to spring holiday, Reed students enjoyed visiting the Reed School Book Fair & Family Night, our kindergarten students delighted families and friends with an AMAZING music performance, and all our students engaged in a schoolwide handshake challenge during Community Time Buddies. This week our PreK classes enjoyed a visit from the Marin Humane Society, our 1st grade had a visit from the Marin/Sonoma Vector Control, and our 2nd grade had their third poetry lesson through the PTA sponsored Pseads program. As you can see, we are busier than ever! Please take a look below for photos of all the fun.
Warmly,
Mary Niesyn & Staff New Outdoor Classroom Reed students enjoyed learning in the new outdoor classroom...moments after the unveiling!
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Kindergarten Music Performance |
Community Time Buddies • Handshake Challenge
As an extension to our weekly Community Time assemblies, Reed School students participate in Community Time Buddies. During Community Time Buddies, two mixed- grade level classes and several staff members join together and do a schoolwide activity/lesson. Students were challenged to create a 10-12 step special handshake with their buddy inspired by a previous lesson with Mr. Nettell. It certainly was a delight to walk through classrooms and see students of all ages working together.
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Specialist Corner: Art Note from Ms. Caldwell Art is back at Reed! PreK has been exploring Stabilo
pencils and using water brushes to blend colors. In kindergarten, we are starting a new project tearing paper to make snails. This project builds fine motor skills and develops pattern making. First grade is making lighthouses with color pencils and learning to blend colors, introducing perspective and horizon lines. Second grade is working on The Great Wave
inspired by the woodblock master, Hokusai. It will be a mixed media project using tempera paint and watercolor. I am extremely proud of their dedication to their artwork and the development of their artistic skills. |
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)
Walk & Roll to School - Spring Challenge
We need extra volunteers this month to hand out materials and prizes for our Spring Challenge - please sign up HERE! |
School Bus Driver Appreciation Day
Tuesday, April 22rd is School Bus Driver Appreciation Day! If your bus rider would like to bring a card, small treat or artwork for their bus driver, it will surely be much appreciated! - Red am/pm: Yadira
- Blue am/pm: Juan
- Green am: Rene
Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week
Here are some ideas for your child(ren) to express their love and gratitude for their teachers and school staff: | Here are some volunteer opportunities for parents to show their appreciation: Morning Yard Duty, May 6th Eight parent volunteers are needed for Yard Duty to help with a variety of tasks including, helping students off the bus, watching students on the blacktop/playground, helping students from Carline get safely down the stairs, and greeting students at the entrance (by the MPR). If you are interested and available, please add your name HERE. Thank you! Individual Coffee Delivery, May 8th 10 parent volunteers are needed to deliver individual coffee drinks for our wonderful Reed Teachers and Staff on campus during Staff Appreciation Week. See the details and sign up HERE. Potluck Lunch, May 9th Our PTA Staff Appreciation team is coordinating a potluck lunch to cap off Staff Appreciation Week on Friday May 9th (more details to come about the rest of the week).
If you would like to contribute your favorite dish (store-bought or homemade), please sign up HERE. Date of Event: Friday May 9th (drop off food by 10:00am)
Theme: Marin Farmers Market Fresh Staff Potluck
Details:
-Drop off your dishes by 10:00am on May 9th (Room 10)
-Please label your dish
-If dish needs heating, please leave written instructions
-Pick up your clean utensils and serve wear at 2:40pm in Room 10 (or the following Monday)
2024-2025 Yearbooks Reserve your child’s yearbook today by May 1! |
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
A big PTYay for Dawn Garrison, Leigh Nile and Irina Boguk, Reed's Book Fair Chairs. Thanks to them, it was truly an amazing event. It was wonderful to see Reed's school community come together. Family night was a highlight, with both kids and parents really enjoying themselves. Thank you again for all your hard work in making this book fair such a resounding success. It was truly a memorable event for students and families. | PTA Executive Board Slate
The 2025 Nominating Committee has completed its work to develop a slate of nominees for the 2025-2027 PTA Executive Board. The slate will be presented to the PTA membership for election into office during the District PTA meeting on May 21st. Congratulations to the following individuals for their nomination:
RUSD District PTA President: Jessica Etchevers
RUSD District Secretary: Julie Stewart
RUSD District Assistant Treasurer: Marc Matoba
Del Mar Assistant Site Chair: Chenin Malloy
Del Mar Site Treasurer: Adriana Mason
VP Bel Aire Site Chair: Rebecca Hermanski
Bel Aire Site Treasurer: Emily Chiswick-Patterson
VP Reed Site Chair: Dawn Garrison
Reed Site Assistant Treasurer: Stephanie Olmo
Big thanks to our wonderful Nominating Committee: Amy Kaufman, Chelsea Schlunt, Heather Miller, Lindsey Burmeister, Rebecca Hermanski and Principal Advisor Mary Niesyn for all of their hard work in bringing this to fruition.
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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: - 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. |
Mary Niesyn, Principal Reed Elementary School |
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