Reed Newsletter • November 19, 2025

Annual Reed Racoon Food Drive (boxes outside front office until Friday!)
November 17 - 21

Thanksgiving Recess
November 24 - 28

Reed Spirit Day: Winter Wear (see flyer below)
Wednesday, December 3

Walk & Roll to School
Wednesday, December 3

Adopt A Family Gift Drive
December 8 - 15

Winter Break
December 22 - January 2

Staff Development/Teacher Work Day (NO SCHOOL)
Monday, January 5

Students Return to School
Tuesday, January 6

2025-2026 Reed School Calendar

Dear Reed School Families,

In the spirit of the Thanksgiving Season, I’d love to express how thankful we are for the strong, caring community that makes our school such a joyful place to learn and grow. Each day, our students, staff, and families bring our school motto to life: We care for ourselves, we care for each other, and we care for our school.  Whether it’s through small acts of kindness, helping hands, or shared celebrations, our community continues to show what it means to look out for one another. Thank you for the many ways you support and uplift our school—your partnership makes all the difference.

Thank you as well to all of our Reed families for your participation in Parent/Caregiver-Teacher conferences last week.  A strong, home-to-school connection is a critical component in supporting the academic and social emotional growth of all of our students.

Reminder: All Classroom Volunteer Communications Should Be Posted Via Actionaly ONLY
Please remember that Actionaly is the platform we use to organize any volunteer opportunities as well as classroom communications. It has come to our attention that some families were using WhatsApp leading up to the Halloween festivities which left teachers and staff uninformed as well as some families excluded from important communications. Thank you for remembering that Actionaly is our school and PTA sanctioned communication platform for all school events and communication. Thank you!

You can review our updated Expectations for Volunteers in our Parent Handbook. Scroll to the bottom and click on "Volunteers."

Hand US Some Hand-Me-Downs
We are looking for some extra gender neutral, loose sweatpants in sizes 4,5,6,7 and 8 for the front office to have on hand in case of accidents, water, mud or just too much…enthusiastic learning. Please deliver directly to the front office. Much appreciated! 

Reed School Highlighted at RUSD Board Meeting
Student Leadership at Reed School was highlighted at last evening’s Board Meeting with some very special second grade guests sharing the spotlight. The presentation focused on how different leadership roles provide even our youngest learners with authentic opportunities to make a difference and foster a sense of belonging within a larger community. The grand finale was a special Community Time demonstration by our Second Grade Leaders. A HUGE thank you to our music teacher Ms. Carolyn Balfe for helping our Racoons prepare for their big night!

Warmly, 
Aubrey O’Connor & Staff

Adopt a Family Gift Drive

This holiday season, Reed PTA is once again partnering with Adopt A Family of Marin to support nine families in our Marin community during the holidays. Adopt A Family relies on donors like the Reed Elementary community to help make the holidays brighter for hundreds of Marin families in need.

Your Room Parent will share your class's family gift wishlist (shared between two classes) and detailed instructions in the next few weeks, and gifts will be collected in your child's classroom from December 8-15.

We will also need nine volunteers to help us deliver the gifts to the Adopt A Family offices in San Rafael on Tuesday December 16th, between 10am and noon. Please sign-up HERE to deliver gifts and help us make this an extra special holiday season!

Walk & Roll Wednesday: Bundle Up to School on December 3!

Layer up, grab your wheels or walking shoes, and kick off the morning with an active trip to school. A little cold won’t stop us—every warm, cozy step or pedal helps reduce traffic and keeps our community healthy and connected. We will have:

• A bike train from Blackie’s Pasture to Reed School! Meet at 7:45am at the horse statue, or join the train on the Old Rail Trail.
• A welcome table in front of Reed School where the children will receive prizes for walking and rolling to school! Parents, we need your help! Click HERE to help lead our bike train Click HERE to help distribute prizes at our welcome table

Parents, we need your help!

• Click HERE to help lead our bike train
• Click HERE to help distribute prizes at our welcome table

Thank you to our amazing RUSD PTA Members!

YOUR PTA dues support Towntastic, Fall Fiesta, Staff Appreciation, upcoming Del Mar Turkey Trot & Bel Aire Play, and many more PTA activities!

It’s not too late, you can still Venmo your $50 per child PTA dues to @rusdpta

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

Appointments
If you need to pick your child up for an appointment, come to the front office and we will call the classroom. We do not pull children ahead of time, so allow extra time for us to find them. As a courtesy to the teacher, please email them so they know your child will be leaving early that day.

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.