June 12, 2017

Dear RVSD Families,
 
As we begin our final week and prepare for the summer ahead, I want to share a few items that may be of interest to you.

Promotion/Graduation Ceremonies Coming This Week!

Please join us as we congratulate our 5th and 8th grade students, who along with their families and friends will be celebrating an important milestone in their education!  Promotion/graduation ceremonies are scheduled as follows:
 
•    Brookside Elementary 5th Grade Promotion: 6:00 PM on Tuesday June 13, 2017 (Brookside field)
•    Hidden Valley Elementary 5th Grade Promotion: 4:00 PM on Wednesday June 14, 2017 (Hidden Valley MPR)
•    Manor Elementary 5th Grade Promotion: 1:00 PM on Thursday June 15, 2017 (Manor MPR)
•    Wade Thomas Elementary 5th Grade Promotion: 1:30 PM on Wednesday June 14, 2017 (Wade Thomas MPR)
•    White Hill Middle School 8th Grade Graduation: 5:00 PM on Thursday June 15, 2016 (Drake High School Gym)

 

Change of Plans for 2017-18?

Aside from our graduating 8th graders who will be moving on to high school, we always look forward to the late August return of all our currently enrolled TK-7th grade students.  Yet we understand that plans do change and families leave our District for a variety of reasons.  If you are moving this summer or otherwise planning on enrolling your child or children in a school outside of the Ross Valley School District, please be sure to notify your current RVSD school as soon as possible.  This timely information will be helpful as we plan for class configurations and staffing for the coming school year.  Also, if your family is leaving our District, we wish you all the best in the years ahead and deeply appreciate your support of our wonderful RVSD schools.  Thank you!
 

First Day of School and Notification of Classroom Assignments

All RVSD teachers report for pre-service days starting Wednesday, August 16th and the first day for all TK-8th grade students is Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017.  
 
Electronic notification of students’ elementary classroom placement will be sent via email on Tuesday August 22nd.  
White Hill students will receive their class schedules at the back-to-school orientation activities.  The 6th grade Wildcat welcome is Tuesday, August 22 from 9am-2:30pm.  The 7th grade kick-off assembly is Monday, August 21 from 9:30-10:30am.  The 8th grade kick-off assembly is Monday, August 21 from 11:30am-12:30pm.  Stay tuned for more information from White Hill.  
 
If your email address has changed from what we currently have on file, please be sure to communicate with your child’s school so your updated email address is correctly entered into our system.   

2017-18 Calendar

The 2017-18 RVSD school calendar is posted to our website and may be accessed here.  Note that in order to align our major breaks with the rest of the school districts in Marin County, we will begin winter break on Friday, December 22, 2017 and spring break on Monday, April 9, 2018.  We hope to post the 2018-19 calendar as soon as possible in the coming year so everyone will have it well in advance.
 

RVSD – A Beautiful Magical Place to Be!

We are thrilled to share with you our very first district video which was inspired and created by two of our RVSD parents, Nancy Main and Jennifer Gonzalez. This short film features several teachers and administrators as well as a number of students, each sharing their reflections on what makes RVSD special to them.  We are so grateful to Nancy and Jennifer for all the time, effort and talent they devoted to this project. I hope you will agree they’ve masterfully captured much of what Brookside kindergarten teacher, Rebecca Hayhurst, refers to in describing RVSD as a “beautiful magical place to be!”

In Closing

This week we bring 2016-17 to a successful close, and I want to once again thank you on behalf of our Board of Trustees and everyone in RVSD for the privilege of working with your amazing children. They inspire us to reach new heights in all we do, enriching our teaching and learning along the way.  Thank you also for your thoughtful, generous, caring and passionate support of our schools and for being such an important part of our larger RVSD family.  
 
Congratulations once again to all our graduates and thanks to everyone for another terrific year. Have a wonderful summer!
 
 
Best,
 
Rick