A December to Remember!
December 5, 2021
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DEAR WOLFPACK COMMUNITY--
Happy December and Happy Hanukkah to any Reed families celebrating this past week! The countdown to winter break may have begun, but Reed is as busy as ever! Keep scrolling for all the news...
Parisa Stepanek - Friends of Reed President info@friendsofreed.org
Jenna Schwartz - PTSA President wrmsptsapres@gmail.com
TUESDAY, DEC. 7 from 1 - 2 PM: "We Are Reed" Hoodies & Annual Giving Swag
LBK Gift Card Event
NOTE: This promotion only applies to gift cards, not when you purchase a pizza right then and there.
EAT & MEET: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15
EAT: Boneyard Bistro FUNdraiser
MEET: Last PTSA / FOR Meeting for 2021
MEET: Grab your meal and then come join us for our last FoR/PTSA Meeting of 2021 at 7 PM via Zoom ID: 845 1142 3343. Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84511423343
Agenda includes:
Minutes, Financial Reports (Treasurer's Report & P&L),
Executive Board Report & Recommendation
Committee Updates
- PTSA: Membership, Reflections, Fundraising, 8th Grade Committee, Advocacy Committee Updates
- FOR: Annual Giving Update, Restaurant, Spiritwear, & Campus Clean Up/Grant Committee Updates
- Special Reed PTSA Reflections Video showcase / Slide presentation
- Elect a PTSA Nominating Committee
- Joint PTSA / FoR Teacher Appreciation Efforts & Planning
- January Campus Clean Up & Seeds Grant Updates
- Discuss tentative 2022 plans for PTSA/FoR
Annual Giving Update
Thank you to everyone who has participated in our Annual Giving drive. Together we have raised over $34,000 to help provide needed support for upcoming campus updates like murals, benches, an updated lunch pavilion area, and landscape and garden upgrades. It's not too late to offer your support by clicking the "Donate Now" button below. The more we raise, the more we can do!
SCHOOL NEWS
Holiday Grams For Pre-Order! CASH ONLY!
CASH ONLY
When: Pre-Order December 8 - 15 during lunch
Where: C-arcade next to bike racks
Purchased holiday grams will be distributed on Friday, December 17th.
FIHP Pajama Drive Ends December 10
Ends December 10th! IHP is collecting NEW pajamas (2T-Adult large; older elementary & teen sizes most needed) for Pajama Project to support at-risk families. PP provides sleep literacy training, new pajamas, and new books to families as well as access to their library of volunteer-read stories. You can also record picture books to upload. Contact Judibikel@aol.com for more information.
Where: Leave donations in the decorated box in front hallway of school
CHOIR CONCERTS
Please bring cash!
HOLIDAY DOOR DECORATING CONTEST
COOKIE DECORATING SIGN-UP
Join ASB at lunch time to decorate some holiday cookies in Schall Park. Please sign up in advance. Only fill out the form if you are interested in participating. Must login from a student LAUSD account.
ELAC Meeting
Parent Workshop: Graduation Requirements
Come learn about Graduation Requirements!
DECEMBER 8 AT 9 AM via Zoom: Parent Workshop: Graduation RequirementsCOMING NEXT WEEK
HOLIDAY PJ SPIRIT DAY
Wear your holiday PJS in place of your uniform. School appropriate with appropriate school footwear!
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC CONCERT
UGLY HOLIDAY SWEATER SPIRIT DAY
Time to break out your ugly holiday sweater for this spirit day!
MINIMUM DAY
WINTER BREAK
LAST WEEK TO SUBMIT PARENT EXPERIENCE SURVEY
COVID UPDATES & RELATED NEWS
SAFE WOLF DRAWING: Students will be automatically entered to win prizes when they upload either their eligible student proof of vaccination or medical exemption!! There are lots of awesome prizes, so upload today!
PROOF OF VACCINATION OR QUALIFIED MEDICAL EXEMPTION MUST BE UPLOADED TO THE DAILY PASS. Please do not wait to upload your child's records until winter break. The district will begin reconfiguring classes and sending students' names who will join the City of Angels program on Sunday, December 19, 2021.
UPCOMING DATES
11/29 - 12/10 - Student door decorating contest
12/8-12/15- Holidays Grams on sale in C-Arcade at Lunch
12/7 - ELAC Meeting 9 AM
12/8-
- Parent Workshop: Graduation Requirements at 9 AM
- Choral Holiday Concert
12/9 - Choral Holiday Concert
12/10 - ASB Judging for door decorating
12/13 -
- Holiday PJ Spirit Day
- Parent Workshop: Mental Health During the Holidays at 9 AM
- Black Student Excellence Community Meeting at 6 PM & FIHP Meeting at 7 PM
12/14 -
- Cookie Decorating: 6th Grade
- Shared Decision Making Council at 3 PM
- 6th & 7th Grade Instrumental Winter Concert at 6:30 PM (Winds, Wind Ensemble & Chamber Orchestra, Jazz Band A)
12/15 -
- Cookie Decorating: 7th Grade
- PTSA/FoR Meeting at 7 PM
12/16 -
- Cookie Decorating: 8th Grade
- SWPBIS Assemblies & Coffee with the Principal at 9 AM
- 6th & 8th Grade Instrumental Winter Concert at 6:30 PM (Strings, String Orchestra & Concert Band, Jazz Band B)
12/17 -
- UGLY Holiday Sweater Spirit Day & Holiday Grams distributed
- MINIMUM DAY DISMISSAL 12:37 PM
12/20-1/10 - WINTER BREAK (SCHOOL CLOSED)
1/11 - School resumes!
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OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL
AMAZON SMILE
RALPH'S REWARDS
FARM FRESH TO YOU
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Reed PTSA
Friends of Reed
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Email: info@friendsofreed.org
Facebook: @FriendsofReed
Instagram: @Friendso
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Facebook: @MiddleReed
Twitter: @MiddleReed
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