Dear Novato Community, It has come to our attention that some students may be planning to protest the recent election results via a walk out on the afternoon of Monday, November 14th. As educators, we support our students’ right to express themselves and grow into young adults who are socially-conscious and civically engaged. Any potential [...]
[:en]San Ramon Elementary Celebrated Red Ribbon Week with First Responders Red Ribbon Week is celebrated throughout the Novato Unified School District and is an important week to raise awareness about drugs, prevention and education. Last Friday, October 29, San Ramon Elementary had a special assembly and invited First Responders from all over Marin County to [...]
[:en]Congressman Jared Huffman Participated in Edible Education Program at Pleasant Valley Elementary Congressman Jared Huffman visited Pleasant Valley Elementary School in October during one of the cooking labs being held at the school. Pleasant Valley is one of four schools in the Novato Unified School District participating in cooking labs as part of the Wellness [...]
[:en]San Jose Middle School Performing Arts Students Entertain Chili Cook-Off Competitors Thursday evening, November 3, San Jose Middle School is hosting their 4th annual Chili Cook-Off from 6 - 8 pm in the multi-use room to benefit the performing arts program. Fall Fling, the school’s annual concert, will complete the wonderful evening with music played [...]
[:en]Restorative Justice at Rancho Elementary School Rancho Elementary continues to take an alternate route. Instead of traditional discipline strategies, the students are working together to solve problems. Students meet Thursdays during lunch for Restorative Justice and Community Building Circles that are led by YMCA Restorative Justice Coordinator Jennifer Puckett. Last year staff and ten 5th [...]
October is National Bullying Prevention Month, the goal of which is to encourage communities to work together to stop bullying and cyberbullying by increasing awareness of the prevalence and impact of bullying on children of all ages. Bullying can take many forms, including physical, verbal, non-verbal and electronically – known as cyber-bullying; and bullying [...]
[:en]Rail Safety Trainings Held at all NUSD Schools Safety comes first! Novato Unified School District has worked with the soon-to-be gliding SMART train to help promote safety. For the past year, SMART train professionals have conducted rail safety presentations at all NUSD schools and completed those presentations in September, 2016. The presentations varied to accommodate [...]
[:en]Olive Elementary Collects 912 Pairs of Shoes for Children in Africa On Thursday, September 8, kindness was contagious at Olive Elementary after youth motivational speaker, Brian Williams from Think Kindness, kicked off a 15-day kindness challenge and shoe drive where over 912 pairs of shoes were collected. Think Kindness is a non-profit organization that inspires [...]
October 7, 2016 Dear Parents/Guardians: I want to inform you that the Novato Unified School District is aware of what is being described as a social media hoax that is being spread to schools/school districts across the U.S. and parts of Canada. As with other schools that have received or seen the same threatening “creepy [...]
