Dear Novato Community, Spring is Arriving and Activities Abound Several events have already begun to fill our calendars, youth sports, performing arts, special events and open house to name a few! There are a few events that I would like to highlight. March 25, 3:15pm - Olive School Ribbon Cutting (Amazing Office/Conference Rooms) March 24 - Open [...]
Neurodiversity Week (March 21st-27th) is about celebrating the strengths and talents of people with learning differences. Neurodiversity describes the idea that people experience and interact with the world around them in many different ways; there is no one "right" way of thinking, learning, and behaving, and differences are not viewed as deficits. The neurodiversity movement emerged [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 15, 2022 NUSD Seeks Participants for Blue Ribbon Committee (Novato, CA) … The Novato Unified School District is seeking members of the community to participate in the Parcel Tax Blue Ribbon Committee. The purpose of the Committee is to gather community input to help determine the future of local funding for [...]
Dear NUSD Staff and Community, Tomorrow, we welcome our staff and students to our school campuses under new guidance from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and Marin Public Health. Masks, or face coverings, are now strongly recommended indoors, but no longer required regardless of vaccination status. We appreciate and acknowledge that the state [...]
Dear NUSD Staff and Community, As you may be aware, last fall, we initiated an investigation of complaints regarding racial name calling by some students in the San Marin High School (SMHS) athletic program. As a district and our thirteen school sites, we do not condone such unacceptable behavior. We believe that there were 3 [...]
Be part of NUSD’s Parcel Tax Blue Ribbon Committee! This Committee is open to all who live or work in Novato with the purpose of gathering community input to help determine the future of local funding for education in Novato. The Committee will meet four times at Novato High School and the success of the [...]
Dear NUSD Community, Over the last school year, NUSD has followed California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and Marin Public Health guidance and mandates to allow for full in-person instruction in the safest way possible. At no point in time have we created stricter guidance than our county and state, nor have we gone outside [...]
Dear Novato Community and Staff, It is with a heavy heart that I share that Zach Wilhelm, one of the San Marin students involved in the car accident Saturday night, passed away on Sunday. Our prayers and support go out to Zach’s family during this unimaginable time. We also hold in our hearts the three [...]
Dear Novato Community and Staff, I am writing to ask for your prayers and support for four of our San Marin High School students and their families. There was a single car accident involving four San Marin students on Saturday night. Thanks to our partners at Novato Police Department, Novato Fire, and California Highway Patrol, [...]
Dear NUSD Community, Honoring Students and Staff for Achievements San Marin Wrestling Hard work and personal attributes have resulted in achievement for students and staff alike. SMHS Wrestling Team MCAL Tournament-Champions for the first time in 20 years! Congrats to Dan Donaldson and his team! SMHS Mock Trial – Congrats to Students and [...]
