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December 8, 2025
Dear PUSD Families & Staff:
Here we are with the holidays upon us, and with so many opportunities to attend remarkable accomplishments of our students. Congratulations to our Varsity Boys Basketball team on their first home game against Envision Academy. Check out that final score. Thank you to Head Coach Ben Spencer, Assistant Coaches Shamaree Worley & Terry London, along with the entire Boys Basketball team. We crushed them with our speed and amazing shots (Dillon = Amazing!), and I have no doubt we will see a great season ahead for Boys Basketball and all of our winter sports season teams.
In Partnership,
Jennifer Hawn, Ed.D.
Superintendent
I want to take a moment to highlight the outstanding music programs we have in PUSD. This weekend, I had a chance to see our 7th and 8th grade students (along with a few high school musicians) perform on Piedmont Avenue for the tree-lighting ceremony. Shauna Revelli does an amazing job leading our middle school program, along with our 5th grade strings music program.
Tomorrow (Orchestra) and Wednesday (Band), PMS will perform at the Alan Harvey Theater at 7pm. PHS will perform on Thursday at 7pm, also at the Alan Harvey Theater, and this concert includes orchestra, band, Jazz band, and our new choir, which I am super-excited about. Thanks to Trevor Chaix, Mary Rees, and Jan D'Annunzio, along with our students who do fantastic work!
We have robust opportunities in grades 5-12 for students to engage in music, and we continue to explore how we can enhance our programs. I will close by noting that I also dropped by today's World Language singing competition at PHS/MHS, which is always a lot of fun to see students sign and dance in the language they are learning.
Last year I launched our State of School presentations and a State of District presentation. We have continued this practice this year, with state of the school presentations for each of our schools, concluding with this week's presentation by Principal Anne Valva for Beach. Thank you to our Principals and Directors for leading this effort to highlight the great work accomplished in our district.
On January 21st, I will present a State of the District, which includes recent accomplishments, work in progress, along with a vision for where we might go in the next 3-5 years. To this end, I have invited staff to share their thoughts, and I invite you to also share your thoughts on our district HERE.
Calling all artists and writers! The Piedmont Anti-Racism and Diversity Committee (PADC) invites K-12 students to submit their art or writing inspired by the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The art and writing will be showcased at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration on Monday, Jan. 19. (Check out last year’s amazing work!). All participants will be entered into a drawing to win one of 10 gift cards to Mulberry’s. The deadline is Wednesday, Jan. 14.
The theme of this year’s celebration is “Choosing our Future: Chaos or Community.” Students are asked to create a piece of art or writing imagining what they’d like our future community to look like.
Art should be made on 8.5. X 11 paper; writing should be limited to one page. It can be dropped off at the front office of your school or uploaded to PADC’s website. Please include your name somewhere on your work. If you are dropping it off, please fill out and attach this form.
More info is available at www.padc.info/artandwriting. Questions? Please reach out to Ellen Lee at hiellenlee@gmail.com.
We are closing in on the end of the Giving Campaign; however, it is not too late. Our community's support has sent a clear message about the high value of education in Piedmont. PEF's Giving Campaign is a remarkable force in preserving our outstanding educational programs. As of today, here are the rates of giving at each school:
Beach: 63%
Havens: 65%
Wildwood: 58%
PMS: 48%
Millennium: 19%
PHS: 45%
TOTAL: 53%
We could not maintain the excellence in education without PEF. We are in it together, and we need everyone to give. Let's aim for 100% participation. You can give HERE.
We will continue our focus this year on community engagement opportunities, including meetings planned throughout the school year on topics related to our District goals. We invite you to consider joining any of the meetings this year on a range of topics, which will be held online and in person. Be on the lookout for invitations to follow from each Committee leader. The community meeting schedule for 2025-26 is linked HERE.
November & December Meetings:
December 8 - DTAC - Tech Plan and AI: 4-5:30PM (Today!)
December 11 - SAC - Discussion of Rigor: 4:30-6PM. Please sign up HERE.
Piedmont Unified School District
Email: communication@piedmont.k12.ca.us
Website: www.piedmont.k12.ca.us
Location: 760 Magnolia Avenue, Piedmont, CA, USA
Phone: 510-594-2600