Welcome Back!

As we prepare for the transition to our interim campus at Mill Valley Middle School this fall, our elementary schools continue their third year of literacy instruction with CKLA and start the process for a new, district-wide mathematics curriculum adoption We're proud to continue offering coding classes at MVMS alongside our outstanding arts, music, and language electives, and we're integrating an elementary STEM specialist to strengthen science and technology support in our upper elementary grades.

Looking ahead, we will engage our community in developing an instructional technology framework to guide appropriate technology use at every grade level, as well as a Portrait of a Graduate — a unified vision of student success.

While you'll continue to hear from me regularly through my Friday superintendent newsletter, please know my door is always open. You're welcome to reach me by email at ekaufman@mvschools.org, my office phone at 415-389-7705, or my cell at 415-634-8085.

Here's to a year of growth, opportunity, and — most importantly — an education where every child leaves school each day feeling happy, confident, and proud of what they've accomplished as learners.

As partners in your children’s education, it is important to us that you have information about our schools and district readily available to you. In addition to our district and school websites, we offer the following ways to stay informed and engaged:

ParentSquare will continue to be our primary tool for communicating with you for school and district information. ParentSquare provides a simple and safe way for everyone to connect. You’ll be able to receive all school and classroom communication, view the school and district calendar, sign up to volunteer or participate in activities and communicate directly with your teachers and school principal. Additionally, ParentSquare gives parents/guardians the ability to contact other families in their classroom to build community. 

Newsletters will be sent by your school site Principal, via ParentSquare, every Friday, which will include a "Superintendent's Update", as well as your school news and updates.

District and School Website pages will be kept updated with calendar events and parent resources.

Board Meetings are typically held once per month and can be attended in person or through Zoom. The Board meeting schedule, agendas and minutes can be found here. After each meeting we publish our "News, Notes, and Votes" report, and the video recording of the proceedings.

The active involvement of parents is a hallmark of what makes Mill Valley schools outstanding. We welcome parent participation in multiple venues. Together, we make our schools great!

Parent Partner Organizations: The following organizations are instrumental to the success of our schools, contributing significantly to the excellent educational opportunities available to Mill Valley children:

Kiddo! is the Mill Valley Schools Community Foundation, an organization made up of parents, teachers, businesses, and active members of the community, who help fund vital programs including art, music, drama, poetry, dance, and teacher grants.

Mill Valley PTAs are non-profit organizations at all five elementary schools and the middle school, who organize events at their site, increase parent involvement, and fund site-specific needs, including student enrichment programs.

It Takes a Village (ITAV) promotes the academic success of all students in Mill Valley schools who learn differently, through parent education and advocacy, and recognizes and supports challenges in parenting and educating children with learning differences.

Volunteering: In addition to volunteering with our parent organization partners and traditional ways of volunteering in your child’s classroom, each site relies upon the involvement of parents for daily yard and meal supervision, helping to monitor students during morning school drop off and afternoon pick up, and myriad other ways. For more information about volunteering, please visit our website here or speak to your site Principal.

Safe Routes to School: With ongoing traffic congestion in Mill Valley, we are asking families to please consider walking or cycling to school when possible. Information about pedestrian and bicycle routes to each of our campuses is available at SR2S website here. Each of our schools also has specific information about drop-off and pick-up procedures on our website.

Elementary Schools:

Middle School: