Friends of Reed's Annual Giving Campaign is underway!

Thank you to all who have donated thus far, we are at 27% of our goal ($17,774). Every donation gets us closer to our goal of $65,000 dollars. The focus of this year's fundraising efforts is field trips, additional supervision aides, campus beautification, and more. Your voluntary donations will be used specifically and directly for these items. 

You know you've been wanting to rock a belt bag (fanny pack)!...Get one, plus a Reed tote and magnet for your $500 donation!  And for donations of $1,000 or more, you will receive a brand new Reed hoodie!  All donations, large and small are GREATLY appreciated...Let's do this, Team Reed!

https://www.teamreed.org/annualgiving

The safety of our children is Team Reed's top priority. It has been brought to our attention that we desperately need a crossing guard on Moorpark at Irvine. For that to happen we must take our request to our District 2 City Councilmember, Paul Krekorian's office. Look out for an email later in the week with more information and a template letter for those who wish to use it. We ask that you please email his office at paul.krekorian@lacity.org and diego.galvan@lacity.org to greatly improve the safety of our students when traveling to and from school each day. 

Soups, salads, sandwiches and more! Dine & Donate at Panera (hosted by Friends of Reed), Tuesday, September 26, to enjoy a delicious meal at Panera, Studio City (12131 Ventura Boulevard) while raising money for Reed! Show our schools flyer (including from your phone) from 4:00–8:00pm, and Panera will donate 20% back to our school. Good for dine-in or take-out (not including orders from third party services like PostMates, UberEATS, DoorDash, etc.). Use code FUND4U if ordering online at panerabread.com, in the Panera App or at the in-café kiosk to ensure that Reeds gets a portion of the proceeds. Please note, this order does not apply to gift cards or catering orders. We hope to see you there!

FIHP is having their first school meeting of the school year. Please come join us and meet the new board. The meeting will take place in person in the Parent Center on campus on Wednesday, Sept. 27th at 7pm. If you can not attend in person, zoom is available. Meeting ID: 848 0772 2714

Veronica Powell & Ginny Doscher, Co-Presidents FIHP

The first PTSA sponsored academy fundraiser is just around the corner – Reed’s Got Talent, our annual talent show hosted by the Humanities academy on Friday, November 3. Students - do you sing, dance or have an amazing talent that just needs to be shared with Team Reed, then this is the event for you! Auditions will be held on October 4 after school - sign up in room 217 to audition by October 3 or submit a video audition to Ms. Szymanski at mxs3106@lausd.net Students from any academy can take part and all families are encouraged to attend the talent show to support this awesome event!

The Book fair is back and will be held in the library for students to visit during nutrition, lunch and after school from October 16–20. We need a couple of volunteers for each session to run the cash register. Click on the sign up genius link to see if you can help out. You must be a fully approved LAUSD volunteer to help during nutrition and lunch so get your application in now. Thank you to those who have already signed up to help.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0B48A5AB2AA7FE3-reed

Reed family members and friends - we need you! After two years our Reed Career Day is back! We are looking for speakers across a variety of fields to share with our students. Sign up at https://bit.ly/3sJSLTX to be a Reed Career Day speaker, Monday, November 2 from 8:00–10:30am and share what you do with our students! Thank you and please share the link with any other good candidates!

Career Day Speakers sign-up for Walter Reed MS, (Nov. 2nd, 8:00 am) (google.com)

We are looking for a few more volunteers to help out with Instrument Check-In (7:45-8:05am) and Instrument Check-Out (3:08-3:20pm)!
This is a very important role that supports our wonderful music teachers. As a bonus, volunteers may PARK IN THE TEACHERS' LOT during their shift.
If interested, please contact Annie Heller-Gutwillig at verymoon2@gmail.com as soon as possible. 

Be sure to get your LAUSD volunteer status processed or renewed! Volunteers must be approved YEARLY. So if you were an approved volunteer you need to renew your application, or if you are new to volunteering you must complete the application for the first time!

All volunteers must be approved (including proof of vaccination) if you want to be able to help out with in-person events during school hours.

Please note that going forward LAUSD requires ALL volunteers to be fully approved through the district application process. There will be no more one time volunteer approvals.

Learn about requirements and how the process works here.

Start the process here.

If you need any help with your application please contact wrmsptsapres@gmail.com

Attention New and Returning Parents! Please login into TeamReed.org in order to ensure that you don't miss out on weekly newsletters, spirit wear sales, and volunteer opportunities, as well as grade level and academy specific news. 

We invite you to visit TeamReed.org to see everything Team Reed has to offer this year, and make sure you Register if you don't have an account. Please update your child's grade, homeroom teacher, and academy.

• Login or Register for an account to subscribe to Reed News, access upcoming calendar events, make purchases, sign up to volunteer and much, much more.
• Visit "My Account" tab > "My Contacts/Forms" to UPDATE your contact information!
• Complete our Back-to-School Checklist!

Questions? - Please don't hesitate to contact us at info@teamreed.org.

RALPHS COMMUNITY REWARDS: Register your Ralph's card ONCE and Reed will get a percentage of each of your grocery trips! Go to Ralphs.com > My Account > Community Rewards and select "Water Reed Middle School / Friends of Reed" as your organization. Once registered, our name will display at the bottom of your receipt every time you shop. Learn more about how to link your account.

FARM FRESH: Receive fresh, organic produce delivered right to your home with Farm Fresh To You while earning 10% cashback for Reed using the code "REEDFRESH" -- different box types & sizes with no commitment - skip a box, change it up or stop delivery at any time. Already a customer? you can add the code to your existing account. Learn more.

BOX TOPS: Download the app and Register Walter Reed. Scan your receipts to earn money for Reed.

Last year Reed parents spruced up the staff lounges for our teachers & staff and we are relying on donations to keep it going! If you are able, you can either purchase from our Amazon wish list which gets sent directly to school, or feel free to purchase Keurig pods, coffee creamers, tissues, paper towels, individual snacks items, or earth friendly disposable coffee cups from wherever you shop and leave them in the main office with 'Amy Cooper' written on the bag. Thank you for your support for our Reed staff!