Principal's Corner

Where Principal Raven Coit posts notes and updates.

Welcome!

Dear Peninsula Families, September 2025

We are working on our third week of school, and everyone is getting back in the rhythm of being a student and making friends. This month our school-wide theme is equity. Equity is when everyone gets what they need to be successful. Ask your students what they are learning about equity as we work toward our end of the month assembly.

Upcoming Events:

Wednesday 9/10 at 4 p.m. Join us at Back to School Night! Come tour the school and meet the teachers and staff. And stay for a free dinner after the tour!

Tuesday 9/9 School Picture Day! Check out the flyer below. All students and staff will have their photo taken, and you will have the option to purchase the photo packages online after viewing the pictures.

Monday 10/13 No School in honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Monday-Friday 10/20-10/24 Teacher Conferences

Schedule with your student’s teacher to learn more about how they are doing in their learning. This is an early release schedule so school will end at 1:40 Monday through Friday.

To receive text announcements and reminders, please

Text: @mscoit25

To: 81010

And follow the directions to sign up. Downloading the app is free!

After School Program

Our after school program is totally free and open to students TK through 8th grade. We serve supper and a snack for all students attending the program, and we are open until 5:30 p.m. Please pick up your students before 5:30 p.m. and be sure to sign them out on the clipboard. Please call us if you have any questions about the after school program.

Biking Safety at Peninsula

We LOVE it when students bike to and from school, and we need them to be safe. Specifically we need them to wear helmets. The ride to and from the apartments isn’t far…but it is dangerous for bicyclists:

There is typically construction equipment & vehicles with limited visibility
Unfortunately some folks drive too fast, even past our school
The roads are damp most mornings making them slippery or they have debris
We see how fast the kids get going down the hills…it wouldn’t take much for them to fly off their bike.

A few stats from the Dept of Transportation:

Each year almost 400,000 children ages 14 and under are treated in emergency rooms

for bicycle-related injuries.

Universal bicycle helmet use by children ages 4 to 15 would prevent 39,000 to 45,000 head injuries, and 18,000 to 55,000 scalp and face injuries annually.
Bicycle helmets are 85-88 percent effective in mitigating head and brain injuries, making the use of helmets the single most effective way to reduce head injuries and fatalities resulting from bicycle crashes.
It is the law: “In California, if you are under the age of 18, you are required to wear an approved, properly fitted and fastened bicycle helmet.”

Here are ways we would like to support:

If we see (or are told) that a child uses their helmet, they will receive one of our Golden Tickets for EVERY day that they use the helmet on their way to and from school.
If you are in need of a helmet, we can support getting your child/children one! Just reach out to our office.
If you can think of additional ways we can support helmet use, please tell us.

Thank you for being a part of our school community.

Sincerely,

Principal & Superintendent Raven Coit

Parenting Classes:

Parents in Training:

Love and Logic - directed for parents of all age children

Contact Information - 707-443-1401

https://parentsintraining.org/

Humboldt County Office of Education:

Parent Project - directed for parents of adoloscent children

(Typically offered in the Spring)

Contact Person - Gillian Wadsworth