Principal's Corner

Where Principal Raven Coit posts notes and updates.

Welcome!

Dear Peninsula Families, April 2026

Hello and Happy Spring! This month our theme is posterity and our social studies focus is caring for the earth. Ask your students what they’re learning about the responsibility of caring for the earth for future generations as the month goes along!

Starting 4/20, our 5th and 6th graders will be learning about puberty health from our wellness center educators, and our 7th and 8th graders will be learning about sexual health and healthy relationships, both in accordance with California Education Code. Fifth through eighth graders will be bringing home a letter with more information next week. Don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.

We learned so much at our Digital Safety parent learning session at our last Family Night. Please see attached document for important information about keeping your children safe online. Want more help and information? Reach out to our wellness center staff.

Important Dates:

Spring Break is soon! No school April 13th-17th.
Spring Break Camp 4/13, 4/14, 4/15
Family Night is 4/29/26 at 4 p.m. Join us for a volleyball game, community dinner, and more!
Next year’s calendar has been board approved: Peninsula 26-27 Calendar

We are excited to announce that we will be running a Spring Break Camp for current Peninsula Union students!

WHEN: Monday 4/13/26 through Wednesday 4/15/26 from 8:30am-5:30pm

WHERE: Peninsula Union School. Check-in will be in the cafeteria from 8:30-8:45am. For check-out, we will either be in the cafeteria or on the play yard out back. Find a staff member and they will direct you to who has the sign-out sheet.

WHAT: Full days of fun indoor and outdoor activities (weather dependent) run by our Peninsula Union staff. We will also provide breakfast, lunch and afternoon "supper".

HOW TO SIGN UP: We will be able to take the first 20 students who sign up. To enroll follow this link and sign up. If you can’t sign up online, please call the school office at 707.443.2731 and request to be signed up.

ADDITIONAL INFO: Day Camp rules are the same as for school: BEE KIND. BEE SAFE. BEE RESPECTFUL. BEE RESPONSIBLE. We will make every attempt to work with your child, however, students who cannot remain safe or consistently follow the rules will be asked to return home. Please send your child in clothes appropriate for outdoor play. Know that their clothes may get dirty/stained depending on the fun activities we have planned. If that is an issue, let our staff know and we can support using some of the donated clothes we have.

Attendance:

We want to remind you how important it is for your child to attend school every day (unless they are sick). When a student misses 2 days a month, they miss 20 days per year–an entire school month. That adds up to missing a full year of school by graduation! Reach out to us if you have any barriers to attendance that we can help you overcome.

Thank you for being a part of our Peninsula School community. We look forward to seeing you at Family Night on April 29th!

Gratefully,

*Raven Coit

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