Meet Your Principal

Jennifer Friedlander

• In my 2nd year at Beryl�
• Born and raised in LA

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• Former teacher �
• 2nd-generation educator

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• 3 daughters

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• Fun fact: Only child

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Getting Started

• Schedule and Routine (bedtime, wake-up time, sleep & diet)
• Calendar - Beryl Bulletin
• We learn from our mistakes - Growth Mindset
• Relationship Building with Classroom Teacher
• Communicating – how, when, timing, e-mail, phone, in-person, etc.
• Listening and Hearing Feedback from Your Child
• Taking the Necessary Time for Understanding & Development
• Every day is a new day

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School Goals

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• Whole Child Growth and Development

Academic Social Emotional Physical

• Year 2 of Tier 1 PBIS
• Year 3 of 2^nd Step Social-Emotional Curriculum
• Year 4 of ELA Adoption
• Literacy is our schoolwide focus!

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Communication Guidelines

� Attendance�

• Communicating & Reporting
• Form Good Habits Early
• Chronically Absent
• Not at grade level by 3rd grade
• 2 Absences per Month = less likely to graduate or be eligible to graduate

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be A-G eligible out of high school

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Everyday Counts!

• Drives academic achievement
• Closes achievement gaps
• Supports social-emotional wellbeing
• Influences long-term success beyond the classroom

Good Attendance…

When a student is absent from school, RBUSD loses $68/day in state funding. Based on RBUSD’s enrollment and current daily absence rate of approximately 500 students, our general fund loses as much as $30,000 per week and millions of dollars per year! With significant impacts to staffing and programs.

Illnesses and other life circumstances are inevitable and completely understandable. However, we sincerely appreciate our students’ best efforts to attend school as consistently as possible. We also extend our gratitude to our RBUSD parents/guardians for communicating and supporting our attendance expectations.

Also Important to Note:

Absence Reporting

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Email Mrs. Bender: lbender@rbusd.org

Call the school at: (310) 798-8611

Make sure to state reason for absence

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Positive Behavioral Intervention Supports (PBIS)

What is PBIS?

• A school-wide framework that teaches and recognizes positive behavior.�
• Helps create a safe, respectful, and supportive learning environment.

💵 Beryl Bucks

• Students earn Beryl Bucks for showing P.A.W.S.�
• Dollars can be used at the Student Store for fun rewards or put into our school raffle.

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Lunch Updates

Playing before eating

• Students eat better and waste less food when they play first.�
• Recess before lunch helps kids return to class calmer and more focused.�
• Studies show kids eat more fruits, vegetables, and milk with this schedule.

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• Students have time to use the bathroom after playing and during recess.�
• We also provide hand sanitizer.
• In alignment with other RBUSD schools.
• Please remind your child(ren) to eat breakfast and/or snack. �

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Measure S School Bond Recent & Upcoming Projects

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LED Indoor and Outdoor Lighting

Summer-Fall 2025

The next quarterly update on Measure S projects will come out the week of September 15th.

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Be on the lookout for it!

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Elementary

ELA Curriculum

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Meet Our ELA Curriculum

• For all K-5 students
• Comprehensive reading and writing curriculum that builds students’ knowledge about the world through complex, grade level texts

• For TK-3 students to build foundational reading skills
• Includes phonics, high frequency words, handwriting, spelling,fluency and more

What is Wit and Wisdom?

• Comprehensive K-5 English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum �
• Students read authentic, complex grade-level texts while practicing reading, writing, speaking and listening, and vocabulary to build knowledge around them�
• Literature, history, science, and art embedded in curriculum �
• Encourages students to question, wonder, and engage in deeper level inquiry to build knowledge of a topic

Fundations for TK-3 Students

• 30 minute daily lesson on word study/decoding and spelling to directly support our ELA curriculum�
• Students are taught the skills/rules to spell systematically and apply that knowledge to spell based on word patterns �
• Structured, sequential, and cumulative �
• Explicit and multisensory approach

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Eureka Math

SEL: Second Step - Grade 3

School Site Council

Open Parent Positions on School Site Council (SSC): We currently have three parent positions available on the SSC. This council is made up of five parents and five staff members, working together to influence decisions that affect our instructional program.

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Role of the School Site Council (SSC): The SSC reviews our school safety plan and overall school plan, which addresses student needs and allocates resources to support the school’s goals. Membership lasts for two years, and parents vote for their representatives.

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Next Steps for Participation: More information about the nomination and voting process will be sent out in the bulletin in the coming weeks.

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Thank You to

Our Community Partners�

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Invest now at rbef.org

RBEF Investor Drive 2025

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Invest now at rbef.org

September 2 to September 19

Here’s to a great school year together!!!