Thank You for an Incredible Year!

Dear Jenna,


As the school year comes to a close, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the meaningful progress made across Ravenswood—and to share a glimpse of what’s ahead.


This year, the district sharpened its focus on three key priorities that have the power to truly move student outcomes:

Literacy & Language

Ensuring every student becomes a confident reader and writer

Attendance

Fostering belonging and engagement so students want to be in school

Talent

Investing in great educators in every classroom

Thanks to your support, REF has aligned even more closely with these priorities, and we’ve seen some exciting momentum:

  • Our Spring Literacy Challenge incentivized 936 readers to read an extra 200,000 minutes building new reading habits beyond the school day—and we met our goal to fully fund reading intervention teachers, literacy coaches, and professional development.
  • To support attendance, we backed robotics, athletics, field trips, and arts programming that give students reasons to show up excited to learn.
  • And through our Talent Initiative, now in its fourth year, we helped increase retention of effective staff and reduced hiring needs for the fall.

 Looking ahead to next year, we’re:

  • Doubling down on what’s working and continuing to invest in these “big rocks”
  • Navigating an unpredictable and shifting public education funding landscape
  • Preparing to welcome new students from The Primary School into our community (more to come on that!)

All of this progress is only possible because of you. Your time, your resources, and your heart are helping build a stronger, more equitable future for Ravenswood students.


Thank you for being such an essential part of this village. Wishing you a joyful summer—and we can’t wait to continue this work together next school year!


Warmly,

Jenna Wachtel Pronovost

Executive Director

P.S. Want to stay connected over the summer? Sign up here to Adopt a Classroom for 2025–26 or join our volunteer mailing list—we’d love to have you involved!

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