Superintendent

August 1, 2025 

Dear PUSD Families & Staff,

Welcome to the 2025–26 school year! I hope this summer has provided your family with time to relax, recharge, and enjoy time together. We are going to have a great year together, and I cannot wait to share it with you.

It’s hard to believe we begin in a little over a week on August 11th, but here we are, and I look forward to seeing students and families on the first day of school. This year, we will continue to emphasize the value of building meaningful connections between our students, staff, families, and the broader community. Our strategic plan includes the priority: Creating an Environment to Thrive. My commitment to our families and staff is to deepen connections and understanding across our campuses. I am planning to join morning drop-off, visit classrooms, attend staff meetings, offer lunch visits, and hear directly from students, parents and educators. We will continue to build schools where this priority is threaded throughout our community.

We will also take more time on our academic priority: Investing in Outstanding Academics, bringing together staff, students, and parents to discuss academic topics. We will engage our community in discussions of academic rigor, Academy, student achievement on state and local assessments, the world language initiative, elementary performing arts, our new English Language Arts adoption, and many other academic topics where we look forward to bringing our wise school community together to enhance opportunities for students to reach their full potential. Your insights strengthen our work together, and I look forward to connecting in these meetings. Below, you will see a list of community engagement opportunities, and we encourage you to save the dates.

I am also pleased to welcome our new leadership team members, including Principal Susanne Reed at Havens, Principal Amy Fry at Wildwood, and Kim Randlett in her new role as Director of Human Resources.

Thank you for your partnership in building the finest schools available. We really are better together. See you on August 11th!

In Partnership,

Jennifer Hawn, Ed.D.

Superintendent