Monthly Archives: May 2022

May 22, 2022

All chromebooks and chargers will be collected on May 24 and 25.  Please make sure your child returns BOTH to school on Monday. Our last student day of the year is Thursday, May 26.  Please check your child’s Powerschool account for any missing assignments. Return to school dates are listed below.  Thank you for all your support this year!  We hope you enjoy your summer!

Registration

We are planning for the upcoming school year so please register your student as soon as possible. We would like all returning students to be registered before we leave for summer break. Snapcodes were mailed from the Administration Building during spring break.  Our enrollment determines the number of teachers we are staffed with, therefore it is super important to get all our students registered. As of this week we only have 42% of our students registered!  If you have not registered your student, please do so ASAP.  If your child will not be returning to RES next school year, please notify the front office.

Library News

Please make sure all library books are returned to school on Monday.  At last count there were still 32 books out there to be returned. Please make sure your child continues to read over the summer.  The Jeff Library always has a great summer reading program.  We hope you check it out!  The more your child reads the better reader he or she will become!

ILEARN

ILEARN results will be mailed home on Friday, May 27.  If you have any questions once they are received, please contact the school office.

Upcoming Dates: 

May 23- Volleyball- all teams til 5:30

May 24- Volleyball- all teams til 5:30; How things Work til 4:30

May 25- 1-2:30 Prek picnic; How things Work til 4:30

May 26- 12:30 5th grade graduation; Last day of school

22-23 Beginning of School Dates:

July 13- School office reopens

July 20-Camp Kindergarten 9:00-11:00

July 22- First teacher day

July 25- Elem back to school night 4-7PM

July 27- First day of school

May 15, 2022 

This is our last FULL week of the school year.  Please check your students’ powerschool for possible missing assignment grades.  Our final student day is Thursday, May 26.

Registration

We are planning for the upcoming school year so please register your student as soon as possible. We would like all returning students to be registered before we leave for summer break. Snapcodes were mailed from the Administration Building during spring break. Registration opened on 4/4.  Our enrollment determines the number of teachers we are staffed with, therefore it is super important to get all our students registered. If you have not registered your student, please do so ASAP.  If your child will not be returning to RES next school year, please notify the front office.

Field Day, Friday, May 20

Students in grades 3-5 will have their field day from 9:15-11:15.  Students in grades K-2 will have their field day from 12:30-2:30.  Please be sure to put sunscreen on your child before they come to school. Students should dress for hot weather and wear tennis shoes.  Send them with an extra pair of clothes also because there will be some games that might get them wet! A beach towel just in case is also a good idea.  A big thanks to Mr. Houston for arranging the field day games and to our parent volunteers arranged by the PTO.

ATTENTION CAR RIDER PARENTS

Please help us be good neighbors by adhering to the 20 MPH speed limit in the neighborhood and observing all stop signs.  Also, please make every effort to NOT block our neighbors’ driveways.  As you are sitting in line, leave enough room that you could adjust to allow a neighbor to enter their property.  Please treat each other with kindness as we would expect our students to treat others. Please pass this information on to your caregivers who may be picking up your child as a car rider.  Thank you!

PTO 

PTO will be hosting a restaurant night at Rapid Fire Pizza on Tuesday, May 17 from 10:30am to 10pm on Veteran’s Parkway.  25% of your order total will come back to support our PTO.  Please take the flyer sent home last week with you or you can show the flyer from the PTO Facebook page.

Upcoming Dates:

5/16: Volleyball til 5:30 Group 2

5/17: Volleyball til 5:30 Gr 1; Art Club til 4:30; How Things Work til 4:30; 5th gr Field trip

5/18:  Volleyball Gr 2 til 5:30

5/19:  Volleyball til 5:30 Gr 3; Art Club til 4:30; How Things Work til 4:30; 3rd gr field trip

5/20:  Field Day; How Things Work til 4:30

May 8, 2022

Happy Mother’s Day!

This is our last week of the ILEARN window.  All students who missed taking tests will have to have their make-ups completed this week. Thank you for your support during the ILEARN window to ensure your child performed his or her best.

Yearbooks are in and will be sent home this week for all who ordered.

Registration

We are planning for the upcoming school year so please register your student as soon as possible. We would like all returning students to be registered before we leave for summer break. Snapcodes were mailed from the Administration Building during spring break. Registration opened on 4/4.  Our enrollment determines the number of teachers we are staffed with, therefore it is super important to get all our students registered. If you have not registered your student, please do so ASAP.

PTO 

Our final PTO meeting will be held this Thursday, May 12 at 6:00 in the library.  We will be voting on officers for the 22-23 school year.

Upcoming Dates:

5/9: Volleyball til 5:30 Group 1; Academic Team til 4:30

5/10: Volleyball til 5:30 Gr 3; Art Club til 4:30; How Things Work til 4:30; Track Meet at CHS at 4:45 pm

5/11:   Volleyball Gr 2 til 5:30;How Things Work til 4:30

5/12:   Volleyball til 5:30 Gr 1; Art Club til 4:30;How Things Work til 4:30; Academic Team Competition at 4:40; PTO Meeting 6 pm

5/13:   Volleyball til 5:30 Gr 3; How Things Work til 4:30; Track end of season party til 4:30

May 1, 2022

We are on the last week of ILEARN for grades 3-5. All grades will be taking the math portion of the ILEARN test.  Please be sure your student is well rested this week and on time to school with a charged chromebook!  In addition this week, paper copies of midterms will go home.  You can check your student’s missing assignments and updated grades on Powerschool at any time.

Staff Appreciation Week

This week is staff appreciation week.  We have a wonderful caring staff here at Riverside.  Our PTO has planned some great treats this week to help celebrate our staff.  What means the most to our teachers is knowing that they made a difference in the life of a child.  If you are so inclined this week, it would be great if you could send in a note of appreciation from you or your child.

Derby Week

We invite our students and staff to participate in Derby Hat day on Thursday of this week.

Registration

We are planning for the upcoming school year so please register your student as soon as possible. We would like all returning students to be registered before we leave for summer break. Snapcodes were mailed from the Administration Building during spring break. Registration opened on 4/4.  At this time we have only 30% of our returning RES students registered. Our enrollment determines the number of teachers we are staffed with, therefore it is super important to get all our students registered. If you have not registered your student, please do so ASAP.

Requests for Placement

Soon we will be formulating class lists.  Students are placed based on specific needs.  If you have a request to be considered for placement next year, please send a note to the attention of Ms. Kimmel by no later than this Thursday, May 5.  No specific teacher names please. We will do the best we can to accommodate your student’s needs.

Volleyball

Mr. Eddy will be hosting a volleyball clinic for 4th and 5th grade boys and girls interested beginning May 9.  More information will be sent home this week.

Birthday Reminder

From our student handbook:  Due to student health needs such as diabetes and food allergies, as well as being in compliance with the GCCS Wellness Policy, cookies, cupcakes and other sweets are NOT ALLOWED to be brought in for birthday celebration purposes.  You may bring in any type of healthy food such as fruit, low fat muffins, cheese or vegetable items or trinkets/birthday goody bags for each student in the class to recognize the special day.  Any student birthday celebration/recognition must be approved, in advance, by the teacher. Please refrain from having flowers, balloons, etc. delivered to school.  Birthday invitations are not allowed to be distributed at school.

PTO 

Our PTO will be hosting a food truck at Sylvan park in the Oak Park neighborhood on Thursday, May 5.  See the attached flier for more information. PTO Food Truck Night.pdf

Upcoming Dates:

5/2: 3rd grade Kindness Club til 4:30; Academic Team til 4:30; Girls Track Practice til 4:30

5/3:  Art Club til 4:30

5/4:  Boys Track Practice til 4:30, 4th grade Kindness Club til 4:30; Academic Team til 4:30;

5/5:  Boys & Girls Track Practice til 4:30;Art Club til 4:30; PTO Food truck- 4-7 Sylvan Park

5/6:  No School- Oaks Day