Monthly Archives: December 2022

December 11, 2022

This is our last week before Winter Break and the last week of Quarter 2!  Please check your child’s Powerschool account for any missing grades.  If you have any questions, please contact your child’s teacher this week.  Final grades will be posted to Powerschool over winter break.  Paper copies of report cards will be sent home after Winter break.  We wish all our Riverside families a holiday season filled with love, joy and peace!  Our next parent email will be Sunday, Jan. 1.  

Elearning, Friday, Dec. 16

This Friday is scheduled to be a synchronous elearning day.  Students will be online with their teachers in the morning from 9-12.  Asynchronous work will be provided in the afternoon with teachers intermittently available for questions. Chromebooks will be sent home charged. We are not sending home chargers for K-2. The charge will be plenty to get through the elearning day. Attendance will be taken by students being online.  

Celebrate the Holiday Season Themes this week

Monday- Candy Cane day- wear red and white

Tuesday- Ugly Sweater day

Wednesday- Holiday Shirt Day

Thursday- Polar Express “Pajama Day” 

Friday- Red and Green Day

PTO News:

Many thanks for the great Breakfast with Santa event!  Our PTO did a wonderful job putting this event together.  Thank you to all who came out to participate. PTO will hold a Papa John’s restaurant day on Dec. 13.  It will be an all day event where 20% of your total will be given back to the PTO. You must use code RES20 when ordering online for orders to count towards Riverside. Flyers will be sent home Monday and available on the Riverside PTO Facebook page. 

ESS is looking for Substitutes! 

ESS Say Yes to ESS Recruiting TW Dual Logo (1).pdf

GCCS Weather Plan

Inclement-Weather Plan – 2022-2023 School Year.pdf 

Upcoming Events:

Mon. Dec. 12- 3rd grade B’ball til 5:30; 5th grade Kindness Club til 4:30

Tues. Dec. 13- Robotics til 4:45; 3rd grade B’ball til 5:30; 5th grade Kindness Club til 4:30

Wed. Dec. 14- Robotics til 4:45; 4th/5th grade B’ball til 5:30; 5th grade Kindness Club til 4:30

Thurs. Dec. 15-4th/5th grade B’ball til 5:30; 5th grade Kindness Club til 4:30

Fri. Dec. 16- Elearning

Dec. 19-Jan. 2- Winter Break

Jan. 3- Students Return 

December 4, 2022

We have two weeks left in Quarter 2!  Encourage your students to finish strong.  We will be taking our NWEA benchmark testing to see all that we have learned from first semester and what we still need to learn second semester.  Encourage your student to use persistence and give the test their best effort!

Elearning Dec. 16-  Next Friday, Dec. 16 is designated as an elearning day.  Students will be online with their teacher.  Further details will be sent home by your child’s teacher. 

Boys’ Basketball Intramurals- Papers will be coming home this week for any boy in grades 3-5 that is interested in basketball.  Intramurals will be conducted next week and the first week after break.  If your student is interested, permission forms must be turned in by this Friday, Dec. 9. Try-outs for the basketball team will be held at the end of the clinic. 

Handprint Backpack Keychains

Students recently completed a handprint backpack keychain project in art class. The students learned that colors have meaning and emotions. Students decided which feeling they have most of the time. Then they painted their own hand and placed them on shrinky dink paper.  Ask your child about his/her handprint keychain and why they picked the color that they did!  It’s a great memento for a parent and a great tool for students to express themselves. Thanks to Mrs. Povey for putting this special project together for our students. 

PTO News: 

Breakfast with Santa will be on Saturday December 10th from 9am-12pm. Tickets at the door are $7 per person at the door.  BREAKFAST WITH SANTA.pdf

Vaccine Clinic.pdf

GCCS Weather Plan

Inclement-Weather Plan – 2022-2023 School Year.pdf 

Upcoming Events:

Mon., Dec 5- 5th gr Field Trip; 4th gr Kindness club til 4:30

Tues., Dec 6- 4th gr Kindness club til 4:30; Robotics til 4:45; 

Wed., Dec 7- 4th & 5th gr field trip; Robotics til 4:45

Thurs, Dec 8- 4th gr. Kindness club til 4:30

Fri., Dec 9- 5th gr. Kindness club til 4:30; Robotics til 4:45; Boys Basketball permission slip due

Sat., Dec 10-  9-12 PTO Breakfast with Santa