Monthly Archives: January 2024

January 28, 2024

Car Rider Reminders

Please DO NOT make U turns in the road in order to turn right into the parking lot for car rider pick up and refrain from using our neighbors driveways for turning around. If you approach from the Oak Park area, you can go past the school and take Higgins, turn left and come back around on Webster to Laurel.

Please stay in line.  Do not pull out and around others once you are in the line.  If you have something to be delivered to the office, please pull into the main parking lot.

We appreciate everyone’s cooperation to help keep everyone safe!

Yearbook Sales Open

You can now put in your yearbook order online at https://inter-state.com/YearbookEntry/83507K.  Our yearbook this year will be $17.  Online ordering will be open until Friday, March 1, 2024.  Paper flyers will be available in January.  Yearbooks will come in sometime in May.

Inclement Weather Plan-2023-24.pdf

January Menu.pdf

Student Handbook

Please review the student handbook with your child.

RES – APPROVED 23-24.pdf

Student Rights and Responsibilities 2023-2024.pdf

Upcoming Events:

Monday, Jan. 29- 4:45 pm Boys’ B’ball at TJ; 6-7 Circle the State practice at RES

Tuesday, Jan. 30- Boys B-Ball Practice til 5

Wednesday, Jan. 31- 4:45 Boys’ B’ball at RES w/JJ white

Thursday, Feb. 1- Boys B-Ball Practice til 5

Friday, Feb. 2-  Student Council til 5:00; Consort practice til 4:30

January 21, 2024

Please ensure your child completes the elearning assignments from Friday.  Those should be turned in no later than Wednesday this week. Thank you parents for all your support on the elearning days!

There will be an open house for all INCOMING 24-25 Kindergarten students on Tuesday, January 23.  All students with last name starting A-L will attend from 5-6PM.  All students with last name starting M-Z will attend from 6-7PM.

Congratulations to our Robotics team! 

This weekend our Robotics team competed with the other GCCS schools.  Congratulations to our team for being the Greater Clark Elementary Robotics Team Competition Champions!  Our team consisted of: Luca Smith, Lilly Wheat, Ruby Stewart, Harper Thomas, Olivia Bronson, Josh Toomer, Caliyah Franks, Michael Smallwood, Grace Rector, Gracie Greenfield, Audrey Taylor, Lennon Foster, Iris Stewart, Emma Finley, Hunter Dimmitt, Hadlee Eubank, Maddux Geary. Carter Schwieman, and Stella Martin.  Our team is coached by Grace Wallace.  We would like to give a special thank you to Amelia Thomas, mother of Harper Thomas, for supporting the team with special robotics shirts!

Riverside Student Council & Ambassador Snowman Fundraiser 2024

Thank you for supporting our recent fundraiser for Student Council.  All those quarters really added up towards the purchase of new rugs in our front lobby.  The winner was Kindergarten with $225 raised, 4th grade was in second place with $191 raised. Riverside raised a total of $884.25!  Way to work together Roadrunners!

Yearbook Sales Open

You can now put in your yearbook order online at https://inter-state.com/YearbookEntry/83507K.  Our yearbook this year will be $17.  Online ordering will be open until Friday, March 1, 2024.  Paper flyers will be available in January.  Yearbooks will come in sometime in May.

Inclement Weather Plan-2023-24.pdf

January Menu.pdf

Student Handbook

Please review the student handbook with your child.

RES – APPROVED 23-24.pdf

Student Rights and Responsibilities 2023-2024.pdf

Upcoming Events:

Monday, Jan. 22- Boys B-Ball Practice til 5

Tuesday, Jan. 23- Boys B-Ball Practice til 5; Cheer til 4:30; Kindness club til 4:30; Kdg Open House 5-7

Wednesday, Jan. 24- Boys B-Ball Practice til 5;

Thursday, Jan. 25- 4:45 Boys’ b’ball at RES w/NW

January 14, 2024 

There will be no school Monday, January 15 for Martin Luther King, Jr day.

Birthday Reminders- (from the Student Handbook)

In compliance with the GCCS Wellness Policy, cookies, cupcakes and other sweets are NOT ALLOWED to be brought in for Birthday celebrations for students.  You may bring in any type of healthy food such as fruit, low fat muffins, cheese or vegetable items or trinket/birthday goody bags for each student in the class to recognize their special day.  In addition, birthday invitations are not allowed to be distributed at school. These policies are listed in our student handbook.

Car Rider Line

Here are some reminders which will really help in keeping our car rider lines efficient:

In the morning only- the line will be directed to pull all the way down past the car rider slots to begin unloading cars.  Please have your child ready to exit your car when you stop along the sidewalk.  Please pull all the way down (even when it is raining).

Right turns only allowed.  Please make a right turn into the lot and a right turn leaving the lot.  This helps the flow of traffic for everyone.

Reminder that anyone with a student in Prek or Ms. Klink’s classroom should be in the Prek line.  Deliver your other students with your Prek student.  You only need to go through ONE line.

Parkview Showcase.pdf

Yearbook Sales Open

You can now put in your yearbook order online at https://inter-state.com/YearbookEntry/83507K.  Our yearbook this year will be $17.  Online ordering will be open until Friday, March 1, 2024.  Paper flyers will be available in January.  Yearbooks will come in sometime in May.

Inclement Weather Plan-2023-24.pdf

January Menu.pdf

PTO News

Our PTO meeting for January will be Thursday, January 18 at 6:00.

Student Handbook

Please review the student handbook with your child.

RES – APPROVED 23-24.pdf

Student Rights and Responsibilities 2023-2024.pdf

Upcoming Events:

Monday, Jan. 15- no school

Tuesday, Jan. 16-Boys Basketball Practice til 5, Robotics til 4:45, Kindness club til 4:30;Boys Cheerleader practice til 4:30 pm

Wednesday, Jan. 17-Boys Basketball Practice til 5, Robotics til 4:45;Boys Cheerleader practice til 4:30 pm

Thursday, Jan. 18-Boys Basketball Practice til 5, Robotics til 4:45;  Boys Cheerleader practice til 4:30 pm, Kindness club til 4:30;

Friday, Jan. 19-  Robotics til 4:45

Saturday, Jan. 20: Robotic Competition at River Valley Middle School 9-12

January 7, 2024

I Have a Dream Performance

This week the GCCS Elementary Music Department is coordinating a district wide 2nd Grade choral program “I Have a Dream”.  Songs performed will be in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. The performance will be on 1/9/24 at 7 pm in the Charlestown High School Gymnasium.  We encourage all our second grade students to attend the evening performance.  The performance is open to the public.

Yearbook Sales Open

You can now put in your yearbook order online at https://inter-state.com/YearbookEntry/83507K.  Our yearbook this year will be $17.  Online ordering will be open until Friday, March 1, 2024.  Paper flyers will be available in January.  Yearbooks will come in sometime in May.

Inclement Weather Plan-2023-24.pdf

Riverside Student Council & Ambassador Snowman Fundraiser 2024

When: January 8-12, 2024

Who: There will be papercut out of a snowman (3 round balls) & the goal is to cover each snow circle with cotton balls to build the

snowperson. Each snowman will be done by each grade level.

Cost: per cottonball: 25 cents

Winner: Whichever grade level builds the most snowballs to build their snowman gets an ice cream party.

Why: Student Council wants to work on adding some new RES rugs near the doorways to make our school a safe and nice looking place.

Boys Basketball Team

Congratulations to the following boys who will represent Riverside on the Boys’ Basketball team this year:  Noah Longest, Jayce Owens, Isaiah Brooks, DeShaun Walker, Isaac Valois, Ian McCormick, Deion Bishop, Cameron Greene, Chaston Lucas, Jailen Taylor, Finneas Heckenkamp, DeAndre Givens, and Ezra Williams. The team will be coached by Coach Mode.  Practices will begin this week Monday through Thursday until 5:00.

January Lunch Menu

January Menu.pdf

PTO News

Our PTO meeting for January will be Thursday, January 18 at 6:00.

Student Handbook

Please review the student handbook with your child.

RES – APPROVED 23-24.pdf

Student Rights and Responsibilities 2023-2024.pdf

Upcoming Events:

Monday, Jan. 8- Boys Basketball Practice til 5, Robotics til 4:45, Kindness club til 4:30;

Tuesday, Jan. 9- 2nd Grade Field Trip to CHS 9-12, Boys Basketball Practice til 5,  Robotics til 4:45, Boys Cheerleader practice til 4:30 pm, 2nd Grade I have a Dream Performance at CHS 7pm

Wednesday, Jan. 10- Boys Basketball Practice til 5, Robotics til 4:45

Thursday, Jan. 11-Boys Basketball Practice til 5, Boys Cheerleader practice til 4:30 pm, Kindness club til 4:30

December 31, 2023

Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! Students return this week on Tuesday, January 2.  Final grades for Quarter 2 are available in Powerschool. Paper copies of report cards will be sent home this week.  It’s a brand new year and time to make brand new goals!  Let’s make this the best semester ever! 

Yearbook Sales Open

You can now put in your yearbook order online at https://inter-state.com/YearbookEntry/83507K.  Our yearbook this year will be $17.  Online ordering will be open until Friday, March 1, 2024.  Paper flyers will be available in January.  Yearbooks will come in sometime in May.

Inclement Weather Plan-2023-24.pdf 

PTO News

Our staff would like to give PTO a great big ‘THANK YOU’ to our PTO for the surprise breakfast on the last day before break!  Our PTO meeting for January will be Thursday, January 18 at 6:00. 

Student Handbook

Please review the student handbook with your child. 

RES – APPROVED 23-24.pdf

Student Rights and Responsibilities 2023-2024.pdf

Upcoming Events:

Monday, Jan. 1- No School

Tuesday, Jan. 2- School resumes, 3rd grade boys basketball Tryouts til 5, Robotics til 4:45

Wednesday, Jan. 3- 4th & 5th Grade Boys Basketball Tryouts til 5,  Robotics til 4:45

Thursday, Jan. 4- 4th & 5th grade Boys Basketball Tryouts til 5, Boys Cheerleader practice til 4:30 pm

Friday, Jan. 5-  Kindness club til 4:30; Student Council til 5:00;  Robotics til 4:45