Posts in category: News

January 1, 2023

We hope everyone had a wonderful winter break.  There is no school scheduled for Monday, Jan. 2. Students return to school on Tuesday, January 3.  Please be sure to send chromebooks back to school. Quarter 2 Report cards will be sent home this week.  Your child’s grades are posted in Powerschool to view.

Boys’ Basketball Clinic

Our boy’s basketball clinic will be Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri  this week until 5:00.  Try-outs will be held next week, Jan. 9 3rd grade and Jan. 10 4th/5th grade.  The team will be announced on Wednesday and practices begin the end of the week of Jan. 9-13.

Upcoming Dates: 

Tuesday, Jan 3: Robotics til 4:45,  3rd grade Boys B’ball Clinic til 5:00.

Wednesday, Jan 4: Robotics til 4:45, 3rd grade Boys B’ball Clinic til 5:00.

Thursday, Jan 5:  4th & 5th Grade Boys B’ball Clinic til 5:00

Friday, Jan 6: Robotics til 4:45,  4th & 5th Grade Boys B’ball Clinic til 5:00. Chess Club til 4:30; St. Council til 5:00

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

November 27, 2022

We hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving!  We have three weeks of school until Winter Break!  

Character Theme

We are focusing on ‘Initiative’ from here to Winter Break. Here are some ideas for practicing initiative at home: K-5 Family Newsletter: K-5 Initiative Newsletter.pdf 

PTO News: 

Rapid Fired Pizza night is Tuesday November 29th from 10:30am-10pm at 1645 Veterans Pkwy in Jeffersonville where 25% of your total purchase will be donated back to Riverside Elementary PTO. All you have to do is mention that you’re there for Riverside night. 

The Otis Spunkmeyer Fall Fundraiser product pick up night will be Thursday December 1st from 5pm-7pm at the school. PTO asks that everyone who ordered make an effort to pick up this night as some items are refrigerated & we can’t keep refrigerated for them for a prolonged period of time. If unable to pick up on this date & time please reach out to the PTO at resroadrunnerpto@gmail.com to set up another time to pick up.  

Breakfast with Santa will be on Saturday December 10th from 9am-12pm. Flyers went home last week with the option to purchase pre-sale tickets at a discounted rate of $4 per person as opposed to $7 per person at the door the day of. The LAST day we can accept pre-sale ticket purchases is Friday December 2nd. BREAKFAST WITH SANTA.pdf

Student Handbook

RES – APPROVED Version 22-23.pdf

Paper copies of our student handbook will not be distributed this year.  It is also posted on our website: https://riversideeleme.wpenginepowered.com/. 

GCCS Weather Plan

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

Upcoming Events:

Monday, Nov. 28- 3rd gr Kindness club til 4:30

Tues., Nov. 29- Robotics til 4:45; PTO Rapid Fired Pizza Night

Wed., Nov. 30- Robotics til 4:45

Thurs, Dec. 1- 3rd gr. Kindness club til 4:30; Fundraiser pick-up 5-7PM 

Fri., Dec. 2- Student Council til 5:00

November 20, 2022

Thank you for helping your students achieve their reading goal for the past week.  Please be sure they have turned in their orange pledge sheet for their prize on Monday.  Hopefully, your child is well on the way to establishing the habit of reading on a regular basis.  We hope each student spends some time reading to you over the Thanksgiving break. We are continuing our character theme of Gratitude this week.  Here are some ideas for exercising gratitude at home over the Thanksgiving break: Gratitude ideas.pdf

Title I

Riverside is a Title I school.  Here is more information regarding what Title I means. 

Title 1 Parent Information Presentation 2022-2023

Kidsmart Safety and Abuse Prevention Program

Schools are required to deliver curriculum on child abuse awareness each year. These lessons will be conducted at RES this coming week.   Parents can learn more about this requirement and view the lessons on this link from GCCS

Child Abuse/Child Sexual Abuse Education Parent Letter

Wrestling Announcement 

TEAM JEFF WRESTLING CLUB  

PTO News: 

Our PTO is preparing for a Breakfast with Santa event on Dec. 10 in the morning.  Mark your calendars!  Flyers will be sent home soon. 

Student Handbook

RES – APPROVED Version 22-23.pdf

Paper copies of our student handbook will not be distributed this year.  It is also posted on our website: https://riversideeleme.wpenginepowered.com/. 

GCCS Weather Plan

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

Upcoming Events:

Monday, Nov. 21:  3rd grade Kindness Club til 4:30

Wed. Nov. 23-25:  Thanksgiving Break- No School

November 13, 2022

This week is National Young Readers Week.  We will be doing several activities planned to highlight reading:  voting for our favorite books, guest readers AND a reading goal challenge.  Mrs. Kimmel is challenging ALL our students and staff to fulfill the goal of reading 20 min per night Monday through Friday this week.  Each student and staff will fill out a goal sheet listing the books/materials read each day.  There’s a bonus line for students to list the book they catch their teacher or parent reading.  Each goal sheet filled out completely will receive a prize.  Goal sheets will be collected on Monday, Nov. 21.  We hope 100% of our students and staff will participate and make the goal of reading 20 minutes per night this week (and hopefully every week after this week!)  The more you read the better reader you become!  Check out the statistics on why reading LOTS is so important: Benefits of 20 min of reading .pdf

Midterms

Quarter 2 Midterms for students in grades 3-5 will go out this week. All parents can check grades on Powerschool at any time!  Powerschool is a great way to stay up to date on grades and assignments turned in to the teacher.  If you need help setting up your child’s Powerschool account, please call the office. 

Gratitude Focus

Our character focus this week and next will be on gratitude.  Here are some ideas to reinforce the character trait of gratitude at home. 

K-2 Family Newsletter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LRX9i043n5TCPj03IM17ZxyXD_61sBNx/view?usp=sharing

3-5 Family Newsletter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1owkjB0bX4QF_eC8CEiEunr_ltvBCWxzy/view?usp=sharing

Girls’ Bball Tournament

Our girls basketball team has had a GREAT season.  They are undefeated so far.  We would like to wish them luck in the first round of tournament play this Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 4:45 at Riverside against Jonathan Jennings Blue team.  We would like everyone to wear their orange and blue on Wednesday to root on the Roadrunners! 

PTO News: 

The Riverside staff would like to give a BIG THANK YOU to all those that sent in crock-pot meals and other goodies to feed the staff on Parent Teacher Conference night!  PTO will be meeting this Thursday, Nov. 17 in the library at 6:00. 

Student Handbook–RES – APPROVED Version 22-23.pdf

Paper copies of our student handbook will not be distributed this year.  It is also posted on our website: https://riversideeleme.wpenginepowered.com/. 

GCCS Weather Plan

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

Upcoming Events:

Mon. Nov. 14- 4:45 Girls’ Bball game at RES

Tues. Nov. 15- Girls’ Bball practice until 4:30

Wed. Nov. 16- 1st round tournament game at 4:45 at RES (against JJ) (ball practice after Wednesday TBA)

Thurs. Nov. 17-  6:00 PTO mtg

Fri. Nov. 18- Student Council mtg til 5:00

Nov. 23-25- Thanksgiving Break

November 6, 2022

We are looking forward to our parent teacher conferences on Tuesday, Nov. 8.  There is no school for students.  Parents who still need to schedule a conference, please contact your child’s teacher.  

Circle the State

Choir members interested in the Circle the State activity, please see the flyer below.  If you have any questions, please contact our music teacher Mrs. Wilkerson. 

Circle the State Letter and Enrollment Form

PTO

Our next PTO meeting will be Thursday, Nov 17 at 6:00. 

Student Handbook–RES – APPROVED Version 22-23.pdf

Paper copies of our student handbook will not be distributed this year.  It is also posted on our website: https://riversideeleme.wpenginepowered.com/.  

Upcoming Events:

Nov. 7- 4:45 B’ball game at TJ

Nov. 8- No School- P/T conferences

Nov. 9- 4:45 B’ball game at Wilson

Nov. 10- B’ball practice til 4:30

Nov. 11- B’ball practice til 4:30

ESS 

ESS is hiring substitute teachers:

October 30, 2022

Parent Teacher conferences are scheduled for November 8.  There is no school for students that day.  Please be sure you make contact with your child’s teacher to go over your student’s progress. We look forward to meeting with you! 

GCCS Weather Plan

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

Wrestling Announcement 

TEAM JEFF WRESTLING CLUB  

Girl Scouts Announcement

Troop 4387 Flyer.pdf

Picture Retakes, Friday, Nov. 4

If you would like to have your child’s picture re-taken, please send the package of pictures back to school on Friday with your child and we will have the pictures retaken. 

PTO

Our PTO is sponsoring a fall fundraiser with Otis Spunkmeyer.  The fundraiser will run from 10/17-10/31.  Money and orders are due back to school on MONDAY 10/31.  In addition, PTO is sponsoring a restaurant night at Chick-fil-A in Jeffersonville from 5-8 PM on Wednesday, Nov. 2.  Mention that you are from Riverside Elementary! Thank you for your support with these projects.  PTO is working towards safety screens for the front windows of the school, supporting our PRIDE projects within the school AND getting some new playground equipment.  

Upcoming Events:

Nov. 1- Girls’ bball game at JJ at 4:45

Nov. 2-Girls’ bball game at RES at 4:45 against Clarksville; Chick-fil-A restaurant night 5-8PM

Nov. 3- Girls’ bball practice til 4:30

Nov. 4- Picture Retakes; Girls’ bball practice til 4:30; Student Council til 5:00

October 16, 2022

We hope everyone had a wonderful Fall Break!  Quarter 2 begins tomorrow!  Report cards will be sent home this week.  Grades are available for your viewing in your child’s Powerschool account.  

PRIDE focus

Our new PRIDE focus for the next month or so is RESPECT.  Here are some ideas for reinforcing respect at home: 

K-2 Respect Family Newsletter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JPbzJR20ZRauonQ1Q8Co3bPXMCNIyQm6/view?usp=sharing

3-5 Respect Family Newsletter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o1HmJnV8t2uTzZ5dzQsH5QgOFLYovl6z/view?usp=sharing

Chess Club

Chess club will start on 10/17/22 chess club participants are Iris Stewart, Hadlee Eubank, Cameron Greene, Bryan Bower, Ryan McKinley, Michael Smallwood, Jeremiah Biven, Luke Skeens, Parker Clapp, Jackson Carson, Sophie Carson, Kay Shirley, Gideon Daugherty, Noah Longest, Ava Lindemann, Thomas Norris, Lennon Foster, Noah Dailey, Jackson Salesman, and Addison Berkley.

Girls Basketball Players

Congratulations to Peyton Yates, Nyomi Ward, Jaselynn Flores-Martin, Charli Sparkman, Sloane Yates, Ashleigh Eaton, Jade Perez, Akiya Flynn, Lorelei Bingham, Abriella Hettinger, Gem’maica Hunter-Lawrence, and Adisen Plummer. 

Managers:  Nadia Griffin, and Audrey Taylor.

Girls Cheerleaders 

Congratulations to Skylar Crow, Ryan McKinley, Sophie Carson, Brinlee Conner, Shaniya Carter, Sophia Lindell, Jihan El Ayachi, and Rylie McKinley for the girls Cheerleading Squad. Congratulations also to Speedy who will be  Jackson Carson, Nixon Lang, and Olivia Lindell.

Boys Cheerleaders 

Congratulations to Gemmaica Hunter-Lawrence, Natalia Martinez, Nadia Diaz, Kaprina Mayo, Camille Corriell, Lily Eaves, Stella Martin, Jade Perez, for the Boys Cheerleading Squad. Congratulations also to Speedy who will be Caliyah Franks, Lylaa Taylor, and Isabella Bobo. 

PTO

Our PTO is sponsoring a fall fundraiser with Otis Spunkmeyer.  Information will be coming home Monday this week.  The fundraiser will run from 10/17-10/31.  PTO is also sponsoring a restaurant night at Chuck E Cheese in Clarksville this Friday, October 21 from 3:00-9:00 PM.  A portion of what you spend will be donated back to our Riverside PTO.  The next PTO meeting will be this Thursday, October 20 at 6:00PM in the library. 

Upcoming Events:

Oct. 17- Chess til 4:30

Oct. 18- Girls’ bball practice til 4:30; Chess til 4:30

Oct. 19-Girls’ bball practice til 4:30; Chess til 4:30

Oct. 20- Girls’ bball practice til 4:30; Chess til 4:30; 6:00 PTO meeting

Oct. 21- Girls’ bball practice til 4:30; Cheer practice til 4:30;Student Council til 5:00; PTO Chuck E Cheese night

Oct. 22- Chess Team Tournament at JHS

September 25, 2022

We are in the last week of Quarter 1!  Please check your student’s Powerschool account for any missing grades or assignments.  If you have any questions, please contact your child’s teacher. We will be on fall break from October 1-16. Report cards will be sent home after break, but you may view your child’s grades on their Powerschool account over break.  Let’s finish strong Roadrunners!

Picture Day

Picture day is this FRIDAY! Order forms have been sent home and are due on Friday.

Jeff Library Tutoring Resource

If you opted into the partnership with the Jeffersonville Township Public Library when you registered your child, there’s a great resource for you! HelpNow at https://landing.brainfuse.com/authenticate.asp?u=main.jeffersonvillelibrary.in.brainfuse.com offers live tutoring from 2-11 pm Monday-Friday to help with homework! There are grade-level specific skill-building tutorials for many topics. There’s a writing lab for feedback on pieces of writing and more! Just have your child log in with his or her 6-digit school ID number. If you cannot get logged in, contact kkarnes@gccschools.com. 

Student Council Representatives 

Congratulations to Luke Skeens, David Bishop, Harmoni Staton, Maddux Geary, Victoria Molina, Sophie Carson, Carter Schwieman, Gracie Greenfield, Anthony West, Cameron Green, Jasper Lopez, RES student Council reps for 22-23

Kroger Rewards-

Thanks to those who have signed up for the Kroger Rewards program to give back to Riverside.  With the Kroger rewards program, Kroger gives a percentage of what you spend back to Riverside. During the May-Aug quarter with only 134 households signed up, Kroger donated $693.12 back to support student activities. Here is how to Link your Kroger Card to Riverside Elementary School. Selecting the organization that you wish to support is as simple as updating the Kroger Community Rewards selection on your digital account.

1. Sign in to your digital account.

2. Search for your organization here.

3. Enter the name or NPO number of the organization you wish to support.

4. Select the appropriate organization from the list and click “Save”.

Your selected organization will also display in the Kroger Community Rewards section of your account. If you need to review or revisit your organization, you can always do so under your Account details.

PTO

Thank you to everyone who came to the Fall Festival and thank you to PTO for putting it on!  A great time was had by all! PTO is sponsoring a restaurant day with Papa John’s on Sept. 28.  Use the promo code RES20 when ordering on the app, by phone or online for the school to receive credit for 20% of your order!  Flyers have been sent home. 

PTO is sponsoring a spirit wear drive.  It will run from Friday, Sept 16-Oct. 2 at 6PM. There will be a new t-shirt design this year.  Flyers have been sent home.   5th grade shirts will also be sold during the fall spirit wear drive only (not available in the spring).  Online order website: https://323ink.chipply.com/RES47130/

Upcoming Events:

Sept. 26- Girls’ bball clinic til 4:30

Sept. 27- Cheer try-outs til 4:30; Girls’ bball til 4:30

Sept. 28- Bball try-outs til 4:30; PTO Papa John’s Day

Sept. 29- 1st grade FT; Bball til 4:30

Sept. 30- End of Quarter 1; Picture day; Cheer practice til 4:30; Bball team posted 4:30

Oct. 1-16- Fall Break