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August 20, 2023

Attendance 

Regular attendance at school is a must. Good habits for understanding the importance of being at school start early. Attendance is a vital part of academic success.  Please note the following guidelines for students that are absent from school.

• Only five absences may be marked as excused with parent communication, but no official documentation. When a student has been absent  a total of five (5) unexcused days in a school year, the principal, or his/her designee, as a matter of concern, shall contact the parent.
• When a student has been absent a total of fifteen (15) unexcused days in a school year, the principal or his/her designee will send the first legal notice.
• When a student has been absent (unexcused) a total of twenty-five (25) days in a school year, the principal or his/her designee will send the second legal notice, the Administrator completes a “Truancy Affidavit,” and will refer student to truancy advocate.

Students will be recognized for perfect and outstanding attendance. Please be sure your student is at school every day and on time to help ensure his or her academic success.

Breakfast

Just a reminder, breakfast is served from 8:40-8:55 only.  Students arriving after 8:55 will need to head straight to class.  Students arriving  after 9:00 AM are considered tardy.  A parent will have to walk them to the door to sign the child in so they can receive a tardy slip.

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August 13, 2023

Thank you car rider parents for all your help to ensure our new arrival and dismissal procedures continue to be efficient.  Please remember in the afternoons to STAY IN LINE all the way out of the parking lot.

We want to send a big THANK YOU to the anonymous donor of donuts and coffee for our staff this past week!  They have been working super hard to learn new processes and make them more safe and efficient and get our year off to a great start.  Thank you for your support!

Breakfast-

Food Service

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Kroger Rewards-

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August 6, 2023

Kindergarten Colors

For the first two full weeks of school we will be helping our Kindergarten students learn their colors by having color days.  We invite all our students to participate.  This week we are wearing:  Aug. 7-11- Color days- M-White, T-Brown, W- Purple, Thurs- Black, F- Pink

Kindergarten Lanyards

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July 30, 2023

Our theme this year is “Believe in the Power of Yet”.  Although we don’t have our new arrival/dismissal routines perfect YET, we are seeing improvements every day!  Thank you so much for your help.  Everyone’s positive attitudes and patience with our new arrival/dismissal system is really helping!

The new procedures have proven to keep traffic flow more efficient on Laurel Drive.  For efficiency and safety, we will be using the following procedures and restrictions during arrival and dismissal:

Arrival

Dismissal

Walkers

Transportation Changes

Color Theme Days

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Cross Country 

Chromebook Care

Powerschool

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July 26, 2023

GREAT FIRST DAY!

Thank you so much for your patience as we teach 550 students and 550 parents and 60 staff members a brand new system!

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.

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.

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

Car Tags:  If you still need a car tag, please respond to the parent email with your child’s name and teacher.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU for your patience and all the positive attitudes and support!

May 21, 2023

This is our last week of school for the 22-23 school year.  Our last student day is Thursday.  Please check powerschool for any missing grade assignments and contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions. ALL library books are due back to Mrs. Harrington for the end of the year inventory. 18 books still need to be returned. Mrs. Harrington would like to give a shout out to the following grade levels: Kindergarten, 4^th and 5^th all of their books are turned in.  The Jeffersonville Library has a summer reading program every year.  Please sign your child up and keep them reading throughout the summer.  The more they read the better reader they become.  Even a nightly routine of reading to your child will help build reading vocabulary.

Final grades will be reported in Powerschool and available to parents the first week of June.  We will also be sending final paper copies to all.

This will be the last parent message for this year.  Our next parent message will come out the weekend before school starts, Sunday, July 23. Have a GREAT summer!

Chromebook Collection is TUESDAY!

All chromebooks need to be turned in on Tuesday this week along with chargers.

Enrollment for 23-24 School Year

We still have more students that need to register for next school year. All returning students, please enroll before the end of this school year by visiting the GCCS website

PTO News – Thank you so much to all the parents who helped make our field day GREAT!

Basketball Clinic-

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May 14, 2023

Happy Mother’s Day!

Academic Team

Congratulations to our Academic Team for representing Riverside in the GCCS Academic Team Competition last week.

Library books are DUE!

Enrollment for 23-24 School Year

Enrollment for next school year is now open!  All returning students, please enroll before the end of this school year by visiting the GCCS website

PTO News – Our PTO will have their last meeting of the year on Thursday, May 18 at 6:00 in the library.

Field Day Reminders:

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May 7, 2023

We continue ILEARN testing this week. Fourth grade will test on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.On the grade level testing day, students will receive free breakfast.  Students will need to go through the breakfast line to receive free breakfast. Please be sure your student gets a good night’s sleep and comes to school with their chromebook fully charged.  Students must be on time for school.  Students will not be allowed to enter their classroom late once testing has started.  We appreciate your assistance in helping students perform to the very best of their ability!

Library Books are Due!

The last check out day for library books was Friday, May 5.  All books are due back in the library by May 12th.  Please return all overdue books as soon as possible.

Enrollment for 23-24 School Year

Enrollment for next school year is now open!  All returning students, please enroll before the end of this school year by visiting the GCCS website

Track Team 

Congratulations tour Final track meet runners:

Academic Team Competition

Good luck to our Academic Team who will compete in the GCCS Elementary Competition on Thursday, May 11 at 5:30 at Jeffersonville High School gym.  The team should arrive at 5:00 to meet up with Mrs. Harrington.

PTO News – PTO is sponsoring a restaurant night on Wednesday, May 10 from 4-8 at the new Qdoba on East 10th street.

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April 30, 2023

We will have an Elearning day on Tuesday, May 2.  This day will be Synchronous.  This means that all students will log on to Exact Path at 9:00 and be online with their teachers in google meet at 9:30.  Your student will be counted present by being online with their teachers in the morning.  Students will work on independent assignments in the afternoon.  Teachers will be involved in professional development in the afternoon and will be available intermittently via email/dojo for questions.  More information will be sent by your child’s teacher as needed.

We continue ILEARN testing this week.  Grade 3 will test Wed, Thurs, Friday and Grade 5 will test Wed. and Thursday.  Mrs. Koch’s class will test Monday instead of Thursday. The testing window will continue for two more weeks. On the grade level testing day, students will receive free breakfast.  Students will need to go through the breakfast line to receive free breakfast. Please be sure your student gets a good night’s sleep and comes to school with their chromebook fully charged.  Students must be on time for school.  Students will not be allowed to enter their classroom late once testing has started.  We appreciate your assistance in helping students perform to the very best of their ability!

This is Teacher Appreciation Week!  This is the week to write a little note just to say thank you for all they do for our students. Let’s show our appreciation for all the great teachers we have here at Riverside!

Friday this week we will have Derby Day.  Students may wear their Derby hats to school.

Creativity Theme

Our Character theme for May will be showing our PRIDE with creativity.  Here is information for families on creativity.

Volleyball

Student Council Domino Cards

Enrollment for 23-24 School Year

Enrollment for next school year is now open!  All returning students, please enroll before the end of this school year by visiting the GCCS website..

GCCS Art Fair:

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