July 31, 2022
We had an excellent start to our school year last week! Students are in the routine of coming into the school and going straight to the gym. We will continue this routine on Mondays only. Beginning this week, on Tuesday through Friday, students will be asked to go straight to class rather than stopping in the gym. Every day of the week if students want breakfast they must stop in the cafeteria before going to class. It will help if you remind your students, however, we have lots of staff right inside the doors to be sure everyone gets safely to their classroom.
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: Monday- red, Tues.- blue, Wed.- green, Thurs.- yellow, Fri. orange.
Kindergarten Lanyards
Kindergarten parents, please continue to have your child wear their lanyard. This really helps to identify your student quickly and get them to their class.
Food Service
Just a reminder that parents must apply for free or reduced lunch this year online. Also, if you want to deposit money in your child’s account, you can do so online by setting up a lunch account. You can even have it send email reminders for when your child’s account is getting low. The full price breakfast is $1.50 (.30 reduced) and full price lunch is $3.00 (.40 reduced). Food service sends out robo calls when the charges add up so please be sure to either send in cash or deposit online. https://www.gccschools.com/home/our-district/departments/food-services/
Powerschool
We will be sending home powerschool letters on how to access or set up your child’s powerschool account later this week. This is a great way for you to keep up to date with your child’s grades. Please be watching for the letter to come home in the orange folder. If you have any questions once you receive it, please call the office.
Car Rider Reminders:
Thank you for your patience as everyone gets into the routines of the car rider line. We ask that everyone please pull all the way down to the next car or to the yellow line. Morning drop off is all along the perimeter of the sidewalk from the start of the wide yellow line down by the primary doors back to the end of the sidewalk past the flag pole. There is a sign indicating the drop off zone. We can be unloading LOTS of cars at once that way and the morning line will be more efficient. In the afternoon also, please continue pulling down. We are instructing the students not to cross the yellow line until the car has stopped. If you need to speak to your child’s teacher, please call back to school or pull all the way down so that the afternoon line can be more efficient.
Attendance:
If your child must be absent, please call the school first thing in the morning and leave us a message with your child’s name, teacher’s name and reason for the absence. If your child tests positive for Covid, please know that the child must complete a 5 day quarantine beginning with day 1 being the day after the positive test with return to school on day 6. Upon return, your student will be asked to wear a mask on day 6-10 and will be socially distanced at lunch (since they would have to take their mask off to eat).
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:
Aug. 8-12- Color days- M-White, T-Brown, W- Purple, Thurs- Black, F- Pink