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CALENDAR
WEEK OF 11/7-11/11
Monday, November 7
8:00a Student Council
Tuesday, November 8
NO SCHOOL - Election Day
Wednesday, November 9
Audubon Field Trip - 4R
9:00a PTA Exec Meeting
Thursday, November 10
Care For Self & Others - Wear
RED
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal - ALL MEMBERS
Friday, November 11
FIRST MARKING PERIOD ENDS
Red Shirt Day
8:00a Advanced Band - Gr. 5 ONLY
8:45a Veterans Day Ceremony
WEEK OF 11/14-11/18
Monday, November 14
Picture Retake Day
8:00a Ranger Monthly Meeting
Tuesday, November 15
Book Fair
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal - ALL MEMBERS
8:00a Riverside Reporters
12:30p GSO Trip - Gr 4 & 5
3:15p ELL Thanksgiving Feast
Wednesday, November 16
Book fair
8:50a ROPES Photos
Thursday, November 17
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal - ALL MEMBERS
Friday, November 18
8:00a Advanced Band - Gr. 5 ONLY
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QUICK LINKS
Sign up for lunch duty
here
Sign up for safety duty
here
Volunteer for the PTA
here
View the Rules of the Road
here
Click
here for the Early Morning Program information
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PEEK AT THE WEEK
MISSED AN ISSUE?
SUBMISSIONS
Deadline for submissions is 3pm
on Wednesday of the school week
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Saturday, November 5th, join Audubon Greenwich for a guided visit to Cove Island Park. For more information, click
here.
Wednesday, November 9th, meet Katie Parla, author of Tasting Rome, at Perrot Library at 7:30pm. For more information, click
here.
Thursday, November 10th, join Northeast Organic Farming Association of CT at Audubon Greenwich for the film Polyfaces: A World of Many Choices. For more information, click
here.
Thursday November 9th at CMS- BOE Charter Revision Committee open public forum. Click
here for more information.
Abilis Gifts is offering a 15% discount to shoppers who bring in a non-perishable food item during October and November. See the
flyer
for more information.
Free compost bins and coaching from the Conservation Commission. Click
here to learn more!
The Greenwich Alliance for Education Turkey Trot will be Saturday, November 26th. The school with the greatest percentage participation wins a $500 gift card towards new PE equipment. For more information, click
here. To register, click
here.
Click
here
to view the community calendar.
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D
ear Parents,
We will be celebrating Veterans Day on
Friday
, November 11
th
(school is in session)
at 8:45am in front of the side gym doors (inside the gym if it rains). A number of honored guests will be joining us, including veterans and community officials as well as our 4th and 5th grade chorus, our Riverside Women's Chorus and our trumpeters.
As part of our celebration, we will honor former Riverside students who gave their lives for our country. We honor the memory of: WWII Soldiers: Phillip Edward George, Jr., Harry Bradbury Johnson, and Clarence Brodie Keith. Korean War Soldiers: Thomas Budd Kean, Nevell Brackett Safford, and Louis Francis Zaccardo. Vietnam War Soldier: Richard Horsfall.
To make this day special we invite ALL veterans, moms, dads and family members to take part in this ceremony. Please let Mr. Weiss
or the office
know if you are attending as a veteran or bringing a veteran guest so you/they can be acknowledged.
All veterans in uniform can also participate in our Color Guard placing of the memorial wreaths this year. Please let us know if you can be part of that as well.
Friday
is also a Red Shirt Day! Wear your red shirt and thank a veteran!
Christopher Weiss
Riverside School Principal
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NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR FOOD DRIVE
Neighbor to Neighbor is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving residents in need throughout the Greenwich area. Last year the organization gave out 313,000 meals, 129,000 of which went to children.
The student council is collecting canned meats, fruits, black or red kidney beans, soups, peanut butter and jelly, rice, and pasta. Collection bins are in every class room. Visitors and parents can drop off donations in the front hallway of the school. The food drive will continue until Thanksgiving. Thank you for your support!
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ELECTION DAY BAKE SALE
The Student Council will be holding a bake sale at the school on Election Day, November 8th, from 9am-12pm. Delicious baked goods will be sold, with proceeds given to Neighbor to Neighbor.
Non-perishable food items will be accepted at the bake sale for the Neighbor to Neighbor Food Pantry.
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CARE FOR SELF AND OTHERS
On Thursday, November 10th, Riverside School is participating in GPS celebrating the "Care for Self and Others - Join the Chain of Kindness."
This event promotes safe school climate by fostering social-emotional skills in our students and reinforcing the district's norms to promote care, kindness, empathy and compassion in our children. Teachers, staff and students will be using
"P
ay it Forward" Kindness Cards to
perform an act of kindness toward someone in the community and then pass the kindness card on to be repeated.
Each card will have a link and a scan code that allows us to track the cards.
Also, On
November 10th
our police officers will be issuing "Kindness Tickets" in the community when they catch someone in a kind act.
All students, teachers and staff members are encouraged to wear
RED that day.
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APPLE WORKSHOPS FOR PARENTS
GPS is offering the SY2016-17 GPS-DLE Apple Workshop series for parents of elementary school students. The workshops will be held from 7-8pm on several dates at the Greenwich Avenue Apple Store, 356 Greenwich Avenue. To view dates and register parents can use
this link no less than one day prior to each event. Each workshop will be limited to the first 40 registrants.
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MIDDLE SCHOOL ADVANCED STUDIES
Parents of 5th, 6th and 7th graders interested in learning about Middle School Advanced Course Options in Math, Science and ALP Language Arts are welcome to attend an information session on Monday, December 5th in the Greenwich Town Hall Meeting Room on the 1st floor either 9-10:30am or 6:30-8pm. For more information, click
here. To see this information in Spanish, click
here.
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Tuesday, November 15th, 9am-3pm (ice cream social 5:30-7pm)
Wednesday, November. 16th, 9am-3pm
Parents are invited to come during their child's class visit. Please note that there have been CHANGES TO THE CLASS VISITATION SCHEDULE. Please refer to the REVISED visitation schedule by clicking here.
If you are unable to attend, your child can
purchase Book Fair Bucks so they may purchase books independently. There will be volunteers available to assist anyone who needs help. Details on how to purchase Book Fair Bucks can be found here.
We are looking for more volunteers to assist with the book fair. If you are willing to help out, please sign up here. Please choose a time when your child is not visiting the fair.
Ice Cream Social: Tuesday, November 15th, 5:30-7pm. Riverside's own Stacy Mozer will be our guest author!
Raffle: There will be a drawing for each grade at 6:30pm during the ice cream social. One boy and one girl from each grade will win Book Fair Bucks! There will also be a sibling drawing.
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You should have received your child's school picture packet in his/her backpack earlier this week. If you would like to have your child's individual photo retaken, retakes will be Monday, November 14th at 9:30am. Questions? Contact Paula Izquierdo at [email protected].
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Congratulations to the 3rd grade for taking the lead this week in the Math Marathon! Coming in second is 4th grade followed by 5th, 2nd, 1st and Kindergarten. L
ook for results of the winning class on the front bulletin board Monday morning, November 7th.
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TURKEY TALK: BUYING A BETTER BIRD
This Thanksgiving, get your turkey from a small local farm! Buying a pasture raised turkey means you get a delicious, healthy, antibiotic and hormone free bird and help support our local farmers. This year Riverside School PTA is offering the option to order sustainably raised turkeys and prepared side dishes and pies from Mike's Organic Delivery. Click here to learn more. 10% of school orders back to Riverside PTA. Types "RIVERSIDE" in coupon code when ordering.
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Last week Denise Savageau,
the Director of the Town of Greenwich's Conservation Commission, spoke to the 4th graders about the Watersheds program. Students were able to view the town as a watershed and understand where their drinking water comes from, how our wastewater is treated, and the wonder of The Long Island Sound.
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This week, the fifth graders got to experience "Vibes" from High Touch High Tech where they found out all the amazing facts about sound. They discovered what sounds are, got to see sounds, and had lots of fun as they made sound move around. They also learned about hearing as they made their very own ear drums to "catch the vibes!"
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As a reminder, please note that there will be no dodgeball on Monday, November 7th. All other classes will run.
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BOO BASH BAKE SALE - THANK YOU!
A huge thank you to all of the parents that contributed the baked goodies and water for the Boo Bash Bake Sale. All of the time and effort you put in are directly responsible for making the bake sale such a successful fundraiser this year. The proceeds from the sale will go to subsidize some of the 5th grade activities this year like the class picnic, recognition day and the 5th grade art show.
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