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CALENDAR
WEEK OF 12/18 - 12/22
Monday, December 18
8:00a Student Council
8:00a Rangers Meeting
1:00p Winter Craft - 2G
2:30p Holiday Craft - 2P
Tuesday, December 19
2:00p Holiday Traditions - KC
Wednesday, December 20
9:30a Holiday Tradition Celebration - Gr 1
9:30a New Year/New Goals - 2C
2:00p Winter Craft/Writing Celebration -Gr 3
Thursday, December 21
12:00p Holiday Craft - Gr 5
2:00p Winter Craft/ Writing Celebration - 3M
Friday, December 22
Wear Your Favorite Color
WEEK OF 12/25 - 12/29
NO SCHOOL - HOLIDAY BREAK
WEEK OF 1/1 - 1/5
Monday, January 1
NO SCHOOL - Holiday Break
Tuesday, January 2
3:15p Play Rehearsals
Wednesday, January 3
3:15p Play Rehearsals
Thursday, January 4
3:15p Play Rehearsals
Friday, January 5
3:15p Play Rehearsals
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QUICK LINKS
To purchase Riverside gear, click
here
Click
here to view the lunch menu
Sign up for lunch duty
here
Sign up for safety duty
here
NEW! Online Directory
here
Volunteer for the PTA
here
See the latest Wellness Newsletter
here.
More information on the district's food services changes and survey results can be found
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
For RTM news and calendar, click here. For BOE News click
Dec. 20, 3:30-4:30pm, "Habitat for the Holidays" at Greenwich Land Trust, 370 Round Hill Road. Craft a pine cone bird feeder and take part in a holiday-themed scavenger hunt. Free for members, $15/family for non-members.
Click
here
to view the community calendar.
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It's almost the last week of school before our holiday break so the school is buzzing with excitement. It's a busy time of year with parent/ teacher conferences, classroom celebrations and the holidays and we hope you all take time to enjoy it.
Our very own Mrs Browning will be offering sessions for parents on digital citizenship, research tools and key apps in January which we encourage you all to attend. Please see below for details.
Have a great weekend!
Jenn Wolfe & Sarah Morris
PTA Co- Presidents
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SCHOOL START TIME SURVEY -- DEADLINE IS TODAY!
We encourage all parents to fill out the survey that was issued to you last week by the Greenwich Public Schools in order to gather input from the school community - both families and staff - regarding the impact of the new school start times. The deadline to complete the survey is TODAY
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SAVE THE DATE FOR THE LION KING!
Save the date for the Riverside School Musical, The Lion King, Friday, January 12th, 7pm and Saturday January 13th, 11am. This year we will open up a performance to our Riverside Community on Saturday, January 13th at 11 a.m. Details to follow after the holiday break!
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SCIENCE IN EDUCATION
Science in Education brought in Dinosaur's Rock last week for the second grade. They were given an educational hands-on experience about dinosaurs. They were allowed to do a fossil dig with real specimens and even got to bring home small samples.
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SAFETY REMINDER!
As the weather gets colder we wanted to take a moment to remind you of the "
Rules of the Road
" to keep our kids safe during drop off and pick up. All parents and any other caregivers who handle drop off or pick up for your child should review this.
We also continue to need
Safety Duty volunteers each morning from 8:30am-8:45am to help with the drop-off process to ensure kids are getting out safely and to keep the flow of cars moving smoothly. Please sign up
here via our online google doc sign up sheet for Safety Duty.
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ALLERGY REMINDERS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
As excitement builds for holiday celebrations over the next couple of weeks, please be mindful of our students with life threatening food allergies. As a reminder, please be careful of what you send into school with your child for snacks and lunch as well as what your serve on play dates. The most common food allergies (many found in candy and snacks) are: peanuts, tree nuts, milk, wheat, eggs, soy, fish, and shellfish. Please read labels carefully to ensure the safety of all of children. A product that contains a "Top 8" allergen or is labeled "May Contain", "Contains" or "Made in a facility that processes" the allergen, is not safe for a child with that particular food allergy. Additionally, please be sensitive to children who may have allergies to foods beyond the "Top 8" if they are known in your child's classroom.
A list of allergy-friendly snacks can be found here.
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GREEN TIP OF THE WEEK
This holiday season, enjoy spending time with family and friends, and try not to create too much waste! Consider these statistics:
- Americans throw away about 25% more trash between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve.
- If every American family wrapped just three presents in reused materials, it would save enough paper to cover 45,000 football fields.
- About 35% of Americans have an unused Christmas present collecting dust in their closets.
For more information and tips about having a
greener holiday, please
click here.
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YOUR CHILD'S DIGITAL LIFE
Starting in January, Mrs. Browning will lead a series of sessions for parents about digital citizenship, research tools, and the key apps used in school. This is a terrific opportunity to see how your children and their teachers use digital tools at Riverside School. Please mark your calendars and plan on attending any or all of the following sessions:
- Tuesday, January 9th -- Digital Citizenship in School and Beyond
- Tuesday, February 6th -- Familiarize Yourself with Our School's Research Tools and Databases
- Tuesday, March 6th -- Getting to Know Schoolology and Google Drive
- Tuesday, April 3rd -- Power Apps Used in School
These sessions will from from 2-3pm in the Media Center. An additional evening session from 7-8pm is currently under consideration, depending on demand. If you are committed to attending an evening session for the January 9th program, please fill out
this form. The night session will run if there is enough interest.
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LOST AND FOUND
Lost and Found items will be placed out next week, December 18th-22nd. Please check the table to see if you recognize anything! Items left at the end of next week will be donated.
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BEE CONTEST - 4TH AND 5TH GRADES
Save the Dates for this year's Geography Bee!
The National Geographic Bee, a nationwide contest sponsored by the National Geographic Society will be held at Riverside on January 17th to 19th
from 3:20 to 4:20.
With a first place prize of a $50,000 college scholarship - plus other prizes - the Bee is designed to encourage the study of geography.
The Connecticut State Bee is scheduled for April 6, 2018
and the national Bee will be held in Washington, D.C. in May.
Students need to turn in a permission form to participate in this year's Bee.
Forms are due by Wednesday, December 20th
and can be returned to an envelope outside
Mrs. Ware's door, U5. Free study resources can be found here.
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SCHOOL LUNCH REMINDERS AND UPDATE
Please consider using
MySchoolBucks if you do not already have a pre-paid lunch account for your child:
1. Access
MySchoolBucks using their free app on your smart phone or from their website. Set up automatic payments and receive low balance reminders.
2. Keep track of your child's spending habits and what they are buying.
3. The lunch line moves much faster with an account than when children bring in cash!
Healthier snacks are now on offer in the cafeteria. Read more
here if you missed the district's food services memo.
Special snacks are now only offered to grades 3-5 on Mondays (soft pretzels) and Thursdays (cookies or ice cream). Children may purchase these items with cash or their pre-paid accounts. You may opt out of these purchases by simply indicating on your account that purchases are for meals only.
More information on school lunches and MySchoolBucks is available
here.
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AFTER SCHOOL CHILDCARE - ON HOLD UNTIL NEXT SCHOOL YEAR
We were not able to get enough sign-ups to meet the minimum numbers to run the After School Child Care Program through the OGRCC at Riverside School. We will open registration up again in the Spring for the the 2018-2019 School Year.
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