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CALENDAR
WEEK OF 5/22- 5/26
Monday, May 22
8:00a Student Council
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal - All Members
9:00a Bartlett Arboretum - Gr 2
9:00a PTA Allergy Meeting
7:00p Spring Concert - Band/Chorus
Allergy Awareness Day- wear red shirt
Tuesday, May 23
8:00a Riverside Reporters
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal - EOY Party
8:45a Bronx Zoo - Gr 1
9:00a Bartlett Arboretum - Gr 2
9:30a Yale Art Gallery - Gr 4
Wednesday, May 24
Arts Field Day - Gr 3-5
8:50a Ropes Photos
10:00a Reading Champions
Thursday, May 25
3:20p ELL International Dinner
Friday, May 26
RED SHIRT DAY
WEEK OF 5/29-6/2
Monday, May 29
NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 30
8:00a Riverside Reporters
8:00a String Rehearsal - Gr 3
12:30p Orientation to EMS - Gr 5
Wednesday, May 31
6:00p Family Math Game Night
Thursday, June 1
3:15p Honor Choir Auditions
Friday, June 2
3rd MARKING PERIOD CLOSES
10:00a Writing Celebration - 3MA
2:30p Bubbles & Beachballs
3:15p Honor Choir Auditions
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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
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
For RTM news and calendar click here. To view town budget results from the May 8th meeting click here.
May 19 and 20, GHS Theater Arts presents
Annie
in the GHS Performing Arts Center. For more information, click here.
May 19-20, 4-9pm, Cos Cob Elementary's May Fair. Rain date May 21, 12-5pm.
May 21, 10am, Emsway Walk for Boating Safety. For more information and to register, click here.
June 10 4-6pm, Daddy/daughter dance at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Riverside. For more information and to RSVP, click here.
July 10-21, YMCA and Greenwich Free Press Summer Journalism Camp. Coordinated by Riverside teacher Jayne Hirshfield. More information can be found here.
Click
here
to view the community calendar.
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Dear Parents,
Will we see you in September? As we organize our classes for next year, it is very important that we hear from you if your child/children will
not be returning for the 2017-2018 school year. This is
also important for grade 5 students
not going to EMS. Please email or tell Mrs. DiAngelo in our front office ( [email protected]) by THIS TUESDAY if your child is NOT returning.
Please note that the (Optional) Class Placement Information Request Form link was sent out by email last week to all parents. This online form replaces the "Letters to Mr. Weiss". Parents of current K-4 students can use the form to provide information about their child to be considered by the administration and teachers as a factor in our process of creating classes for the new school year. The
deadline for submission is
THIS WEDNESDAY at 3pm (no exceptions).
All parents have recently received a request to complete a very important Family Engagement Survey from the district. The results will have a big impact on how we understand the work we are doing with families both as a district and here at Riverside School. Please complete the survey this week if at all possible. Your input will be greatly appreciated.
We have Innovation Space Open Lab dates (
for
Riverside students with a parent),
3:15-4:15 pm
in May and June still available. You can sign up here.
An important reminder: you should never back up your car in the dismissal lane at school or have children enter your car from the middle lane. This is very dangerous for our students. Also, crossing the front driveway (even with a parent) is only permitted at the marked crosswalk for every one's safety.
ALSO, the side driveway by the playground on
Hendrie
Avenue is for staff only and parents should never block it or drive into it (even for a few seconds) to drop anyone off or turn around. This is very dangerous to our students who are often crossing at that spot and don't expect a car to be there.
Christopher Weiss
Riverside School Principal
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MATH AROUND THE WORLD
On Wednesday, May 31st, join the Riverside teachers as we travel the globe, exploring the wonderful world of math! Enjoy an exciting evening of hands on learning activities, appropriate for the whole family and organized by Common Core Math Standards.
For more information, click here.
Families with last names beginning A-L, 6-7pm.
Families with last names beginning M-Z, 7-8pm.
Click here to volunteer as a greeter or photographer for the evening.
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SAME CLEATS/NEW FEET
Calling all athletes! As your season winds down, are those cleats starting to feel a little small? Give your old cleats a new lease on life by donating them in the box at the entry of the school. Your cleats will be taken to Venezuela over the summer and donated to kids in need as part of the Same Cleats/New Feet project.
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CALLING ALL 3RD GRADE ORCHESTRA MEMBERS
Orchestra rehearsal will be held Tuesday, May 30th at 8am in the gym. Please have your child arrive with his/her instrument and music. Students should enter the building from the outside door closest to the gym. Mr. Hoffman will be there to greet them. If you arrive after
8am, please have your child ring the doorbell and enter at the main door.
As a reminder, the concert dates are:
Tuesday, May 30th, 2:30pm. This daytime concert is for Riverside students only.
Monday, June 5th, 6:30pm. Friends and family are welcome to attend this concert.
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NOTE FROM THE NURSE
All medications in the Health Office must be picked up by a parent no later than June 20th at noon. Any meds left after that time will be discarded. When you pick up your child's meds, the Nurse will give you new med forms to complete over the summer. The Nurse will be available on August 28th to accept the new medications and forms.
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MRS. MOZER'S NEW BOOK
Come and see our very own Mrs. Mozer at Barnes and Noble in Stamford Sunday, June 4th 1-3pm.
Have her sign your copy of The Sweet Spot and The Perfect Trip. For more information, click here.
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ALLERGY AWARENESS DAY
Monday, May 22nd
will be our first Allergy Awareness Day! Please have your child wear their red shirt
as well as
red sneakers or shoes if they have them (in honor of redsneakers.org,
a
foundation to educate and promote awareness of food allergies).
Look for an allergy awareness flyer that went home in your child's Friday Folder today. You can also view the flyer here.
We will be holding a parents' education session entitled "Taking the Fear Out of Allergies" on Monday at 9am in the Media Center. Everyone should learn how to be aware of the warning signs and action required if a child in our care has an allergy attack.
Audrey Bregante, a nurse practitioner and expert from Fairfield County Allergy, Asthma & Immunology will present this and other important topics. Don't miss
this important event!
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ARTS FIELD DAY
Arts Field Day for grades 3-5
only will take
place next week on Wednesday, May 24th from 1-3pm.
Arts Field Day is a one day afternoon event where the students have the opportunity to participate in a variety of art workshops taught by external vendors including Leather Tooling, Chinese Brush Painting, Repoussé, Hip Hop Dance, Painting with Felicity and much more!
The students made their selections in class this week via a google form. You can review the information and your child's selection before the event. The description of the workshops can be found here
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We need a few volunteers from 1-3pm or from 1-2pm or 2-3pm .
Please email
[email protected]
or
[email protected]
if you would like to volunteer in the workshop that your child is placed in.
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VOLUNTEER TO BE A CLASS PARENT
If you would like to be a Class Parent for the 2017-2018 school year, please sign up via our online form here.
If you have any questions, please contact Heather St. Louis at 813-928-3636 or [email protected]. Cl
ass parents will be chosen in August by lottery after class lists are sent out and notified via email the week before school starts. The deadline to sign up is August 1st
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FITNESS CHALLENGE WINNERS ANNOUNCED
T
he Wellness Committee is delighted to announce the winners of the Fitness Challenge. The classes with the highest participation levels, those who submitted the most completed forms, were:
1) Ms. Arbulu (with 100% participation, wow!) and 2)
Ms. Hickey
and tied for 3rd place...Mrs. DiDonato and Mrs. Muscat. These lucky classes have earned extra recess
on a day of their teacher's choice!
Our student winners, who were randomly selected by grade, were:
Harrison Park, Jack Dalton, Leah Civitillo, Will Lynch, Rylan Hurst, Bobby Stanley, Madeline Johnson, Teddy Getson, Chloe Cleaves, Delphine Desjardins, Andre Guillet and Owen Duda.
Congratulations to all of our winners and thanks for your participation!
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GREEN COMMITTEE EVENT
Back by popular demand, the Green Committee has planned a private shopping event with Mike Geller from Mike's Organic Delivery on Friday, June 2nd at 9am
. Talk with Mike, shop local and organic foods and 10% of proceeds will go back to the school! Email
[email protected]
if you would like to join us. Space is limited.
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HIGH TOUCH HIGH TECH
This week, t
he second grade took part in "Give me Dirt" through High Touch High Tech this week. They learned about how soil is made, and how to classify different types of soil, and mix different soils together to grow a plant. They also learned how to purify water using soil and how "people and animals use soil to make homes". Soil isn't just "dirt" when it comes to plants!
The third grade's program was "Dig It" where they had a chance to "step into the world of Geology". They learned all about rocks, gems, and minerals, and how the earth makes them. The students panned for real gems and got to keep what they found!
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ORDER YOUR SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR 2017-2018
The PTA is again sponsoring a school supply fundraiser for the upcoming school year. Order now and your child's box of supplies will be delivered directly to the classroom by the first day of school!
Now you can order online for even more convenience. Please visit the online site here and enter account number 83285. The site is live now. Alternatively, paper forms are available in the School Supplies box in the birdhouse. Deadline for submitting paper orders is June 5th. Online orders must be received by June 11th. Questions? Please email Esther Stehmann at [email protected].
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