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CALENDAR
WEEK OF 10/9 - 10/13
Tuesday, October 10
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal - PT. 1
Thursday, October 12
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal - All Members
9:30a New Family Coffee
Friday, October 13
LOCKDOWN DRILL
8:00a Advanced Band Rehearsal
WEEK OF 10/16 - 10/20
Tuesday, October 17
Stamford Nature Center - Gr K
Van Cortlandt Manor - Gr 5
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal - PT. 1
Wednesday, October 18
EARLY RELEASE
9:00a EDS Parent Coffee
Thursday, October 19
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal - PT. 2
Friday, October 20
8:00a Advanced Band
Saturday, October 21
Fall Fundraiser
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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
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
GHS Student employment Service (SES) is sponsored by the GHS PTA and they are open for the new year and have lots of eager students that are looking for jobs.
Greenwich United Way Reading Champions, in partnership with Greenwich Public Schools, is having a literacy program pairing Greenwich youth with trained community volunteer tutors in an effort to build fluency skills during the school year.
For more information, contact Greenwich United Program Coordinator, Marie Wardell,
or call 203-869-2221.
Oct 2 - 14, The Greenwich Allience for Education is holding its annual book drive for children at the Boys and Girls Club. Drop books at the Greenwich, Cos Cob, Byram Shubert or Perrot Libraries. Books should be in great condition. For more information please contact Julie Faryniarz, Executive Director, [email protected].
Oct 6, 6:30-8pm, Harvest Moon Hike at Audubon Greenwich. Ages 6 and up. For more information please click
here.
Oct 7 - 8, 10am to 5pm, The Bruce Museum Annual Outdoors Arts Festival. For more information please click
here.
Oct 10, 7-9pm,
BOE
Candidate Forum hosted jointly by PTAC and the LWVG in the GHS Performing Arts Center.
Oct 14, 11am to 4pm, Old Greenwich School's Pumpkin Patch. Admission is free. Old Greenwich School, 285 Sound Beach Ave., Old Greenwich.
Oct 18, 8:30am to 3:30pm, The Garden Education Center will hold the Healthy Yards Workshop. For more information please click
here.
Click
here
to view the community calendar.
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Dear Parents,
We hope you all had a great week and enjoyed our "Walk to School Wednesday" brought to you by our wonderful Green Committee! October is a busy month and we are excited about our Fall Fundraiser on October 21st and Boo Bash on October 27th. The Fall Fundraiser is always a fun night and a great way to meet other parents in the school. There will be an amazing silent auction which we hope you enjoy! All funds raised will support our PTA which pays for educational programs (Arts In Ed programs click here, Science In Ed Programs click here), field trips, classroom supplies, community events and more. Boo Bash truly brings Halloween to life for our school community. The children have a blast enjoying games, crafts, pizza and glow in the dark fun. Tickets are now on sale for both events, please see below for details.
Finally, our Math Marathon starts this Monday, October 9th where classes engage in a friendly competition to complete as many math problems on IXL as possible. More details are provided below.
As always, a huge thank you goes to our countless volunteers working countless hours to make all this possible.
Have a great weekend,
Jenn Wolfe & Sarah Morris
PTA Co- Presidents
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MATH MARATHON
 Riverside School will be hosting its annual Math Marathon from Monday, October 9th to Friday, November 3rd. Classes will go head-to-head, with each student completing as many grade-level problems on IXL as possible (outside of school time). Students must log in to their school account for problems to count in the class total. Results will be shown by grade on the bulletin board in the entry foyer and will be updated each Monday until we announce the winner.
Students received their IXL login information from their classroom teachers. If parents are unfamiliar with IXL or if a student is not sure of their log in, please reach out to your student's teacher.
The winning class will get their own extra recess
on Monday November 6th
as well as other surprises. So get ready to divide (or add, subtract or multiply) and conquer math!
Please contact Lauren Panarella,
[email protected]
or Anne Akyuz,
[email protected]
for any questions.
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BOO BASH TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
Tickets to Riverside School's annual Boo Bash event are now on sale. Please click
here to purchase. Tickets sold online ONLY and sell out quickly!
The Boo Bash is Friday, Oct 27th. Come enjoy the fun!
Early Party (Grades K-2): 5-6pm
Late Party (Grades 3-5): 6:45-8pm
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FALL FUNDRAISER TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
This year's annual Riverside School Fall Fundraiser, "Rock 'n' Raise", will be on October 21st at the Arch Street Teen Center from 7pm-midnight. All proceeds will benefit the incredible Arts and Science programs at Riverside School. Tickets can be purchased online here, or at the door for an additional $15 per person.
Please consider supporting our event with a donation to our auction, which can ben sent to Harriet Gilmer at [email protected].
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WELLNESS NEWSLETTER
In case you missed the latest Wellness Newsletter with information on school lunches and the district food services survey results, click here.
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HIGH TOUCH HIGH TECH
This week, our second graders took part in the High Touch High Tech program "What's the Matter". They were able to explore the properties of solids, liquids, and gases while they weighed air and made ice cream. They were able to "find out what really matters". This is a
PTA Science in Education funded program.
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ART IN EDUCATION
Monday, Oct 2nd, Henry Jones of Infinite Roots led our first graders in a session on African Drums. The children entered the classroom with Mr. Jones playing on the drums.They were fully engaged throughout the session, playing a variety of West and North African drums, learning rhythms, improvisation, singing words of welcome, dancing and even a geography lesson. This program was organized by the Arts in Education Committee and made possible by your generous donations to the Riverside School PTA.
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GREEN TIP OF THE WEEK
Recycle Your Books - You know you can bring your garbage and recycling down to Holly Hill, but did you know that you can take home a few books while you're there ?! The Greenwich Book Swap Shed is home to thousands of books available for residents to enjoy. You can drop off books, or check out the shed Fridays and Saturdays from 7:00-noon, rain or shine.
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UPCOMING PROGRAMS
Arts in Education: Writer's Workshop - 3rd grade on Tues, Oct 10
Science in Education: Watersheds Program - 4th Grade on Tues, Oct 10 & Wed, Oct 11
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SCHOOL DISMISSAL MANAGER
 Please remember to c
reate a login for School Dismissal Manager to manage your child(ren)'s attendance and dismissal information by clicking
here
. Also, there is a School Dismissal Manager (SDM) App available so you can make updates on the go!
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DENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM
 The Dental Health Program will begin this week and will run through the month of October. This program is run by the Town of Greenwich and includes both an educational portion as well as a dental screening for all the students at Riverside Elementary School.
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FLUORIDE RINSE PROGRAM
 Please remember to submit the fluoride rinse permission forms. This program will start on Wednesday, October 11 for first grade and then all other grades start on Wednesday, October 18. Please have your children come to the cafeteria at drop off time.
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