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CALENDAR
WEEK OF 6/4 - 6/8
Monday, June 4
Bush Holley House - Gr 3
Perrot Library Visit - Gr 1
6:30p Spring Concert - Gr 3
7:30p Spring Concert - Gr 4 & 5
Tuesday, June 5
Bush Holley House - Gr 3
Perrot Library Visit - Gr 1
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal - ALL MEMBERS
10:00a Shadow Puppet Play - 5P
2:00p Non - Fiction Museum - Gr K
2:30p Summer Reading Mini Book Fair
3:30p Coding Course
Wednesday, June 6
Perrot Library Visit - Gr 1
Tod's Point - Gr 4
8:40a Fluoride Rinse
9:00a Volunteer Tea
Thursday, June 7
Perrot Library Visit - Gr 1
Friday, June 8
Field Day
WEEK OF 6/11 - 6/15
Monday, June 11
Cardboard Challenge
8:00a Rangers Meeting
Tuesday, June 12
Cardboard Challenge
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal - ALL MEMBERS
9:00a PTA Exec Meeting
10:30a PTA Budget meeting
Wednesday, June 13
8:40a Fluoride Rinse
8:45a FINAL - ROPES Photos
9:00a PTA & EMS Parent Meeting
12:00p Recognition Practice - Gr 5
2:10p EOY Learning Celebration - 1D
Thursday, June 14
Flag Day Celebration
Fiesta - Gr 2
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal - ALL MEMBERS
2:00p EOY Celebration - 5H
Friday, June 15
Field Day - RAINDATE
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LOST AND FOUND
Each week items will be featured from the lost & found here to aide in your search. Be sure to check often if you or your child is missing something!
(1) A black Patagonia jacket boys size small
(2) A gold glitter bangle bracelet
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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
June 9, Connecticut Open House Day. Free or discounted admission to many museums and attractions. Click
here for more information.
June 9, 4-6pm, Daddy Daughter Dance, St. Paul's Church, 200 Riverside Ave. Click
here.
Click
here
to view the community calendar.
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Dear Parents,
Next Wednesday, June 6th is our annual Volunteer Tea at 9am in the cafe. It's a time to reflect and celebrate another successful school year, recognize our graduating Riverside families (some of which have been at this school for over a decade!), honor our amazing retiring teachers and staff and present some special awards to outstanding volunteers. We hope you all can make it!
Also next week is our first Summer Reading Book Fair on Tuesday, June 5th from 2:30- 7:30 in the school gym. Come by and pick up some good summer books for both your kids and yourself!
Finally, the children had a great assembly this morning where the children celebrated their hard work in raising funds and awareness for both Pennies for Patients and HERNS. The children raised over $10k for these 2 charities and should feel very proud of what they accomplished as a school community!
Have a great weekend,
Je
nn Wolfe & Sarah Morris
PTA Co- Presidents
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VOLUNTEER TEA
The PTA's Annual Volunteer Tea will be held on Wednesday, June 6th at 9am in the cafe. Please join us as we will be presenting some special awards to outstanding volunteers, recognizing graduating parents and honoring retiring teachers. You don't want to miss this!
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LAST CALL: ORDER YOUR SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR 2018-2019!
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!
Please visit
www.shopttkits.com and enter account number
83285.
All orders must be received by Sunday, June 3rd.
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2018 SUMMER BOOK READ: PETER PAN
For the first time, Riverside Elementary School has chosen a classic story for students to all read independently or with their parents across all grades as a suggested shared summer reading experience. This will culminate in back to school activities in the Fall of 2018.
This summer's selection is "Peter Pan," originally by J.M. Barrie.
This classic tale of a free-spirited and adventurous young boy who can fly and never grows up will certainly captivate the minds of our students this summer!
A selection of Peter Pan books for all reading levels will be available at the Summer Reading Book Fair on June 5th. Details below.
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RIVERSIDE SCHOOL SUMMER READING BOOK FAIR
Get Hooked on Reading this Summer!
Please join us for our first
Summer
Reading
book
fair
on
Tuesday, June 5th from 2:30-7:30pm
in the School Gym
.
The PTA Book Fair Committee has worked together with our Media Specialist Fionnuala Browning and Riverside Teachers to provide a selection of summer reading books students are sure to love.
I
n addition to book titles for our students K-5, we will offer some great adult summer reads as well as fun
summer/
camp activity
books
and journals. An allergy free summer treat will be offered at the fair to our book worms!
If you have any questions or would like to volunteer to help please email Laurel Fine (
[email protected])
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FUNDRAISER FOR MS. GOODBODY
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FINAL PTA MEETING
The PTA will be hosting a final PTA meeting of the year where we will vote to
approve the 2018-2019 Budget. The meeting will be on Tuesday, June 12 at 10:30am in the Media Center.
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VOLUNTEER TO BE A CLASS PARENT
If you would like to be a Class Parent for the 2018-2019 school year, please sign up via our online form
HERE.
For more information about the role and responsibilities of a class parent, please review the
Class Parent Job Description
. If you have any questions, please contact Lauren Jones at 917-273-2853 or
laureno[email protected]
. Class 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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MINDFULNESS PARENTING WORKSHOP
All parents of elementary-aged children are invited to attend a workshop entitled Building Better Brains Through Social Emotional Learning, presented by school psychologists Dr. Fabian and Alina A. Boie. The workshop will be held on June 5 from 7-8:30pm at Central Middle School. Please see the
flyer for more information.
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ARTS IN EDUCATION
The Arts in Education committee helped Riverside School students celebrate Poetry Week by hosting perennial favorite Ted Scheu, "The Poetry Guy."
Children honed their poetry writing skills during classroom workshops. Ask them about the poems they wrote with Mr. Scheu!
This program is made possible by your generous support of the PTA, thank you.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
June 5: Summer Reading Book Fair
June 6: Volunteer Tea
June 6: Arts in Ed "Global Village's Program on Mexico" (2nd Grade)
June 8: Field Day
June 11-12: Cardboard Challenge
June 12-15: Spirit Week
June 14: Arts in Ed "Mariachi Band Fiesta" (2nd Grade) - All parents invited (11:30-12:30pm in the back field)
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FIELD DAY LUNCH
Field Day is coming up on Friday, June 8th! For your convenience, the Riverside Cafe is offering bag lunches for students and adults. The cost is the same as regular lunch, $3.45. Please use the attached
form to order your bag lunch by
Tuesday, June 5th.
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GPS FAMILY SURVEY
Greenwich Public Schools values input from families- and needs to hear from you! A survey was emailed to you from Panorama Education team which contains a link to the survey. The deadline for completing this survey is
Thursday, June 7th.
Your child's teachers and school administrators need this feedback to help understand what they are doing well and what they could be doing better.
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AFTER SCHOOL CHILDCARE PROGRAM
We are offering the opportunity for you to sign up for
After
School Childcare at Riverside for the 2018-2019
School Year.
To secure the program for Riverside we need a minimum of 12 children registered for each day. So we ask that you please register as soon as possible to aid in the planning. The registration deadline for Riverside is Friday June 15.
If we do not move forward with this program because of not meeting the minimum number of children registered for each day, the OGRCC will refund families for any payments made.
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CARDBOARD CHALLENGE - START SAVING NOW!
The Cardboard Challenge will be held this year on
June 11th and 12th. Please start saving a variety of household objects, especially those you might otherwise recycle or discard.
Please DO NOT send anything to school at this time. We will provide more information closer to the event with specific dates to send in materials as well as additional items the class may need. Thanks for your help!
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FROM THE NURSE
 All medications must be picked up by a parent or caregiver by June 21st at noon. Any medication left in the Health Office after that time will be destroyed. New med forms will be available then to be completed over the summer. The Nurse will be available on August 27th to accept the new med forms and medication for school year 2018-19.
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DENTAL REFERRAL FORMS
If you received a dental referral form for your child, please remember to submit the completed form to the dental hygienist via the school's main office or by emailing it to [email protected].
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