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CALENDAR
WEEK OF 11/20 - 11/21
Monday, November 20
8:00a Rangers Meeting
8:00a Student Council
Tuesday, November 21
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal - ALL MEMBERS
Wednesday, November 22
RED SHIRT DAY
EARLY RELEASE
8:00a Adv. Orchestra - Gr 5 only
Thursday, November 23
NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break
Friday, November 24
NO SCHOOL -
Thanksgiving Break
WEEK OF 11/27 - 12/1
Monday, November 27
Tuesday, November 28
Bush Holley House - Gr 1
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal - ALL MEMBERS
Wednesday, November 29
Bush Holley House - Gr 1
8:00a Adv. Orchestra - Gr 5 Only
8:45a ROPES Photos
3:15p Play Auditions
Thursday, November 30
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal -
ALL MEMBERS
Friday, December 1
8:00a Advanced Band
3:30p Holiday Sing
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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
Nov 25, 7th Annual Alliance for Education Turkey Trot 5K & 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk. The Greenwich school with the greatest participation wins a $500 gift card for PE equipment, so be sure to indicate your school when you register! More information
here.
Nov. 29 1-7:30pm, First Congregational Church will hold its annual Holiday Boutique and Silent Auction. 108 Sound Beach Avenue, Old Greenwich. For more information contact Shawna Aidone 415-794-4314 or [email protected]
Click
here
to view the community calendar.
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We hope you enjoyed our Riverside School Book Fair and Ice Cream social this week. A huge thank you goes to our dedicated volunteers who made this all happen for our children. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving next week and safe travels to those heading out of town to visit family and friends.
Enjoy your weekend!
Jenn Wolfe & Sarah Morris
PTA Co- Presidents
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MINI AFTERS PROGRAM
All classes in the new 3-week Sports-Only Mini Afters session are full.
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AFTER SCHOOL CHILDCARE AT RIVERSIDE SCHOOL
Riverside School is partnering with OGRCC to offer after school childcare beginning on Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018. Hours of operation are from 3pm-6pm Monday to Friday. Please make sure to register NOW as this program must have a minimum number of students to run.
Click Here f
or program details including fees & payment schedules.
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2ND ANNUAL GARDEN BULB PLANTING
Thanks for all the students, teachers and parents volunteers who joined
the Riverside Garden Committee to plant over 900 daffodils and hyacinth throughout the school grounds today. A special thank you also to the Greenwich Daffodil Society for their donation of Pink Charm daffodils which were planted at the main front doors. Look out for these treasures next spring!
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GREEN TIP OF THE WEEK
Pledge to make a few small, eco-friendly changes this Thanksgiving! Here are a few easy ways to go green...
- Buy local and organic food
- Bring reusable shopping bags to the grocery store.
- Send guests home with leftovers or donate to a local shelter. NO food waste!
- Ditch the disposables and use (or borrow) dinnerware, glasses and cloth napkins.
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UPCOMING PROGRAMS
Riverside Rhythms "Skunk Rockets" All Grades on Nov 28.
Ask your children about what they learned! These programs are all run thanks to your generous donations and sponsored by the Riverside School PTA.
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ALLERGIES AWARENESS
Children with Food Allergies Need ALL of US to be Safe
All Parents and students should be aware and have a basic understanding of the risks faced by their children's friends with food allergies. Please download the district's
new food allergy brochure in
English (or in
Spanish) for ways you and your child can help a food allergic friend. A hard copy of this brochure can also be found in your child's Friday folder today. Thank you in advance for taking the time to share this with your family.
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LICE INFORMATION
 Following the new instruction from the Greenwich Supervisor School Health Program, Mary Keller, we will no longer do routine checks of the entire class where a case of lice has been identified. We will continue with individual checks and re-checks, but the routine checking of classes yields little results and only causes undo speculation and alarm. We will continue to send home alerts, so parents can be advised of the need to check their children.
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STUDENT COUNCIL HURRICANE RELIEF EFFORTS
Last Call Donation Request: Following Hurricane Harvey, families from Red Elementary School in Houston, TX have suffered from the loss of their homes and belongings. To support this school, the Riverside Student Council is collecting new or gently used children's
lightweight jackets, vests, and zip-up sweatshirts (sizes extra small to extra large). These items can be brought in to the bins in the front lobby. Thank you for your generosity!
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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 4:30.
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 picked up and returned to an envelope outside
Mrs. Ware's door, U5.
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CODING CLASSES
Interested in coding? Free sessions for interested students in grades 3-5 (with a parent or caregiver joining them) will be held from 3:45-4:15pm
on 11/27, 12/4, and 12/11. A few members of the Greenwich High School "Girls Who Code" Club will be running hands-on coding sessions in the Riverside School Media Center. Mr. Weiss or Ms. Key will also be supporting these sessions. View the flyer for more information or click here to sign up.
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MIDDLE SCHOOL ADVANCED STUDIES MEETINGS
Information sessions for parents of students in grades 5, 6 and 7 to learn about middle school advanced course options will be held on Monday, December 4th at 9am or 6:30pm at Greenwich Town Hall. For more information, please see the flier in English or Spanish.
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