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CALENDAR
WEEK OF 5/14 - 5/18
Monday, May 14
Bartlett Arboretum - Gr 2
8:00a Rangers Meeting
8:00a Strings Rehearsal - Gr 4
Tuesday, May 15
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal - ALL MEMBERS
Wednesday, May 16
Bartlett Arboretum - Gr 2
8:40a Fluoride Rinse
8:45a ROPES Photos
Thursday, May 17
K - Visitation
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal - ALL MEMBERS
Friday, May 18
Shelter In Place - Drill
8:00a Band Rehearsal Gr 4 & 5
WEEK OF 5/21 - 5/25
Monday, May 21
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal - ALL MEMBERS
7:00p Spring Concert - Band/Chorus
Tuesday, May 22
Bronx Zoo - Gr 1
EMS Visit - Gr 5
8:00a Student Council
3:30p ESOL International Dinner
Wednesday, May 23
ARTS FIELD DAY - Gr 3,4,& 5
8:40a Fluoride Rinse
9:30a Reading Champions Graduation
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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 loose round gemstone. Given the nature of this item, it is in the school office. If yours, please call to identify the type of stone and claim.
(2) Media remote, most likely for a car system. It was handed in after it fell out at drop-off one morning.
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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
May 12, 4-8pm, eat at Chipotle in Riverside (1233 E. Putnam Ave.) to help GHS's Odyssey of the Mind team travel to the World Finals in Iowa. Show
this flyer or mention it to the cashier.
May 13, 8:30-11am, OGRCC Mother's Day Bike Ride. Meet at Old Greenwich School and ride to Tod's Point. Local bike shops will be on hand to inspect bikes and helmets. More information
here.
May 15, 8:45-10am, Greenwich Library, Cole Auditorium: Launch Event for the United Way's new Early Achievement Gap Solutions program, with keynote speaker Janice Gruendel, Ph.D, M.Ed. Click
here for more information.
May 17, 18, 19, 7pm: GHS Musical:
Hairspray. See the flyer
here, or use this
form to order tickets.
May 19, 4-6pm, Rhythmic Gymnastics Awareness Day at Eastern Civic Center. Click
here.
Click
here
to view the community calendar.
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The 35th annual Riverside Run is TOMORROW. It's a wonderful community event and we hope you all can make it to run or cheer on your friends! Please consider volunteering even if you are planning to run. Information on registration, bib pick up and volunteering is all in the box below.
Riverside students had fun running, walking and skipping laps as part of the "Run for Life" fundraiser during the Fitness Challenge this week to raise awareness for HERNS Disease. Please see the box below for more information.
Have a great weekend,
Je
nn Wolfe & Sarah Morris
PTA Co- Presidents
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RIVERSIDE RUN -- ON YOUR MARK... GET SET... GO!!!
The Run is just around the corner!
Registration/Bib Pick-Up will take place at Riverside School:
Friday, 2:30-4:00pm and Saturday, 7:30-8:30am. Cash, check, and credit cards are accepted for in-person registration.
NOTE: No rollerblades, bicycles, or dogs are allowed in the Run. The Run will go on RAIN OR SHINE.
Be a part of the fun! If you are able to work a volunteer shift at the race, please sign up
HERE. We greatly appreciate your time!
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FITNESS CHALLENGE: LAST CHANCE TO SUBMIT FORMS ON MONDAY!
If your child forgot to bring in the completed Fitness Challenge form today, all is not lost! The Wellness Committee will collect forms again from the school office on
MONDAY. All forms must be turned in by
12 NOON to be entered into the prize draw. Later submissions will not be accepted.
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RUN FOR LIFE FUNDRAISER
Riverside students did an amazing job this week, running, walking and skipping as many laps as possible for charity! Certificates of participation will be sent home with your child early next week, indicating how many laps your child completed. We hope you will support their efforts and support the cause!
Donations for sponsoring the laps your child ran will be accepted through
Friday, May 18th. Please have your child bring in any donations to their teachers next week or drop the cash/check in an envelope in the PTA Wellness mail slot in school.
The money raised by this event will be going towards Mt. Sinai's research of a rare disease called
HERNS
which is currently affecting Ms Goodbody's husband.
The Wellness Committee would like to thank you in advance for supporting this great cause.
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FUNDRAISER FOR MS. GOODBODY
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SPOTLIGHT ON FOOD ALLERGIES
Next week, May 13-19
, is Food Allergy Awareness Week
.
The Empire State Building will be lit in teal this Sunday, May
13th
to kick off this
initiative founded by Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) to raise awareness about the severity of food allergy and anaphylaxis.
To learn more about common allergens and how to help keep our children safe, visit the
FARE website
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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!
83285. All orders must be received by Sunday, June 3rd.
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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.
We are excited to announce Peter Pan as Riverside School's Suggested Summer Reading Book for ALL students. Please come buy an age appropriate version at the book fair! Peter Pan will be incorporated into the arts and education curriculum in the fall.
In 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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FIELD DAY & T-SHIRT ORDERS
Field Day is Friday, June 8th. Riverside School Students will be divided into color groups and will compete against each other to see which color will be the 2018 Champion!
T-shirts are $7 each.
Please click here for the T-shirt order form. You must fill out one order form per child. Deadline order: Friday, May 18th, 3pm. No late orders!
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TWICE EXCEPTIONAL (2E) MEETING
On May 16th, 9:30-11am at Greenwich Town Hall in the Cone Room, school psychologist and former PTAC 2E chair Elana Gershon will be giving a Twice Exceptional (2E) presentation.
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SAME CLEATS/ NEW FEET
 Riverside School will be hosting the Same Cleats/New Feet cleat drive from May 21st to June 4th this year. Collection boxes will be placed in the lobby during that period. Please take a minute to find any old cleats that you are no longer using. They will be really appreciated by the kids in Venezuela.
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GREEN TIP OF THE WEEK
Spring is the perfect time to clean out the garage, attic, basement...you name it! We are so lucky to have an amazing recycling facility here in Greenwich:
Holly Hill Resource Recovery Facility.
Please be mindful when you throw away things you no longer need. Much of it can be of use to someone else or recycled. Please click
here for more information on Holly Hill. Go Green!
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UPCOMING EVENTS
May 12: Riverside Run
May 14-15: Science in Ed "Give Me Dirt" 2nd Grade
May 14- 18: Staff Appreciation Week
May 15: Riverside Rhythms
May 18: Crazy Hair Day
May 21: Band/ Chorus Concert
May 22: Arts In Ed "Journey's Program" 3rd Grade
May 23: Arts Field Day (Grades 3-5)
June 1: Poetry Picnic
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STUDENT COUNCIL CRAZY HAIR DAY
Splish, splash! Get out your flip flops and goggles! Student Council is hosting a pool-themed, crazy hair day on Friday, May 18th
. Throughout the week of May 14th,
we encourage Riverside students to make a donation to support the Greenwich Junior League's Drive to raise money for the Greenwich Town Pool. On Friday
, we will celebrate the end of the fundraiser and SBAC testing!
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CARDBOARD CHALLENGE IS COMING BACK TO RIVERSIDE!
Back by popular demand, the Riverside Cardboard Challenge will be held this year on June 11 and 12
. Please start saving your cardboard boxes, paper towel rolls, string, ribbons and other recycled objects for the Riverside Cardboard Challenge. This two-day event challenges students to work in teams to build arcade type games using cardboard, recycled materials and imagination. 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.Thanks for your help!
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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 my emailing it to [email protected].
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COMMUNITY FORUM ON DISTRICT IMPROVEMENTS
This meeting will give you the opportunity to provide feedback on these important issues. You can also provide feedback online by following these links:
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