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CALENDAR
WEEK OF 10/16 - 10/20
Monday, October 16
8:00a Rangers Meeting
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
WEEK OF 10/23 - 10/27
Tuesday, October 24
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal - PT. 1
3:20p ESOL Pumpkin Carving
Wednesday, October 25
8:50a Ropes Photos
Thursday, October 26
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal - PT 2
Friday, October 27
Boo Bash
8:00a Advanced Band
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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. The complete results of the district's food services survey 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
GHS Student employment Service (SES), sponsored by the GHS PTA, is open for the new year and have lots of eager students that are looking for jobs.
Oct 2-14, The Greenwich Alliance 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 14, 8am-12pm, Town-Wide Fall Cleanup and International Coastal Inventory. Stop by any of the town's fire houses or Greenwich Point for bags and gloves, and trade trash for daffodil bulbs. Dumpsters available until 4pm. Call 203-531-0006 or email [email protected]
Oct 14, 11am-4pm, Old Greenwich School's Pumpkin Patch. Admission is free. Old Greenwich School, 285 Sound Beach Ave., Old Greenwich.
Oct 18, 8:30am-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 had a wonderful week. Our Math Marathon started up this week so we hope your children are working on some math skills at home using the IXL program. They can track their grade's progress at the front bulletin board of school. Yesterday, the kids worked hard on a surprise for the parents to view at the fall fundraiser, we think they all had fun working on this project and a huge thank you goes to the parent volunteers and our music teacher Jessica Punchatz who made this all happen. We hope you are all able to join us at the Fall
Fundraiser on Saturday, October 21st to see the kids' project along with an incredible silent auction. A sneak peek will be available soon! Finally, our beloved Boo Bash has sold out for the late party so please see the details below if you have a ticket to spare and can give it back to accommodate Riverside students on the waitlist.
Have a great weekend,
Jenn Wolfe & Sarah Morris
PTA Co- Presidents
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BOO BASH LATE PARTY SOLD OUT!
Boo Bash is coming up on October 27th! The late party is sold out, but tickets to the early party are still available
here.
We have a long wait list for the late party! Please consider giving back any extra tickets. As a guide we recommend only having one parent attend per family
so we can accommodate as many Riverside students as possible.
If you are able to give back a ticket or would like to be added to the waitlist, please
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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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MATH MARATHON
 The Math Marathon is underway and we have completed the first week! Students can check out the results on the bulletin board in the front hallway. It runs until Friday, November 3rd, so good luck and keep logging in to IXL!
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AFTERS FEEDBACK
We hope you are enjoying the Fall Afters session. Please complete this survey so we can find out what you think about Flex Academies which is our new Afters program vendor. To thank you for sharing your thoughts, parents will receive a link to the Flex Academies Fun Pack. Our local vendors are providing special offers for our Flex Academies families. Please complete the survey by Oct. 16th.
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SCHOOL PHOTOS
School photos came home yesterday or today. Retake Day will take place on Thursday, November 9th, starting at 9am.
Retake Day is for students who missed Picture Day and for those students whose parents are dissatisfied with their student's portrait. You must return the entire, undamaged portrait package (except the class photo, you should keep this) on Retake Day. No retake pictures will be given to parents until the originals have been returned.
If you should have any photo related questions, please direct them to Coffee Pond Customer Service at 800-632-2323 or [email protected]. Other questions may be directed to Wayne at [email protected].
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WRITER'S WORKSHOP
On Tuesday, the third grade was treated to a writer's workshop from Peter Catalanotto, a published children's book author and illustrator. He started his visit with an all-grade presentation and told the students how ideas become both written and illustrated stories. The children will develop their ideas further in their classroom writing. 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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ODYSSEY OF THE MIND: EXCITING OPPORTUNITY!
Are you or your kids interested in participating in an international competition around problem solving and creativity? The Odyssey of the Mind might be for you! You will need a team of 5-7 students and a parent or teacher volunteer to lead the team.
If interested, please contact Leila Horn at
greenwichodysseyofthemind@gmail.com
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GREEN TIP OF THE WEEK
Rechargeable Batteries - Choose rechargeable batteries, then recycle them with they die. You'd have to use hundreds of single-use batteries to equal the energy you'd get out of one rechargeable battery. Be sure to recycle all batteries to keep harmful metals from entering the environment. Don't forget you can recycle your old batteries at school, right inside the doors!
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UPCOMING PROGRAMS
Science in Education "Force of Habit": 1st Grade on Oct. 16 -17
Arts in Education Writer's Workshop: 4th grade on Oct 17
Riverside Rhythms for all students during lunch on Oct 20
Science in Education "Power of Light": 5th Grade on Oct. 23 - 24
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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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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FLUORIDE RINSE PROGRAM
 Please remember to submit the fluoride rinse permission forms. This program started on Wednesday, October 11 for first grade and all other grades will start on Wednesday, October 18. Please have your children come to the cafeteria at drop off time.
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