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CALENDAR
WEEK OF 6/12-6/16
Monday, June 12
8:00a Rangers Monthly Meeting
8:00a Student Council
1:30p EOY Classroom Activities - Gr 5
3:15p Art Show - Gr 5
Tuesday, June 13
Perrot Library Visit - Gr 1
9:00a Bush Holley House - Gr 3
9:00a PTA Exec Meeting
10:30a EOY Picnic - Gr 5
1:00p EMS Practice - Gr 5
Wednesday, June14
8:15a Band Rehearsal
8:45a Flag Day Ceremony
10:00a EOY Celebration - 3MA
11:00a Learning Celebration - 1H
12:15p Learning Celebration - 3G
2:10p Learning Celebration - 1D
2:10p Learning Celebration - 1M
2:10p Learning Celebration - 1S
Thursday, June 15
Schultheissville Reading Celebration -5S
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal - EOY Party
Friday, June 16
9:00a EOY Writing Celebration - 3MO
10:30a EOY Picnic (Raindate) - Gr 5
11:00a Fiesta - Gr 2
12:00p EOY Celebration - Gr 4
WEEK OF 6/19 - 6/23
Monday, June 19
8:00a Student Council
Tuesday, June 20
RED SHIRT DAY
REPORT CARDS DISTRIBUTED
LAST DAY FOR STUDENTS
10:45a Recognition - Gr 5
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QUICK LINKS
A NEW edition of the wellness newsletter can be found
here
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
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
June 10 4-6pm, Daddy/daughter dance at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Riverside. For more information and to RSVP, click here.
July 5-August 1, Perrot Library is offering summer programs for all ages. For a schedule, click here.
July 10-21, YMCA and Greenwich Free Press Summer Journalism Camp. Coordinated by Riverside teacher Jayne Hirshfield. More information can be found here.
Click
here
to view the community calendar.
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Dear Parents,
We have one more Innovation Space Open Lab date (June 12), 3:15-4:15 pm. You can sign up here.
We have been pleased to have Miss Akane Edwards (a senior from GHS) here this past month as our technology intern, working with teachers and students. Her last day will be next Friday. We are thankful for her many contributions in classrooms and in our innovation space and media center.
Special thanks to Mr. Hoffman (and Mrs. Miserocchi as accompanist) for their work with our 3rd grade and advanced orchestra students at their concert Monday evening. The students shared beautiful music with us. Thank you to all the parents for their support of the school's many music programs.
The district's current class section projections for Riverside for the 2017-2018 school year are for 4 sections each of Kindergarten-4th grade and 3 sections of 5th grade.
These are current projections only and the number of sections could change based on actual enrollment. On August 15th, a determination will be made by the district on the number of sections we will start the school year with. If the number of scheduled sections changes before August, I will send out an update to parents.
I would like to announce the following staffing changes at the school for next year. Mrs. Kate Miserocchi has taking an ALP teaching position at Parkway School and her full time position will be filled by Mrs. Stacy Mozer (current 3rd grade teacher). Mrs. Kim Schultheiss is taking a leave of absence from 5th grade next year and Mrs. Jayne Hirshfield (current 3rd grade teacher) will be moving to 5th grade. Mrs. Julia Romeo will be leaving her art position to work closer to her home next year and we welcome Ms. Karen Masso, formerly an art teacher at Eastern Middle School, as our full time art teacher. We would also like to welcome Ms. Jill Winningham to our 3rd grade teaching team. She joins us from New Lebanon School with many years of experience in the classroom, including the 3rd grade.
Mrs. Mary Anstey will be moving to our 4th grade teaching team (now with four sections). Our school psychologist, Ms. Taylor Carroll-Marino, will be taking the psychologist position at North Street School and Mr. Mike Parisi will be taking a position at EMS as a P.E. teacher. We are actively working now to fill the open positions of grade 5 teacher, P.E. teacher, and school psychologist. We wish the teachers who are heading to other schools the very best and thank them for their service to our students, families, and school community.
Based on the number of native Spanish students we have enrolled in grades 3-5 next year, we will have a Native Spanish program available in both 3rd and 4th grade (extended from just 3rd grade this year). The FLES teacher will provide differentiated instruction for the students in grades 5 who are fluent in Spanish.
An email was sent to all parents from the district this week about a GPS Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) survey for students (3rd-12th grade only) to take place next week in school. The opt-out date for student participation is today so please complete the opt out form online contained in that letter if you don't want your 3rd-5th grade child to complete the short survey).
Sincerely,
Christopher Weiss
Riverside School Principal
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FLAG DAY
Please join us for Flag Day on Wednesday, June 14th at 8:45am in front of the school (or in the gym if it is raining). Our chorus and band students will also be sharing their talents with us.
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THANK YOU FLUORIDE VOLUNTEERS!
I wish to give a big thank you to all the WONDERFUL dental fluoride rinse volunteers! Thank you to Susan Hopper (our fantastic coordinator), Tracy Ross, Jill Martin, Maria Borrego, Gabriela Cervantes, Beatriz Steglitz, Julie McGrath, Than Estrada, Judith Voelker, Maria Rosa, and Rae Ann Herman. Your time and help proved invaluable to the dental program. The children loved having you help! To my volunteers who are leaving this year, I wish you and yours a great new adventure in middle school! We will miss you!
-- Jeanne Schnakenberg, Public Health Dental Hygienist
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DENTAL REMINDER
If you received an DENTAL REFERRAL FORM for your child, please remember to submit the completed for to the dental hygienist at the school's health office. Remember that healthy teeth equals happy children!
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NOTE FROM THE NURSE
All medications in the Health Office must be picked up by a parent no later than June 20th at noon. Any meds left after that time will be discarded. When you pick up your child's meds, the Nurse will give you new med forms to complete over the summer. The Nurse will be available on August 28th to accept the new medications and forms.
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VOLUNTEER TO BE A CLASS PARENT
If you would like to be a Class Parent for the 2017-2018 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 Heather St. Louis at 813-928-3636 or [email protected]. Cl
ass 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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ORDER YOUR SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR 2017-2018
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!
Now you can order online for even more convenience. Please visit the online site here and enter account number 83285. The site is live now. Alternatively, paper forms are available in the School Supplies box in the birdhouse. Deadline for submitting paper orders is June 5th. Online orders must be received by June 11th. Questions? Please email Esther Stehmann at [email protected].
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TREE DEDICATION AND MEMORIAL SERVICE
On Wednesday May 31st, Riverside School, in conjunction with the Riverside School PTA and the town of Greenwich held a memorial service for a former student, Jake Andrews, who attended Riverside School several years ago. Jake recently lost his battle with cancer at the age of 18.
The Town of Greenwich donated and planted an Oak Tree in his memory, which can be viewed in front of the school's main playground, along with a dedication plaque. We thank the friends of the family, and everyone who was involved to help make this dedication possible.
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AFTERS SURVEY
 Stay tuned for our Afters survey coming-out next week! We'd love your opinion to shape our program for the 2017-18 school year. Survey will be open till June 30.
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GREEN TIP OF THE WEEK
 Support the environment and our local economy. The Old Greenwich Farmers' Market is open for the season on Wednesdays from 2:30-6pm at the Presbyterian Church of Old Greenwich (38 West End Avenue). Click here to learn what's in season and delicious now!
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