In their Pine Pals program, 1st and 2nd graders learned about common spaces: that everyone is welcome to use them and it’s everyone’s responsibility to care for them. Thank you Emily and Carrie for sharing such an important lesson. Pictured from L-R are: Theo, Charlie O, Mae, Gunnar, Oliver, Charley S, Isla, Will, Walter, Lydia, Evie, Landon, Cal, Deek, Charlie St, Noah, Kyla, Tiernan, Claire, Cordelia. | | |
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Greetings!
We can all feel the changing of the seasons, with the end of Daylight Savings time, the threat of snow, and the pending annual Riverside traditions. Read on about Service Day, Grandparents Day, skiing... and more!
Happy Monday,
Nelia
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| PK-8 AFTER SCHOOL HALF DAYS - form please submit if applicable | |
K-8 EDP
Due to limited staff in the K-8 Extended Day Program and in order to ensure the safety of everyone, we will be capping attendance for our Half Day Programs (when we release from campus at 12:30) at 20 children. Sign-ups will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. We ask that families only utilize the program on half days if you absolutely need it.
Students who are not signed up in those first 20 spots will not be allowed to join the program on the day of. Parents/guardians/emergency contacts will be called to pick up students who need it. This new rule will apply to the upcoming half day on Friday, November 20 (Community Service Day). Sign-up forms will be here in the MM two weeks in advance. Sign up now for K-8 EDP on Friday, November 20 here.
PK AFTER SCHOOL
Preschool will be capping their program at 10 students. Please email McKenna to reserve a spot for November 20.
| | Please be aware that if we need to cancel school or close early due to weather conditions, we will send out a robo-call to all parent/guardian cell phone numbers and emails. If there's another phone number you'd like us to use, please let Krystal know. We also post it to WCAX, which typically shares with other Vermont broadcasters as well. | | Please be sure to label your child(ren)'s layers, hats, mittens, and water bottles. We are going into the cold weather season where there are a lot more items falling off hooks, being left on the porches or in the barn, and more. We could save a lot of staff time and assembly time if we don't have to hold it up in front of everyone and hope for an owner to claim it, which doesn't happen as often as you might think! If you'd like to order stickers to make it easier, Riverside will get a portion of the sales from Mabel's Labels. | | K-8 SKATING AND GYMNASTICS - form, please submit | | |
This week ALL K-8th graders will be going ice skating (because the gym is hosting a competition). Pick up is at the rink at 3:15. During family time this week, please check in with your child(ren) about the skills they are developing, details are in the chart to the right.
PERMISSION: If you haven't yet, please complete this permission form for gymnastics.
The remainder of the schedule is as follows:
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Friday, November 20: Early Dismissal for all students at Riverside, 12:30, no ice skating or gymnastics at all.
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Friday, December 4: Aqua, Caelum, and Terra groups A&C (details below) will go skating, and Ignis and Terra group B will do gymnastics.
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Friday, December 11: Ignis, Aqua, and Terra groups B&C (details below) will go skating, and Caelum and Terra Group A will do gymnastics.
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Friday, December 18: K-5th graders have Early Dismisssal from Riverside at 12:30; 6-8th graders will go skating, with Early Dismissal from the rink at 12:30
Terra Group A: Montague, Lucas, Royer, Harris, Donn, Wolfe/Whitbread-Hardman/Failor-Bowles
Terra Group B: Stinson, Michalski, Nesbitt, Rath, Meyer, Gillespie, Sacklow
Terra Group C: Lane, Wright, Bouffard, Baker, Kennison, Spring
| | Apparel orders were due today. If you missed the deadline please email Krystal tonight and bring the form in to her office or her mailbox first thing tomorrow morning. | | Retakes are tomorrow morning. If you'd like a new portrait, please bring in all of your first prints, uncut to Krystal. | | We will celebrate Veterans Day this Wednesday with a special assembly and also a brief field trip for K-8th graders to the traditional ceremony in downtown Lyndonville, where middle school chorus will perform the "Star Spangled Banner," Nathan will play "Taps" on his trumpet, and buddy pairs will present poppy flowers they've crafted out of paper to veterans. | | |
Our annual Community Service Day will be next Friday, November 20, the half day before Thanksgiving Vacation. All PK-8th graders will be working on projects that support charity work in the Lyndonville area. Families are welcome to join us, in fact your guidance could make small group work and carpools more effective. Please email 5th grade teacher Hanna Wheeler if you can lend a hand that morning. We are also trying to collect old t-shirts for a particular project, please send those in to 1st grade teacher Emily Spring if you have any. Stay tuned to next week's Memo for more details.
Note that no one is going ice skating on that Friday, and there is an early dismissal from school at 12:30. See essential information above about the PK Afterschool and K-8 Extended Day Programs above.
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Thank you to our committees of 6-8th graders leading these efforts, and to 8th grade President Sophia Smith and Vice President Eula Lechuga for their stewardship of the whole Student Council group.
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The student council will be collecting non-perishable food items to help fill the shelves at the Lyndon Area Food Shelf. Please help us by dropping off any non-perishable food donations in the office or between the doors at the entrance to the barn at Riverside between now and the morning of November 20th. Thank you for helping us take care of our neighbors.
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The student council is sponsoring a spirit week the week after Thanksgiving break from Monday, November 30th to Friday, December 4th. Starting on Grandparents Day with Monochrome Monday, put together an outfit using only 1 color. Tuesday, dress like your favorite character or celebrity. Wednesday, match with your friends. Thursday, wear your favorite Riverside apparel. Friday, come to school in your favorite PJs.
| | GRANDPARENTS AND SPECIAL FRIENDS DAY | We will host our annual Grandparents and Special Friends Day on Monday, November 30, the first day after the Thanksgiving vacation. Please reach out to those members of your extended family and confirm they received our invitation and have sent their RSVP. If there's any confusion, please let Krystal know. | | |
K-8 SKIING AND RIDING - form, please submit
We typically take all K-8th graders off campus by bus on Fridays: January 8, 15, 22, 29 and February 5, 12. We ask families to make the choice of whether their child will be going cross-country skiing on the Dashney Trails OR downhill skiing/riding at Burke Mountain. On those Friday afternoons pick up will be at those locations, students are not transported back to school.
Please review the program descriptions here, and fill out the form that corresponds to each child's choice as soon as possible.
DOWNHILL SKI/RIDE
AT BURKE MOUNTAIN
This program is led by Burke Mountain teaching staff, Riverside faculty, and parent chaperones. Students will choose between snowboarding and skiing, and the appropriate lesson level. Grades 5-8 depart Riverside by bus at 11:15 and grades K-4 by bus at 12:15. Snacks will be provided by Riverside or parent donations. Pick up is at the Base Lodge at Burke Mountain at 3:30. Families who need to rent equipment will be charged a total of $90, and chaperones who help but do not have season passes will be charged $10 or less, depending on our numbers that day. Lessons and day tickets are covered by Riverside.
The link below will take you to Burke's In Touch Portal, which has been redesigned to be much easier to navigate than last year! A couple of notes:
- Login with your same information as last year, if you have it, or create a new login and profile of your parent/guardian information.
- When entering a phone number, you must start with "+1..."
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Join our 6-week group, and consider the "Products" you need to purchase, which will at least include the "6 Week Lessons" in ski or snowboard. If you have a season pass, you do not need to purchase "6 Week Tickets." If you need rental equipment, you will have to add "6 Week Rentals."
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You can only select one product at a time. You'll have to "Add People" (students) to each product selection, and then scroll back up to select the next product, and back down to add a person to it. As you do so, you'll see the "Cart" in the upper right corner adding items.
- As you complete the process you'll have to sign waivers digitally.
Email Nelia with questions.
CROSS COUNTRY SKI/SNOWSHOE
AT DASHNEY TRAILS
This program is led by Caroline, Mr. G., and parent chaperones. After assessing interest, ability, and chaperone numbers, Riverside teachers will decide how to subdivide the group. Depending on weather and trail conditions, alternate trail locations or activities may be planned with communication to parents a few days in advance. Rental equipment will be available, so please let us know in the form below if you'd likely need it, and we will charge $10/day to your School Store account. There will be breaks mid-ski for snacks and hot cocoa, provided by Riverside or parent donations. Grades K-8 will depart Riverside at 12:30. Pick up is at the Dashney Nordic Center at 3:15 pm. Email Mr. G with questions.
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FOURTH GRADERS JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER
The 4th Grade is hosting a Math-a-thon for students in grades K-5 to benefit the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. This is a fun and educational way to teach students how to make a positive difference for something they care about. Every dollar raised helps ensure that families never have to pay for treatment, travel, housing or food while a patient of St. Jude's. This math-a-thon fundraiser will be active for the month of November. Be on the lookout for an informational page in your child's folder this week. Thank you, in advance, for helping our 4th graders learn this important lesson about serving others and for helping the children of St. Jude's. More information will go home with students on Wednesday. If you have any questions, please contact Caroline.
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*NEW* 6-8 Math Counts will meet Wednesdays, 3:30-5:00, starting on November 18th. We are going to try to have some mini-meets earlier on in the school year for extra practice and likely combine teams with other schools during these practice times. Here is a link to sign up to donate snacks.
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*NEW* 6-8 Latin Club will meet Thursdays, 3:30-4:30, starting this week. Occasionally we might have meetings on other days to accommodate people's schedules. Please let Nathan know if you are interested or have questions.
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6-8 Debate Club will meet today, 3:35-4:30 pm.
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2-8th Grade Sewing Club will meet today 3:30-4:30 pm.
| FROM THE PARENT COMMUNITY | | |
NEXT PAG MEETING
The Parent Advisory Group will meet again on Tuesday, November 17 at 5:00pm. All Riverside parents/guardians are welcome to attend. If you have suggestions for the agenda, please email leaders Molly Moghari and Tonia Brown.
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CALENDAR
click on the calendar image below to go to the actual Google Family Calendar
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