Riverside School Newsletter

CALENDAR

WEEK OF JUNE 9 - JUNE 13

SPIRIT WEEK

Monday, June 9th

8:45am 80th Anniversary Celebration- Wear RED

9:00am Audubon Dig - Gr. 3

11:00am Riverside Rhythms

1:00pm Sarah Bush visiting Gr 3

Tuesday, June 10th

PAJAMA DAY

9:00am Bush Holly House - 3MO & 3K

9:00am PTA Exec Board Meeting

Wednesday, June 11th

TEAM JERSEY DAY

9:00am Gr 3-5 Field Day

2:30pm Writing Celebration - 1S

Thursday, June 12th

THROWBACK THURSDAY- Dress from a different decade

Gr 3-5 Field Day - Rain Date

7:45am Morning Program- Media

7:45am Riverside Reporters Publishing Party - Cafe

8:30am Father's Day Celebration Breakfast - KD

1:30pm Writing Celebration - KC

1:30pm Poetry Presentation - 5M

2:00pm Presentations - 5A & 5S

2:30pm Writing Celebration - 1G

3:15pm Gr 5 Art Show

Friday June 13th

WACKY HAIR/HAT DAY

9:00am Bush Holly House - 3H & 3MA

2:00pm Spirit Week Assembly

WEEK OF JUNE 16- JUNE 20

Monday, June 16th

Gr 5 visit to EMS

1:15pm Writing Celebration - KK

2:15pm Flag Day Celebration

Tuesday, June 17th

10:00am Ancient Greece Celebration - Gr. 3 ALP

11:00am Fiesta- Back Field - Gr. 2

1:30pm End of Year Celebration - Kickball Field - KF

Wednesday, June 18th

5th Grade Picnic

9:00am Class Play - 4CL

1:00pm 5th Grade Recognition Practice- EMS

1:00pm Class Play - 4M

1:30pm End of Year Celebration - KD

2:30pm Writing Celebration - 3H

Thursday, June 19th

12:00pm Gr 4 Picnic- Back Field

1:15pm Writing Celebration- 1Mc

1:15pm Curriculum Share - 3MO

2:00pm Bubbles & Beach Balls

Friday, June 20th

LAST DAY FOR ALL STUDENTS - EARLY RELEASE

Report Cards Distributed

11:00pm Gr 5 Recognition Ceremony - EMS

11:30am End of Year Celebration - Gr. 3

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!

From the Front Office

Weekly Column by Mr. Weiss

June 6, 2014

Monday at 8:45 AM - Riverside's 80th Anniversary celebration

This Monday at 8:45, Riverside School will be celebrating as a community our 80th anniversary. We will be placing a new time capsule in the front of the school to be opened in 20 years on our 100th anniversary. Parents, family, and community members are welcome to join us on the front lawn at 8:45 for the event. This is also a Red Shirt Day. Everyone who was/is a member of the Riverside community past or present is welcome to attend. In case of rain, the event will be held in the gym (with A/C!). Attending are the following members of our school or town community, past or present: Dr. McKersie, Dr. Flanagan, 1st Selectmen Tesei, Representative Camillo, BOE Members Dayton and Erickson, and retired staff members Mrs. Kitson, Mrs. Phillips, and Mrs. Lindemeyer. A guest reception for our parents, guests, and staff members who are available will start at 9:30 in the cafe.

Virtual Transitions

Starting today, parents of students entering grades 1-5 in the fall are invited to visit our school website for an updated overview of the upcoming grade. Teachers have developed presentations highlighting the unique aspect of each grade, 1-5 for you. The presentations can be viewed at: http://www.greenwich.k12.ct.us/page.cfm?p=10542

Grade 5 Recognition Day

Parents of 5th graders, your child will be bringing home a letter today, regarding Friday, June 20th Recognition Day. Enclosed will be a ticket entitling you to 5 reserved seats at Eastern Middle School auditorium. If you need an extra seat, please contact another family as not all may use their 5 seat allotment. We are all looking forward to this wonderful Riverside tradition and a beautiful, lasting memory.

ROPES/NORMS SLIPS

If you didn't get a chance to send in a ROPES/NORMS slip for your child (found at the back of the new NORMS booklet sent home), please send it in on Monday or Tuesday. Thanks!

Kindness Counts Spirit Week Events

We encourage all students to participate in Kindness Counts/Spirit Week Monday-Friday. See the information below. On Friday we will have a fun all school assembly at 2 pm. Also please join the PTA and student volunteers at the Make-a-Wish Foundation Lemonade Stand and Bake Sale right after school on Friday.

Riverside History Corner

Have you viewed the anniversary quilt at the entrance of the school created in 30 years ago at the 50th anniversary of the school (the same year our current time capsule was placed in the ground)? Come in to see the great design and panels, telling about life at Riverside in 1983.

Interested in learning more about Riverside History? Three PTA newsletters celebrating our 50th, 60th, and 75th anniversaries with lots of fun facts from 1933-2008 can be found here:

Click Here

SPIRIT WEEK

Kick off with the 80th Anniversary - Wear Riverside Red (Be Here -Everyone will be gathered together to celebrate the beginning of Spirit Week, and the 80th Anniversary)

Pajama Day (Be Safe)

Wear Your Favorite Team Jersey Day (Let Go and Move On-Showing Good Sportsmanship)

Throw Back Thursday: Dress from a different decade. (Be Honest)

Wacky Hair/Hat Day:Student assembly (Care for Self and Others)

Save the Dates

Grade 5 Recognition Day will take place Friday, June 20th at 11am at Eastern Middle School. We are all looking forward to this wonderful Riverside tradition and a beautiful, lasting memory. This will also be an early dismissal day (1:15) for all students.

Flag Day will be Monday, June 16 at 2:15 pm - on the front lawn

Bubbles & Beach Balls event will be Thursday, June 19 at 2 pm on the back lawn

Parents are invited to join us!

NURSE NEWS

If your child has medications in the Health Office it needs to be picked up by the parent no latter then June 20th @ 1:15pm.

If medication isn't picked up by then it will be disposed of.

No medications can be stored in the Health Office over the summer.

5th GRADE ART SHOW

All 5th Grade students and their families are most cordially invited to our

5th Grade End-of-Year Art Show

on June 12th from 3:15 to 4:15

Please come enjoy the students' lovely art and hard work.

We can't wait to celebrate a year of great talent with you!

Refreshments served.

Cheers!"

ROPES

Riverside R

Please review the Riverside School Family Handbook!

The District Norms (Be Here, Be Safe, Be Honest, Care For Self and Others, Let Go and Move On) and expectations are explained in this booklet. Our goal is to foster a deeper understanding of the Norms and to collaborate as adults to be positive role models for our children. Please review them with your child(ren). We encourage you to post the chart from the center of the booklet in a highly visible place at home to facilitate conversations around the Norms.

We invite you to try one of the suggested home activities (or create your own) and complete the ROPES slip in this booklet. Return the ROPES slip to school as directed so they can be showcased in the front hallway.

School Supplies

Thank you to everyone who has participated in the Riverside School Supply Fundraiser. We had a tremendous response.

If you are interested in helping deliver boxes to the classrooms on the Friday before school starts (August 22nd), please send an email to

Susan Jaffe at susanmenkhausjaffe@yahoo.com.

Please no children under the age of 6.

Fitness Challenge Winners!!!

Fitness Challenge Winners!

Congratulations to all the participants in the 2014 Riverside School Fitness Challenge! There was a wonderful turnout of very active children.

The following Students were the top two winners for each grade:

Fifth Grade: Javier Gil, Sophia Bastek
Fourth Grade: Agustina Rissola, Liam Mathews
Third Grade: Tomas Delgado, Charlie Dixon
Second Grade: Jackie Ryckman, Rylan Alves
First Grade: Jenna Pobjoy, Ross Servick
Kindergarten: Nico Matoso, Jacoby Weiner

PTA Lemonade Stand/Bake Sale for Connecticut Make-a-Wish

Please join us after school on Friday, June 13th for a glass of lemonade and some yummy treats and help support the Connecticut Chapter of

You want to help out??

Get baking- make cookies, brownies, pies, cake pops, rice krispie treats etc. Please bring your baked goods to school in the morning on the 13th - there will be someone at the front door to collect them from you. If you drop them off during the day, take them to the front office. Please have them "bake sale" ready and in disposable containers.

Please label anything that has nuts.

Bring your allowance- Do some extra chores around the house and earn extra money to buy some treats and support a great cause. And, make sure your parents bring their wallets too!

CLEAT DRIVE

As your season winds down, are those cleats starting to feel a little small? Give your old cleats a new lease on life by donating them in the box at the entry of the school. Your cleats will donated to kids in need.

Thank you!

GREENWICH TRIATHLON

12th Annual Greenwich Kids Triathlon

Sunday, June 8th

Ages 6-16

Greenwich High School

www.greenwichkidstri.com

GREENWICH PUBLIC SCHOOLS ESY and SUMMER SCHOOL 2014

We are happy to announce a brand new Elementary curriculum for the 2014 Summer School program as well as on-line registration.

Registration for the 2014 Summer School program will begin on April 4th.

There will be on-site registration:

All registration brochures, registration meeting updates and links to the on-line registration website can be found on the GPS Summer School website.

www.greenwichschools.org/summerschool

Summer School will be held at the following schools:

Pre-Kindergarten - 5th Grade at Hamilton Avenue School from July 1- August 12

All Pre-Kindergarten students and Kindergarten - 5th Grade students from New Lebanon, Hamilton Avenue, Glenville School

Kindergarten - 5th Grade at Cos Cob School from July 1- August 12
All other elementary school students will attend summer school at Cos Cob School

6th Grade- 12th Grade at Central Middle School from July 1- August 5
Comprehensive Secondary Special Education Program July 1-August 12

Community Calendar

Don't forget to check the Community Calendar on the school website www.greenwichschools.org/rs

Click here to go to the Community Calendar

If you have any questions or comments feel free to email us at riversideschoolpta@gmail.com.

Sincerely,

Catherine Polkinghorne & Lois Kelly

Co-Presidents Riverside School PTA