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CALENDAR
WEEK OF 12/12 - 12/16
Monday, December 12
8:00a Rangers Monthly Meeting
Tuesday, December 13
8:00a Riverside Reporters
Wednesday, December 14
8:50a ROPES Photos
9:00a Holidays Around The World - KC
Friday, December 16
8:00a Advanced Band - Gr. 5 ONLY
WEEK OF 12/19 - 12/23
Monday, December 19
8:00a Student Council
Tuesday, December 20
8:00a Riverside Reporters
11:00a Holiday Traditions - 1H
2:00p Holiday Traditions - 1S,1D & 1M
2:15p Holiday Craft - Gr 2
Wednesday, December 21
9:00a PTA Executive Board Meeting
9:15a Holiday Traditions Writing Celebration - KK
2:00p Holidays Around The World - KL
2:00p Holiday Traditions - KF
Friday, December23
Red Shirt Day
EARLY RELEASE
Gr K - 1:10p
Gr 1-5 - 1:15p
8:00a Advanced Band - Gr. 5 ONLY
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QUICK LINKS
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
Project FeederWatch and Citizen Science Bird Watch, Saturday, Dec. 10. Click
here for more information.
Dune Grass Planting Event at Tod's Point. Saturday, Dec. 10. Volunteers meet at the 2nd Concession Dune area at 9:30. Wear gloves and bring a hand trowel/shovel if you have one.
Holiday Gift Crafting and Shopping at Audubon Greenwich, Sunday, Dec. 11, 11am-4pm. Click
here for more information.
Boys and Girls Club Theatre Arts Program is holding auditions for "The Little Mermaid". See the
flyer for more information or use this
form to sign up.
Click
here
to view the community calendar.
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D
ear Parents,
Thank you for your partnership with us in attending your child's parent-teacher conference. Your involvement and support of our teachers and your child's success make a big difference in his/her life and the life of our school.
Thanks to all of the students from the band, orchestra, and chorus who shared their talents with us at the winter concert. Thank you as well to Ms. Punchatz, Mr. Arezzini, Mr. Hoffman, and Mrs. Miserocchi for their work leading up to and at the concert. We are so thankful for our talented teachers and staff who help to make the many programs at Riverside of such high quality.
As I mentioned last week, this month students will be getting time through our media department and in class to try out some computer coding activities as part of the "Hour of Code" sent taking place in thousands of schools worldwide. Students can also try out coding on their own at home. The following websites provide helpful resources: Code.org, Hour of Code, Kodable, Code Studio, Scratch, Crunchzilla, and Stencyl.
Christopher Weiss
Riverside School Principal
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SAFETY DUTY NEEDS VOLUNTEERS
The days are getting colder and more kids are being driven to school. Jackets, hats and gloves are getting more numerous! They really need our help at drop-off to manage it all. Please click
here to sign up and help.
The commitment is just 15 minutes as often as your schedule allows (once a week, once a month...whatever you can give). The payoff is big! Lots of heartfelt smiles and thank yous from kids and parents to start your day.
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APPLE WORKSHOPS FOR PARENTS
Do you want to learn more about using an iPad so that you can keep up with your child? GPS has arranged four upcoming workshops at the Greenwich Avenue Apple Store with you in mind! Dates, topics and registration information is available
here. Bring an iPad if you are able. These workshops are led by Apple store staff. GPS DLE workshops on topics relating to how devices are used in the schools are in the works and will be shared as soon as they are announced.
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DLE TIPS AND INFORMATION
Interested in learning more about what your child's Digital Citizenship course was about? Take some time to review the
Digital Citizenship curriculum on the GPS website. A great resource to use at home is
Common Sense Media, which provides information on appropriate content and usage of apps, movies, books, music, and more, plus a wealth of parenting tips and information.
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WINTER AFTERS - GYMNASTICS & INNOVATION LAB 
Calling all budding gymnasts and athletes! Our annual Boys and Girls Gymnastics winter session begins on Tuesday, January 23 and runs through Friday, March 3.
New this year are three Innovation Lab Classes to be offered on Mondays for 4th and 5th graders: Coding/Scratch & Art, Dot & Dash Robotics, and Little Bits. The sessions are on Jan. 23, Jan. 30, and Feb. 6.
Click
here to be taken to the registration site. You will be able to log in using the same ID and password that you have used previously. Please note that you will not be able to register for Afters classes at this time. This is just an opportunity to make sure that your login is functioning and to preview the class offerings.
Please DO NOT open another account with an alternate email if you are having trouble logging in. Contact us at riversideafters@gmail.com for support.
Registration is on a first come, first served basis and opens
Monday, December 12th and closes Friday, December 16th.
Click
here for all Winter Afters information.
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SCIENCE IN EDUCATION
This week, Science in Education brought in Dinosaur's Rock for the second grade. The cafeteria was transformed into a museum with a display of dinosaur fossils and other prehistoric items. The students were able to touch and learn about everything from an Ice Age mammoth to a life-sized Allosaurus head.
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GIVE GREEN THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
Did you know that from Thanksgiving to New Year's Day we generate 25% more household waste? Gifts are a major source of holiday consumption, so consider these ways to give lighter but with more meaning this holiday season:
- Buy local: Reduce your carbon footprint
- Resist "stuff": Gift experiences instead of things (show tickets, cooking class, museum membership, spa day)
- Make your own: Everyone loves holiday treats, just remember to package them in reusable containers
- Wrap smarter: Use old maps, newspapers, or even kids' artwork in place of traditional wrapping paper.
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