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CALENDAR
WEEK OF 1/23- 1/27
Monday, January 23
Stepping Stones Museum - Gr. K
8:00a Student Council
Tuesday, January 24
8:00a Riverside Reporters
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal PT. 1
10:00a CT Historical Society - Gr. 4
3:15p Geography Bee - Students Only
Wednesday, January 25
CT Science Center - Gr. 5
Thursday, January 26
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal PT. 2
WEEK OF 1/30- 2/3
Monday, January 30
8:00a Rangers Meeting
Tuesday, January 31
BE SAFE DAY WEAR GREEN
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal PT. 1
3:15p Geography Bee - Students Only
Wednesday, February 1
8:50a ROPES Photos
Thursday, February 2
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal PT. 2
Friday, February 3
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
Register for Town of Greenwich's Spring Youth Programs including Tee Ball, Baseball, Softball, and Soccer here.
January 20th and 21st Eastern Middle School presents an 8th grade musical - "EMS Goes Back to the '80s". For more information, click here.
January 24th, Winter Walk with the Greenwich Land Trust. For more, click here.
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nuary 25th, Movie Night and Wine Tasting at Audubon Greenwich. Click
here
for more information.
January 26th, Stamford Museum & Nature Center Salon Series with Karen Bussolini. For more, click
here.
January 28th at 2pm at Perrot Library, enjoy a family art program on portraiture. For more, click
here.
January 29th at 2pm, come see the movie Jane Eyre at Perrot Library. For more, click
here.
Now through February 5th, Lego Cityscape at Stamford Museum and Nature Center. For more, click
here.
February 26th at 1pm free family concert featuring international jazz superstar, Anat Cohen Quartet at Greenwich Public Library. Click
here to make required reservations.
Click
here
to view the community calendar.
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Dear Parents,
We had another great open lab session this
week in our Innovation Space in the media center. As I mentioned last
week, there are lots of wonderful materials for students to explore including robotics, electronics, 3D design and printing, computer coding, and more. We are offering free open lab times for parents and their Riverside School children to sign up for in February (1 session) and March (5 sessions) on specific Tuesdays and Thursdays after school from 3:15 to 4:15.
If you are interested, you can find out more and sign up by clicking here.
Sincerely,
Christopher Weiss
Riverside School Principal
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WORKSHOP ON BULLYING- JOIN US!
Parents play a key role in preventing and responding to bullying behaviors. Join our discussion on Monday, January 23rd at 2pm in the media center to learn more ways you can prevent your child from being bullied and how you can intervene. The workshop will include: the definition of bullying and ways to correctly identify bullying behavior, forms and signs of bullying, characteristics of victims and perpetrators (bullying circle) and research-based interventions and prevention strategies you can use at home.
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NEED TO REACH MR. WEISS?
Any parent is welcome to email Mr. Weiss with questions or a concern. Please remember to always cc his assistant Dannielle DiAngelo (
dannielle_diangelo@greenwich.k12.ct.us) on any and all communications you send. Everything is kept confidential and this process will help ensure a smooth and timely receipt and response of emails sent. Thank you for your cooperation!
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ALP SCREENING
The ALP Department is in the process of screening students currently in grades 5, 6, and 7 to determine placement in 2017-2018 ALP Language Arts and/or Seminar. Children may be nominated for additional testing by their parents or by themselves. Nomination forms are available
here and must be returned to the school office by January 20th.
Information about the Middle School Language Arts Placement Process can be found
here. You may also contact Bonnie O'Regan, Program Facilitator, at 625-7462 or 625-7422 with any questions.
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MAGNET SCHOOL OPEN HOUSES
2017-2018 school year applications for the Greenwich Public Schools Magnet Schools are available
here. See the attached flyers in
English or
Spanish for the Magnet Schools January 2017 Open House Schedule. The deadline for applications is February 10th.
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NOTE FROM THE NURSE
The nurse will be doing State Required Postural Screens on Grade 5 girls only starting January 23rd during gym classes. Each student will be screened individually. If parents have any questions or concerns, please contact Ruth Holz, School Nurse.
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WINTER CLOTHING DRIVE
Student Council is running a winter clothing drive to help the Open Door Shelter in Norwalk. From now until February 10th, we are asking all Riverside families to help out by dropping off new or gently used coats, jackets, hats, scarves, mittens, gloves, and boots. Please bring the items to the front hallway where there are specially marked bins.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING OTHERS STAY WARM THIS WINTER!
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DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT TIPS
As we are mid-way through our second year of the district-wide Digital Learning Environment implementation, many parents have questions about how the program is being implemented and how it is evolving. On September 8th
, the Digital Learning Environment team presented the Board of Education with an extensive evaluation report for the DLE program, which is available for parents to read via BoardDocs here
. The report offers many insights and metrics on progress made, areas needing further attention, and objectives for the coming years. Reports from previous years are also available on the GPS website here
. If you have questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact the PTAC DLE Committee at ptactech@gmail.com
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Thank you to the 4th and 5th grade students that participated in Beauty and the Beast! Your hard work and dedication made for two stellar performances. Special thanks to Amy Adorney and Sarah O'Connor, along with the entire committee. Everyone worked tirelessly to create a wonderful experience for the actors and a captivating show for the audience.
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PIZZA BINGO SAVE THE DATE!
Mark your calendars! Pizza Bingo will be Friday March 24th. Planning is already underway. If you would like to help out, join the committee, or donate a basket, please contact one of the co-chairs, Wayne Zabel (waynezabel@yahoo.com) or Esther Stehmann (estehmann@t-online.de). We are looking forward to a great event this year!
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CIRCUS NIGHT- THANK YOU!
The 3rd grade circus night was a great success! We had over 120 people from over 50 families attend. The kids showcased some of the skills they are learning in PE and everyone enjoyed attempting the circus arts challenges. It was amazing to see the students transform themselves into teachers when they were working with their parents to teach them the skills. Kids also used the cue vocabulary to help their parents feel success. We are all very proud of our 3rd graders!
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GHS PTA SUMMERFARE CAMP EXPO
The
GHS PTA
will host its annual
SummerFare Camp Expo
on Wednesday, January 25th
(snow date is January 26th
) from 6 to 8pm
in the GHS Student Center
. This event is open to the public and is
free of charge
. SummerFare is an event for exhibitors to present materials and talk with elementary, middle and high school students and their parents about
summer programs, internships, and camp opportunities
. For more information, click here or
contact the SummerFare Chairs at SummerFare@ghspta.org.
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ARTS CURRICULUM WORKSHOP
Tuesday, January 24th,10am to noon there will be an arts curriculum workshop in the Havemeyer Building at 290 Greenwich Avenue in the Staff Development Room. Laura White, GPS Program Coordinator, will be giving an overview of the arts program, including curriculum, instruction, how the district assesses the arts, digital integration and key operational items such as access to instruments and the different performance groups. Laura will also go through an activity that touches on the lead domains/outcomes of the new arts standards, creating, responding and visualizing.
For more information, click here and for a parking pass at Town Hall, click here.
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AFTERS
Our Winter 2017 Mini Session starts on Monday, January 23rd
! If your child is enrolled in a gymnastics class, please send him/her in comfortable clothes that day!
If your child will be in school but absent from Afters, please send a note to his/her teacher or call the school.
Click
here for the current class schedule, and click
here for FAQs. Thank you for
your support of the Afters program.
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GREEN GOAL -- GO COLD
Doing all your laundry in cold water saves energy. In fact, almost 90% of the energy consumed by a washing machine goes to heating the water, according to Energy Star. Newer detergents, plus the washing machine's agitating action, are enough to remove stains sans heat.
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