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CALENDAR
WEEK OF 2/27- 3/3
Monday, February 27
8:00a Student Council
Tuesday, February 28
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal PT. 1
Thursday, March 2
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal PT. 2
Friday, March 3
2nd Marking Period Closes
Let Go & Move On Day -
Wear your Favorite color
8:00a Advanced Band - Gr. 5 Only
WEEK OF 3/6 - 3/10
Monday, March 6
8:00a Rangers Monthly Meeting
Tuesday, March 7
Botanical Gardens - Gr 3
Stamford Nature Center - Gr 1
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal PT. 1
8:00a Riverside Reporters
9:00a PTA Exec Meeting
Wednesday, March 8
8:50a ROPES Photos
Thursday, March 9
8:00a Chorus Rehearsal PT. 2
9:15a Stamford Palace Theatre -Gr 2
Friday, March 10
LOCKDOWN DRILL
8:00a Advanced Band - Gr. 5 Only
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QUICK LINKS
NEW! 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
Register for Town of Greenwich's Spring Youth Programs including Tee Ball, Baseball, Softball, and Soccer here.
February 25th, 6:30pm, Greenwich Alliance for Education's Trivia Challenge. More information and registration
here.
February 26th, 1-3pm, Celebrate Put's Ride at the Knapp Tavern Museum/Putnam Cottage. More information can be found
here.
February 26th, 1pm, free family concert featuring jazz talent Anat Cohen Quartet at Greenwich Public Library. Click
here
to make required reservations.
March 3rd, 4th, 5th, 10th, 11th and 12th St. Catherine's Players presents The Little Mermaid at St. Catherine of Siena Lucey Parish Hall. Click here for show times and to purchase tickets.
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. 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 March on specific Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:15-4:15pm. If you are interested, you can find out more and sign up
here.
Today is the last day to sign up for the S.T.E.M. Fair. See the box below for more information. If you are looking for ideas, we have access to science fair experiments/projects through our online database PK Science. Click
here (username = riverside, password = school). You can also see S.T.E.M. Fair project ideas
here and
here.
Parents of 5th grade students, please note that the 5th grade CMT Science assessment will be held on Wednesday, March 29th and the 5th grade SBA assessments will be held May 2nd-5th and 9th.
Parents of 3rd and 4th grade students, please note that the 3rd-4th grade SBA assessments will be held April 25-28th.
Sincerely,
Christopher Weiss
Riverside School Principal
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GREAT KINDNESS CHALLENGE WEEK
In today's Friday folder, you child will receive a copy of the Great Kindness Challenge Acts of Kindness flyer that lists possible acts of kindness that could be performed at home, at school, or around the community over this next week and beyond.
Our goal is to teach students not only about acting with kindness towards others but also about receiving kindness. This experience of giving and receiving kindness is one way to help build empathy, an important life skill, in our students. We will be reinforcing the many ways we can show kindness to each other at school as well. We encourage you to participate with us at home as well. A copy of the flyer can be found here.
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GEOGRAPHY BEE RESULTS
Nineteen 4th and 5th grade students participated in the National Geographic Bee at Riverside this year. After seven preliminary rounds, a final round, and multiple tie-breakers, a winner emerged! Congratulations to Riverside Champion Marcos, runner up Aedan, and third-place winners Sean, Bobby, and Thomas. Honorable mention goes to Jack, Adam and Charlie, making up the final
eight students that competed in round two. Congratulations to all 19 students who answered challenging geography questions during the Bee!
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ALP TESTING BEGINS SOON
Students in grades 2-4 whose teachers have nominated them to be evaluated for possible placement in ALP classes for the 2017-2018 school year will be notified by mail. Letters were sent on Friday, February 10th.
Any parent of a 2nd to 4th grader whose child is not nominated by his/her teacher, but who wishes their child to be evaluated, must submit a Parent Nomination Form by end of the school day on Friday, March 3rd.
No exceptions will be made so please make every effort to turn forms in ahead of the deadline.
Parent Nomination Forms will be available once letters are mailed on the Greenwich Public Schools website or by clicking
here
.
Detailed testing schedules will be distributed once nominations are complete.
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DISTINGUISHED TEACHER AWARD NOMINATIONS
Know a teacher who deserves to be nominated for a Distinguished Teacher Award? Click
here for instructions and the nomination packet.
Deadline for nominations is March 2nd.
Who is eligible for consideration?
- The nominee has to be a full-time staff member, which includes teachers, social workers, guidance counselors and school psychologists
- The nominee must have completed 5 years of teaching and at least 3 years teaching in Greenwich
- The nominee must be an employee in good standing
- Previous recipients are not eligible
- Only one nomination per year per candidate will be accepted
For more information on the process, click
here.
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DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT TIPS
There is still time to sign up for the remaining Apple Workshop for GPS elementary school parents at the Apple Store at 356 Greenwich Avenue! Photos and Managing your iPad Storage and Battery will be the subject of the Wednesday, March 8th workshop from 7 to 8pm. Sign up here at least one day in advance. More information available here.
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FAMILY FUN NIGHT - SIGN UP NOW!
Riverside School will be hosting its second annual Family Fun night on Sunday, March 12th
at the
Bridgeport Sound Tigers game. In addition to watching an action-packed hockey game, members of our 4th and 5th grade chorus will be singing between the first and second periods. There will also be a raffle for some great Sound Tigers merchandise. Ticket order forms can be found
here
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nd should be returned to the Birdhouse by Friday, March 3rd. If you have any questions, please contact Bill Bogardus (bill_bogardus@greenwich.k12.ct.us).
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LET'S GET PLANTING!
Spring is almost here and the Garden Committee is planning some fun winter seed planting activities for the classrooms. Please recycle your empty plastic milk, juice, and water jugs to use as mini greenhouses! A drop-off bin will be located in the front hall.
Any home gardeners who would like to give it a try can find the instructions here. Happy Gardening!
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WELLNESS COMMITTEE UPDATE
Back in November the Wellness Committee collected your Halloween candy donations and brought them to local dentist Dr. Stacy Zarakiotis. Dr Stacy's Greenwich Pediatric Dental Group matched $2 per pound of candy -- of which Riverside collected 410 lbs -- and in turn donated $820 to Operation Smile. Our candy donations helped to fund more than three cleft pallet child surgeries! If you would like to see their Facebook post, click here. Well done, Riverside!
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COLORS OF THE RAINBOW WEEK COMING SOON!
Volunteers are needed for the Monday and Thursday shifts of Colors of the Rainbow week, March 13-16th. If you are
interested in helping out with this fun
Wellness event, click
here
for more information and the volunteer sign-up page.
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EMS IS CALLING ALL 5TH GRADE PARENTS
Eastern Middle School is looking for parents of rising 6th graders to get involved in the PTA next year. There are many ways you can get involved at Eastern. We welcome all volunteers and love to see new faces! For further information, please go to the PTA tab on the EMS website and fill out the Nominating Form if you are interested in helping. Please contact Jennifer Cavanaugh (jkcavanaugh@gmail.com) or Amy Adorney (aadorney@gmail.com), your Riverside School representatives on the EMS Nominating Committee, if you have any questions.
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