Maren, Angela, and Maaike took on the identities of actual immigrants to the Portsmouth area while we were visiting Strawbery Banke.
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Greetings!
Here is this week's Memo. There are just three weeks of school left, can you believe it? We look forward to seeing you at the elementary play -
Shipwrecked!
- tomorrow night. Please help older students focus on their goals and areas for improvement as they begin to prepare for semester exams.
Happy Monday!
Nelia
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Thank you to everyone who made our adventure last week possible! Our dedicated faculty and parent volunteers donated food, shopped for and organized food, drove students in their personal cars, and supervised learning experiences and free time fun. We are also thankful to all the families who helped students prepare for and make sense of the life skill of learning to be away from home and manage independence. If you'd like to see some pictures from our trip, visit
the photo gallery on our website
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Students are working hard on final details and preparations for their performance: be sure to come see the results of the hard work by the PreK-5th grades on
Tuesday evening at 6:00 pm at the Alexander Twilight Theater at NVU (LSC) with admission by donation.
Thank you Jenna Heinrich and Tricia Bunnell for helping to truck and organize costumes and props at the theater.
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MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRESS REPORTS AS NEEDED
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6-8th grade teachers will send home Progress Reports tomorrow only for those students for whom they have significant concerns leading into semester exams. Please look for them and communicate directly with teachers about any questions.
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Suzanne will be taking the 7th grade class to Arts Appreciation Day at St. Johnsbury Academy on Friday, May 18th from 8:30-11:00, where they will engage in two choices from a variety of arts electives. Thank you Stephanie Giese and Andrea Kane for helping to carpool our students to St. J.
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There is additional state-mandated standardized testing to be completed with students during the month of May. Stay tuned for more specific schedule announcements:
- All 5th and 8th graders will be completing two 1-hour, computer-based sessions in sciences during the week of May 14.
- Publicly funded 4th and 7th graders will be completing a few hours of physical testing to measure their aerobic capacity, abdominal strength and endurance, upper body strength and endurance, and flexibility.
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The PAG will have its last meeting of the year this Thursday, May 17, at 5:00 pm in the library, with dinner provided for parents and children (thank you Angela Norton, Courtney Daffinrud and Renee Piernot). We will be reflecting on this year and setting goals for next year with regard to communication, community support, and fundraising. All interested parents are welcome to attend.
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The registration deadline is this Friday,
please be sure to enroll your child this week if you're interested!
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Elijah Clarke ’16 (brother of Oak) will be hosting a Live Action Role Playing event at Riverside on Saturday, May 26 from 10:00-2:00. Anyone interested or having questions should contact Elijah at
elijahsundio@gmail.com
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STUDENT COUNCIL SUMMER BASH
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On Friday, May 25 Student Council will host a PreK-8th Grade Summer Bash. It will be from 5:30-7:00 and afterwards there will be a 5-8th grade dance from 7:00-9:15.
For the early portion at 5:30 the students would love to host a barbeque, for which they have been fundraising. If you would like to lend your grill or volunteer to be a griller please contact Peter or Krystal by email.
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Riverside's community celebration at the end of our school year is an official school day for all students in grades PreK-8 on June 2.
We encourage families to join us for the ceremony, the many awards, the graduation of the Class of 2018, and the community potluck afterwards. The day typically goes from about 10:00 am - 1:00 pm.
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The last meeting of science club will be today from 3:45-5:00.
At this point students should be done with their experiments and be planning their presentations for the Science Club Fair which will be held on May 18 at 2:45 pm
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Girls Who Code will have its last meeting this week, a celebration of their efforts and achievements this year. It was fun to hear what they accomplished in an assembly presentation last week.
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There will be Karate on Wednesday and Thursday this week and next week from 3:45-5:00. There will be no Karate during the final week of school.
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Mountain Bike Club will meet this Friday to ride the trails. Students need to be at the Kingdom Cycling and Experiences Center on Darling Hill 4:00-5:30 pm,
note the later end time.
We appreciate parent volunteers to be with the group each week to assist in organizing the kids; if you can help please let Westerly know.
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TEAM RIVERSIDE AT RELAY-FOR-LIFE
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Would you like to sponsor our team, The Riverside Herons? There are a few ways that you can do that. There is a
money drop bucket
located in Krystal’s office
. We are also selling luminaria bags for $5 each, which are meant to be decorated in honor of someone who has battled cancer and will be lit and on display around the track from 9:00-10:00 pm, "to remember those we have lost, celebrate cancer survivors, and to show those affected by cancer that they are not alone." You can also donate on-line and find more information on how to support this event visit
our team website
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You are welcome to join us and the other 32 teams for a walk around the track any time from June 16, noon to midnight.
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Check out these other experiences available to students in our community.
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30 Lily Pond Road, Lyndonville, VT 05851
phone: 802.626.8552
fax: 802.626.4156
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