Alice, Paul, Alex, Will, and Landen listened carefully to Sean's instructions for the next soccer skills game during K-1 PE recently.
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Greetings!
We hope you enjoyed the long and beautiful weekend as a family. This week starts with lots of new information: changing soccer schedules, Riverside gear available for order, Biography Fair plans, and an update from the Board President on the search for new head of school.
Happy Tuesday!
Nelia
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Thank you to the 47 families who answered these questions right away last week, if you are one of the almost 30 remaining families, please help us get ready for the winter sports season by clicking below today.
Riverside offers two choices to K-8 students on Friday afternoons in January and February: downhill skiing/riding OR cross-country skiing. We expect that families will make one choice for the 2019 season for all children in their family, to make transportation and logistics easier.
It's time to send home all of the relevant paperwork for each program to parents, and so we ask that you
complete this survey as soon as possible
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If your child has different priorities for these winter afternoons, such as race team training, or leaving Riverside to pursue physical education goals with other programs, please choose and explain that within the survey.
Preschool students will go downhill skiing two times toward the end of the season, information about that will come directly from Miss Heidi in advance.
Link is fixed!
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Thank you the Heinrich, Griffin, and Balcom
families for bringing snacks to Thursday's games!
We need a volunteer to nourish the 3-4th grade team on Wednesday, please let Nelia know if you can help.
Thank you also to Devon Deyhle
(6th grader Jeronimo) who has volunteered to coach our 5-6th grade team that has been consistently playing together this season, we are so grateful to a new parent stepping up like this!
Jamie is still modifying our game schedule to create the best playing opportunities for the greatest number of our students,
please check here weekly for updates and changes,
which will be highlighted in bold print.
Note this week: changes to the grade levels
playing on the next two Tuesdays, the
added 5-6th grade game
on Wednesday and practice on Thursday, the
cancellation of the 3-6th grade games
Thursday, and the
change of time for the 7-8th
grade game Thursday
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Game Schedule:
Tuesday, Oct 15:
- 3-4th grade @ Concord 4:00 pm
- 7-8th grade vs Concord 4:15 pm
Wednesday, Oct 16:
- 3-4th grade vs Stevens, 5:00 pm
- 5-6th grade vs Stevens, 4:00 pm
Thursday, Oct 17:
- 5-6th grade optional practice 3:45-5:00 pm
- 7-8th grade @ LTS 4:00 pm
Tuesday, Oct. 22:
- 3-4th grade vs Concord 4:15 pm
- 7-8th grade @ Concord 4:00 pm
Thursday, Oct. 24:
- 5-6th grade vs Barnet 3:45 pm
- 7-8th grade vs Barnet 4:45 pm
Tuesday, Oct 29:
- 6-8th grade vs Good Shepherd 4:30 pm
Directions to this week's games
(with apologies for not having included this helpful information in prior weeks):
- to Concord: take Red Village Road to Severance Hill Road and turn left onto Route 2 east. Travel 3 miles to a right turn onto Shadow Lake Road and then an immediate right onto School Street.
- to LTS: turn right out of Riverside's driveway onto Lily Pond Road, and travel almost to its end at Route 114. Just prior to that intersection you'll see a parking lot for the playing fields on the left.
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RECYCLED PROJECT MATERIALS
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The 8th grade is beginning a project using recycled and scrap materials to create musical instruments. We are hoping Riverside families might have some of the following materials that we could use, please drop them off in the yurt for Lydia.
- Glass ice tea/lemonade/soda type bottles
- PVC scraps
- Wood/luan/dowel scraps
- Mason jars
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Friday, November 1 will be our first major celebration of learning for the school year.
We encourage all friends and families to come see what the students have to show off!
K-8th grade students will all be presenting what they have learned about important figures. 4-8th graders will present orally at specific times, younger students will have their work on display to see at your own convenience.
Click on the image to the right for a detailed schedule.
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The 4-6th graders will be swimming this week, please remember to pick up at the college pool at 3:15. If you are inclined to forget, consider setting a reminder on your phone today. We will swim for the last time on
November 1.
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PARENT-TEACHER-STUDENT CONFERENCES
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We have modified our conference plans this year to better fit all of our busy schedules. Please note that this means
we have two half-days coming up for students: Monday, November 11 and Wednesday, November 13. Dismissal on those days will be at 12:30.
PreK-5 Conferences:
Parents will receive a sign-up link for their classroom via email and in the teacher's lesson plans later this month. Parents can sign up for times between 12:30 and 5:30 on the 13th. Elementary teachers will be engaging in professional development on the afternoon of the 11th.
6-8 Conferences:
Parents should call Krystal to schedule 15-minute conferences for either the afternoon of the 11th or 13th, with appointments beginning from 12:30-5:30.
We encourage students to attend and participate in their conferences. If parents prefer private conversations, Michelle will be available to supervise younger students in the barn.
The After School Program will run from 12:30-5:00, but students should not return to it after leaving school.
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Riverside Mountain Bike Club had a great first gathering last week, thanks to the many students who rode with us!
This club is for intermediate-advanced riders, and will happen on Friday afternoons through the end of the Kingdom Trails season (the first weekend in November). We will meet in the parking lot next to The Hub on top of Darling Hill at 4 pm, and will plan to ride for an hour or so. Parent Ian Balcom and PE/wellness teacher Sean Fortier will lead this club. Other parents or faculty are welcome to join as well. Students must have their own bikes and KTA passes.
Note that we are planning a beginner MTB club for the spring, with the opportunity to rent bikes through the KT bike program.
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K-8th graders will begin ice skating on Friday, November 8. Pick up will be at the Fenton Chester Arena, across from the main building at Lyndon Institute, between 3:15-3:30. We will also ice skate on November 15, 21, December 6, 13, and 20 (note that December 20th is a half day before the holiday vacation and so that pick up time will be 1:30 pm).
Please help us take advantage of this as an opportunity for all students to learn something more than just how to ice skate.
Part of the reason we take students off campus is for them to practice independence, responsibility, and management.
One thing we really need to students to practice when we skate, so that we can all maximize our time, is how to put on their equipment.
Our goals for each age group are below, and if you can reinforce these things with some practice at home, we will be much more likely to meet them:
- K-2nd graders: prepare for help by taking off your own boots, pulling up socks, and loosening laces
- 3-5th graders: do the above, plus try to tighten your own skates by pulling pairs of laces, starting at the toe, before asking for help
- 6-8th graders: put on and tighten your own skates, then prepare to help others
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Extended Day Program Director Sean Fortier is gathering information about student interests and parent volunteers for different kinds of afternoon Clubs. Is there an after-school club you would like to make happen at Riverside? Film Making? Chess? Yoga? Origami? Please
contact Sean
to discuss goals, students involved, time of year, resources needed, etc. We hope to share a list of club offerings within the next few weeks.
Since posting this last week, we have two club ideas that have come forward where leaders are wondering,
how much interest is there, before going forward with planning? Please
email Sean
if you have interest in one of these clubs
:
- Coding with 8th grader Ethan on Mondays and Wednesdays in October, November and December
- Pokemon Club with parent Simone Lessac-Chenen (1st grader Ben), Tuesdays or Wednesdays in November
- First Aid Club (with a certificate of completion) with alumni parent and professional instructor Andrea Kane, weekly in November and December
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HEAD OF SCHOOL SEARCH UPDATE FROM BOARD PRESIDENT REBECCA HILL-LARSEN
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The HOS Search Committee is pleased to announce Laurie Singer as our Search Consultant. Laurie has a background in middle school administration, teaches school leadership and supervision at St Michaels college and is a VPA approved Administrative mentor. She has been on campus for a tour and has met with the search committee to start the search process.
Part of the search process is holding forums with faculty, students, parents and the community, with a focus on where we want The Riverside School to be five years from now. Forums for all three groups have been scheduled for October 28: students at 2:00, faculty at 3:30, and parents and community at 5:00. The parent and community forum will provide light refreshments and appropriate childcare.
Thank you for your interest, I look forward to seeing you on Monday October 28
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Remember that student tickets are free for the impressive shows that KCP brings to the Northeast Kingdom!
Upcoming shows are below,with links to ticket information. Riverside Parent and Exective Director of Catamount Arts Jody Friend (8th grader Eliza) reminds us: "T
hese concerts will be featuring the best contemporary musicians in the world and offer our rural youth a rare aspirational opportunity usually only afforded to the those luck few living is urban hot-spots. Experiences like these can light sparks and change lives forever.
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30 Lily Pond Road, Lyndonville, VT 05851
phone: 802.626.8552
fax: 802.626.4156
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