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CALENDAR
WEEK OF 9/17 - 9/21
Monday, September 17
Middle School Open House - Gr 7 & 8
Tuesday, September 18
9:00a ESOL Parent Coffee
Wednesday, September 19
NO SCHOOL - Yom Kippur
Friday, September 21
9:00a PTA Gr 5 Class Coffee
WEEK OF 9/24 - 9/28
Monday, September 24
8:00a Rangers Meeting
Wednesday, September 26
EARLY RELEASE
8:30a ROPES Photos
8:45a Fluoride Parent Volunteer Meeting
Thursday, September 27
GHS Open House - Gr 10 & 11
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QUICK LINKS
To purchase Riverside gear, click
here
Click
here to view the Lunch Program details and menu
Sign up for Safety Duty
here
View the Rules of the Road
here
Click
here for the Early Morning Program information
Click
here to view the Rotating Schedule Calendar
Click
here for the Riverside PTA website
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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
For RTM news and calendar, click
here
. For BOE News click
Sept 15, 12:45-4:15pm, International Coastal Cleanup Day, join at Conservation Commission at Great Captain Island. Participants must register. No walk-ons. For more information please click
here.
Sept 20, 6:30-8:30pm, Pollinator Friendly Gardening 101, free educational program at Greenwich Botanical Center, 130 Bible Street, Cos Cob. For more information click
here.
Oct 6, 9am, GreenwichColor Challenge, 1.5 Mile Color Fun Run & Obstacle Course. ISD is hosting their 2nd Annual Greenwich Color Challenge. Run, walk, jump, dodge, climb and get covered in color with your family and friends. Learn more and register at
GreenwichColorChallenge.org.
Oct 14, 2-5pm, OGRCC's 75th Anniversary Celebration - Set Sail, Binney Park, Old Greenwich. Sailboat regatta, food, drinks, crafts & more. For more information visit
www.myogrcc.org or call (203) 637-3659.
Click
here
to view the community calendar.
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Hello Parents!
Fall seems to have arrived this week along with the rain! As we are settling into the school year, we wanted to remind you about some upcoming events, deadlines and general information outlined below.
Our "Riverside Round Up" Fall Fundraiser will be held on October 20th. Tickets are on sale now, so please refer to the blurb below for more information about the event, location, purchasing tickets and volunteering to help. This is an important fundraiser which supports many of our Curriculum Enrichment programs (some of which are outlined below), and many other student and community focused programs throughout the year - including various wellness initiatives and help for our teachers and classroom needs.
We've officially kicked off our PTA enrichment curriculum for the year this week with a successful Arts in Education program for 3rd grade called "Play in a Day."
Don't forget to check and update your directory information by Friday, September 28th for the PTA sponsored Riverside School Print Directory. You can access this from our PTA website - RIVPTA.org. All families need to go in and confirm/ save their contact information - whether you are a new or existing family - and even if there are no changes from last year. More information is below.
Also, on behalf of the School Administration, we ask that everyone please set up an account with School Dismissal Manager - details in the blurb below. This system will manage absences and dismissal changes moving forward.
Finally, as you look ahead to next week, please make sure your calendar is marked that there is no school on Wednesday, September 19th for Yom Kippur.
Enjoy the weekend!
Sarah Morris & Kristin Duda
PTA Co- Presidents
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FALL FUNDRAISER TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
 This year's annual Riverside School Fall Fundraiser, "Riverside Round Up", will be on October 20th at the Arch Street Teen Center from 7-10pm. Tickets can be purchased online at https://501auctions.com/riversideauction. There's also an opportunity to donate even if you can't attend. For questions about the event, to volunteer or to pay for tickets with a check, please contact [email protected]
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PTA CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT
Thanks to your PTA contributions, the Curriculum Enrichment team is busy scheduling events and presentations for our students! This year's schedule includes:
- A new visiting writer, David Schwartz, author of How Much is a Million? (All grades)
- In conjunction with our new Summer Reading Program, New Canaan Summer Theater's two-person adaptation of Peter Pan (All grades)
- Educational field trips, which in the past have included visits to the CT Science Center (5th grade) and Greenwich Audubon (3rd grade) to learn firsthand the effects of erosion on the Byram River
- High Touch High Tech's in-classroom science enrichment that aligns with each grade's science curriculum throughout the year (All grades)
- An Arts Field Day where students can pick workshops (in the past we've had Chinese brush painting, leather tooling, hip hop dance, as examples) and get hands-on experience with new art forms (3rd to 5th grades)
- The ever-popular STEM Fair, in April 2019, will give students the opportunity to explore science, technology, engineering and/or math outside the classroom (All grades)
- A poetry and writing workshop by poet Ted Scheu (Grades K-4th)
And this is just the beginning! We are still adding so many programs for the school year, so be sure to keep an eye on the Peek. As always,
thank you for supporting the Riverside PTA and its curriculum enrichment programming.
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PLAY IN A DAY
This week professional storytellers from the CT Storytelling Center visited our third grade classes to craft a play out of a story inspired by elements of Peter Pan in a single day. The storytellers guided the students through the process of producing a play which includes brainstorming a storyline, developing the accompanying dialogue, movement, music and drama. This production was a valuable exercise in promoting teamwork, friendships, and most of all, respect for each other - skills the students refer back to throughout the year. The program also aims to teach skills such as speaking clearly in front of groups, taking risks and being creative. We hope the parents enjoyed the final productions as much as the kids enjoyed putting on the show!
The Play in a Day program was organized by the PTA Arts in Education Committee thanks to your generous donations to the PTA.
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UPDATE YOUR DIRECTORY INFORMATION AND JOIN THE PTA!
Go online and update your family information for this year, including
your child's new teacher and any other changes. The deadline for the Print Directory Information is September 28th,
While you're there, we encourage all parents to become PTA members. Not only does it support all the amazing programs our PTA brings into the sc
hool, it also gives you unlimited access to the online and app directory. Visit the website for more information. And if you have moved or have new phone or email information, please let the school office know as well!
There is also an app for our online directory called "Membership Toolkit" so you can access all the information on the go!
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RIVERSIDE EARLY MORNING PROGRAM
The Early Morning Program at Riverside School provides a childcare option for Riverside students prior to the start of the regular school day. The program runs Monday through Friday from 7:15am until school opens at 8:30am. For more information or to enroll your child in the program, click
here
. Any questions, contact Kristine Redlien at
[email protected]
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RIVERSIDE SCHOOL'S HALLOWEEN COSTUME SWAP
 Get in the Halloween spirit and start sorting through your boxes and bags of costumes from past years. Riverside School's Halloween costume collection and swap is coming up! In an effort to reduce, reuse and recycle, let's give your old costumes a new happy owner. Please drop off what you can by Oct 3rd and then come Oct 4th and take what you need.
Collecting
: clean, gently used and complete/partly complete costumes of all sizes. Accessories are welcome whether accompanied by a costume or not.
Drop off
:
anytime until Wed. Oct 3rd
under the "Oops" table in the entrance of school.
Swap date
:
Thursday Oct 4th from 9:00 to 10:30am in the Cafe
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PICTURE DAY - SAVE THE DATE
Mark your calendar for Picture Day on Tuesday,
October 9th. Class photos will be taken outside,
weather permitting. More information and an order
form will be coming home soon.
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UPCOMING ROTATION SCHEDULE
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17
Mon, Sept 17 -
A
Tues, Sept 18 - B
Wed, Sept 19 -
NO SCHOOL
Thurs, Sept 20 - C
Fri, Sept 21 -
D
For a full calendar year please check this
link.
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FLUORIDE RINSE PROGRAM
The fluoride rinse program, will
take place on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 for all students. Only the first grades will start on
Wednesday, October 3. Please have your children come to the cafeteria at drop off time if they
have returned their permission forms. Please remember to submit the fluoride permission forms if
you have not already done so. Volunteers will be there to assist them if there are any questions. If
you have any questions, please feel free to contact me, Jeannie Schnakenberg, RDH, at 622-3779.
FLUORIDE RINSE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Please email [email protected] if you are interested in volunteering. Starting in October, fluoride rinse takes place on Wednesday mornings at 8:30. You can sign up for once a month or a few times during the school year- whatever suits your schedule! There is a meeting on September 26 at 8:45 in the cafeteria for all those interested. If you have signed up as a volunteer and can not attend, please contact Jeannie Schnakenberg, RDH, at 622-3779.
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DENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM
It will
begin in the week of September 24th and run through the month of October.
This program is run by the Town of Greenwich and includes both an educational
portion as well as a dental screening for all the students at Riverside Elementary
School. This program is beneficial in continuing to maintain the health and well
being of the students. Thank you for promoting good dental health, and parents
can also help by providing good, nutritious snacks and lunches for their children.
It has to be a team effort from us all to combat decay and maintain a healthy life
style.
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ODYSSEY OF THE MIND
Greenwich Odyssey of the Mind (in partnership with Greenwich Alliance for Education) is organizing an
International Educational Program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for students from kindergarten through college. Team members apply their creativity to solve problems that range from building mechanical devices to presenting their own interpretation of literary classics. They then bring their solutions to competition on the local, state, and World level.
If you have any questions, please email Leila Horn: [email protected] or go to www.greenwichalliance.org (Programs/Odyssey of the Mind).
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GPS CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT MEETING
Thursday, Sept 27, 12:00 - 2:00pm in the staff development room on the first floor of Havemeyer Building on Greenwich Avenue. It will feature the GPS heads of curriculum (Lori Elliot, Humanities; Laura White, Arts; and Sheila Civale, Science and Math), who will share updates on curriculum and ideas for intersections with enrichment. There will also be a review of the paperwork required for CE programs and other matters. All are welcome. Feel free to bring your lunch.
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SCHOOL DISMISSAL MANAGER (SDM) - ACTION REQUIRED
Please
login to School Dismissal Manager to manage your child(ren)'s attendance and dismissal information.
All parents must login - new or returning to update the dismissal information for your children for this school year.
- New parents were issued a username and temporary password and need to use this to create a login. If you have misplaced the email with the username and temporary password that was sent to you, please contact the front office to get a new one set up.
- Returning parents can use their existing parent login credentials and update dismissal information.
- This system will be used in an Emergency Early Release to capture dismissal information for every student, so it's important that all Families create a login now.
- A default dismissal of "Parent Pick-Up" has been assigned to your child. Please contact Gina Marino to change this default to another option.
- Advance notice is appreciated when creating an exception/ change to your child's default dismissal plans. The cut-off time is 2:25pm on regular days and 12:25pm on early release days. After this time, you will need to call the school office to make any changes for the current da
 y.
There is also a School Dismissal Manager (SDM) App available so you can make updates on the go!
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