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CALENDAR
WEEK OF 11/18 - 11/22
Monday, November 18
8:00a Student Council Meeting
3:30p Riverside Rhapsody Callback Auditions
Tuesday, November 19
7:50a Chorus Rehearsal - All members
Wednesday, November 20
7:45a Adv. Orchestra Rehearsal - Gr 5
8:30a Fluoride Rinse
3:15p Play Auditions - Gr 5 Only
Thursday, November 21
7:50a Chorus Rehearsal -
All Members
Friday, November 22
7:50a Band Rehearsal - Gr 4 & 5
WEEK OF 11/25- 11/29
Tuesday, November 26
7:50a Chorus Rehearsal - All Members
Wednesday, November 27
EARLY RELEASE
Spirit Wear Day
7:45a Adv. Orchestra Rehearsal - Gr 5
8:30a Fluoride Rinse
Thursday, November 28
NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Day
Friday, November 29
NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Recess
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Nov 16 & 17 The Nutcracker at Greenwich High School Performing Art Center. Kate S.,Noa L. and Zara G. are three students from Riverside School that will be performing in it. Buy your tickets early for best seating.
Dec 2 & 3 : Boys & Girls Club
Theater
Program will hold auditions for
Willie Wonka Jr at the Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich
6:30 - 8:00pm. Rehearsals
for the shows will be held: Tuesdays & Saturday ; Saturdays beginning January 4, 2020
Performances: Friday, May 1 - Saturday, May 2.
Come prepared to dance, read for a character, sing a song of your choosing
(acapella!)
and HAVE FUN!
Dec 4, 5 & 6
Auditions for Mary Poppins Jr. at YMCA of Greenwich. Performances will take place on April 24, 25, and 26, 2020 at the Western Middle School Auditorium. Children 8 to 18 years old are encouraged to audition and registration can
be completed at
Dec 8, 3pm Songs of the Seasons Featuring the Greenwich Public School Honor Choir at the The Palace Theater.
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Dear Riverside Parents,
This week has been busy for parents and students and we thank you for supporting us in a variety of PTA programs and events!
On Monday we held our annual Veterans Day Celebration. It was great to see so many families and Veterans in attendance. We enjoyed hearing from local elected officials, recognizing Veterans in attendance, viewing a video honoring Veterans who are relatives of Riverside students, laying of the wreath by the Color Guards, listening to Taps led by Douglas Chew and student Trumpet players, and singing by the Riverside Chorus and the Women's Chorus.
We also enjoyed seeing many of you on Tuesday at our Fall PTA Meeting with our guest speaker Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jones who answered many questions from parents and educated us on her work so far in the district.
Today is
America's Recycles Day and our PTA Green Committee will be educating students during lunch time about waste free lunch and the importance of recycling. Earlier this week, the Green team also hosted our annual boot swap in an effort to recycle boots from year to year.
This afternoon at 3:15pm we will be hosting our "
Holiday's for Haiti" Community Service Event in the Riverside School gym. We hope to see many families there to join us in supporting Danita's Children in Haiti.
After a busy week we hope all of you enjoyed your weekends!
Kristin Duda & Heeyoon Slater
PTA Co- Presidents
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HOLIDAYS FOR HAITI TODAY
Help give a child in Haiti more reasons to smile this holiday season. Please join the Community Service Committee after school today, Friday, November 15th, in the Riverside School Gym. Select a Haitian child to write a card to, take a photo of yourself and decorate the card which will be sent to Haiti. All you need is $20 per card; all other materials will be in the gym ready for you!
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The winners have been announced! 135 entries were submitted and there was an amazing depth of creativity and heart displayed in each of them.
Please be sure to check out all the designs on the two bulletin boards at school (the Art Board across from the teachers' lounge and the smaller board across the hall from the nurse's office).
Everyone who participated will receive a Riverside Red Hawk pencil. A handful of honorable mentions will receive a fun art crayon. And our "Final Four" winners will receive, on top of the pencil and crayon, a Rosie's Frozen Yogurt Gift Card! (Thank you, Rosie's!)
- Ethan Shi
- Rosario Holscher
- Lily Ritchie
- Santiago Sandoval
The final logo, which will be developed based on the Final Four drawings by a professional graphic designer, will be announced at a later date! Keep an eye out for the reveal.
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RIVERSIDE SCHOOL BOOK FAIR IS COMING!
Save the date for this year's Riverside Book Fair "Winter Wonderland of Books" on December 3rd and 4th.
For class visitation schedule, volunteer sign ups and information on Book Fair Bucks, please visit www.rivpta.org.
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AMERICA RECYCLES DAY TODAY
Green Committee members were in the cafeteria today to celebrate America Recycles Day with the students! The importance of recycling and sorting procedures were refreshed, a short video was shown and interactive recycling games were played and enjoyed by all. Please continue to recycle at home and strive to reduce the amount waste we produce by packing lunch and snack in reusable containers whenever possible! Recycling information and helpful tips can be found on the
PTA Green Schools site.
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TREX CHALLENGE!
Did you know that plastic bags, wraps and film are not accepted in your recycling bin at home? These items CAN however be recycled at participating grocery stores and now conveniently at Riverside! Riverside will be competing in the TREX "Plastic Film Collection" Challenge against other elementary schools in the Northeast. The challenge kicks off on America Recycles Day (November 15) and winners are announced on Earth Day (April 22).
We are collecting
clean and dry produce, newspaper and dry cleaning bags, case and bubble wrap and other accepted items in the collection bin at the entrance of school and
will encourage students to recycle these items in the cafeteria too!
Each month, the plastic collected will be weighed and recorded, and then sent to Trex to become composite decking. See the PTA Green Schools site for a list of accepted materials and Trex challenge details.
Please help the environment and Riverside School by dropping off your plastic bags and film!
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TRADING CANDY FOR A CHILD'S SMILE 
The Wellness Committee would like to thank all Riverside School families and children who donated unwanted Halloween candy.
We collected
406 L
BS
!!! Local pediatric dentist, Dr. Stacy Zarakiotis, is matching $2 for every pound of candy collected and will in turn be donating $812 to
Operation Smile.
Because of our school's enormous donation, we will fund 3 life changing
pediatric cleft lip surgeries for children in need!
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SIGN UP FOR SAFETY DUTY
We encourage you to sign up for Safety Duty, which is the coverage to help kids get out of cars safely in the drop-off lane in front of school from 8:30-8:45am (only 15 minutes). You can sign-up through this safety duty link on the Riverside School PTA Volunteer Homepage.
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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. Any questions, contact Kristine Redlien at
[email protected]
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UPCOMING PTA ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS - 2019
Nov 18:
Journalist Visit (5th)
Nov 22:
Riverside Rhythms - Nick Dupuy (All Grades)
Ask your children about what they learned! These programs are all run thanks to the generous donations and sponsored by the Riverside School PTA.
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RIVERSIDE RHAPSODY CALL-BACK AUDITIONS 
Call-back auditions
for select students will be Monday, November 18th
in the Learning Center. Students will be dismissed to the auditions after school and will end at 4:30 pm. Good luck!
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ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN GREENWICH: HELPING PARENTS BE PARTNERS IN LEARNING
The Academic Excellence Committee of the PTA Council is working with GPS to give every parent the information and guidance they need to help their kids thrive at school.
This year, the committee is hosting six workshops open to the public to inform the parent about the philosophy and process of creating our curriculum and what changes are being made. This information is geared to help parents understand the curriculum so they can better support the work teachers are doing in the classroom. Presentations are given by GPS administrators. There have been two workshops to date:
1.
The Vision of the Graduate
2. Parents as Partners in Learning: Teaching & Learning
and view Irene Parisi's Presentation.
Our next workshop - Personalized Learning and Purposeful Screentime (TENTATIVE TOPIC) - is scheduled for November 19th at 10:30am at the Board of Education Building. All Workshops are open to the public.
If you have questions, suggestions, concerns or want to know more, please contact Caitlin Wardell, Riverside School's Academic Excellence rep, at
[email protected]
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ALP INFORMATION SUBMISSION
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GREENWICH PUBLIC SCHOOLS SAFETY FORUM
At the request of our Greenwich Public Schools PTA members, the District will host a Safety Forum on
Wednesday, November 20th at 7:00pm at Greenwich High School's Media Center.
All are welcomed to attend this event to learn more about safety at Greenwich Schools, and to hear from and meet some of the people who oversee safety at our schools.
On the Safety Forum's panel will be Greenwich Police Department's Chief Heavey, Director of Security for Greenwich Public Schools Tom Bobkowski, and Superintendent for Greenwich Schools Dr. Toni Jones.
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RUN FOR YOUR SCHOOL COMPETITION 
Turkey Trot - Saturday, November 30
5K Race/1 Mile Fun Run Benefits Greenwich Public Schools.
9am - 11am, 100 Arch Street
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