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PEEK AT THE WEEK
MISSED AN ISSUE?
If you are not receiving an issue every Friday please email
constantcontactriv@gmail.com
SUBMISSIONS
Deadline for submissions is 3pm
on Wednesday of the school week
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Perrot Library
Mon, April 13- June 1st In honor of National Poetry Month, Perrot is sponsoring a haiku poetry contest open to students in grades 3 and up, as well as adults. We are seeking original haikus (3-line, 17-syllable poems) describing your experience with COVID-19-- the pandemic, the closures, and their impact on your daily life.
Poems will be accepted beginning
Monday, April 13th, through Monday, June 1. Winners will be announced on Monday, June 15th.
Get more info on the contest and how to enter
here
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Dear Riverside Parents,
Yet another gray Friday, but the important thing is we made it... TGIF! While the announcement of not returning to school this year was expected, we acknowledge how tough this is on our students, parents, teachers, and staff--we feel it, too. We know, however, that our community will rise above all this. Together, we are stronger than any pandemic. The PTA will continue to work to support all our constituents--let us know if you have ideas!
This week was also
National Teacher Appreciation Week. We sent out gift cards to teachers and staff during our Staff Appreciation Week a few weeks ago, and this week we compiled and emailed all the lovely videos and images of drawings, photos, notes, and artwork that students created for their teachers. Thanks to everyone who participated, but most importantly, we continue to be grateful to our amazing teachers and staff at Riverside School for their ingenuity, hard work, and tireless dedication to our children.
This Saturday, May 10th, would have been our annual
Riverside Run and we are missing this traditional event for our school and community. We hope many of you will find time to enjoy a run with your family and remember this special event that will hopefully return next year.
We have a new set of
Spirit Week themes for this upcoming week (see below), and thanks to families who sent in photos of at-home spirit celebrations! Check out
RIVPTA.org for photos of last week's fun and be sure to email
RiversideSchoolPTA@gmail.com with photos from this week for a chance to be featured on our website!
Don't forget the deadline to submit
STEM Fair boards is Tuesday, May 12th--a good weekend project if you're looking for one!
And finally, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all our mothers. We hope you're showered with love this Sunday.
Kristin Duda and Heeyoon Slater
PTA Co-Presidents
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THE 6TH ANNUAL STEM FAIR IS GOING DIGITAL!
Digital submissions are due this Tuesday, May 12th.
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VOLUNTEER FOR THE RIVERSIDE PTA NEXT YEAR!
Please consider filling an open PTA position for the 2020-2021 school year!
The Riverside PTA is a volunteer organization dedicated to supporting the education of our students and supporting the needs of our staff, teachers and school community.
Please review our openings and
complete a nomination form to nominate yourself or someone you know! You can learn more about all the different volunteer options by reviewing our
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ORDER YOUR SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR 2020-2021
The PTA is once again sponsoring a school supply fundraiser for the upcoming school year. Order now and your child's box of supplies will be delivered directly to the classroom by the first day of school.
Please visit the
www.shopttkits.com online site
and enter account number
83285. The site will close on
May 31st. Once again earbuds and headphones will available to purchase separately if new ones are required. Please email Jane Leonard at
janieleonard@me.com with any questions.
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SPRING AFTERS REFUNDS/CREDITS
If your child(ren) had been registered for Spring Afters, you can request a refund or a credit through Flex Academies. An email from Flex with a "Refund Survey" was sent out on Friday, April 17th.
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RIVERSIDE SPIRIT AT HOME!
Here's next week's line up and remember to check out photos from this week on our website:
- Weekly Treasure Hunt 5/11: The Game of Chess! On this day in 1997, Deep Blue defeated Gary Kasparov in a chess match. See why this is significant and put an image of your favorite chess piece in your window for the Weekly Treasure Hunt! How many chess pieces did you find? Can you create a whole board with what you found?
- Tuesday 5/12: National Limerick Day: Write a limerick, then call up a friend and share your poem!
- Wednesday 5/13:It's National Apple Pie Day... yum! And Happy Birthday to Stevie Wonder, who's turning 70 today! Rock out to some of his tunes and be sure to just call someone to say you love them!
- Thursday 5/14: Pajama Day! Any excuse to stay in PJs all day! Show your Riverside School Spirit by being comfy, cozy, and... still appropriate!
(Please note that by sending photos to RiversideSchoolPTA@gmail.com, you are giving the Riverside School PTA permission to publish photos, without identification, to the public portion of RIVPTA.org website.)
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DISTANCE LEARNING RESOURCES
GPS is offering a hub of resources and information for Distance Learning. You can view the information on the
GPS Distance Learning Website. There is also a
support team in place you can contact should you have any issues accessing content.
Students can reach out directly to teachers for assignment and content questions.
Check out
RIVPTA.org for more ideas on implementing distance learning at home and for fun ideas to keep our kids occupied. Let us know what's working for you!
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RIVERSIDE GARDEN UPDATE
With Earth Day just behind us and all the spring weather we've had seems like a great time for the Riverside Garden! We will begin some planting in the school garden this week. This year we have the added benefit of having garden markers to help stay organized, made by Colton and Chloe Cleaves. They have launched a business during quarantine (Ship-Shape Garden Markers)
visit their website for more information.
Please reach out if you have any requests and we hope to see you at school around the garden very soon!
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ALLERGY
AWARENESS WEEK
May 10-16 is Food Allergy Awareness Week. This is more important now than ever due to Covid-19 and what to do during this crisis.
Please visit
FARE Website
for more information on food allergies, links to virtual live events and more.
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POSTURE AWARENESS 
Stiff neck and shoulders? Back pains? Tight all over? Ask yourself, what's your posture like when using your digital device? With everyone working from home for the foreseeable future, we need to be more aware than ever of the right posture while using these devices.
PTAC Health and Wellness has created a tip sheet to help students, parents and teachers use the correct posture at home. There are some easy and helpful tips to help you and the family stay healthy while working.
Click here for the Tip Sheet
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SUBMIT HEALTH FORMS
BY EMAIL 
Please submit Health form for incoming K, 3rd graders or 3rd graders going to 4th that have not been submitted yet. Health Assessments should include Dental/HCT/HBG.
All Vaccinations are to be up to date/completed or they WILL NOT be allowed to attend - No Exceptions.
The CDC recommendations are children to continue receiving vaccinations during this time and to not miss. If you have them "already" please submit with vaccinations to Melissa Luiso melissa_luiso@greenwich.k12.ct.us
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SCHOOL SUPPORT
For any questions regarding distance learning, please reach out to your classroom teacher, Chris Weiss, or Safiya Key.
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VOLUNTEER FOR EASTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL NEXT YEAR!
Looking to get involved at EMS Next Year? We have a few roles still open:
- 6th Grade Social Dance Committee
- Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week Committee
- Book Fair Committee
- Hospitality Committee
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YEARBOOK AND T-SHIRTS
We are happy to let you know that our completed Yearbook has been officially submitted to the publisher. An enormous thank you goes out to our amazing Yearbook Committee for all their work. Thank you to the families for all the great submissions and photos. We have also ordered the 5th Grade Tee-Shirt with everyone's signature on the back and our new Riverside Red Hawk logo. We'll be in touch in the coming weeks about distribution plans to ensure we keep safe protocols in place. Tee-Shirts will be arriving during May and the Yearbook likely in early June.
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PARENTING WORKSHOP LINK
Link to the PTAC Health & Wellness Webinar:
Parenting Workshop: Strategies to Stay Calm and Parent On During Covid-19.
For those of you who could not make this wonderful webinar, we've attached the link
here
so you can view when best for you.
Emily Trotman, M. Ed., Parent Coach, offered practical tips for parenting during this difficult time. She
covered (i) ways to manage stress and the parenting skills needed to reassure your child; (ii) tips for setting up your home for success; and (iii) ideas for empowering children and teens so that they emerge from this experience more resilient. We promise
you will come away feeling stronger in your ability to parent during these trying times.
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GREENWICH LIBRARY IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS 
The
Greenwich Library would like to remind you, even though our buildings are closed, the Library is still open for business. Library staff are responding to phone calls and emails Monday-Friday from 9:00 am-9:00 pm. For Borrowing call 203-625-6524, for Reference call 203-622-7920, or
Ask a Virtual Librarian. We have put together a comprehensive "The Library at Home" page of
digital resources to support distance learning, including library card applications so both students and staff can begin exploring our vast Digital Library.
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ANNOUNCING:
GEA COVID-19 RESPONSE FUND
Consider donating to Greenwich Education Association's COVID-19 Response Fund. It's a
safe way for GEA members to support our GPS families with food, school supplies, and special circumstances during the pandemic.
GEA will
donate proceeds to
keep food on the shelves of our students' families,
purchase school supplies to keep our students productive, and
send gift and greeting cards to our colleagues and paras who need our support in uncertain times.
Donate through PayPal on the GEA website
greenwicheducationassociation.org.
If you become aware of a colleague or paraprofessional who could use GEA's support, please email brief details to GEA at
gea.president@gmail.com
and include your phone number.
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UPCOMING BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGS
Here are the updated dates for some of the upcoming BOE meetings. For additional information, visit the BOE website for updates on meeting dates and how to attend virtually:
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May 21: BOE Business Meeting, 7pm, Glenville
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Jun 18
: BOE Business Meeting, 6:30pm North Mianus
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GPS WEEKLY DISTRICT DIGEST
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