Trunk or Treat Need to Knows!

Dear Riley Families, we are gearing up for Trunk or Treat next Friday October 28th!

During Friday Activities we are asking that you donate a pumpkin (please label with child's names) and carving tools for your child to carve during Friday Activities!

Trunk or Treat starts at 4:30pm!

Parking vehicles will take place around the back of the Art's Building. Please wait for Lindsay to direct you to your parking spot. Parking will start promptly at 4pm with all vehicles to line up starting at Becky's Office. 

Treats being handed out CAN contain nuts as long as they are individually wrapped. Other treat ideas: jack o lantern clementines, glow sticks, pencils, pirate booty, pretzels, rice crispy treats, hand warmers, ect...

Please make sure that you let Lindsay know if you would like to participate and decorate your trunk for TRUNK OR TREAT!

Please see attached volunteer signup link below for our POTLUCK during Trunk or Treat! 



VOLUNTEER SIGN UP

It's all hands on deck for these community events so help us make this party a hit! What will your family bring to the potluck?

A Note on Monday October 31st

There will be no costumes on Monday October 31st. We plan to do all our festivities on Friday the 28th. 

A Note from Art Week

While wandering the great halls of the Farnsworth Museum on Monday our children soaked up and engaged with a variety of exquisite art - from Henry Pearson’s Sculpture to the many works of Andrew Wyeth. Drawing compliments from other museum visitors about their "presence and engagement” they even impressed the Museum guard. Thank you for sharing your children with us! - Anna

A Bees Wrap Discount for

Lunches with Less Plastic!

As we work to reduce food waste and single use plastics on campus, we're thrilled to share a discount code for Riley families from the incredible Vermont owned and woman owned company, Bees Wrap!

Use RILEY15 at checkout to receive 15% off your order with Bee's Wrap.

From Bee's Wrap..

Bee’s Wrap started with a simple idea: make it easy to cut down on plastic and store food sustainably. So, founder Sarah Kaeck turned to bees, nature’s most productive and protective foodies, for inspiration.

Infusing organic cotton with a blend of beeswax, plant oil and tree resin, she created a durable yet pliable beeswax food wrap that could be used again and again – helping people be like bees and do their part for the greater good of the planet.

From storing food in the kitchen, to packing sandwiches and snacks on the go, Bee’s Wrap is a small sustainable swap that adds up to make a big impact. Together, we can bee the change.

Ideas to Reduce Food Waste & Single Use Plastics in School Lunches

Buy in bulk vs. individually 

wrapped serving sizes

Use reusable or compostable

sandwich bags

Use compartmentalized lunch boxes or containers to cut down on single use packaging like sandwich bags

Use reusable silicone squeeze pouches

to pack purees and yogurts

Send your child with compostable 

cutlery and/or cloth napkins

Encourage your child to compost their food leftovers at school, bring their trash back home with them, and to let you know when certain items are going uneaten.

Community Care

Amidst the Pandemic

The beginning of the 22/23 school year has been marked with the joyful return of all the in person events we’ve been unable to safely and responsibly hold over the past two years of the pandemic. We are so thrilled to resume a more regular rhythm of gathering and socializing this school year and would like to do all that we can to preserve this privilege.

Please..

GET the covid and flu boosters and vaccines if you’re able..

CONTINUE using caution, masking, and testing to limit the spreading of germs..

SELF-MONITOR and stay home with any symptoms..

MASK at school for 5 full days while symptomatic..

Orange You Glad The Kids Were Safe During Hunting Season?

As the leaves turn, so do our clothes! Please ensure your children have a layer of blaze orange packed in their backpacks this fall. For those needing to restock their orange this year, might we suggest Riley merch in orange?