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Reminders
Good afternoon Riverside Families,
We hope that you had a great weekend! We are switching to using this new format for our weekly newsletter and hope that you find it easier to navigate and more visually appealing. It will still arrive at 3:00 p.m. every Sunday and will be called the Riverside Ripples. Just as the ripples of the waves always come back to shore, we hope this information always makes it to you, and you communicate back to us. This top portion will always have some timely reminders, while the things below will have hyperlinks you can click on for more information about coming events or other information that we think you may find useful. With that being said, here are some reminders for the week ahead:
- Monday will be a Green and Gold Packer Spirit Day, and Friday will be a Riverside Spirit Day
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Wellness Survey - For the last three years, our staff has used the annual student wellness results to learn more about our students, the connections they’re making at school, their feelings about school, their learning strategies, their stress level, and their coping strategies. We will be administering it again during guidance classes with Mrs. Baker, and we need your permission for each individual child to administer it. Your child brought home a purple letter last week, which has more information. Or you can give consent using this Google form: Wellness Survey Parent Consent. You can preview the survey here: Wellness Survey Preview. We do need a response from each individual child. Thank you!
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World Mental Health Day is Tuesday, October 10th. It is an international day for global mental health education, awareness, and advocacy against social stigma. It was first celebrated in 1992 at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health, a global mental health organization with members and contacts in more than 150 countries. Wear green or mental health apparel to support World Mental Health Day on Tuesday, October 10th!
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A Piece of the PIE
- Facebook Page: You can always stay up to date with the latest PIE information by following the PIE Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/bfrspie
- Our next PIE Meeting is this coming Tuesday, 10/10, from 6 p.m. -7 p.m. in the Riverside Cafeteria
- Our next restaurant night is Tuesday, October 17th from 4:00 – 8:00 at Chick-fil-A Menomonee Falls
- Our 1st Annual Trunk or Treat is 10/19 from 6-8 at the Ben Franklin Playground/Parking Lot - Deadline to register your trunk is 10/13. You will also start to see information on Candy Monsters at the schools to gather additional candy for the event! Check out the flyers below.
- Please consider donating to our UN-Fundraiser - ALL donated funds go directly to help support our students, staff and schools! Please see the flyer below.
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T-Shirts
Order your Kindness is Contagious shirt before October 13th to show your Falls Pride! The link to order is here: https://fallspride0923.itemorder.com/shop/home/
The District AODA (Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse) Committee and MFHS Impact students will sell Red Ribbon apparel supporting Red Ribbon Week Oct 23rd-27th. This National celebration aims to educate students about making health choices regarding substances and mental health. Short & long-sleeve shirts and hoodies are available on RevTrak in size Adult Small-3XL. Short sleeves are $12, long sleeves are $18, and hoodies are $25. All orders need to be placed by Sunday, October 8th at midnight. The link to order is also here: https://menomoneefalls.revtrak.net/mfhs/aoda/ Thank you for supporting AODA initiatives in Menomonee Falls!
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Falls Youth Wrestling Club Showcase and SignUp Event
Come join in on a fun wrestling practice to see what youth wrestling can offer. Season information will be available at this event and you will be able to enroll your child in youth wrestling if you are interested. The event is on October 18th at the Menomonee Falls High School Wrestling Room. Boys will be held from 6-6:30pm and girls will be held from 6:30-7pm. Kids should wear comfortable shorts/joggers and t-shirt. Hope to see you there.
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Want to help?
There are many opportunities to help out at school. Whether helping in the classroom, at PTO events or chaperoning a field trip, we'd love your help.
To ensure that all adults who come in contact with your children are safe to do so, we run background checks on all volunteers. You can apply today to be a volunteer at the link below. Please note that it does take 48-96 hours for the process, so if you want to volunteer, apply early.
Volunteer application
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School Attendance Reminders
Attendance is a parent, student, and school responsibility. Talk about the importance of showing up to school on time every day. Show your child you are interested in their school activities and tell them you want them to do well. Remember, attending school regularly helps children feel better about school--and themselves, too! Start building this habit early, so they learn immediately that going to school on time every day is important.
#teamupforattendance
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Sick or School?
School attendance in important, but students should also stay home with then need to get healthy and to prevent spreading illness. See more helpful guidance in the document to the right and check out our district nurse page below.
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Parent Resources
Positive Parenting Program (PPP), sponsored by Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, has some great parenting resources for parents of kids 0-16 years old. Check out the flyer to the right with some upcoming offerings.
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