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CALENDAR
WEEK OF 1/20 - 1/24
Monday, January 20
NO SCHOOL - MLK Jr. Day
Tuesday, January 21
7:50a Chorus Rehearsal PT. 1
Wednesday, January 22
8:30a Fluoride Rinse
Thursday, January 23
7:50a Chorus Rehearsal - PT. 2
Friday, January 24
Spirit Wear Day
2:00p Chinese NY Culture Share - 2C
WEEK OF 1/27 - 1/31
Monday, January 27
Gymnastics Begin
4:00p District Wide Sectional Rehearsal For Festival Orchestra
Tuesday, January 28
7:50a Chorus Rehearsal - PT. 1
Wednesday, January 29
8:30a Fluoride Rinse
8:45a ROPES Photos
Thursday, January 30
7:50a Chorus Rehearsal - PT. 2
9:00a AVID Presentation for Gr 4 & 5 Parents
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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
Jan 27&29, 4pm
Perrot Memorial Library.
Stuff & Nonsense - Mon at 4pm, Jan 27 - April 6 - Stories and Crafts for Children K and 1st grade.
Spotlight on Magic - Wed at 4pm, January 29 and Feb 5, 19, and 26 - Stories, Non-Fiction, and Craft with a focus on magic for 2 and 3 grade.
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Dear Riverside Parents,
Riverside School is excited to take a trip to Arendelle today and tomorrow for our School Musical Frozen. All Riverside students will enjoy watching the performance by 4th and 5th graders during school today. A huge thank you goes to our play co-chairs Sarah O'Connor, Stephanie Earhart and Jenn Conte as well as the entire play committee and parent volunteers for their tireless efforts to pull off an amazing school production. We hope you all enjoy the show and most importantly, your children have fun!
Please note below a few calendar highlights for January:
- Mon, Jan 20: No School (MLK Holiday)
- Fri, Jan 24: Riverside School Spirit Day - Wear Red!
- Sun, Jan 26: Greenwich Skating Club Open House
- Mon, Jan 27: Winters AFTERS Begins (Ends Feb 28)
- Thurs, Jan 30: AVID Western Middle School Presentation
Have a wonderful long weekend,
Kristin Duda and Heeyoon Slater
PTA Co- Presidents
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RIVERSIDE RED Youth XS and L SIZE ROPES SHIRTS IN STOCK!!!
Show your Riverside Spirit!
Order NOW
before sizes run out again!
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INVITATION FROM THE THE GREENWICH SKATING CLUB
The Greenwich Skating Club invites Greenwich School Families to join u
s on
Sunday, January 26th
from 2:45-4:15pm
for our Family Free Skate.
Please RSVP by January 22nd
to
nvanneck@me.com.
C
hildren must wear a helmet (hockey, bike, etc).
Sports Attic will be on site for skate and equipment rentals.
We highly recommend reserving skates/equipment ahead of time
by emailing Greg at
sportsatticct@gmail.com.
Free hot chocolate and cookies for everyone!
RAIN DATE: SUNDAY, February 2
nd
2:45-4:15pm
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RIVERSIDE FAMILY ROLLER SKATE NIGHT - FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28!
Wear your Riverside Red and join us for a night of roller skating fun!
Skating is open to Riverside families only from
6-7:30pm. Siblings are welcome!
BYO skates if you have them, otherwise rentals are available.
Eastern Greenwich Civic Center, 90 Harding Rd, Old Greenwich
Admission: $12 per skater (paid at door, includes skate rental)
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TURN YOUR KEY - BE IDLE FREE
P
lease keep our students safe and help create an
Idle Free Riverside School!
Anti-Idling signs were installed around school last spring and we just wanted to kindly remind you not to leave your car running while parked at school. Extra layers can be worn during colder period and consider sharing or carpooling to reduce the number of cars at school during drop off and pick up.
Please help reduce the amount of harmful pollution surrounding our school and turn your car off if standing for more than 3 minutes. It's
The Law
!
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TREX CHALLENGE! - UPDATE
Riverside is making great progress in the
Trex Challenge
to recycle the most plastic bags, film and wrap in the Northeast! Since November we've collected over
96
pounds of plastic, which will be recycled into composite decking and other products. Remember - we can only collect (clean and dry) plastic bags, film and wrap according to these
guidelines
.
Please NO food (cheese, salad mix or frozen food bags) or snack packaging
, except for bread or cereal bags. Keep up the great work!
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
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ANNUAL CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING PRESENTATION
The 5th Graders were excited to have Michèle Mozian return last Wednesday for the Annual Chinese Brush Painting event. Each of the 5th Grade classes were taught for an hour on Chinese Painting and each student created beautiful pieces!
Many thanks to the Arts Enrichment Committee and the PTA for putting this together. The students loved it and had a wonderful time!
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A GLIMPSE INTO THE RECENT SCIENCE ENRICHMENT PRESENTATIONS
On January 14, 4th graders gathered in the media center for an energetic program about electricity from "The Dirtmeister." Electricity is the premier power source on the planet and sometimes it's hard to imagine how we could survive without it. Dirtmeister's Electricity Show is designed to introduce students to the physics of electricity and trace its development from being a simple scientific curiosity to its use as the most versatile energy source in the world today.
On December 10, the Riverside School cafe transformed into a museum with an amazing display of dinosaur fossils and other prehistoric items (both genuine and museum-quality reproductions). 2nd graders were able to touch a 9 foot leg of an Ice Age Mammoth and see a life-size head of an Allosaurus, while they learned about plant vs. meat-eaters and the theory of dinosaur extinction. Students got to discover and keep genuine fossils from their own Fossil Dig, with enhanced learning on the Dinosaurs Rock website about the objects the kids chose.
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UPCOMING PTA ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS 2020
Jan 22:
Rochel Coleman - African-American Story-teller (All Grades)
Feb 5: Riverside Rhythms - The Perfect Fifths (All Grades, please note corrected date from previous Peek)
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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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
kristine.redlien@gmail.com
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PENNIES FOR PATIENTS CALLING ALL RIVERSIDE HEROES! 
Pennies for Patients is calling all Riverside heroes to join our squad of student helpers!
Riverside Student Leadership Council and our entire student body are on a mission to help find a cure for childhood cancer.
We encourage your child to participate in this rewarding event that emphasizes social-emotional learning, empathy, and action.
Kickoff day is this Thursday, January 23rd. Friday, January 24th is a school spirit day so wear red or your Riverside gear. Collection boxes are due by January 31st.
Your child will bring home their own small collection box on Thursday.
The highest donations by classroom win awards. All individuals that participate get small gifts as well throughout the week.
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PANORAMA SURVEY, NGSS ASSESSMENT RESULTS PRESENTATION
Please save the date of
Wednesday, February 5th, 9:00 - 10:00am for a
Parent Presentation on the Panorama Parent, Staff, and Student survey results for our school, as well as on the results of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) assessment taken by 5th grade students last spring.
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SAVE THE DATE- FAMILY SCIENCE NIGHT
Wednesday, February 26 from 6-7 pm. Riverside School will hold a Family Science Night with all teachers participating to help families learn more about the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the type of science learning and activities their children are experiencing this year at school.
At least six science stations will be set up (one by each grade level) so that parents can participate with their children in a learning activity, directed by teachers on that grade level and others. Families can attend the grade level activity for their child(ren) and 1 or 2 more learning activities if they have time. We hope to see you there!
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Please be sure to use the School
Dismissal Manager system to record all absences, tardies, early releases or changes to your child's regular dismissal plan. Please include if your child attends AFTERS or another program at school (i.e. the play) as a recurring absence with the note on which afters class or program they are attending. Also, please note that parents should not be going to the classrooms to pick up their children. If you need to pick-up your child(ren) early, you must go straight to the main office and the staff will call for your child. Parents in the building must always sign in and are to visit only when there is a planned meeting with staff or a classroom event. The office is available to assist with any other questions or concerns.
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FLU SEASON REMINDERS!
Flu Season has arrived with a vengeance and our school is getting hit hard right now.
It is imperative that anyone having symptoms be checked immediately. The State mandates that flu cases are reported. In the event your child is diagnosed, please contact the school nurse IMMEDIATELY, as well as provide written confirmation by your Medical Provider.
In order to prevent continued spread of the flu, please adhere to our district's "Five Day Rule Policy," by keeping a child diagnosed with the flu at home for five days. We recognize it's difficult to do so, but it really is necessary to prevent an outbreak.
Please do not hesitate to call or email should you have concerns or questions. We want to keep everyone healthy and it starts with You.
Thank you on behalf of the Nurse and Entire Staff at Riverside for your compliance.
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5TH GRADE YEARBOOK - PICTURE UPLOADING DEADLINE JAN 31!
Time to organize your pictures! Please upload one baby photo of your child and your best/ favorite photos from school events from Kindergarten through 5th grade. This is the first part of the yearbook process. The second part is for the children to create their individual student page and then the final step in the process is actually ordering a yearbook. More details on parts 2 and 3 will come in the next few months. For now, we are focusing on uploading photos no later than
January 31, 2020. Please review and follow these
detailed instructions for uploading photos.
Questions - please contact Sarah Morris
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SUMMERFARE CAMP EXPO AT THE GHS STUDENT CENTER
The GHS PTA will host its annual SummerFare Camp Expo on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 (snow date is January 23th) from 6:00 to 8:00 pm in the GHS Student Center. This event is open to the public and is free of charge. SummerFare is an event for exhibitors to present materials and talk with public and private elementary, middle and high school students and their parents about summer programs, internships, and camp opportunities. For more information, please click SummerFare 2020 or contact SummerFare Committee at summerfare@ghspta.org.
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PTA COUNCIL'S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE COMMITTEE
WORKSHOP
All Riverside School parents are invited to attend on
January 28th at 10:30am
at the Board of Education building at 290 Greenwich Avenue.
Topics covered will include:
- What's new in Humanities at GPS?
- Taking a look at new curriculum and changes in Language Arts and Social Studies
Please submit questions in advance
to:
The committee also encourages all parents to attend the GPS Curriculum Forum on January 22nd at 6:30pm at Eastern Middle School.
Superintendent Jones and Chief Academic Officer Irene Parisi will be leading the discussion and it will be a great opportunity for parents to learn about parent resources, what is new and noteworthy in curriculum and communicate questions and concerns.
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WESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL AVID PROGRAM PRESENTATION
AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a college readiness and executive functioning program designed to help all students achieve their goals and reach their full academic potential. Come learn about what makes Western, an AVID school, a unique and a viable option for your child. All are welcome, especially families of 4th and 5th graders. Western Middle School Principal, Gordon Beinstein, will be presenting on the AVID program on
Thursday, January 30 at 9:00am in the Riverside School Cafe.
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NOMINATE A TEACHER TODAY - DISTINGUISHED TEACHERS AWARDS
Nominate your student's phenomenal teacher! Now is your chance to honor that special teacher who always goes the extra mile or makes a special contribution to your child's education. Please take the time to nominate a teacher - they deserve the recognition and it is an important honor in the Greenwich Public Schools.
Nominations are due March 12th. The awardees are selected based solely on the written information provided in each candidate's Nomination Packet.
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UPCOMING BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGS
Jan 23: First Selectman's Presentation of Budget for Town Departments (other than BOE); BOE Presentation to BET Budget Committee on Budget (time and location TBA)
Jan 30: Public Hearing on Budget BET Operating & Capital Budget Review with BOE (time and location TBA)
Jan 30: BOE Retreat, 6pm, Havemeyer
Feb 20: BOE Business Meeting, 7pm, Western
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