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PEEK AT THE WEEK
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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,
Happy May Day! It's another rainy Friday, but we are hopeful that the weekend will bring us some warmth and sunshine!
We want to remind everyone that the
STEM Fair
is currently running! We hope your students are working on some fun, from-home STEM projects. Check out the
STEM Fair page
for ideas and details on how to set up your digital board.
We also hope everyone is having fun with our Riverside Spirit At Home! We received some awesome
photos of students showing spirit throughout the week--we're working on putting them up on our website so check out RIVPTA.org early next week! And see below for this upcoming week's spirit days.
And finally, we thank our Riverside community and all our families for supporting our schools and making our voices heard during this past Monday's BET vote and yesterday's BOE meeting. Please continue to make your voices heard as discussions at the town level are on-going. We know that no matter the outcome, we will come together to ensure our students always come first.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Kristin Duda and Heeyoon Slater
PTA Co-Presidents
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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 5/4: International Flag. In honor of National Tourism Day this Thursday (5/7), put a flag of an international country in your window. The flag can represent a country of your family's ancestry, a country you've visited, one you want to visit, or one you just want to learn more about! Go on a walk and look for flags in windows and figure out which countries are represented! How many flags can you find?
- Tuesday 5/5: Cinco de Mayo. It's not just about Taco Tuesday! Learn about the Mexican holiday and how America played a part in Mexico's history.
- Wednesday 5/6: National Nurses Day. Thank the nurses in your life! And learn more about the profession.
- Thursday 5/7: Crazy Hat or Hair Day! Hair or hat, show Riverside School Spirit by donning a crazy look at the top!
(Please note that by sending photos to [email protected], 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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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.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Kim Treibick at [email protected].
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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
[email protected] with any questions.
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THE 6TH ANNUAL STEM FAIR IS GOING DIGITAL!
The new deadline for digital submissions will be on Tuesday, May 12th.
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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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Thank you so much for getting outside last week and participating
 in the daily Earth Week activities! We hope you had fun and learned or discovered something new. Next time you walk by school, take a look at the new tree that was planted last Friday in celebration of Arbor Day. Thanks for our new tree goes to the town Parks Department, the Greenwich Tree Conservancy, and the town Conservation Commission!
We also wanted to thank all families that contributed to the Trex Challenge this year! You should be very proud of the 266 pounds of plastic bags
/film that was recycled instead of being sent to our landfill! Within our group of 41 participating schools, we came in 19th! There were only 7 Connecticut schools in our group and out of those, we came in 2nd! The winning school was from New Jersey and they impressively collected 3,132 pounds! We will receive a flower box in the Fall for our participation in this year's challenge.
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BEE STATE QUALIFIER
We are so proud to announce that a Riverside School student, Matthew McFarlane, qualified to represent our school in the Nat GeoBee State Championships. I [Miss Arbulu] have been at Riverside for 17 years and this is a rare event--to have a fourth grader make it to the next round. On Thursday, January 30th, we honored our top 3 School Champions: in third place: Zihan Zhao; in second place: Charlie Madden; in first place: Matthew McFarlane. One week later, Matthew took the state test and was announced a qualifier (top 100 of the state of CT) to compete at a LIVE Geo Bee against other 4th-8th graders in the state of CT. Due to our current pandemic, the competition was cancelled. However, on Friday, April 17th, the participants were able to participate in a live video recognition ceremony. We are proud of all of our participants, and we encourage them to participate again next year! Congratulations, Matthew!
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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 [email protected]
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DIGITAL POSTURE AWARENESS
As kids and parents are at home using their digital devices in new and different settings, it is a great time to think about posture awareness. Paying attention to how we sit and hold our bodies while working and reading can help avoid stress on joints and muscles and support healthy spines. Please see
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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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DELIVERING ART SUPPLIES 
Greenwich Public Schools is currently providing bagged breakfast and lunch to students at various pick-up points around town from Monday to Friday. With these meals and with the help of the Greenwich Alliance and parent volunteers, ART SUPPLIES will be delivered next week to elementary students. There will also be school supplies (paper and pencils) for middle and high school students. If you are in need of art supplies or school supplies, please stop by. We will be delivering as follows:
Lunch Route 1 - Tuesday, May 5th
Lunch Route 2 - Wednesday, May 6th
Lunch Route 3 - Thursday, May 7th
Click here for the lunch bus routes.
There is a safety plan in place when making deliveries - social distancing is being followed, gloves and masks are being used by those delivering the supplies, display of goods are laid out and procedures are in place to avoid direct handling by students and parents. All supplies will be handled with gloves.
Thank you to Greenwich Alliance for the generous donation of art supplies!
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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
 Who? Teachers, parents, friends, community members - all are invited to contribute!
What? A safe way for GEA members to support our GPS Family with food, school supplies, and special circumstances during the pandemic.
Specifically:
- GEA will donate proceeds to to keep food on the shelves for our students' families
- GEA will purchase school supplies to keep our students productive
- GEA will send Gift Cards and Greeting Cards to our colleagues and paras who need our support in uncertain times
When?
Today - Tomorrow - Anytime!
Why?
Because we are Stronger Together!
What else?
If you become aware of a colleague or paraprofessional who could use GEA's support, please email brief details to
[email protected]
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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