Kindergartener Olin practiced swimming on his front with SJA Pool Director Miss Sandy, Sean, and Jamie, while his classmates looked on and waited their turns. |
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Greetings!
Wow, what a strong and vibrant community we have! Beyond all that's happening here at Riverside, read to the end for opportunities to join in yoga, maple sugaring, film making, spring youth sports, or animation festivities through our friends and organizations around our part of the NEK.
Happy Monday,
Nelia
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As of today, masking is optional at Riverside, so long as local rates do not spike, with a couple of exceptions. As explained last week, there are a few classroom settings in which we expect masking for a little while longer due to health concerns of teachers, students, or family members. To protect people’s health privacy, we won’t disclose the specific reason for those decisions. Students should still keep a mask in their backpacks for these specific situations.
Our other COVID protocols will remain unchanged at this time.
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Please help us determine if we are eligible for the ARP EANS grant by filling out this survey. If we qualify, the ARP EANS grant would allow us to offset many of the COVID-related expenses we incurred this year and would allow us to add additional learning supports for students and additional professional development for teachers next year to address COVID learning loss.
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The Riverside GSA (Gender and Sexuality Alliance) is a student-led, teacher-advised group established to support and celebrate Riverside’s LGBTQIA+ community. Weekly meetings are planned and run by students and consist of discussions, games, and social time. The group is open to all interested middle schoolers; allies are always welcome! |
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K-2nd graders will have swimming again this Friday, March 18, as well as April 1, 8, 29, and May 6. (Skipped weeks are because of the middle school play, the half day in April, and spring vacation). Just like with skiing, learning to swim is not the only reason we go. For these students, practicing taking care of their belongings, keeping track of time, and managing their behavior in the locker room is a growth area. Please help them to be a part of preparing to go.
Please remember to pick up students behind the Field House at St. Johnsbury Academy at 3:15. Any fathers who can arrive closer to 3:00 and lend a hand in the boys' locker room would be most welcome!
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On Friday, PK-8th graders should be ready for some extra outdoor activities and bring appropriate clothing to be outside. More details to come! |
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6-8th graders are invited to a dance hosted by Student Council this Friday night, from 7:00-9:15 in the barn. If any parents can donate snacks, drinks, or help chaperone, please email Peter.
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SHREK AND ELEMENTARY AUDIENCE NEXT WEEK
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Middle School Play Week will be next week, March 21-25, during which there will be no academic classes and a complete focus on the students' production and rehearsal effort. Performances are Friday, March 25 at 7:00 pm and Saturday, March 26 at 2:00 pm at Lyndon Institute Auditorium. Admission is by donation. This show is appropriate for all ages, please invite your friends!
PARENT HELP
Please email Nelia if you can lend a hand with any of the tasks below.
- sharing skills in painting or constructing with the sets elective during the day during play week
- trucks and drivers to help take sets and costumes to LI on Thursday, March 24 at 10:30 am
- helping with all-school pancake breakfast, Friday, March 25, 7:30-9:30 am
- helping with make-up Friday, March 25, 5:00-7:00 pm and/or Saturday, March 26, 12:00-2:00 pm
- helping with hair Friday, March 25 5:00-7:00 pm and/or Saturday, March 26, 12:00-2:00 pm
- helping run the bake sale during intermission at each performance
- trucks and drivers to help take sets and costumes back to Riverside on Saturday afternoon, March 26
DAILY SCHEDULE
MONDAY - WEDNESDAY: Run-Through Rehearsals, Tech Work, Electives, Scene Rehearsals
THURSDAY: Electives, Scene Rehearsals, 6-8 Carpools to LI, Tech Rehearsal
*Note*
- 6-8 Pick up at LI auditorium at 3:30
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No Extended Day Program for 6-8th graders
FRIDAY: PreK-8 Pancake Breakfast mid morning at school, 6-8 Carpools to LI, Scene Work, K-5 Bus to LI, Full Dress Rehearsal
*Note*
- 6-8 lunch hosted by LI
- K-5 will go to LI by bus at 1:30 pm to watch the dress rehearsal
- K-5 Pick Up at LI at 3:00
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6-8 (and younger sibling) pick up at LI at 3:30
- no Extended Day Program for K-8th graders
PERFORMANCES
FRIDAY: 6-8th grade students should be at LI at 5:00 pm to get in to costume and warm up. Performance is at 7:00 pm.
SATURDAY: 6-8th grade students should be at LI at 12:00 pm; performance is at 2:00 pm. We hope families can plan to stay and lend a hand with clean up and loading trucks with costumes, props, and sets.
Admission is by donation; this will be an engaging show for young people of all ages; please encourage your friends and neighbors to attend!
There will be a bake sale during intermission and after each show, if you can donate a plate of items to sell, please send them in to school or bring them to one of the shows.
MAKE-UP NOTES
Each actor should bring in his/her own mascara and eye liner in a labeled ziplock bag and turn it in to Nelia.
There will be more details next week related to our philosophy on this process, K-5 related information, hair, make up, and volunteers needed. Please plan to check this section carefully again next week!
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Parents Caitlin and Caleb Temple (preschooler Avery and 1st grader Landen) welcome the Riverside community to their sugar house the next two weekends. On March 19, 20, 26, 27 from 1:00-5:00 pm, visitors are welcome. Come see syrup-making in action and learn more about the process with this 5th generation sugaring family! The Temple's sugar house is easy to find at 1693 Ridge Road, North Kirby. |
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Parent Madeleine Balcom (3rd grader Azro, 7th grader Sylvan) would like to offer yoga classes to Riverside community members in support of the school.
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Four Tuesdays (March 22, 29, April 5, 12) at 5:00 pm on Zoom, join by donation to Riverside. The class will focus on yoga, breath and movement meditation to reduce stress and enhance connection. Email Madeleine your intention to donate, and she'll send you the link to the class.
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Six Sundays (March 20, 27, April 3, 10, 24) at 9:00 am in person at Creative Healing and Fitness, 518 Main Street, Lyndonville, $15/class, $60 full session, $90 two people or a couple full session - 50% of the fees will be donated to Riverside. This series will combine vinyasa yoga with powerful pranayama breathing exercises to increase vitality and a felt sense of wellbeing. Each week a vinyasa yoga flow will be explored with beginner through advanced variations so each person can experience their own fitness and mindset growth edge. This class will be co-taught by Madeleine and Ian Balcom, who bring combined experience and training in breath work and yoga asana. Email Madeleine for payment and registration information.
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SAVE YOUR EGG SHELLS PLEASE! |
Carmenza and parent Claudia Lechuage (3rd grader Eula) are planning a fun arts session making ‘cascarones’ - confetti-filled eggshells traditional to Mexico for celebrating holidays – and need your help in collecting eggshells. We’d love as many eggshells that you can save, with just the top ¼ cracked off. Reach out to Claudia if you have any questions or bring them to Carmenza at school.
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NVU & CATAMOUNT ARTS ANIMATION FESTIVAL |
The Vermont Animation Festival is proud to celebrate our seventh year as the only Animation Festival in Vermont! Screenings, workshops, and artist talk events will be from March 25-27, and include workshops for both beginner and experienced animators, a screening of student films, and an Artist Talk by our Keynote Speaker, Brattleboro based artist Jo Dery. The Vermont Animation Festival is hosted by Northern Vermont University in partnership with Catamount Arts and the Vermont Curators Group. More info is on their website here.
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Riverside 3-8th grade students are welcome to join seasonal athletic programs at the Kingdom East School District. Descriptions of baseball/softball, track and field, and kickball can be found on the Kingdom East Athletics page of the district website. You can access the sign up/survey of program interest here, or on the website as well.
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LYNDON YOUTH BASEBALL/SOFTBALL |
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CATAMOUNT ARTS & SOCAPA FILM SLAM |
Catamount Arts and The School of Creative and Performing Arts (SOCAPA) invite all area students and families to TAP INTO FILM, a 72-Hour Family Film Slam, May 5-8. After two years online, the much-anticipated-annual video arts competition is going hybrid with both in-person and online components! No matter their experience level, participants can compete for prizes.
Between a kick off party and an awards watch party, the weekend's main event is a team competition where groups of 3-5 filmmakers write, direct, edit, and premiere a short film in just two days. A winner will be selected from each category, by industry professionals, for a cash prize. All scripting, shooting and editing must take place within the 72 hours, so teams must have spontaneity, time management skills, and lots of ingenuity! Although the event is competitive, the environment is welcoming, supportive, and most importantly, fun!
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Parent Book Club will meet for the last time this Wednesday, March 16 at 5:00. Even if you haven't read the book, or have not yet been to one of our meetings, you're still welcome to join in the conversation! At our gathering we'll be discussing the final sections, "Hadzabe Health" and "Western Parenting 2.0."
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Chess Club will meet as usual this week. Next week there will be no Chess Club next week because of our focus on Shrek.
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Math Counts Club will not meet this week; meetings are paused for the next few weeks. The next meeting will be announced in the Monday Memo soon. Stay tuned.
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Vermont Trout Camp for Teens - ages of 13-17, will be held June 19-23, at Jackson’s Lodge on Lake Wallace in Canaan, VT. Learn to experience the out-of-doors to the fullest, with instruction in fly-casting, entomology, on-stream fly fishing tactics, fly tying, and cold-water fisheries management and biology.
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30 Lily Pond Road, Lyndonville, VT 05851
phone: 802.626.8552
fax: 802.626.4156
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