Navigating the River

Each week, you will receive our newsletter containing important dates, events, and school news. Navigating the River is one of the best ways to stay up to date on what's happening at the River and ways to get involved to help make this school year the best yet! #RMSGoodAsGold

• October 23rd - 27th - Red Ribbon Week
  
• October 25th - Last Day to Purchase Tickets for 6th Grade Boo Bash via SchoolPay
  
• October 26th - 6th Grade Boo Bash
• October 28th - Trunk or Treat (9:00 am - 12:00 pm @ Lambert HS)
• October 30th - November 3rd - Scholastic Book Fair
• October 30th - November 20th - Sources of Strength Trusted Adult Campaign
• October 31st - Cross Country Inaugural Halloween Run (4:30 pm @ Riverwatch MS)
• November 1st - Chorus Concert (6:30 pm @ FoCAL Center)
• November 3rd - 12th - Peach Skin Sheets Sale (see infographic below for more information)
• November 7th - School Picture Retakes and CTSO Club Pictures (HOSA, FBLA, DECA)
• November 10th - Club Picture Day
• November 10th - Girls Basketball Scrimmage (@ Riverwatch MS)
• November 11th - Day of Caring (Open to the Community - see flyer below for more details)
• November 13th - December 16th - DECA's Toy Drive for The Place's Holiday House
• November 16th - Basketball vs. North Forsyth MS (Boys HOME, Girls AWAY)
• November 28th - Parent University (6:00 pm - 8:00 pm @ Sharon ES)

**CTAE Pathway Nights for each high school will occur during the months of October and November. Please see the infographic below for more information!

Dear Lambert Families,

Thank you to all who provided feedback on the survey sent last month to garner input on session topics for our Fall Parent University. We were able to put together a comprehensive list of sessions based on your feedback and are excited to offer this valuable learning opportunity to all of the families in the Lambert Connected community of schools.

Please...

1. Mark your calendars for November 28, 6:00 P.M. and plan to attend Parent U at Sharon Elementary.
2. Review our SESSION DESCRIPTIONS and identify the topics that appeal most to you and your family.
3. Complete THIS FORM to RSVP and register for the sessions that match your interests and needs.

If you have students at multiple schools in our community, you are likely to receive this message multiple times. Please only fill out the survey one time. We will be collecting RSVPs through Friday, November 10.

Sincerely,

Lambert Connected Administrators

If your 6th Grader wants to attend the Boo Bash, TODAY (10/25) is the last day to purchase tickets via SchoolPay! This is not an event they want to miss!

Interested in signing up to help during the 6th Grade Boo Bash?

Sign up here!

PTSO is looking for parent volunteers to help out with the Book Fair, starting with set up on 10/26. For more details about dates and shifts, please click HERE.

One of the best ways we can protect young people is for them to have caring, connected, and positive adults in their lives. A Trusted Adult could be a parent, an older sibling, a relative, teacher, coach, school personnel, faith leader, or community member. Our Trusted Adult Campaign will run from October 30 - November 17. The campaign will focus on helping individuals identify, name and connect to an adult they could go to if they were experiencing a difficult time or if a friend needed help. We look forward to celebrating the Trusted Adults in our students' lives!

There is a Q1 Panther PRIDE Student Survey that has been shared with students in their Canvas announcements. Students are invited to give feedback on Panther PRIDE and student acknowledgements as our PBIS Team plans for Q2. Please help us by asking and encouraging your child to give their input.

In Parent Portal, navigate to Check my email/phone preferences. Click on Settings and go into Contact Preferences. Make sure that “teacher” is checked.

Curious to see what's happening at RMS from the student view? Check out the RMS Panther News!

RMS Panther News

It's been a busy month on the River! We celebrated the end of our first 9-Weeks with an opportunity for students to redeem some of their Panther PRIDE points they've been working so hard to earn. Students were able to shop the PRIDE store and get their favorite goodies delivered to them! We also got to recognize our top earning Panthers for August and September! Give these kids a round of applause...they are truly demonstrating what it means to be #RMSGoodAsGold!

Input Wanted for draft 25-26 Student Calendar (Ends 10/27)

Thank you for taking the time to review the calendar timeline and draft, and for providing feedback!

• Review the Calendar Timeline
• Review the Draft 25-26 Student Calendar
• Provide Input on the Draft Calendar (Ends 10/27)
• 23-24 and 24-25 Approved Student Calendars

Things end but memories last forever...with your yearbook! Purchase your yearbook now!

• Go to www.YearbookOrderCenter.com
• Enter Order Number 1287 or search for Riverwatch Middle School
• Click on the icon labeled Yearbook & Ads
• Follow the instructions on the website

If you have any questions about your yearbook order, please call

Herff Jones at 1-800-837-4235!

Thank you to all of our generous families that have already joined PTSO! If you would like to support the RMS PTSO in its mission to support teachers and students, we are still accepting donations. If you have not had a chance to join yet, we are still trying to reach our budget goal of $9,500 in membership funds.

Why join RMS PTSO? PTSO depends primarily on donations from our RMS families to finance initiatives to support teachers and students. All funds raised go directly back to RMS. Your membership fee is your donation to the PTSO, and because we are a 501c3, your donation is tax deductible and eligible for corporate matching if your employer offers that benefit.

What if I don't have time to volunteer? That's ok! We will happily accept financial donations without any obligation to volunteer.

How will you use my donations? PTSO funds a variety of initiatives to support teachers and students. Our three big commitments this year are:

1) 22 new Chromebooks and a cart for student usage;

2) Teacher grants for educational supplies, club support, and school improvements;

3) Funding to support the PBIS rewards program.

To see a more detailed breakdown of how PTSO spends funds, you can view the 23/24 budget HERE.

How can I join? If you would like to support RMS PTSO, please click HERE.

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• Students will only be released to a parent or adult listed in Infinite Campus. No student will be released to anyone under the age of 18.
• A government-issued identification is required to check out a student. We cannot accept a photograph of an identification in lieu of the identification itself. Parents/guardians will be asked to return with their official identification or make alternate arrangements for checking out the student.

Please remember to email Ms. Hayworth at f41677@forsyth.k12.ga.us if your student is absent for any reason! Absence letters/emails must be received within 5 days of your student's absence.

The front office staff is not permitted to relay transportation messages to students. Transportation changes are not permitted during the school day.

Students are assigned one bus stop, morning and afternoon. FCS Transportation does not authorize bus stop changes where students can go home with friends or relatives or get off the bus at a bus stop other than their designated bus stop assigned to them and their home address. The only exception is in court-ordered joint custody scenarios where an additional address has been updated and verified in their IC profile.