Dear Ram Fam,

Thank you for your continued cooperation and help to keep the carline running smoothly in the morning and afternoon. This would not be possible without your help! Remember to check our Riverside website for announcements and information including our RES Parent Handbook.

Please mark your calendar for September 22nd. This will be Grandparents and Me Booknic at Riverside. Grandparents are invited to come visit during their grandchild's lunchtime. You may bring a lunch and one to share with your grandchild as well as lawn chairs and blankets. After eating lunch, you may visit the Book Fair too! We look forward to seeing all the grandparents on Friday!

Riverside is using Class Dojo school-wide this year. This allows you to communicate with your child's teacher and receive school-wide messages. Ask your teacher to give you information about how to join if you haven't already.

Remember, the school day begins each day at 7:25 and ends at 2:50. If you arrive after 7:25, please park and walk your child to the office to check in.

Finally, school fees are $25 this year and can be paid on www.payschoolscentral.com.

Thank you for supporting our school and I look forward to a wonderful year!

Mrs. Hobson

Riverside Principal

Please see Riverside's Uniform Policy pictured here. Thank you for your help to ensure students are wearing the appropriate uniform to school. Please remember that sweaters, sweatshirts, jackets, and coats must be solid colors (black, gray, khaki, navy, or white only). Riverside sweatshirts and hoodies purchased through the school or PTA may been worn as outerwear daily.

Riverside is excited to be a "We Care" school through Community Renewal. We are working to establish a "Culture of Caring". Students and staff will be looking for Rams demonstrating caring acts. When a Ram is caught caring, he or she will be recognized using our "Caught You Caring" cards.

*Students may begin exiting their vehicle at 7:05 when Riverside staff is on duty and the bell rings. Please do not let your child out of your vehicle before 7:05. Walkers should also not be on campus before 7:05. This is for your child's safety.

*The carline will run down the entire length of the driveway. Please pull all the way forward so we can get as many cars off the street as possible and expedite the drop-off process. School staff will be on duty and in position to direct students as they exit their vehicles.

*Breakfast will be served from 7:05-7:20. Students must be in their classroom by 7:25 or they are tardy.

*Students arriving at 7:25 or later will need to be signed in by a parent/guardian in the office. Please park and walk your child to the office if you arrive late.

*You MUST have a carpool tag to pick up a child from Riverside Elementary. Please hang it from your rearview mirror so it is visible for the RES staff. if you do not have a carpool tag you will have to park and come to the office to show your ID to pick up your child.

*Dismissal for ECSE classes will take place at 2:15 in the front carline.

*Dismissal for all PreK-5th students will begin at 2:50.

*All PreK-3rd grade car riders will be picked up at the front carpool line and all 4th and 5th car riders will be picked up at the back car line. Siblings will remain with their grade level.

*Walkers will meet in the cafeteria. Once all walkers have arrived, the duty personnel will walk all walkers to the crosswalk. The duty personnel will stop the carpool line and monitor these students as they walk across the crosswalk to meet a parent/guardian or move to the sidewalk to walk home.

*All parents of students who do not ride a bus and are not approved walkers (students that walk to and from their home to school) must use the carpool line.

September 21-29 Book Fair

September 22 Grandparents’ Day

October 6 End of 1st Nine Weeks

October 9-13 Fall Break - No School

October 16 2nd Nine Weeks Begins

October 23-27 Red Ribbon Week

October 27 1st Nine Weeks Awards Assembly

November 9 Fall Into Literacy Night

November 15 2nd Nine Weeks Progress Reports sent home

November 20-24 Thanksgiving Break -- No School