Navigating the River

We are so excited for the upcoming school year! 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

Panther families,

As we embark on a new school year, we are looking for multiple parents, business partners, and teachers interested in running for Local School Council (LSC). All new members will serve a two-year term with the exception of any parent with an 8th grade student, your term will be one year. The LSC is an advisory body that provides recommendations and feedback to the school principal and the FCS Board. The RMS LSC meets six times during the school year at 8:00 a.m. All meetings and corresponding minutes are open to the public. Our LSC is comprised of business partners, parents, and teachers. Several of our current parent and business representatives concluded their terms this year. At this time, we are accepting an emailed letter of interest and a short candidate bio from anyone interested in running for Local School Council. The bios may be shared with our school community should we have more candidates than vacancies to fill and a vote required. If you are interested in either the parent or business council positions, please send your letter and bio to Ms. Debra Fischer - dfischer@forsyth.k12.ga.us. We will be accepting bios through August 2, 2023.

Sincerely,

Carrie MacAllaster

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Check out the requested school supplies for your grade level!

We know your students are eager to select their locker and show their style! They have an opportunity to choose their locker location and decorate it early with the purchase of a Panther Pack. Early Access Panther Packs will be available for $30 on July 21 via School Pay. After purchase, you will be able to reserve your time slot for access.

During this event, students will be able to select a locker of their choice from their team's section of lockers. Schedules will be released the evening prior, so students will know their team. They will have time to practice their combination and decorate their locker (if they wish). Parents may assist with this.

For this event to be successful, we need your help! If you are interested in helping make the day run more efficiently, please sign up here to be a parent volunteer!

If a student is not interested in early access, lockers will be assigned on the first day of school. If students are interested in purchasing a regular Panther Pack, they will be available for $20 after the event.

Schedules? Check! Supply List? Check! Now it's time to join us for a Meet & Greet on July 31 to meet teachers, get information on extracurricular offerings, and how to best navigate the River. We can't wait to meet you!

This checklist will help prepare you and your student for the Meet & Greet. You will be able to walk your student's schedule while finding out more about different offerings at Riverwatch and locating common areas! We will have paper copies of the checklist available that day.

Families will be able to view student schedules in Parent/Student Portal the afternoon of July 27th. By that time, all course consideration requests that were submitted by the deadline in May will have been reviewed. If the request was approved, the change will be on the student schedule.

Got a question about Parent Portal and grades/schedule/forms/navigation? Check out our Resource Guides here!

Resource Guides for Parent Portal

Moving forward, My Payments Plus will only be utilized for school cafeteria purchases (breakfast/lunch/a la carte items). School Pay will be the new payment system used for other school purchasing needs.

Do you need more information on the meal offerings and nutrition information for Forsyth County Schools? Check out the School Nutrition page!

School Nutrition

Carpool- Morning Carpool will begin at 8:15 and end at the 9:00 tardy bell. Please ensure all drivers pull as far forward as possible to make room for others. Our busiest carpool time is between 8:30-8:50. Please plan to leave in time to allow for traffic and longer carpool lines if you will arrive during this time.

Afternoon carpool will start at 4:12 and continue until the last student is picked up. Please make sure you arrive to pick your student up by 4:30. Please pull forward as far as possible to allow space for others. Encourage your student to look for your vehicle and have their belongings ready to load quickly and efficiently.

Bus- Transportation rosters will be available to view during open house. Students will be sorted by grade level and listed alphabetically along their grade levels hallways. Students and families will be able to see their assigned route number, estimated morning and afternoon pick-up/drop-off times, and bus stop locations. Families are also able to view this same transportation information by using their Parent Portal account and navigating to the Transportation tab. Parents can also view transportation information using the following link https://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/Page/845 This has all the information concerning bus routes and who to contact if you have any transportation concerns.

If your student needs medication during the school day, please see the page for Nurse Brenda!

Student Medication

Next week, we'll continue talking about ways to be successful in the first days of school, discuss voting for the LSC, and more. Stay tuned!