The Roadrunner Review

I am excited to share that our very own Mrs. Rodziewicz was "Caught in the Act!" Deb Traeder from the Wausau School Distruct Foundation surprised her here at Riverview with the award. She was nominated by Emily Ramthun and below is a small excerpt from the nomination....

"Mrs. Rodziewicz goes above and beyond in everything she does whether it’s at Riverview Elementary or in the community. She not only is an engaged library educator to kindergarten thru 5th graders, but has been a Leader in Me Coach/Lighthouse Team Member since 2021, assists with technology when tech mentors are unavailable, assists with the biannual Bike/Walk/Roll to School Day, volunteers her time for anything that is needed, helps the Riverview PTO, and is an engaged community member volunteering her time with her children's activities."

Thank you Kathy for everything you have done here at Riverview. Your dedication to our students and staff does not go unnoticed and we wish you all the best at Horace Mann!

Main Office/Attendance - 715 -261-0030

Bus Garage (First Student) - 715-842-2268

Office Hours 7:45 am - 3:45 pm

May 30th - Last day of school for students - early release day @ 11:30 a.m.

Even though we had to reschedule several times due to rain, the first K-2 students vs. staff kickball game was a success! The students outscored the staff, but fun was had by all. Our grades 3-5 will hold their game today, so maybe staff will outscore our older students this time. Thank you to our students for showing good sportsmanship on the playground during the month of May.

• This applies to students in grades K-12 only:

• Here is a link to the yellow school bus application. A few things to note:

• Students in grades 6-12, who live in an area served by Metro Ride, are not eligible for yellow bus transportation. To learn more about Metro Ride’s Express Routes, click here.

• First Student generally provides home-to-school transportation for these situations:

• Student resides more than two miles from their home school

• Student resides in an area identified in the District’s Hazardous Transportation Plan

• Students with transportation identified in their Individualized Educational Program (IEP)

• Bus stop locations are determined by the home address the Wausau School District has on file for your student(s). You'll want to make sure the address you provide on the yellow bus application is the same as the one the district has on file. If you need to change the home address on file for your student(s), please call the Longfellow Administration Center at 715-261-0500.

• First Student will be reaching out to you via email with timing and route information, rather than U.S. mail. If you have any concerns about that, or have other questions, please call First Student at 715-842-2268!

FOR 4K AND EARLY CHILDHOOD STUDENTS: 4K and EC families please follow the guidance provided through email from the 4K office at the time of registration regarding bus transportation.

• Families of students enrolled in Summer Learning should check their child’s backpack for a packet of information, if they haven’t yet!

• A water bottle will be needed each day. (please label your child’s water bottle with their name)

• If your student is in G2M and you want them to have sunscreen/bug spray applied at school, please complete these forms:

You will need to provide and label the sunscreen and bug spray.

Check out the button below for information about summer electronic benefit transfer:

Wis. Admin. Code § PI 9.06 requires school boards to evaluate the status of nondiscrimination and equality of educational opportunity in the school district at least once every five years and report the results to the Department of Public Instruction.

As part of that work, a team, made up of Wausau School District staff, including administrators, put together the Wausau School District Pupil Nondiscrimination Self-Evaluation Report. Now that the report has been compiled, we need to provide an opportunity for participation by students, teachers, administrators, parents/guardians, and residents of the school district. If you would like to share a comment, please don't hesitate to get in touch with Andy Grimm, Coordinator of Pupil Services, via email at agrimm@wausauschool.org

PI 9.01 Discrimination prohibited
Public schools in Wisconsin cannot discriminate against students based on characteristics like race, religion, disability, or sexual orientation. This includes admissions, programs, and activities.
Exceptions are allowed for special programs designed to meet the specific needs of students, such as gifted and talented programs or special education.

The full report can be found here: https://www.wausauschools.org/departments/pupil-services

The 2023-24 school year is quickly coming to a close and summer vacation is rapidly approaching. The Wausau School District appreciates your patience, understanding, and participation throughout this past school year. Your input and involvement has made a tremendous difference!

At the beginning of the school year, your child was issued an instructional device set. Your family may have also taken a US Cellular Hotspot for home internet access. Each of these items will need to be returned to your child’s home school in good working order by the end of this school year. Students enrolled in Summer Learning will also need to return their Instructional Device Set at the end of this school year. We will take care of providing their same Instructional Device Set to Summer Learning as needed. Please review the items listed below to determine which you will need to return.

iPad Instructional Device Set ($395.00 Fee if not returned)

• iPad

• Case

• Logitech Crayon

• Charging Cord

• Charging Block

Chromebook Instructional Device Set - ($305.00 Fee if not returned)

• Chromebook

• Case

• Charging Cord

• Charging Block

US Cellular MiFi (Hotspot) - ($99.00 Fee if not returned)

• MiFi unit

• Charging Cord

• Charging Block

It is important to note that unreturned devices, damaged devices, or missing components will result in assessed fees. All US Cellular MiFi will be deactivated on May 31, 2024 and will no longer offer an internet connection. MiFi devices will not be used for Summer Learning and should be returned at the end of the regular school year. Please watch for the material return directions provided by your child’s school. If you are aware of missing or damaged items please contact your child’s school for directions. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.

Here at the Wausau School District, we recognize that, in addition to our schools, non-profit community organizations offer engaging and enriching programs, activities, and events to students. To ensure you know about these programs, we have an 'E-Flyers' page available on our website, at all times, that lists them.

This list, which includes upcoming athletic camps, school productions, as well as other community-wide events, is updated as new flyers come in.

Summer is the perfect time to schedule appointments for your child’s medication refill and check on immunization requirements. Listed below are some reminders for prescription and over the counter medications, where to find needed forms and the Marathon County immunization requirements along with clinic information.

All Medication Must Be Kept in the Health Office This Includes:

Over the counter Pain Relievers (Tylenol/Advil or generic)

Gastrointestinal Products (Tums, Imodium etc)

Cold Products (Cough Drops ,Cough Syrup, Cold Medicine)

Ear or Eye Drops (Visine, etc,)

Vitamins/Probiotics

Prescription Medication

Students are not allowed to self-carry/self-administer medication unless approved by School Nurse/Health Care Provider

Epipens, Inhalers & Diabetic supplies may be carried by students. We request that the proper forms be completed in order for them to do so.

Contact supplies may be carried by students.

Please contact the health office for the necessary medication administration forms at 715-261-0035 or they may be picked up during office hours. Forms may also be found on the Wausau School District website at www.wausauschools.org under the parent tab, health information. Forms listed are Allergy Action plan, Asthma Action Plan, Seizure Action Plan and the Medication Administration Consent form. Completed forms can be turned in during Open House, they may be faxed to the number listed below, or dropped off at your convenience. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.

Students With Medication At School

Please remember to pick up your child’s medication before or on the last day of school. If your child will be attending summer learning, please contact Jenny Glovinski in the Health Office at 715-261-0035. Medications not picked up by 12:00 p.m. on May 30th, will be discarded (unless attending Summer Learning at Riverview).

Just a reminder that if your student will be attending a different school for Summer Learning you will need to pick their medication up from Riverview and drop it off at that school . Any questions please let me know.

Thank You,

Health Services

Phone 715-261-0035

Fax 715-261-3905

Office Hours 7:45 - 3:45

Office open during Summer Learning 7:30-3:30

Marathon County Immunization Information:

Our Immunization Clinics

• Are by appointment only

• Phone: (715)261-1000

• Provide an interpreter, if needed.

Who We Can Immunize

We give all childhood immunizations to infants and children (through 18 years of age) who:

• Do not have health insurance, or

• Health insurance does not cover immunizations, or

• Have Medical Assistance or BadgerCare, or

• Are Native American or Alaska Native.

Email: sbudny@wausauschools.org
Website: http://riverview.wausauschools.org/
Location: Riverview Elementary School, Troy Street, Wausau, WI, USA
Phone: 715-261-0030
Twitter: @WausauSchDist

Principal

Budny, Sarah - sbudny@wausauschools.org

Administrative Assistant

Knapp, Patty - pknapp@wausauschools.org

Regular Education

4K

Hall, Kristin - khall@wausauschools.org

Szekeress, Danica - dszekere@wausauschools.org

Kindergarten

Burnett, Amber - aburnett@wausauschools.org

Hiles, Chelsie - chiles@wausauschools.org

Steinagel, Nathan - nsteinagel@wausauschools.org

1st grade

Lor, Baonhia - blor@wausauschools.org

Meyer, Ella - emeyer@wausauschools.org

Witt, Laura - lwitt@wausauschools.org

2nd grade

Burmeister, Michelle - mburmeis@wausauschools.org

Differt, Kayla - kdiffert@wausauschools.org

Heil, Kari - kheil@wausauschools.org

3rd grade

Hoppenjan, Margaret - mhoppenjan@wausauschools.org

Richardt, Cindy - mrichard@wausauschools.org

Smith, Chris - csmith@wausauschools.org

4th grade

Brown, Courtney - ccbrown@wausauschools.org

Helke, Casey - chelke@wausauschools.org

Moe, Rebecca (Becky) - rmoe@wausauschools.org

5th grade

Her, Joshua - joher@wausauschools.org

Soukup, Megan - msoukup@wausauschools.org

Widmar, Kristin - kwidmar@wausauschools.org

GT Resource Teacher

Adams, Matt - madams@wausauschools.org

EL Teacher

Carlson, Karen - kcarlson@wausauschools.org

Special Education

Boller, Amy - amboller@wausauschools.org

Connor, Kearsten - kconnor@wausauschools.org

Ermeling, Ashley - aermlin@wausauschools.org

Hau, Mackenzie - mwockenfus@wausauschools.org

Holdridge, Julie - jholdrid@wausauschools.org

Hrdina, Jessica - jhrdina@wausauschools.org

Husnick, Donna - dhusnick@wausauschools.org

Kressel, Renee - rkressel@wausauschools.org

Lodahl, Mia - mlodahl@wausauschools.org

Persha, Morgan - mpersha@wausauschools.org

Puetz, Nancy - npuetz@wausauschools.org

Pupil Services

Counselors:

Boulanger, Kris - kboulang@wausauschools.org

Morrow, Jenna - jmorrow@wausauschools.org

Social Worker

Johnson, Morgan - mcjohnson@wausauschools.org

School Psychologist

Mitchell, Matthew - mmitchel@wausauschools.org

Bridge Coordinator

Block, Randee - rgblock@wausauschools.org

G2M Program Coordinator

Ramthun, Emily - eramthun@wausauschools.org

Encore

Art

Allee, Jennifer - jlingford@wausauschools.org

Koser, Andrea - akoser@wausauschools.orgf

Library

Rodziewicz, Kathy - krodziew@wausauschools.org

Music

Lenselink, Angela - alenseli@wausauschools.org

Wressell, Sana - swressel@wausauschools.org

Physical Education

Sullivan, Christin - csulliva@wausauschools.org

Wais, Jeff - jwais@wausauschools.org

Science

Dienger, Victoria - vdienger@wausauschools.org

Severt, Morgen - msevert@wausauschools.org

Support Staff

Terri Kankelfitz, Jackie Keller, Tammy Kromrei, Sandy Wirkus, Andrea Cordova, Cher Her, Lynn Haucke, Cindy Schuster, Loretta Lazaroff, Breanna Bolssen, Leanne Matz, Caitlyn Sitte, Julia Radke, Payton Reidinger, Keng Xiong, Mindy Voeltzke, Lucas Jacobson, Megan Tatro

District Nurse/Health Paraprofessional

Mootz, Emilee - emootz@wausauschools.org

Glovinski, Jenny - jglovins@wausauschools.org

Nutrition Services

Batt, Amanda - abatt@wausauschools.org

Huntington, Susan - shuntington@wausauschools.org

Rosso, Kay - krosso@wausauschools.org

Custodian

Maroszek, Chris - cmaroszek@wausauschools.org

Dotter-Begay, Beth - bdotterb@wausauschools.org

Dotter, Dylan - ddotter@wausauschools.org

Kluender, Carrie - ckluender@wausauschools.org