"The Leopard Print"

Please see the information below for upcoming activities and events at Rio Vista Elementary School. Helpful links are also provided to help support your students!

Remember that instruction begins at 7:50am. Supervision and free school breakfast are available starting at 7:25am, so we encourage you to plan your drop-off for between 7:30-7:40am each day.

Our attendance was UP THIS WEEK! Our average for the whole week was over 93%. As we prepare for State Testing, we hope you will continue to get our Leopards to school so they can prepare for success as much as possible. Can we average 94% next week?!?!

Thank you, as always, for making sure our students are at school every day. Great things happen for them when they are here!

REMEMBER, MISSING ONLY 2 DAYS PER MONTH IS THE SAME AS MISSING AN ENTIRE MONTH OF SCHOOL FOR THE YEAR!!

**We need your help with tardies! We begin instruction AT 7:50am, so please arrive early enough for students to get all of their instructional minutes

3/24-3/28 ELPAC 1:1Testing (Continues)

3/25 Disciplina Positiva (8:30am, MPR)

3/25 T2 Awards Assembly (1st grade, 1:25pm, MPR)

3/25 PTA Angels Game Fundraiser (vs. Dodgers, 6pm)

3/26 T2 Awards Assembly (5th grade, 10:00am, MPR)

3/27 First Grade Field Trip (OC Zoo)

3/27 T2 Awards Assembly (Kinder, 12:10pm, MPR)

3/27 T2 Awards Assembly (4th grade, 1:15pm, MPR)

3/27 Musical Rehearsal (2:30pm, MPR)

3/28 AVID College Friday

3/28 Dessert Extravaganza (Lunches)

3/28 T2 Awards Assembly (2nd grade, 10:30am, MPR)

3/28 T2 Awards Assembly (3rd grade, 1:15pm, MPR)

3/29 Rio Vista PTA Health Fair (11am-2pm, Blacktop)

Looking ahead

4/1 NO Disciplina Positiva

4/2 ELAC (9am, MPR)

4/3 SSC (2:45pm, room 502)

4/3 Musical Rehearsal (2:30pm, MPR)

4/4 AVID College Friday

4/4 5th grade field trip (Crystal Cove)

Dear Families,

Kids Heart Challenge starts soon, and we are proud to support the American Heart Association through this service-learning program. Students will learn how to have happy and healthy hearts and brains, while raising lifesaving donations to help others with special hearts. Plus, your family can learn the lifesaving skill of Hands-Only CPR through Finn’s Mission! Sign Up TODAY at http://www2.heart.org/goto/riovistaelementary or by downloading the FREE AHA Schools App for Apple or Android.

Students who sign up early will be recognized at our assembly on 3/24/2025!

Meet heart survivor Finn and hear how completing Finn’s Mission gives hope to everyone, everywhere. Let’s save lives together! Thank you for being a Heart Hero!

Exciting news for our PTA Members! Our PTA Board will be randomly selecting one PTA Member each week to be the "Member of the Week," which comes with some exciting privileges:

• "Front of the line" pass for the drop-off/pick-up valet line
• Shout out in the morning announcements
• Shout out in the Leopard Print
• Highlight on the Rio Vista Instagram page

To be entered, you just have to be a PTA Member. If you haven't joined yet, it is only $15 and all the proceeds are used to support students at Rio Vista. Thank you to those of you who have already joined, and we hope more of you will join at Open House this week!

Did you know that our very own Rio Vista parents are helping to support the valet line in the morning? They are parents just like you who are dedicating their time to support the school, and their main focus is the safety of all our Leopards who are coming to school every day.

You can recognize our PTA Volunteers in the parking lot because they have special blue vests!

Thank you for driving slowly in our parking lot, pulling all the way forward to load and unload, and refraining from stopping in the valet line. If you want to watch your student walk all the way to the gate please be sure to park nearby or walk them up so the valet line is not stopped.

Thanks to our volunteers and thank you to our community for following the same Leopard Laws we ask our students to observe every single day!

This year's PTA Angels Game fundraiser is a game against the Dodgers! We hope to see you there.

See the flier below for information regarding a District wellness event at Melrose Elementary School on Friday, March 28th.

See the flier below regarding our second annual PTA Health Fair. Vendors from all across the County will be here to provide free services and supports to our families!

From the Valadez PTA President:

I am excited to extend this invitation to you on behalf of our PTA. We are looking forward to meeting with the families of Rio Vista and Melrose. This will be my first Parent Night meeting and both of you being present would mean a lot. Having a familiar face in a place can go a long way. We want to do what we can to help your families transition to the nest.

We will have light refreshments for the meeting and sell food for our Open House. If you have any ideas on how we can support your families, please do not hesitate to share.

I appreciate the partnership we are working to build and I look forward to our collective success in supporting the families of the La Jolla Community.

I hope to see you then!

***If you pre-register online, you get to SKIP THE LINES for admission and food!***

Registration Link to share: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd0HMlqRj2Tyj-1LNnwexQHGJ1f6dAcanZhotG9SMUC1zzbAw/viewform

See below for the updated flier for the next session. Students will receive 50 PBIS points every time their parent or guardian attends a meeting!!

We can't wait to welcome your Future Leopards! TK and Kinder Registration is OPEN NOW; please follow up with our office team to make sure we have everything necessary to register your student for next year here at Rio Vista.

See below for information and registration. Our Expanded Learning department is providing enrichment activities at no cost to families after school at Rio Vista! Students can participate whether or not they are in the CASA program.

See below for some important dates regarding performances for our students in Music!

See below for the next months' calendar for our School Musical, "Finding Nemo Jr."

We are quite a bit behind last year's pace for families signed up as PTA members. All proceeds go directly to support our students in every grade, so your support is appreciated!

CLICK HERE to sign up quickly. Thank you for your $15 donation!!

Starting in December, PTA volunteers can help teachers by taking care of preparation tasks (making copies, cutting things out, etc.) on Tuesdays. Reach out if you have any questions about how you can help.

Also, thank you to our PTA parents who signed up to volunteer supporting valet in the parking lot in the morning!

Remember, everyone is trying to be on time to school and to make it to their next destination safely, so thank you for respecting the rules of the parking lot by only dropping off in the drive through lane, dropping off after passing the cross walk, and not blocking traffic in the drive through lane.

Please be sure to check the Lost and Found regularly to look for items your child may have left behind around campus. Our PTA helpers wash and hang the clothes, so please leave the hangers when you take your items.

At the end of each month, anything left on the Lost and Found cart will be donated to our local Goodwill.

Click HERE to access our amazing PTA website with links to all upcoming school and community events! Scan the QR Code below to join as a member (only $15 per family to join PTA, nothing else is required to be a member!).

Rio Vista is one of only 2 schools in all of Orange County (and one of only 24 schools in the state of California!) to earn this recognition. Thank you to our amazing PTA Board for their leadership and dedication, and thank you to all of our wonderful parents and families for joining as members (your donation goes directly to students) and for volunteering when possible.

Our number one priority is the safety of all Rio Vista students and families. Please use the crosswalk in the front parking lot, and only load or unload students in the valet line (do not drop off in the staff parking lanes).

Please do not walk in the wheelchair accessible area (marked by blue stripes) where we load students into the cars.

Also, PLEASE DO NOT PARK ALONG ANY RED CURB as that space needs to be available for emergency services in the case of an emergency. Please be courteous to our neighbors and do not park in front of anyone's driveway.

Make sure to remind your students to pay attention at the dismissal area. If we have to call them more than 3 times and they do not come to the loading zone, we will ask you to go back around in line and we'll try again.

Thank you for working together to keep everyone safe!

See the document below for reminders about our collective responsibilities to each other as parents, students, and teachers. Be sure to ask for a copy of this to sign at your parent/teacher conference this week.

PYLUSD's Family Resource Center, (FRC) in partnership with Family Health Matters, will be offering free assistance with MediCal and CalFresh applications. The FRC is located next to Topaz Elementary. Please review the flyer for more information including documents you will need. Call 714-714-1259 to schedule an appointment.

FLIER

El centro de recursos familiares de PYLUSD, en asociación con Family Health Matters, ofrecerá asistencia gratuita con las solicitudes de MediCal y CalFresh. El FRC está ubicado al lado de la escuela primaria Topaz. Revise el folleto para obtener más información, incluyendo los documentos que necesitará. Llame al 714-714-1259 para programar una cita.

FOLLETO

Click HERE and HERE for parent resources to help understand and prepare for the ELPAC test.

Students are going to have access to Reflex Math (via CLEVER), a program purchased by the district in order to provide students with the practice necessary to solidify their basic math skills and facts. It's designed for students 1st grade and beyond.

This is a really fun "gamified" program that students love using, which they will have access to at school and at home. They practice a "back to basics" curriculum and earn points that allow them to personalize their home page.

Teachers and parents will all be receiving an email from Reflex Math this week with instructions for how to set up classes and add students.

Reflex Parent Guide- English

Reflex Parent Guide-Spanish

English: Rio Vista Families, our Free State Preschool Program, is enrolling children 3- 4 years of age by or before December 1st. Families will be pre-screened to determine eligibility based on income. Our Preschool Program has achieved the highest quality Star Rating from the Orange County Department of Education. For more information, please call 714-986-7247.

Spanish: Familias de Río Vista , nuestro programa preescolar estatal gratuito está inscribiendo a niños que cumplan 3 a 4 años el 1ro de Diciembre o antes. Las familias serán pre-evaluadas para determinar la elegibilidad según los ingresos. Nuestro Programa Preescolar ha obtenido la calificación de estrellas de más alta calidad del Departamento de Educación del Condado de Orange. Para obtener más información, llame al 714-986-7247.

Attached is the Rio Vista SARC. It is the publicly available accounting of site demographic data, facilities information, and budget details.

(en Espanol)

Below are all the links to the OCDE resource handout and the asynchronous courses where you can learn for yourself about how to keep your children safe in the digital world.

Resource handout-English

Resource handout-Spanish

Asynchronous Plugged-In Parents: Cyberbullying and Digital Drama Parent Presentation-English

Asynchronous Plugged-In Parents: Cyberbullying and Digital Drama Parent Presentation-Spanish

If you haven't already this year, please fill out and return the form below to our front office so we can continue to find ways to support you and your family. If you are unsure if you qualify, the document explains the criteria.

ENGLISH

ESPANOL

For those who qualify, there may be resources available to help with child care and associated costs.

Orange County Head Start

ENGLISH (support)

ESPANOL (ayuda)

Please see the attached flyer for any student or parent who needs help accessing low cost dental care. The Buena Park Dental Clinic serves all low income students who have Medi-cal.

We hold high expectations for ALL students through rigorous and relevant educational experiences that challenge them to become responsible, ethical and engaged citizens.

Website: riovistaschool.org
Location: 310 North Rio Vista Street, Anaheim, CA, USA
Phone: 714-986-7240
Twitter: @riovista310