This Week @ Riverside

August 15, 2024, 6:00 - 7:30 PM

For our incoming 9th Grade Parents & Parents New To RVHS

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The RAM SHACK will be open all night for you to shop RAM gear.

The PTSO, Athletic Boosters, and Theater Boosters will be here to answer any questions.

Schedule For the Evening:

• 6:00 - 6:20 PM Welcome by RVHS Administration and School Counseling in the Auditorium
• 6:20 - 6:25 PM Transition to first session

• 6:25 - 6:45 PM Session 1 - Your Choice
• 6:45 - 6:50 PM Transition to next session

• 6:50 - 6:55 PM Session 2 - Your Choice
• 6:55 - 7:00 PM Transition to next session

• 7:00 - 7:20 PM Session 3 - Your Choice

• 7:20 - 7:30 PM Visit the RAM Shack, Visit the PTSO table, Visit the Athletic Boosters table, Visit the Theater Boosters table

Sessions for Parents (Choose 3)

• School Counseling with Mr. Mason and School Counseling Team - Cafeteria
• ParentVue Assistance - Cafeteria
• RVHS 101 with Dr. Fraze and Mrs. Mackert - Library
• Ram Resource: 9th Grade Academy Program with Ms. Northman - Auditorium
• Get Involved as a RVHS Student with Ms. Cadang-Kristan - 1804
• Chat with the Principal with Mr. Anderson - 1400/1300 Hallway near RAM Shack

August 19, 2024 4:30 - 6:30 PM

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The Student and Parent Open House is coming up! This event is designed to give students and families the most flexibility allowing them to pick their own adventure as they explore the school and meet their teachers. Students and families may spend two hours with us or come by for a speedy meet and greet.

**There are NO period bells during this event - we are NOT following a class schedule.**

Open House provides parents and students with an opportunity to get to know their academic program and teacher. It's also a wonderful opportunity to network and start building positive relationships between home and the schoolhouse.

Teacher Locations

• Use your students schedule to find what room their teacher is in.

• We dont have enough room at the schoolhouse for every teacher to have their own room. Some Teachers have to travel to different rooms throughout Riverside. For this event, Traveling teachers will be in the cafeteria: There will be signs posted outside the classroom listed on the schedule if the teacher travels. There will also be signs in cafeteria so you know who is who.

Open House Offerings

• Meet & Greet Teachers - Individual locations - ParentVue and Hand-Out provide specific locations

• Club Kick-Off - Gym ***Come explore and join if you choose many of the current clubs at RHVS.

• RAM Shack - Award winning school store - Open for shopping school gear

• Senior Class of 2025 Information - An overview of senior year - located in the Auditorium

• PTSO Boosters - Table in the main hallway

• Athletic Boosters - Table in the main hallway

• ParentVue Help - RVHS Registrar Kathy Jackson will be available to help with questions in the School Counseling Office

• RVHS Clinic - Medication forms and medication drop off will be available for the 2024-2025 school year.

If you are a rising 9th grader (going into grade 9)...please bring your Chromebook to exchange at Open House.

See details below:

• To provide the smoothest, quickest experience possible, please ensure that your rising freshman brings their currently-assigned Chromebook with them to Open House. They will exchange that Chromebook for a newer model that will better support them in their high school journey. Please have them remove and save any stickers and neatly wrap the power cable.

• If your child is accepted into the Academies of Loudoun, they will receive a ThinkPad laptop from the Academies of Loudoun that will cover all of their educational needs instead of the Chromebook that is issued here at Riverside. If your child is new to LCPS, no need to worry, we have a Chromebook for them as well!

We look forward to meeting everyone on the lower level at the intersection of the L400 & L500 hallways and hope you have a wonderful school year.

Good Morning Riverside,

I'm not sure how much you follow the news or watch LCPS/School Board meetings, but school systems in Virginia have been tasked with creating and implementing new policies centered around student personal devices. This will be a change for us and all of Virginia. While the policy is somewhat more directive, it is not drastically different from what we have done here at the schoolhouse in the past.

Please familiarize yourself with the policy (linked below) and speak with your students concerning this new structure, we will definitely do so here at the schoolhouse when we open our doors in August. I know that if we work together this initiative will be a success and create the best learning environment for our school.

In June 2024, the LCPS School Board passed Policy 8655: STUDENT PERSONAL DEVICE USE. Please familiarize yourself with the linked document. Prior to this policy, students had more discretion with using personal devices during instructional periods. Staff also had more discretion. The concerns brought forward with students being distracted by personal devices, concerns with learning loss, and inappropriate use of technology have resulted in our school board now requiring students and staff to adhere to county-wide expectations. Per policy, devices include cell phones, tablets, earbuds, personal gaming devices, and other technologies.

Key points to Policy 8655:

• Students may use their personal devices during non-instructional time, before and after school, during class changes, and during lunch time.

• Students may not use their devices during instructional time unless directed to use these devices for instruction.

• Upon arrival to class students must silence devices and store them in a designated classroom storage location or in their backpacks so they are not immediately accessible.

• Should the need arise to leave the classroom while students are scheduled in instructional time, devices must remain stowed (unless a student is leaving for the day).

• To align with AP, SAT, ACT, and SOL testing practices, we encourage all staff to have students remove, silence, and stow smart watches during assessments. This is a deterrent to academic dishonesty and a testing best practice.

Resource for Parents and Guardians:

• CommonSense Media: Cellphones and Devices: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers

• LCPS Mental Health and Community Resources

Hey Riverside,

Below is a list of Important Dates through the first semester. It is not exhaustive, but it has most of the major events in Q1 and Q2. Hopefully this will give you a snapshot of what our first 18 weeks together will entail.

I will begin the regular Sunday Newsletter-This Week @ Riverside-as we begin the school year.

2024-2025

Link to LCPS Calendars

RVHS A/B Day Calendar

July

• 4: Holiday

• 5: Holiday

• 30-31: Lead Loudoun Conference

• 31: School Counselors Back at the Schoolhouse

August

• 1: IC Retreat 9:00-1:00

• 1: School Counselor required training all day (off-site)

• 2: Admin Training-OSA @ Admin.

• 5-Fall Sports Tryouts Begin

• 5-6: Senior Portraits @ RVHS (schedule with Legacy Portraits)

• 6: ParentVue online verification begins

• 9: New Teacher Welcome @ IHS 8:30-11:30

• 12: Dept Chair Institute

• 12: All New Teachers to RVHS @ RVHS

• 12: Families can view student schedules (must do ParentVUE Online Verification first-see Aug 6)

• 13: School Nurse @ RVHS

• 14: Teachers Back to the Schoolhouse

• 15: All New Teachers @ Content Training

• 15: LCPS Teacher Training Day

• 15: 9th Grade & New to RVHS Family Orientation (5:30-7:00 PM)

• 16: RAMT Kick-Off Meeting

• 19: Teacher Assistants Back at the Schoolhouse

• 19: RVHS Open House and Club Kick Off (4:30-6:30 PM)

• 20: Safety & Security Training All Admin 9:00-12:00 @ Stone Bridge

• 21: RVHS Faculty Picture Day (9:30 AM)

• 22: First Day of School / Advisory

• 22-30: Advisory Schedule Each Day

• 22: Faculty Meeting @ 4:25 PM in Library

• 23: Faculty Meeting @ 4:25 PM in Library

• 26: Class Meetings (9th / 10th Grades)

• 27: Class Meetings (11th / 12th Grades)

• 28: RAMT

• 30: Student/Teacher Holiday

September

• 2: Labor Day, Schools Closed

• 5: Principal’s Meeting

• 6: Lockdown Drill - Block 5

• 9-13: Homecoming Week (Advisory Bell Schedule All Week)

• 13: PEP Rally / Parade / Homecoming Game

• 14: Homecoming Dance

• 17: Principal’s Meeting

• 18: Faculty Meeting

• 25: RAMT

October

• 2: Shelter Drill-Advisory

• 2: Fall Choir Concert

• 3: Schools closed- Holiday

• 4: PD day- No students

• 8: Solution Tree Visit

• 9: National Honor Society Fall Induction

• 14: Schools closed- Holiday

• 16: Faculty Meeting

• 17-20: Fall Play

• 18: PSAT Day @ Riverside

• 22: Principal’s Meeting

• 23: RAMT

• 24-25: Fall Play

• 29: End of Quarter 1

• 30: Teacher Planning Day-No Students

• 31: Teacher Planning Day-No Students

November

• 1: Schools closed- Holiday

• 4: PD Day- No Students

• 5: LCPS PD Day - No Students

• 7: Academic Letter Ceremony

• 11: Winter Sports Tryouts

• 12: Principal’s Meeting

• 15-17 Fall Play (Class Show)

• 20: Faculty Meeting

• 20: RAMT

• 21: Principal’s Meeting

• 27-29: Thanksgiving Break

December 2024

• 10: Principal’s Meeting

• 16: Principal’s Meeting

• 18: Faculty Meeting

• 18: RAMT

• 19: Solution Tree Visit

• 20: Winter Fine Arts Assembly

• 23 - Jan 3: Winter Break

January 2025

• 1-3 Winter Break

• 17-19 Winter Theatre Class Show

• 20: Schools closed- Holiday

• 21: Principal’s Meeting

• 22: Faculty Meeting

• 22: RAMT

• 24: End of Quarter 2

• 29: Schools Closed- Holiday

8/12 - 8/18/24

Monday, August 12:

• 9:30 Admin Meeting-Mr. Anderson's Office

• 11:00 - 12:00 School Counseling Team Meeting-Main Office Conference Room

• Golf @ McLean 8am

• Fall Sports Picture Day 2pm

• 2:30 - 3:30 Unified Mental Health Team Meeting - Library

• Fall Sports Parent Meeting 7pm– main gym

Tuesday, August 13:

• 8:30: New to LCPS EL Teachers Training @ RVHS (cafeteria and 1600 hallway unavailable)

• 9:00 - 10:00 School Counseling Team Meeting - Main Office Conference Room

• 10:00: PTSO Mtg: Mr. Anderson

• Field Hockey @ Lightridge 7pm vs. Loudoun Valley—Riverside is away team (bus leaves at 5pm)

Wednesday, August 14: All Teaching Staff Back @ Riverside

Caution: Seniors are painting their parking spaces.

• 9:00: RVHS Staff @ GW (20101 Academic Way, Ashburn, VA 20147 - Exploration Hall)

• 3:00: RAM Rally

• 3:30: IC Mtg.

Thursday, August 15: All Teaching Staff @ LCPS Trainings

• 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM ES Math Teacher Content Day Training @ RVHS (many classrooms unavailable)

• 6:00: Parents of Freshmen & New Students: Meet in the Auditorium

• Freshman Football Scrimmage @ Millbrook 4:30pm (bus leaves at 2:30pm)

• Varsity Football Scrimmage @ Millbrook 6pm (buses leaves at 3:45pm)

• Field Hockey Scrimmage @ Gainesville 5pm (bus leaves at 3:15pm)

Friday, August 16:

Caution: Seniors are painting their parking spaces.

• 8:30: Staff Breakfast

• 9:00-12:00: @ Safety Mtg. Ms. Northman

• 9:30: RVHS 101s

• 11:00: RAMT Mtg.

• 1:00: Calendar Mtg.

• 2:0o: RAM Rally

Saturday, August 17:

Caution: Seniors are painting their parking spaces.

• 9:00-1:00: Building Open for Staff

Sunday, August 18:

Caution: Seniors are painting their parking spaces.

• 9:00-1:00: Building Open for Staff

Coming Events:

• Aug 19: 4:30 - 6:30 PM Riverside Open House and Club Kick Off

• September 4: 6:00-7:30pm Parents/Families of Seniors, Post High School Planning Presentation by School Counselors

• Address: 19019 Upper Belmont Pl., Leesburg VA 20176
• Main Office: 703-554-8900
• Instagram: @Riverside_HS
• Twitter: @RiversideLCPS
• Website: https://www.lcps.org/riverside