This Week @ Riverside

Legacy Portraits will be at Riverside High School on Wednesday, October 9th and Thursday, October 10th for underclassmen (9th-11th Grade) class pictures. Students will be taking their pictures during their English classes. There is no order form to fill out ahead of time. Students will receive an individualized ticket with a QR code on picture day to take with them to the cameras. They will then hold on to this ticket to use the QR to link to Legacy Pictures order site. All online orders will be sent directly to the address given when ordering. Please contact our Publications Adviser, Mr. Dan Wojcik, at dan.wojcik@lcps.org with any questions concerning underclassmen or senior pictures.

The make-up day for Underclassmen pictures is scheduled for Tuesday, November 19th.

It’s been a very successful week for orchestra and guitar. Congratulations to Leela Lee, Samuel He, and Nayab Usman for getting into Senior Regionals for Orchestra and to Alyssa Pryor for being chosen as an alternate.

In Guitar, congratulations to Ryan Li, Anjali Pheng, James Todd, and Nayab Usman again for getting into the All-State Guitar Ensemble.

Both events held record high numbers of students who signed up to audition for these ensemble so getting in was no small feat. We look forward to the concerts they will have with the Senior Regional Orchestra and the All-State Guitar Ensemble in November

To support students in various capacities, Riverside has provided after-school activity buses for 3 school days each week! This transportation system currently runs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays with departure times of 5:30.

• See the picture accompanying this for the stops. (may not be your normal drop off)

Students may register for the CTT through the Language Assessment Reporting System (LARS). The link is found under the Student Opportunities portal in LCPSGO. A confirmation ticket will be sent to the student and the parent/ guardian email on file.

Loudoun County Public Schools allows students with the ability to comprehend and communicate in languages other than English, to earn high school credits through State-approved world language assessments. The Credit Through Testing (CTT) exam measures students’ language proficiency in order to award one, two, or three high school world language credits.

The Credit Through Testing (CTT) exam is designed to assess students’ first language proficiency and is available for students in grades 9 through 12 only, whose first language is not English. The exam requires a student to read and comprehend exam instructions and writing prompts in the first language. The student must be able to write two well-developed essays in the exam language, each consisting of at least three cohesive paragraphs on two topics.

The Credit Through Testing exam is offered each November. Students may take the exam two times per language while in high school. For SY 2024-2025, the following 27 languages will be available for assessment using the State approved Rubric. These represent where 50 or more students in grades 9-12 speak the language as a first language at home: American Sign Language, Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese/Mandarin, Farsi, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Pashto, Punjabi, Russian, Sanskrit, Spanish, Tagalog/Filipino, Tamil, Telugu, Turkish, Urdu, and Vietnamese.

*Latin will be offered this SY 2024-25 through ALIRA only to earn Seal of Biliteracy.

Registration for the exam will vary by school. Students may sign up online or request information on where to sign up for the Credit Through Testing Exam at the Counseling Office or the Department of World Languages and Cultures at the school.

• Registration opens on Thursday, August 22, 2024.

• Registration closes on Sunday, October 20, 2024.

(2024 CTT exam testing dates - November 7, November 12, November 14, and December 4. More information can be found under Credit through Testing Dates and Locations).

Students who pass the exam will also meet the language proficiency requirement to earn the Seal of Biliteracy at graduation. We will continue to use nationally-normed tests such as STAMP, AAPPL, OPI, OPIc, and the WPT to meet the requirement for the State Seal of Biliteracy.

NVCC is providing Financial Aid Night presentations in the coming weeks. Families will learn about the financial aid process and how to access types of aid. Riverside is not hosting a presentation but instead combining with Broad Run High School on October 16. Families may attend any of the presentations at any location. To attend the virtual session October 8 at 6:00PM use THIS LINK.

On Wednesday, October 2nd , we will do our PSAT Readiness Check...you'll need your LCPS issued Chromebook. Academies students will take the PSAT at the Academies.

On Friday, October 18th, all 9th - 11th grade students will take the PSAT.

Monday, September 30: B Day

• 8:30 - 9:30 AM FCA meeting (aux gym)

• 8:45 - 9:15 AM Class of 2025 T-shirt sales (main hallway)

• 11:15-12:45 Admin Meeting

• 3:30 - 8:00 PM Fall Choir Rehearsal (cafeteria)

• Freshmen Football @ Loudoun County 5:30 pm (early dismissal at 3:50pm)

• JV Football @ Loudoun County 6:45pm (bus leaves at 5:30pm)

• Volleyball @ Independence 5:45, 5:45, Varsity-20 minutes after JV (bus leaves at 4:30pm)

• Field Hockey vs. Lightridge 5:30pm

• Tuscarora (Away) vs. Loudoun County (Home) Field Hockey 6:45pm (Fraze)

Tuesday, October 1: A Day - 1st Quarter Interim

• 8:30 - 9:15 AM Varsity Club meeting (main gym)

• 8:45 - 9:15 AM Class of 2025 T-shirt sales (main hallway)

• 8:45 - 9:15 AM German Club meeting (L209)

• 9:30 - 11:00 AM Unified Mental Health Team Meeting (Main office conference room)

• 4:30- 5:15 PM RAMS Writing Center Club (library)

• 6:30 - 7:30 PM James Madison University virtual info session; link in SchooLinks

• 7:00 PM Fall Choir Concert (cafeteria)

• 7:00 PM Partners for Safe Teen Driving (auditorium)

• 7:00 PM Powder Puff Game (stadium)

• Field Hockey @ Briar Woods 5:30pm (early dismissal at 4pm)

• Volleyball vs. Stone Bridge 5:45, 5:45, Varsity-20 minutes after JV (Anderson)

Wednesday, October 2: B-Day - PSAT Digital Readiness Check - Special Event Bell Schedule

• 8:30 - 9:15 AM RAMS Writing Center Club meeting (1130A)

• 10:40 - 11:40 AM Senior Class Meeting (auditorium)

• 11:30 AM Earthquake Drill (Advisory)

• 6:00 - 8:00 PM Color Guard Practice (cafeteria)

• Region Golf Championship @ Brambleton

Thursday, October 3: Holiday (No School)

Friday, October 4 : Student Holiday-Staff Training Day

• 8:00 - 9:00 AM Calendar Meeting

• 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Literacy Training (auditorium)

• 9:00 - 10:00 AM School Counselors in NACAC Training

• 2:00 - 4:00 PM Anderson and Mackert at Admin building

• Varsity Football vs. Loudoun County 7pm

Saturday, October 5:

• SAT Testing at predetermined sites

• 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM Band Booster Yard Sale (parking lot)

• 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM Harry Potter construction (auditorium, 1816)

• 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Silver Fox Realtor “Paws in Paris” Dog Show (top field - Kipheart)

• Cross Country @ Octoberfest Invitational (bus leaves at 6:30am)

Sunday, October 6:

• 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Harry Potter construction (auditorium, 1816)

• Address: 19019 Upper Belmont Pl., Leesburg VA 20176
• Main Office: 703-554-8900
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