Hello River Bend Families!

Each Monday, Dr. Schulte and I go "Live on Location" for Morning Tiger News with students and then wrap up with our Motivational Monday. Next week, we are going to be celebrating students who are earning their stripes and the amazing learning that is happening in classrooms. We will also address some behaviors that are areas of growth. Unfortunately, we had several students who did not demonstrate kindness and integrity this past week. Please remind your kids to be nice and treat others the way they want to be treated. Words hurt and we cannot tolerate calling others names or using adjectives that may disrespect how someone looks. Ultimately, those words negatively impacts the way they feel.

For our construction update, our storm shelter is coming along and now they have started on the Fine Arts addition. They worked this past week on running lines under the street and manholes.

TRAFFIC ALERT: It is likely that next Friday, the 27th, there will be roadwork on River Valley Drive to replace the areas of the street that need it. This will affect traffic, especially during arrival and dismissal. We will be down to one lane with flaggers. Please plan ahead and be patient. There are other entrances to River Bend off of Olive that wind through the adjacent neighborhood. Also, if River Valley Drive backs up for any reason, please go down to the roundabout or detour on a perpendicular street so there is no congestion preventing buses or cars from pulling into the parking lot. I will sent out a reminder if I am informed they are definitely going to do the work that day. They are aiming for a Friday so that it has the weekend to cure and open the street back up on that following Monday.

This week I added a section designated to our River Bend PTO communication.

I am leaving early today to go see the college kids in Arkansas. Woo Pig!!

Have a great weekend!

Each child as my own,

Jaime

Mrs. Mitulski taught students a Mexican Folk Dance this week with a rhythm stick activity. Los Machetes is a traditional folk dance from the Jalisco region of Mexico. It was created by farm workers who used machetes as their main tool for harvesting sugar cane.

Wednesday, October 2nd - Rosh Hashanah

Saturday, October 5th - VICC Family Meeting at the City Museum (10 AM - 2 PM) & River Bend Carnival (4 - 6 PM)

Monday, October 7th (6:30 PM) - PTO Meeting

Tuesday, October 8th - Raising Canes PTO Fundraiser Night

Wednesday, October 9th (7:00 PM) - Parkway Board of Education Meeting

Thursday, October 10th - Early Release Day, 2:00 PM Dismissal

Friday, October 11th - Monday, October 14th -- FALL BREAK

1st graders are reading a fable called 'The Ant and the Grasshopper.' One of the words students learned was INDUSTRIOUS. Teachers taught students to use the words, adjectives, and clues around that tricky word to figure out its meaning...and they did! Wow, way to go! We are building strong readers!!

We will be introducing Lesson 3 over next two weeks:

Kindergarteners are learning that mistakes are okay!

1st graders will be able to name a skill they practiced.

2nd graders will be able to identify the outcome of a character's helpful or unhelpful thoughts.

3rd graders will learn how they can try a new way when learning something new.

4th graders will be learning how to check in on a class goal and make adjustments if they need.

5th graders will look at their personal goals and check in to see if they need to make an adjustment.

To ensure each student a safe and rigorous learning environment where they feel a sense of belonging, and can grow and lead with a global lens of kindness, responsibility, integrity, and empathy.

Website: https://www.parkwayschools.net/riverbend
Location: 224 River Valley Drive, Chesterfield, MO, USA
Phone: (314)-415-6650
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RiverBendParkway