Riverside Updates

This Week- Book Fair During Each Class's Library Time

Monday 11/25- Friday 11/29- No School / Thanksgiving Break

Monday 12/2 - Friday 12/13- MAP Testing Window for 1st through 5th grade

-Reading MAP on Tuesday 12/3

-Math MAP on Thursday 12/5

Countdown to Winter Dress Up Days (See Below)

Monday 12/23 - Friday 1/3 - Winter Break

At Riverside Elementary, our mission is to foster a community where everyone feels loved, respected, and encouraged in order to develop to their full potential!

Website: https://www.horrycountyschools.net/Riverside_Elementary_School
Location: 1283 Highway 57 South, Little River, SC, USA
Phone: (843) 399-8800
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063689706722

The Fall Book Fair is here! Riverside's Fall Book Fair begins Friday, November 15--Friday, November 22nd. Daily hours are 8:00 am--2:00 pm in the Riverside Library. Family Night is Tuesday, November 19th, from 2:30--6:00. Visit our book fair homepage to preview books, set up an eWallet, or shop online:

https://www.scholastic.com/bf/riversideelementaryschool45

See you at the Fair!

Riverside Elementary will participate in a canned food drive Monday, December 2nd through Friday, December 13th. If we reach 1,000 non-perishable items, all students will receive extra recess time.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided at NO COST to families this year.

We will not be able to accept Door Dash or Uber Eats food deliveries. You may bring food to your child, but for safety reasons we cannot accept deliveries.

Monday, November 18

• Teriyaki Chicken Bowl,PB&J,Yogurt Bundle

Tuesday, November 19

• Nachos Grande, Chicken Filet Sandwich, Pizza Lunchable

Wednesday, November 20

• Bosco Sticks, Corn Dog, PB&J

Thursday, November 21

• Thanksgiving Style Lunch (Students Only Due to Limited Space- Gym Floor is Still Torn Up)

Friday, November 22

• Pizza, Cheeseburger, PB&J

Reading is a key part of each child's day at Riverside Elementary. In order to reinforce reading skills at home, please ensure that your child is reading nightly. Whether they read with you or are able to read on their own, taking the time to read for enjoyment and then discuss what they read is a great way to show your child that reading is important!

Here is a link to the Department of Education's Website "Supporting Your Child's Reading at Home." It gives support by age level that includes activities and videos.

https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/rel/Products/Region/southeast/Resource/100679

This article "7 Important Questions to Ask Your Child During Story Time," is a great resource to support thinking as a reader and writer for our younger students.

https://www.scholastic.com/parents/books-and-reading/raise-a-reader-blog/story-time-questions.html

This article from Lexile.com entitled "21 Questions to Ask Your Child About a Book" has a variety of before, while and after reading questions for fictional text.

https://lexile.com/parents-students/tools-to-support-reading-at-home/21-questions-ask-child-book/#:~:text=What%20was%20the%20most%20interesting,way%20you%20thought%20it%20would%3F

If non-fiction is more of your child's style, "Questions to Ask Your Child While Reading Non-Fiction," from the Florida Department of Education, may be for you!

https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/16290/urlt/K2QNF.pdf

This was distributed at the beginning of the year and includes information related to:

Welcome, Our Vision, Mission and Mantra

Visiting The School/Volunteering

Family Values

Student Behavior

General Policies

Student Services

Transportation

Safety Plans

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JVvrcTeu3i_pt-ostlYfLioc8tgl0KNB/view

Transportation changes will only be accepted with a note signed by the parent or guardian. Notes can be sent in with your child or emailed to REStransportation@horrycountyschools.net. The email must come from the parent email on file. All changes must be made in writing prior to 1:30 p.m. Changes may not be honored after this tine.

For questions about specific bus stops or times, please contact the North Myrtle Beach Bus Office at (843) 399-8575.

Your child’s bus may arrive 10 minutes early or up to 10 minutes late as we get all of our routes timed out appropriately.

CD-Kindergarten parents must be at the bus stop to pick up children. Older siblings cannot be responsible for younger siblings in these grades. Please be sure that you have made arrangements so that your child knows who is picking them up at the bus stop in the afternoon. If an older child says that they do not feel comfortable getting off the bus without a parent at the stop, they will be returned to school.

Please see the HCS or RES Parent Student Handbook for bus discipline information.

Please visit the HCS website linked HERE for more information regarding attendance and tardy policies.

Excused Absences

· An absence is considered excused if a valid medical doctor's written note (with the date & time the student was seen) is provided within 3 school days after the absence. Online Medical visits with medical notes and/or screenshots that contain the student's name, date of birth, and results of the online visit (prescription, number of days out before the student's return to school, etc.)

· An absence for bereavement, due to a death in the student's immediate family, may be excused if an obituary or program of service verifying the death is provided to the attendance clerk within 3 school days after the student returns to school.

· An absence for a nationally recognized religious holiday of the student's faith may be excused if a request is made in writing to the principal and written approval is received prior to the absence.

A parent may request approval of an absence for a hardship, in writing, utilizing the Request for Approval form. This form may be obtained from the school's attendance office. The form must be completed and submitted prior to the absence (if the parent has prior knowledge), or within 3 days following the absence.

Students who have appointments after school and need to leave early should be signed out prior to 2 p.m. Remember that signing your child out early counts as an early dismissal for that day, unless you send in a doctor’s excuse. Students may not be signed out between 2:00—2:30 p.m. Students will not be dismissed from the front office, car riders should be picked up in the car line.

If you need to make a PowerSchool change throughout the year, please do so using the following directions:

The Year Round Update link has been added to the Parent Portal.

• There are three links (English, Spanish and Portuguese).
• Login to PowerSchool through www.horrycountyschools.net
• On the bottom left hand side, you will find the "year round update" option
• Once you click it, you will be redirected to the info snap registration link which will allow you to make changes
• Any changes to residence will require a proof of residence (This should be either a utility bill, lease agreement, or your deed to your purchased property.)

If you have not already, please be sure to complete the technology parent permission form. We cannot issue a device to your child without this form completed and signed. Ask your child's teacher if you are in need of a copy.

If you have an outstanding technology fee from last school year, this payment must be made before we can issue an iPad to your child this year.

Please be sure to log in to mypaymentsplus.com to pay the optional tech fee. This fee significantly decreases the cost if the iPad is broken/damaged.

While academics and a positive school culture are focuses at RES, ultimately your child's safety is our top priority. We practice a variety of drills monthly (see more details about our drills below) and our faculty participates in additional "what if" scenarios during our faculty meetings in order to more extensively prepare for situations that we pray never happen.

Thank you for reassuring your child(ren) that they are safe at RES! Your positivity and reassurance helps them to continue to focus on their academics while at school. Please continue to remind your child that if they see something, then they need to say something to an adult as soon as possible so that we can work with law enforcement to find the source of the threat. Thank you all again.

The school continually monitors the implementation of the Title I plan and welcomes input from parents, school staff, and community members regarding its current and future Title I plans. If you would like to make comments on the plan, please contact the principal, Melissa Wolfe.

We would love to have your feedback. You may complete our Title I Survey electronically by clicking HERE. Paper copies will be sent out at the beginning of September.

*All staff emails can be found on our website under the directory.

Riverside Elementary School Website

If you have a specific questions about assignments, grades, or

in-class concerns, please contact the classroom teacher.