As part of Giving Tuesday, Ms. Solovay's third grade class at Riverside had a nice surprise for teachers and students.

"Our class wanted to give back to Riverside with their hearts," said Ms. Solovay. Each student made several Positivity Notes and pictures to help brighten the day of teachers and students. They "secretly" just taped them to every door around Riverside.

We are looking forward to welcoming students on Thursday. Here are procedures and protocols that you may find helpful.

As the final days of summer fade away, I hope that you all share the excitement of a new school year, gratitude that we are all back in the building as a school family,  and confidence in our commitment to providing a safe and healthy educational experience for our children.   Riverside Elementary School has a powerful tradition of excellence and our staff members look forward to working collaboratively to continue building on the best foundation.

Student technology devices will be collected by the end of the year for Grades 5, 1 and PK only. Please bring your devices and chargers for collection on the following dates: 

Grade 5 (Chromebooks) - Thursday June 17
We will be collecting the Chromebooks from all of the fifth-grade students. When they return to the district in the fall for middle school, they will receive a MacBook at the beginning of the school year.

Riverside is excited to be welcoming back a large majority of students in all grades to the "four days per week" model. With this change, we will have a significantly greater population of folks at Riverside during arrival and dismissal so we ask for your patience, flexibility, and grace as we work to make things as smooth as possible. 

We look forward to welcoming many of our students back to in-person instruction this week after a long stretch of remote learning along with the winter break.  A few key reminders as we head back to school tomorrow:

* First, it is imperative that all families and staff members follow all guidelines related to travel, quarantining, and contact tracing as those measures are essential for us in maintaining a safe and healthy learning environment.  Should you have any specific questions about protocols -- specifically when your child(ren) may need to stay home -- please reach out to our school nurse Sarah Gooen-Chen.

Dear Riverside Families,

I am writing primarily to highlight the email from the district yesterday evening about logging into all Zoom sessions directly through the student's PPS email account. 

We hope everyone had a fantastic Winter Break. All students are remote from January 4 through January 11. Hybrid learning will resume on Tuesday, January 12. Here is the schedule for the next two weeks:

Dear Riverside Families,

As we head into the long holiday weekend, I have a few important announcements and reminders to share...

* Next week (November 30 - December 4), all PPS schools will operate entirely remotely, and our daily schedule will be reverting to the one that we used in September and early October before launching the hybrid model. Your child(ren)'s teacher(s) will be providing the information that you need for their classes that week.

Thank you for your support in completing a health-status assessment each morning for your child (parents) or yourself (high schoolers).  You’ve enabled us to welcome our staff and students back to school in a safe environment.

Based on our experience, we’re making minor changes in our system.