Riverside Newsletter

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1 Non-Profit US POSTAGE PAID PERMIT #4 PO Box 428 Postal Patron Striving to Provide the Highest Quality Education for the Communities of Carson, Macedonia, and Oakland. Riverside Newsletter Riverside Community School Mission Statement The mission of the Riverside Community School District is to prepare students to meet the challenges of the future as responsible citizens in a global society. Riverside website is September, 2016 Volume 23, Issue 2 Alexa Brink Photo Inside this issue: School/Community Open House for Dr. Mitchell Homecoming Info. Movies PayForIT * Dr. Tim Mitchell, Superintendent Central Office *Mr. Jamie Meek, Pre-K-6 Principal Intermediate School Elementary School * Mr. David Gute Jr.-Sr. HS Principal Jr.-Sr. High School * Randy Miller Transportation Bus Garage Regular School Board Meetings: 3rd Monday of 7 PM Release the Balloons! School Pictures For All Schools Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Homecoming Week is September 12-17, 2016 The Riverside Community School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, socioeconomic status, or disability in its educational programs and activities and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, socioeconomic status or disability in its employment practices, or as otherwise prohibited by statute or regulation. For more information or concerns regarding educational programs or activities, employment practices or information regarding the grievance procedure, contact Dr. Tim Mitchell, Equity Coordinator, Riverside Community School District, 330 Pleasant Street, PO Box 218, Carson, IA 51525,

2 Riverside Returning to Washington DC in Spring 2017 Alex Oliver will be the chaperone for Junior and Senior Students from Riverside going to Washington DC from March 14-18, This will be an action-packed and memorable 5 days for students and community members. Maybe there will be no snow!! If any community members are interested in going on this trip please contact Mr Oliver for registration information: aoliver@riverside.k12.ia.us. Deadline is November 15. Backpack Program Riverside Elementary and Intermediate School students have the opportunity to participate in the backpack program again this school year. The backpack program is designed to provide food for hungry children at times when other resources are not available, such as during weekends and school vacations. Food Bank for the Heartland supplies packs filled with nutritious food for children to take home on Friday afternoons. Each pack provides two breakfast meals and two lunch or dinner meals. If you would like your child/ children to participate, please call Jana Hensley at or me at jhensley@riverside.k12.ia.us. Thank you! Submitted by Jana Hensley 2

3 Riverside Allergy Awareness (Mr. Meek and Mrs. Palmer) There have been some discussions about the expectations of food allergies at Riverside Schools. Here is what we consider when it comes to peanut/tree nut allergies. 1. All Riverside kitchens are peanut/tree nut free. 2. Any snacks sent to classrooms for birthdays, celebrations, or other classroom parties should be peanut/ tree nut free. Any purchased or homemade snack should include the ingredient list. A recipe is OK to send if made at home. 3. We do allow peanut butter to be brought in a lunch. We ask that students not share/trade lunch items. If there are any changes to a specific classroom regarding food allergies, parents will be notified in writing. Join The Riverside Booster Club The Riverside Booster Club s purpose is to assist all grades, clubs and organizations, including athletics, band, choir, National Honor Society, drama, yearbook, FCCLA, etc. in obtaining needed items. In the past, we have purchased athletic uniforms and supplies, band uniforms, bike helmets, risers for the choir, a tent for track, donated toward shirts for K-12 students and staff, donated toward student trips/camps (all-state camp, neuro camp, choir students to sing in NYC, etc.), helped to send band members to the Orange Bowl and other honor bands, FCCLA members to the state conference, scholarships, post prom, and many other school organizations that have needed funding for projects for students. The Riverside Booster is having a competition between Elem/IS staff against HS staff. Winners will receive a Blimpies Blast. Please let us know if there is anything we might be able to help you with. Thanks For Your Support Riverside Booster Club Ready for Breakfast (Lindsey Henderson photo) First Day of School (submitted by Lindsey Henderson) 3

4 2016 Riverside Homecoming Court Row 1: Lilly Smith, Ana Andrusyshyn, Hadley Caniglia, Morgan Gentile-Turner, Chole Castaneda Row 2: Tatem Bluml, Brent Pendgraft, Lucas Wilber, Otis Matejka, Cole Moore (photo by Jaycee Mansfield) 4

5 FLAGS These kids spend 3 days at Wartburg's All-State camp at the beginning of August to learn the music for auditions in October. The process is extremely difficult, and the level of music is very collegiate. If anyone is accepted after auditions, they will sing in a chorus of 600 kids from all over the state at Iowa State's Hilton Coliseum. It's truly the highest honor you can achieve as a high school choir student. Pictured above are: Morgan Gentile-Turner( front) Back: Collin Price, Lucas Wilber, Brent Pendgraft, Sara Conway Left to right: Riley Raney, Olivia Weis, Hannah Seifert, Shae Palazzo, Sydney Swope (Kelsey Burns photo and article) 5

6 News From The Intermediate School Ready for School Lunch with Dr. Mitchell Photo by Tami Skank Above: Students learn the technique for raising the flag. (Photo by Caiti Smith) Left: Intermediate students check out the gym on their tour of the new school. (Photo by Tami Skank) 6

7 During the first week of school, students in grades Kindergarten through Grade 12 had their pictures taken in the new school building. We want to include those in this newsletter and upcoming newsletters. We have also added something new with the newsletter this year. We have some students helping out with taking photos, writing articles, and other duties as assigned. Top: Chris Gaynor makes his way into the new school Above: Here comes Jacey Kallsen School Pictures For All Schools Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Homecoming Week is September 12-17,

8 College Visits Navy Recruiter Lunch Display Tuesday, September 20, st & 2nd Lunch Buena Vista College Storm Lake, IA Thursday, October 13, th Period Missouri Western State U. St. Joseph, MO Thursday, October 27, th Period Eli Petersen at State FFA (Brock Johnson photo) Hey, Kids! The Oakland Christian Church Is hosting The 5th Quarter After Home Football Games Pizza is on the menu So hurry on down to the church after the game. Math News (Hillary Hoffmann) Christian Ehlers and Brynden Detlef are seeing who can build the tallest tower using spaghetti and marshmallows in Ms. Hoffmann's math class. They both had different designs and structures but eventually ended up creating a tower with roughly the same height. Good work boys! 8

9 Safeco Player of the Game Hummel Insurance Services is proud to have once again been selected as part of an exclusive group of insurance agencies associated with Safeco Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Company, invited to participate in the Player of the Game (POTG) Program. This program highlights a high school varsity football player of the game at each home game of the Riverside Bulldogs. The player selected will receive a certificate, as well as a commemorative medallion and football at the conclusion of the game. On August 22, 2016, Craig Hummel, on behalf of Safeco Insurance and Hummel Insurance Services, presented a check in the amount of $500 to the Riverside Athletic Department, in association with the Player of the Game Program. The Player of the Game banner, which was presented last year, is proudly displayed below the Press Box. The presentation was made to: Dr. Timothy Mitchell, Supt., Dave Gute, High School Principal, Liz Graves, Athletic Director, and Mitch Rice, Head Football Coach. Hummel Insurance Services has been proudly serving the Riverside area since Please don t forget to stick around until the end of the game to help honor the hardworking Riverside Bulldog Player of the Game! For Sale: Football Posters $5 Contact Coach Rice if interested Jamie Hackett at State FFA (Oliver photo) School Pictures September 13 Homecoming September The students pictured above will be helping with not only the yearbook but the Riverside newsletter. They are under the direction of Mrs. Callie Kallsen and Mrs. Mary Stempel. Left to right: Elayna Eggers, Morgan Gentile-Turner, Austin Hodges, Madison Manzer, Jacey Kallsen, Jaycee Mansfield, Kyanna Hansen. 9

10 Scenes From Riverside Elementary Mrs. Hummel s Second Grade Class Photo submitted by Mrs. Hummel Mrs. Bertacini s kindergarten class is busy learning about sharing and following orders in the four pictures she submitted on this page. Looks like fun, kids! 10