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Riverside Elementary
Roadrunner Home Plate News
Mrs. Beth Kimmel, Principal
17 Laurel Drive, Jeffersonville IN 47130
RES Knocks it out of the Park!
October News:
Thank you to all the parents for meeting
with us for parent teacher conferences.
The end of the 9 weeks is Friday, Oct. 4.
Final grades will go into Powerschool and will
be available for viewing over fall break on
October 8. Paper copies will be available
Wednesday after we return , Oct. 23.
During the month of September, our ISTEP
scores for the spring of 2013 came back.
The results are listed above. Over all our
English Language Arts scores stayed fairly
steady and we saw an increase in our math
scores. Thank YOU for helping your students do the very best they can in school.
It takes all of us working together to make
our school successful.
Are you having trouble getting into
your student’s Powerschool account?
Be sure that the email address you are
using is the same one you used at registration. If your email address has
changed, call the office and we will
change ours to your new address. Also,
be sure you are using the correct password. If you forgot your password or
login, click on the appropriate tab and it
should respond to you by email within
minutes.
Phone: 288-4868 Fax: 288-4894
2013-14 ISTEP Results
ELA: 85.3%
Math: 82.5%
October
2013
Cross Country News:
We had 57 students come out for Cross Country this year. A big thanks to all the parents
for supporting their students and thanks to
Ms. Angi McEwen for coaching the boys and
girls this year. Congratulations to both the
girls’ and boys’ teams as they both placed 2nd
in the first meet. The following students will
advance to the next meet: Austin Hattabaugh,
Ethan Fox, Latavan Palmer, Jaden Williams,
Robert Cline, KeVonne Murrell, Blake Blevins,
Michael Stevens, Caleb Thomas, Jades Vales,
Austin Smith, Vance Boyd, Raegan Jones, Cameron Smithers, Makayla Williams, Senya Irvin,
Alexis Gibson, Khloe Leet, Mary Morrison
Bland, Lydia Church, Bailey Houston, Emily
Ames, Emma Eaton, and Isabella Sharpensteen.
Picture Retakes
School pictures are scheduled to come
back on 10/10, we will not be here so we
have rescheduled for them to be delivered on 10/21. This is just 3 days before
retakes.
Dates to Remember:
Oct. 4—End of 9 weeks
Oct. 7-18– Fall Break
Oct. 21– 6:00 PAC mtg
Oct. 24– 9:00 retakes; 4:45
GCCS Cross Country meet @
Utica
Oct. 23– Report Cards distributed
Oct. 25– 9:15 Kdg Field
Trip; PAC Chuck E. Cheese
night
Girls Basketball Team
Be sure to READ with your
Congratulations to Riverside Girl’s Basket- child over fall break!!
ball team; Alexis Gibson, Mashayla Billups,
Bailey Gibson, Shelby Searcy, Mary Morrison Bland, Lucy Morrison Bland, Jenna
Burden, Brooklyn Carter, Makayla Griffin
and Alexis Thompson. The girl’s made it to
the final four basketball tournaments.
Student Council
Riverside Student Council, along with their sponsors, traveled to Graham
Creek Elementary for a leadership workshop on Saturday, September 28 th.
The kids met with other student councils from across Southeast Indiana
and spent the day learning various attributes of what it takes to be an excellent leader for an elementary student body. The kids met in whole
groups, had break-out sessions, and learned many fun brain break chants
and songs during the course of the day. They also worked on Student Council’s State project: “Choose Kind” by making blankets to distribute to needy
people or organizations.
When asked what they had learned, students replied with the following;
“Working together to make kindness happen makes it not seem like work.”
Philanthropy means giving time, talent, and treasure. Treasure is anything
you cherish. ““Being a leader can mean a world of different things.” “I
learned how to make a motion. “ ”Accepting others makes them and you feel
better about themselves.”
Although, several of our members weren’t fond of waking up early and meeting at school at 7:00 am, by the end of our workshop all were in agreement
that much was learned and so much fun was had by all!
The members of Riverside’s Student Council are working towards being
named an Honor Council by the Indiana Association of Student Councils.
The leadership workshop is one of many criteria the group has to fulfill in
order to gain this prestigious award.
When we return from Fall Break we will be celebrating RED RIBBON WEEK:
A Healthy Me Is a Drug-Free Me! This is the week we pledge to say “NO”
to drugs. We will be doing activities each day of Red Ribbon Week. Please
use the flyer in our newsletter as your daily guide to Red Ribbon Week.
Character Awards
Every two weeks, our teachers nominate a student in their classroom to receive a character award. These students are announced on Mondays in our community meeting in the
gym and have their pictures taken and put on the bulletin board outside the cafeteria.
Congratulations to the following students for “Knocking it out of the Park with
RESPECT”: Brianna Bobo, Anabelle Guerra, Kyla Jones, Michael Tate, Lilly Doss,
Kendall Embry, Kirsten Monroe, Anaya Jones, Susie Henriquez, Gavin Van Fleet, Maddie Hartsfield, Hunter Flowers, Raquel Lopez, Cole Phillips, Hannah Miley, Corissa
Rudolf, Lucy Morrison-Bland and Victory Shrewsberry.
GCCS Cafeteria Policies:
Students may charge 5 days of lunch and breakfast or up to $17.00 for paid students/$3.50 for
reduced meal students. Once that limit is reached, students will be served an alternate meal at cost.
If a balance exceeds $30.00, the student may be denied a meal for failure to pay. Please keep your
child’s lunch account up to date by sending in cash or check prepaying online. It is very easy to set
up the account online and monitor it. You can even have the system send you an email when the
account balance is low and monitor meals purchased. Please do everything possible to keep your
child’s account up to date. Go to the Greater Clark County website and hit the button for ‘online
payment cafeteria’ to set up your child’s account. Please call Riverside if you have questions or
need help. September 13 was the cut off for free/reduced lunch applications. If you were not approved by then, you will have to begin paying.
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PAC NEWS
Home Plate News:
During the month of October, our PAC
will have their monthly meeting on Oct.
21st in the RES library. The Fall Fundraiser will be discussed at this meeting. Please join them in putting a plan
together to KNOCK IT OUT OF THE
PARK with Paragon Promotions in their
goal to raise $4,000.00+ for
Riverside by selling Gourmet Cookie
Dough and Popcorn this year!
Any questions, call Angela Church at
502-693-2498.
Attendance Update
*Thank you for remembering to bring in
notes when signing out early or arriving
late for appointments. Our unexcused
tardies have decreased!
*Please remember to call school before
10:00 am if your child will not be at
school. We worry about them when
they are not here and we have not
heard from you.
*Good News: We had our first day this
year with no unexcused tardies!! Let’s
try to increase that number in October.
Thank you for getting your children
here on time. It makes a difference!
Arrival and Dismissal
Just a reminder that students should
only be dropped off in the main parking
lot. Please do not drop them off at the
street or on the sidewalk adjacent to
the line. There is no supervision there.
Safety is our main concern and we are
so appreciative of everyone who is following our procedures.
When we all work together and are
patient, our drop off and pick up will
run smoothly.
Riverside Elementary