Riverside Elementary

We hope everyone has a wonderful Labor Day weekend. Reminder we have NO SCHOOL on Monday, 9/7 and Tuesday 9/8. We will see everyone Wednesday 9/9

Early pick-up: we understand there are needs for students to leave the school day early. Please be patient with the office while we locate your student and have them ready in the office. We do not

call students down until an adult has arrived for pick up. Many of our students will be in areas away from classes meaning they need to make their way to class, grab their things and return to the office. This may take a few minutes so we ask that you schedule accordingly.

On My Way Pre-K Weekly Attendance Reminder

As part of the On My Way Pre-K program requirements, families must review and confirm their child’s attendance each week.

Starting Monday Aug; 24th, and then every Monday, your child’s teacher will send home a paper copy of your child’s OMWPK attendance record.

Parents/guardians must:

1. Review the attendance information.
2. Confirm that you agree with the attendance submitted.
3. Sign the form.
4. RETURN the signed form to school the following day (Tuesday).

Your signature is required each week to verify your child’s attendance. Failure to complete and return the attendance verification may affect your child’s continued eligibility for the On My Way Pre-K voucher.

• Please make sure to use our attendance line (Option 5) when calling in your student's absence or tardy.
• If you sign your student in late you may still receive the robocall for unexcused absence. These will be updated as quickly as possible.

Thank you for your support, patience and understanding.

Friday, September 4th we will have our PRIDE kick off CELEBRATION and Kona Ice Day! Our students have been working hard on showing PRIDE (persistence, respectfulness, initiative dependability and efficiency) every day and learning our school-wide expectations. All classrooms have earned their first 10 classroom compliments.

Students will participate in a fun outdoor celebration with bouncy slides. Be sure to dress appropriately for the event; athletic shoes, socks and layers.

All students will receive a free kiddie size KONA. If you would like to purchase an upgrade or pay it forward to help with our costs you can do this online or with cash the day of our event.

We are excited to announce the start of our Robotics season. This is a wonderful opportunity for students in grades 3, 4, and 5 who are curious about how robots work, enjoy building things, or love solving problems in creative ways.

In Robotics club, you will:

• Learn the basics of building and programming robots

• Work together in teams to complete fun and challenging projects

• Explore how technology, engineering, and creativity come together to make amazing inventions!

No experience is needed - just bring your curiosity and enthusiasm to each meeting.

September Dates After School: 9/10, 9/11, 9/14, 9/15, 9/16, 9/17, 9/18, 9/29

Our basketball and cheer season is approaching; information will be available to students in the coming weeks. Riverside will have two basketball teams; Team A / Team B and two cheerleading teams; girls season and boys season. Cheerleaders will be required to attend both basketball games. Games begin at 5:00.

• Basketball will have tryouts beginning 9/21 through 10/2. More information will come from Coach Wallace soon.
• Cheerleading is after school on 9/17 with try-outs on 9/23.

Again more information will be available soon.

Our cross country team is off to a great start. We have our Regional Meet, 9/1 at Chapel Lake Park in Jeffersonville. Spectator parking is in the yellow shaded areas. The meet will start at 5:45. This meet will determine our Top 8 girls and boys that will move onto our final GCCS Meet on 9/9.

Congratulations on our 2026 Team

Congratulations to the following Roadrunners chosen through a recommendation process to represent Riverside for the 2026-2027 school year.

Our school attendance goal is 95%.

We are currently sitting at 94.4% overall and last week's average was 92.8%!

Last week we celebrated with randomly drawn students who had perfect attendance all week. See the adorable pictures below!