Navigating the River

Each week, you will receive our newsletter containing important dates, events, and school news. Navigating the River is one of the best ways to stay up to date on what's happening at the River and ways to get involved to help make this school year the best yet! #RMSGoodAsGold

• October 18th - Family Connect Night - Lambert Connected
• October 18th - PTSO Spirit Night @ Chipotle
  
• October 19th - Progress Reports available on Parent Portal
• October 19th - Online Learning Day (Parent/Teacher Conferences)
• October 20th - Student Holiday
• October 20th - CTAE Stakeholder Summit @ Denmark HS
• October 23rd - 27th - Red Ribbon Week
• October 23rd - 25th - Boys Basketball Tryouts
• October 26th - 6th Grade Boo Bash
• October 28th - Trunk or Treat (9:00 am - 12:00 pm @ Lambert HS)
• October 30th - November 3rd - Scholastic Book Fair
• November 10th - Girls Basketball Scrimmage (@ Riverwatch)
• November 11th - Day of Caring (Open to the Community - see flyer below for more details)
• November 16th - Basketball vs. North Forsyth MS (Boys HOME, Girls AWAY)

**CTAE Pathway Nights for each high school will occur during the months of October and November. Please see the infographic below for more information!

Tomorrow (10/19) is an ONLINE LEARNING DAY! Students will complete lessons/assignments at home. Need more info? Check out the infographics for PARENTS/GUARDIANS and STUDENTS!

Friday (10/20) will be a NO SCHOOL day for students!

Interested in signing up to help during the 6th Grade Boo Bash?

Sign up here!

PTSO is looking for parent volunteers to help out with the Book Fair, starting with set up on 10/26. For more details about dates and shifts, please click HERE.

Family Connect Nights are designated as homework-free evenings to promote opportunities for students and their families to connect with one another. Our Lambert Connected Team encourages you to set aside technology and enjoy a fun family evening together!

In Parent Portal, navigate to Check my email/phone preferences. Click on Settings and go into Contact Preferences. Make sure that “teacher” is checked.

Know a teacher or staff member that goes above and beyond? Nominate them for Teacher/Staff Member of the Month!

Nomination Form

Due to the number of boys trying out, tryouts will take place over the course of three days (October 23rd-25th). The 7th and 8th grade boys' tryouts will be split into two sessions on all three days.

• 7th grade tryouts will take place from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. ALL 7th graders MUST be picked up from school by 5:30 p.m. Please plan to pick up your child at the bus lane near the gym.
• 8th grade tryouts will begin immediately after the 7th grade tryouts end. 8th grade students have the option to remain at school until it is time for their tryouts. If your child chooses to go home at dismissal, please make sure to drop him off at the gym by 5:30 p.m. ALL 8th graders MUST be picked up from school by 6:30 p.m. Please plan to pick up your child at the bus lane near the gym.

Please double-check to ensure your child's physical form and other documents are uploaded to Dragonfly and that it is approved. Your child can only try out with a completed and approved physical on file.

Basketball Managers:

We are looking for basketball managers for the upcoming basketball season! If your son or daughter is interested in being a basketball manager for either the 7th or 8th grade team, please tell them to see Ms. Yu in room 374 for a basketball manager application.

It's been a busy month on the River! We celebrated the end of our first 9-Weeks with an opportunity for students to redeem some of their Panther PRIDE points they've been working so hard to earn. Students were able to shop the PRIDE store and get their favorite goodies delivered to them! We also got to recognize our top earning Panthers for August and September! Give these kids a round of applause...they are truly demonstrating what it means to be #RMSGoodAsGold!

Input Wanted for draft 25-26 Student Calendar (Ends 10/27)

Thank you for taking the time to review the calendar timeline and draft, and for providing feedback!

• Review the Calendar Timeline
• Review the Draft 25-26 Student Calendar
• Provide Input on the Draft Calendar (Ends 10/27)
• 23-24 and 24-25 Approved Student Calendars

Things end but memories last forever...with your yearbook! Purchase your yearbook now!

• Go to www.YearbookOrderCenter.com
• Enter Order Number 1287 or search for Riverwatch Middle School
• Click on the icon labeled Yearbook & Ads
• Follow the instructions on the website

If you have any questions about your yearbook order, please call

Herff Jones at 1-800-837-4235!

Thank you to all of our generous families that have already joined PTSO! If you would like to support the RMS PTSO in its mission to support teachers and students, we are still accepting donations. If you have not had a chance to join yet, we are still trying to reach our budget goal of $9,500 in membership funds.

Why join RMS PTSO? PTSO depends primarily on donations from our RMS families to finance initiatives to support teachers and students. All funds raised go directly back to RMS. Your membership fee is your donation to the PTSO, and because we are a 501c3, your donation is tax deductible and eligible for corporate matching if your employer offers that benefit.

What if I don't have time to volunteer? That's ok! We will happily accept financial donations without any obligation to volunteer.

How will you use my donations? PTSO funds a variety of initiatives to support teachers and students. Our three big commitments this year are:

1) 22 new Chromebooks and a cart for student usage;

2) Teacher grants for educational supplies, club support, and school improvements;

3) Funding to support the PBIS rewards program.

To see a more detailed breakdown of how PTSO spends funds, you can view the 23/24 budget HERE.

How can I join? If you would like to support RMS PTSO, please click HERE.

Forsyth County Schools How-To Guides

• No check outs will be processed after 3:30 PM.
• Students will only be released to a parent or adult listed in Infinite Campus. No student will be released to anyone under the age of 18.
• A government-issued identification is required to check out a student. We cannot accept a photograph of an identification in lieu of the identification itself. Parents/guardians will be asked to return with their official identification or make alternate arrangements for checking out the student.

Please remember to email Ms. Hayworth at f41677@forsyth.k12.ga.us if your student is absent for any reason! Absence letters/emails must be received within 5 days of your student's absence.

The front office staff is not permitted to relay transportation messages to students. Transportation changes are not permitted during the school day.

Students are assigned one bus stop, morning and afternoon. FCS Transportation does not authorize bus stop changes where students can go home with friends or relatives or get off the bus at a bus stop other than their designated bus stop assigned to them and their home address. The only exception is in court-ordered joint custody scenarios where an additional address has been updated and verified in their IC profile.

Curious to see what's happening at RMS from the student view? Check out the RMS Panther News!

RMS Panther News