River Valley Middle School

We want to share a quick update on our safety protocols. To ensure our campus remains a safe environment, we conduct monthly fire drills alongside several other required safety drills throughout the year.

Additionally, there are times when we temporarily secure the hallways for non-threatening situations, such as a medical emergency. This allows emergency personnel swift, uninterrupted entry and exit while protecting student privacy.

Please rest assured that if an event ever occurs that requires your direct attention, we will communicate with you as quickly as possible.

Thank you for your continued partnership in keeping our students safe.

A quick reminder: our Vertical Raise fundraiser is officially live! Ms. Broadus walked students through setting up their accounts, and they should have brought home an instruction sheet to help you get started.

Our goal is to offset or completely cover out-of-pocket costs for upcoming student reward field trips (like Extremenasium, Soar-n-Bounce, and the movies!).

How you can help today (takes less than 5 minutes): Please log in with your student and enter email addresses or phone numbers for family, friends, and supporters who might want to contribute.

• Why it matters: Adding quality contacts directly impacts how much we raise to lower field trip costs for your family.

• Privacy first: All contact details are kept strictly private and used solely for this campaign

Thank you for taking a few minutes to support our students!

We are eager to share that our 8th grade students will have the opportunity to attend a trip to Washington, DC in March. We will NOT be taking parent chaperones. Our RVMS staff members will accompany the students on the trip. We will have two opportunities for informational meetings next week. First payment must be submitted on time to hold your child's spot on the trip!

Make dinner easy before the River Valley versus Parkview Football Game! 15% of proceeds come back to RVMS! Please show this flyer - you can take a picture of it on your phone and show it to your server. You can also do carry-out, just let them know you are participating in the give back night!

As we are gearing up for our first events of the season, please be mindful of the expectations. Our students show be attending with adults and appropriate school behavior is expected at extra-curricular events!

• Daily attendance of all students who are enrolled in the Greater Clark County Schools is required in accordance with state law and corporation policy. Students are expected to attend school regularly in order to derive maximum benefits from the instructional program. The responsibility for regular school attendance by a student rests with the student and his/her parent or legal guardian. If a student will be absent, please call 812-288-4848 ext. 24141 or email pknoebel@gccschools.com. Please note, a student may have 10 absences excused with parent notification. After that, a doctor's note or other documentation will be required.

• Students are allowed to bring cell phones to school, but must keep them turned off and put away. River Valley Middle School is an “Away for the Day” school. You can find more information on this at https://www.awayfortheday.org/. Students needing to call home during the school day must do so in the main office during lunch or in the classroom with his/her teacher’s permission. Cell phones are never to be used to take photos or videos at school. Students failing to abide by this policy will result in school consequences.