Riverside Public Schools

👨‍🎓Happy Graduation Week!!!👩‍🎓 We are super excited that we are able to celebrate our seniors for all their hard work & dedication over the years! The ceremony will take place Friday, July 31st at 4pm. Reminder for all graduates: We have practice on Wednesday, July 29th at 4pm. Please be here by 3:50! We look forward to seeing everyone! #BeACharger⚡⚡

🗣️ Shout-out Alert🗣️ If you see these kids in the next few days please congratulate them or send them a quick message! Our Ag Bio Team were 54 points from a perfect score and blew all the other teams out of the water. They put in a lot of time to get to this point! Congratulations to them and Ms. Peterson for your hard work, especially through these weird times! #BeACharger⚡⚡

Supply lists for the 2020-2021 school year are now available on our website or click here to access: https://www.riversideps.org/o/riverside-public-school/browse/68138

ATTENTION SENIORS (& HS Teachers) ACT is officially scheduled to be given to the Senior Class, free of cost, at Riverside High School on September 22. This test will replace the April postponed test due to Covid Closures. There will NO LONGER be a Writing portion on the test during this test administration. I encourage you all to continue studying, or start studying, to freshen up on the information within the test. You will also still be able to hopefully take an additional test this upcoming winter/spring, if you desire to take it an additional time as well. This would have to be scheduled by you at Boone Central or another location that hosts the ACT on Saturdays during the National Test Dates. Here are a few new National Test Dates to be on the look out for at local test locations (photo attached): #BeACharger⚡️⚡️

Reminder: Attention all High School Students and Parents. We are going to begin filling out our student's class schedule on Wednesday, July 22nd. We will start at 8am and be open until noon. The following reporting times would be greatly appreciated so we can maintain social distance. We will go by your last name and split the classes in half. Letters A-N will go for the first 20 minutes & O-Z will be in the last half of designated time. Seniors - 8am to 8:40am Juniors - 9am to 9:40am Sophomores - 10am to 10:40am Freshman - 11am to 11:40am Boys basketball: If you want to come in at 7:45am to fill out your sheet before you head off to camp, that would be awesome. If that doesn't work, send Mr. Tejkl an email and I can send you your options you can choose from & we can fill out from there as well! If you can not make it during your time or that day, please send an email to tucker.tejkl@riversideps.org or calen.choyeski@riversideps.org. See you on Wednesday, July 22nd! #BeACharger⚡️⚡️

Good morning Charger Nation! Attention all High School Students and Parents. We are going to begin filling out our student's class schedule on Wednesday, July 22nd. We will start at 8am and be open until noon. The following reporting times would be greatly appreciated so we can maintain social distance. We will go by your last name and split the classes in half. Letters A-N will go for the first 20 minutes & O-Z will be in the last half of designated time. Seniors - 8am to 8:40am Juniors - 9am to 9:40am Sophomores - 10am to 10:40am Freshman - 11am to 11:40am If you can not make it during your time or that day, please send an email to tucker.tejkl@riversideps.org or calen.choyeski@riversideps.org. See you on Wednesday, July 22nd! #BeACharger⚡️⚡️

Any 7-12 Riverside students interested in joining the travel group for our 2021 Eastern Seaboard trip please contact Mr. Wragge or follow the information of the attached photo. The trip will be 8 days traveling to Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) has announced that Nebraska has been approved to operate the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT), a new program authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which provides assistance to families of children who are eligible for free or reduced-priced meals and impacted by school closures. COVID-19 Nebraska Guidance Documents: http://dhhs.ne.gov/Pages/COVID-19-Nebraska-Guidance-Documents.aspx Link to instructional video for the P-EBT application: https://youtu.be/YOe63XKYLLM ----Only families eligible for Free and Reduced-Price Meals may qualify for P-EBT benefits. Additional information can be found in this video.--- #BeACharger⚡️⚡️

Attention 20-21 Junior and Senior students. Wayne State College is offering Fall 2020 online dual credit courses however, their registration deadline has moved up to July 24. Please check your emails for more information or contact Ms. Choyeski with questions #BeACharger

The Nebraska Schools Activities Association has changed requirements for Pre-Participation Physical Examinations for the 20-21 academic year. Due to the overwhelming demand on the healthcare system in Nebraska, it was clear to the NSAA Sports Advisory Committee that the system as a whole would not have the capacity to meet original requirements in place by the NSAA for all athletes to have physicals administered in the normal time allotment. As a result, all physicals for students entering grades 8, 10, 11 & 12 that were accepted during the 19-20 academic year, will remain valid for the 20-21 academic year. This is a one year exemption only and those students who are entering 7th and 9th grades will still be required to get a physical prior to their first athletic practice. Those physicals must be administered no earlier than May 1, 2020! If you have any questions regarding this matter feel free to contact the high school office at 308-358-0640, or by emailing will.wragge@riversideps.org

There is still time to sign up for the youth football camp for July 27, 28, and 29. If you have any questions please reach out to Coach Valasek.

🚨 Weight Lifting update🚨 Spalding: Group 1 at 6:15, Group 2 at 7:30 Junior high will lift on Tuesday’s and Friday’s at 8:30 in Spalding. Cedar Rapids: Group 1 7:15, Group 2 8:30. Junior high will lift Tuesday’s and Thursday’s at 9:30 in Cedar Rapids.

Good afternoon! We hope you are having a great start to the summer and wish you a happy 4th of July weekend! This is just a reminder that graduation is July 31st (Friday) starting at 4pm. There will be a letter sent out to all seniors and their parents with updated information on how we will proceed with the ceremony. We will keep everyone updated as the date becomes closer. Thank you for your support and assistance throughout this time. #BeACharger⚡⚡

Week of June 29, the weight room will be open Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Middle Schoolers are welcome to join Tuesday and Wednesday starting at 9:30 at either the Spalding or Cedar Rapids site. The weight room will be closed Thursday and Friday due to Independence Day.

🚨Attention middle schoolers: 🚨 If you are interested in working out Coach Valasek has created a Google Classroom that provides workouts that you can complete from home. If you check your email you should be able to join Middle School Summer Conditioning '20" and the workouts will be listed on the page. ⚡️⚡️

We hope everyone's summer break is off to a great start! For those elementary parents who wish to have a summer packet like we have sent home in the past, please fill out the Google Form below so we can get a packet made and personalized for your children. Once we have names, we will communicate details on getting these packets out to you. Stay cool today!  https://forms.gle/kKJ6byK1dbwmvs5a6

Weight Room information for the summer. Weight room is open to incoming 9-12 graders. The weight room opens Monday June 1st and will run Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Don't forget to bring your signed waiver form on your first day.

To take proper precautions with summer weights and conditioning, Riverside is asking all 9-12 students and parents to sign an acknowledgement, waiver, and release of liability agreement. Please either print off this document and sign it or there will be copies at the Spalding and Cedar Rapids site at the front door of each school. Please have them signed by Monday June 1st in order to be able to participate in summer weights and conditioning. Any questions please contact Mr. Wragge at will.wragge@riversideps.org

Virtual Nebraska FFA Celebration Awards were given today and state degree commencement is tomorrow. Here are results from today and posted from Ms. Peterson on our Riverside FFA's Facebook page: Agriscience Fair Award Results! Congratulations to all for your hard work and dedication to your projects! Molly Carraher and Neeley Greger- 1st place and National Qualifiers in Animal Science, Division 6 Haley Munn-Top 5 finalist in Food Products and Processing Systems, Division 3 State FFA Proficiency Award Results! Congratulations to Molly and Mariah on this accomplishment, it is well deserved! Video is located on the FFA Facebook page. Mariah Marisch- State Champion Equine Science Placement (15:55) Molly Carraher- State Champion Landscape Management (22:35) Great work by all of you and well deserved with all your hard work and dedication! #BeACharger⚡⚡

Anyone interested in a fun and upbeat year for cheer and dance please get ahold of Molly Keehn 402-658-0266 or email mkeehn83@gmail.com. Hope to hear from you.