Winter Activity Day for all Riverside Students – December 19, 2024
Winter Solstice celebrations – December 20, 2024
Winter Break (school closed) - December 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
Classes resume after Winter Break – January 6, 2025
Athletics - See updates on our Athletics Page
All members of our school community are preparing for an upcoming and well-earned break. There’s plenty to celebrate here at Riverside School and that’s just what we’ll do tomorrow and on Friday, with our Activity Day planned for tomorrow afternoon and the annual Winter Solstice celebrations on Friday. Thank you very much to all those involved in planning for Winter Solstice and those who are preparing food items for our celebration. This is truly a special learning community and one we all look forward to recognizing.
Ms. Yu and I wish to thank our students for their work to embody our school’s ideals of Respect, Inclusion, Connection and Kindness (RICK) during the school year. Thank you to the staff who work so hard each day to ensure success for every student, every day. And thank you to all the caregivers – parents, guardians, grandparents, and all others – who support the work of learning while at home. It is truly the people that make up our community that make it so amazing. We both wish you all a restful and restorative Winter Break.
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Winter Solstice Notes
We are really looking forward to celebrating the Winter Solstice with students and our larger community on Friday of this week! Our schedule for Winter Solstice activities on December 22 will run as follows:
8:10 – 9:00: Class time/locker cleanout
9:00: Solstice Assembly (due to fire regulations, we cannot have any parents at our assembly)
10:00: Snack/nutrition break
10:15: Buddy STEM challenge work
11:15 – 12:00: Lunch – Potluck lunch - Families are invited to bring and share food items and eat with students and staff (please watch for a sign up from your child’s homeroom teacher). Students will share the performances they gave during the assembly at this time.
12:00 – 12:25: Classroom cleanup time - Classrooms need to be fully cleaned, parents are requested to take home leftovers and to help with clean up
Yearbook cover contest results
The grade 8 and 9 students from Yearbook Club are pleased to announce their choices for this year's yearbook cover. They give many thanks to all who entered.
Back cover winners:
Anna D. From grade 3
Elise K. From grade 3
Aurora W from grade 5
Ellia Q from grade 5
Ryanne B from grade 6
Parnika S. from grade 7
Belle C. And Ina S. From grade 8
Jimmy T. and Miles B. from grade 9
Morgan T. from grade 9
Front cover winner: Robyn B from grade 4
Winter Uniform purchasing windows
Please see below for an update on upcoming purchase windows from McCarthy Uniforms:
“I just wanted to send a reminder through to you that the next purchasing window for uniform begins next week on Wednesday December 18th, and will run until January 31st 2025. I ask that you please advise your school communities to ensure that they do not miss out during this window.
I do wish to note a couple of items that will impact your families that need to purchase:
- Due to the Canada Post strike, we are currently unable to ship out packages to home, and any packages to be shipped will go out once the strike is over. We recommend that parents choose the In-Store Pick Up option to avoid any delays.
- Our store, and head office, will be closed from end of day Saturday December 21st, and will re-open on January 2nd, 2025, at 10am. Any orders placed during this time will be filled in January.”
Steve Radder, Principal
Riverside School