The Riverbender
Parent Newsletter
Week of August 28, 2023
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Upcoming Events:
September 4th: Labor Day Holiday - No School
September 8th: Fall Pictures
Please review the following link to our Riverbend Elementary Parent Student Handbook. We will send a Parent Signature Form home with each student to be signed and returned to your child's teacher.
RES Student Handbook- Spanish
I look forward to serving each RES family this year. Please do not hesitate to contact me if needed keri.smith@hallco.org
Message from Mrs. Smith:
Thank you to our PTO for a successful Movie Night! We appreciate all of the volunteers that made this event happen. Our students are off to a great start in learning their routines and procedures. They are also working hard to practice their 3B's each day. We will look forward to having students from North Hall High School come visit our school for our PBIS kick- off! Teachers have been working hard these first few weeks to administer the MAP test to our students. They will use the MAP data to help meet the needs of our students! I wish all of our families a safe and relaxing Labor Day Weekend! If you have not already, please take a moment to fill out our survey below. We welcome your feedback!
Important Reminders:
Students will be tardy at 7:45 am. Our back car rider doors will close at 7:40. Any student that arrives after 7:40 will need to be dropped off in the front of the school to check in.
ALL Car Riders must have a 2023-2024 Car Rider Number. For safety purposes, each family will be issued a new car rider number for the 2023-2024 school year. If you need additional car rider tags, you may purchase them in the Front Office for $5.00.
Transportation Changes: ALL transportation changes need to be sent to RESfrontoffice@hallco.org BEFORE 2:00 each day.
We still have Riverbend T- Shirts for sale in the Front Office. Please send an order form and $15.00 to the front office.
Lunch Visitors:
We will allow lunch visitors beginning Monday September 11, 2023. All visitors must present a photo ID and get a visitor badge in the Front Office. Lunch visitors will report to the lunchroom and wait for their child's class at the top of the ramp. Visitors will need to sit on the stage with their child only. We do not allow any outside food or drinks in the cafeteria. Once your child's lunch period is over, visitors will need to exit the building though the Front Office.
GSAPS Review:
We are excited to invite members of the Hall County School District into our school for our GSAPS Review on September 19, 2023. As part of our accreditation process, we would love to get your feedback. Please take a moment to fill out the following form. Thank you!
GSAPS PARENT SURVEY: Riverbend GSAPS Parent Survey link below with parents and ask them to complete the survey on or before the requested due date listed. All responses are anonymous.
ENGLISH: https://forms.gle/F288ovzutG8miE938
SPANISH: https://forms.gle/rfH1jJiPj3N6z19z6
Updates from Mrs. York:
MAP Testing:
We had a successful Fall administration of MAP testing.
Teachers will be sending home a family report this week to share your child's performance on this assessment. Please review over this information and let your child's teacher know if you have any questions.
Georgia Milestone Assessment Information:
Attention Parents of current 4th and 5th grade students,
Individual Student Reports (ISRs) have been uploaded by the Georgia Department of Education to a platform titled SLDS (Statewide Longitudinal Data System). You may access your child's assessment results uploaded in SLDS within your Infinite Campus Parent Portal.
Step-by-step directions are located below:
Upcoming Dates:
October 24th: Family Literacy Night / Book Fair Family Night
November 13th: Coffee and Chat
Thank You
Thank you for attending our Coffee and Chat about the "Beginning of School". Your feedback is always welcome and we are so thankful to have you on our team. Our next Coffee and Chat will be held November 13th and will focus on "Technology".
Media Center
Contact Mrs. Nichols, Media Specialist:
emily.nichols@hallco.org
770-534-4141 ext. 7102
Launchpoint Direct Address: go.hallco.org
Your child's username is his or her student ID number, and passwords have been changed this year in computer lab class. Please ask your child for their password, so you can use these resources at home!
Información importante y próximos eventos de la Sra. Minerva:
📅 Anote en su calendario:
Agosto 4: Día del trabajo - No hay clases
Agosto 8: Fotografías de otoño
😊 Recuerde:
Usted pude comunicarse con el maestro/a de su hijo/a:
Por correo electrónico
A través de la agenda
Haciendo uso de la aplicación Remind
Llamándo a la escuela
Envíe un justificante médico o una nota al maestro/a de su hijo/a si falta a la escuela porque está enfermo/a.
Todo cambio en el transporte de su hijo/a debe hacerse antes de las 2:00 p.m. por escrito al correo electrónico: RESFrontOffice@hallco.org o enviando un correo electrónico al maestro/a de su hijo/a
📲 Revisión GSAPS:
Estamos muy contentos de invitar a los miembros del Distrito Escolar del Condado de Hall en nuestra escuela para nuestra revisión GSAPS el 19 de septiembre de 2023. Como parte de nuestro proceso de acreditación, nos encantaría recibir sus comentarios. Por favor tome un momento para llenar el siguiente formulario. Gracias.
ENCUESTA PARA PADRES GSAPS Riverbend GSAPS ¡Todas las respuestas son anónimas!
ESPAÑOL: https://forms.gle/rfH1jJiPj3N6z19z6
¿Quiere aprender sobre otros temas este año?
No dude en llamarme y dejarme saber. A continuación se encuentra mi información.
Para comunicarse cualquier pregunta o preocupación:
770-534-4141 ext. 7119 ó minerva.albernas@hallco.org
CLINIC NEWS
MEDICATION GUIDELINES:
*Must be brought in by the parent/guardian to the school nurse.
*Appropriate forms need to be signed allowing medication to be given.
*Should be a new, unopened container.
Any unauthorized medication found with a student will be locked in the clinic until picked up by a parent/guardian.
UP-TO-DATE IMMUNIZATIONS (Form 3231): All immunization records must be up-to-date and on file before Friday, September 8, 2023, to remain enrolled in school. Students without up-to-date immunizations/vaccines will be withdrawn, and unable to attend after this date. If you have any questions, please contact me Mon-Fri. 7:15-3:15.
Send Home Sick Guidelines: Hall County school guidelines state the following;
*All students/employees must be 24 hours fever-free without fever-reducing medications and
symptoms must improve before they may return.
Tara King-Phone: 770-534-4141
Upcoming dates:
September 11th - September 14th- Student Risk Screening Scale administered
If you are in need of weekend food from Back Pack Love, please email or call Mrs. King to let her know. Counseling lessons will begin this week, the first lesson is about Mindfulness or paying attention to the present moment.
Important Information
Parents who wish to have their child opt out of one or more programs listed in the Student Services
Acknowledgement form must select DECLINE on the signature page within the Parent Portal. By
declining this form, you are acknowledging that you are responsible for letting your child’s School
Counselor know that you do not give permission for your child to participate in one or more of the
programs listed for the 2023-2024 school year.
If you wish for your student NOT to participate in one or more of the programs listed for the 2023-2024
school year, please use the QR code to fill out an Decline to participate form or complete the following google form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6SKbNxpAY0WQZ1woP72hovfFWIwb3_5WI0w8wvVP0vCP1GA/viewform
YEARBOOK SALES ARE OPEN
Order your 2023_2024 Yearbook now for $30
*Price will increase to $40 after December 1st.
Add-ons available:
Student picture and name on the cover for $10
Student name on the cover for $7
Advertisement Page Options: 1/8 page $20
1/4 page $30
1/2 page $50
Full page$75
Questions: lindsey.rogers@hallco.org or 770-534-4141 ext. 7110
Support Our PTO -
CELEBRATE our History!
CELEBRATE our History!
Order your RES commemorative shirt online to celebrate our school! Choose your color and sleeve length. Thank you Ashley Carter for heading up this special design which features our school's façade throughout the years!
Please help raise funds for our school with these community partners! Please fill out this FORM to help volunteer at Riverbend!
Sign up for a Publix.com account and choose Riverbend as your partner school. Then enter your phone number every time you check out.
Click HERE for more details!
The Kroger Community Rewards program donates to Riverbend based on the shopping you do every day. Once you link your Card to RES, all you have to do is shop at Kroger and swipe your Shopper’s Card.
Click HERE for more details!
All you need is your phone! Download the Box Tops for Education app, shop as you normally would, then use the app to scan your store receipt within 14 days of purchase.
Click HERE for more details!
Please note: All information listed above could change.