Good evening Riverwood Elementary Families. This is your principal, Mrs. White. We are excited to offer the Holiday Shop next week for our students. Each teacher signed up for a day and time for their class to shop. As a reminder, students can shop with cash or check made out to RES PTA at the shop, but we cannot process credit cards at the school. If you would like to pay by credit card, please follow the instructions on the sale flyer that went home with students last week and send the voucher with the authorization code with your child to shop. Also, as a reminder for carpool, it is very important that all cars have the car tag each day. When cars do not have a car tag, it makes the carpool process last much longer and more difficult for our staff. Thank you for your help with this. Also, please refrain from dropping students off before the 8:25 am bell. We want all students to be safe at all times and doing this poses a safety issue as students are not supervised until the 8:25 am bell. We also ask that parents do not use the back entrance during carpool times unless you are parking and coming into the building. Thank you for your continued support and have a great evening.
Superintendent Dr. Bracy, Area Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Schools Patty Whittington, and Chief Academic Officer Anna Kuykendal were escorted by Principal Leigh White to visit a few classes at Riverwood Elementary this morning to engage with students and teachers. They were able to assist students with their work, brainstorm staff, and discuss educational goals and strategies with school leadership.
The visits are an ongoing effort by the district to focus on being actively involved in the classrooms and providing the support needed to help JCPS students achieve their best!
#GreatThingsAreHappeningInJCPS
Good evening Riverwood Elementary Families. This is your principal Mrs. White with a few updates. Tomorrow is Spirit Day. Please have students wear RES Spirit Wear or a green shirt tomorrow so that their class can win the sought after Spirit Ram for December.
The Holiday Shop will be held from December 11th - 15th this year. Information went home yesterday and we are in need of volunteers to make this a successful experience for our students. Please review the Holiday Shop Volunteer Sign-Up Genius to find a spot to volunteer. The signup is available on the PTA's linktree website or you can email respta2018@gmail.com for access. Our students are so excited to be able to shop for family members each year and we cannot run it successfully without enough parent volunteers.
Also, we will begin our 12 Days of Winter celebration next Tuesday, December 5th leading up to Christmas break. Your child will be bringing the flyer home. We are looking forward to enjoying some dress up days in the next couple of weeks to celebrate winter arriving.
Thank you for your continued support and have a great evening.
The annual Riverwood Elementary School Macy’s Parade is always a fun way for students, staff, and community members to kick off the holiday season. This year’s theme was “Bee Kind”, an area of focus for the school.
Kindergarten students, Queen Bee White (Principal Leigh White), The Grinch, and, Santa and Mrs. Claus, were just a few of the special people at the parade. The Clayton fire and police departments, along with Clayton High cheerleaders and dancers brought their energy to the event.
There was dancing, waving, smiling, and singing as everyone celebrated the festive holiday season that has officially arrived!
Happy Thanksgiving!🦃🥧🥧
#Thanksgiving2023
Good evening Riverwood Elementary Families. This is your principal Mrs. White with a few updates. Please join us tomorrow, November 21st at 9:30 am for the Kindergarten Parade! Our Kindergartners are excited to put on this parade for our school, parents, and school community! We will be monitoring the weather and will move the parade indoors if needed tomorrow morning based on the weather. Regardless, we will move forward with the Kindergarten Parade tomorrow. If you are on campus tomorrow, please stop by the Lost and Found and see if your child has any missing items. We will be donating all the items after tomorrow. As a reminder, we will be out of school this Wednesday through Friday for the Thanksgiving Holiday. As a reminder, our next Family Spirit Night will be this Wednesday, November 22nd from 6AM - 8PM at 9Bar, located at 411 Athletic Club Blvd-breakfast, lunch & dinner. A portion of proceeds will be donated to the RES PTA. Thank you for your continued support and have a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday break.
In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, all JCPS campuses will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 22 - Friday, Nov. 24. 🦃
Good afternoon Riverwood Elementary Families. This is your principal Mrs. White with a few updates. As a reminder, we will be out of school next Wednesday through Friday for the Thanksgiving Holiday. We still have an excessive amount of clothing and items at school in our Lost and Found. In an effort to make it easier to locate lost items left at school, all lost and found items will be taken to Diana May's HTR office, located at 355 Athletic Club Blvd, this Saturday from 9-11 am. Please stop by and pick up any items that your student has misplaced. We are hoping this will be a convenient time and location outside of our normal school hours. All Lost and Found items will be donated when we go home for Thanksgiving break.
Please join us next Tuesday, November 21st at 9:30 am for the Kindergarten Parade! Our Kindergartners are excited to put on this parade for our school, parents, and school community! We will be monitoring the weather and adjust as necessary prior to Tuesday if needed.
Also, our next Family Spirit Night will be on Wednesday, November 22nd from 6AM - 8PM at 9Bar, located at 411 Athletic Club Blvd-breakfast, lunch & dinner. A portion of proceeds will be donated to the RES PTA.
Thank you for your continued support and have a wonderful weekend.
Your voice matters!
JCPS is partnering with Research Triangle Institute to help create our new strategic plan and we need YOUR INPUT to shape our vision for schools, students, and families!
Today is the last day to make your voice heard! Complete the community questionnaire here: https://bit.ly/3Qr6Z46
JCPS wants to thank all Johnston County veterans who have served in the US Armed Forces! We are forever grateful to you for your unwavering commitment and dedication to the United States. Thank you!🇺🇸
Your voice matters!
JCPS is partnering with RTI to help create our new strategic plan and we need YOUR INPUT to shape our vision for schools, students, and families.
Click here to complete the community questionnaire: https://bit.ly/3Qr6Z46
Good afternoon Riverwood Elementary parents. This is your principal Mrs. White. Bus 678 is running close to an hour late today and is running on Bus 656. I apologize for this delay. Information was sent out to parents in the parent portal. In order to be informed when a bus will be delayed, please go to the JCPS website, click on Departments, then Transportation Services, then the Edulog Parent Portal and follow the directions. This will keep you informed of when the bus will be delayed and will allow you to see where it is on the route. Thank you for your continued support.
Did someone say Trick or Treat?!
It's Halloween, and we want to make sure everyone has fun, while staying safe . Check out these tips!👻
Good evening Riverwood Families! This is your principal Mrs. White with a few updates and reminders. Monday, October 30th is a Teacher Workday. Please be reminded that we do not wear Halloween costumes to school. Please keep those costumes at home. Next Tuesday, October 31st, Backpack Buddies will be kicking off their food donation drive. We will be collecting food from Tuesday, October 31st through Thursday, November 9th. Next Friday, November 3rd is RES Spirit Day. We hope to see our students in RES spirit wear or RES green. 1st Quarter Report Cards will go home with students on Monday, November 6th. Thank you for your continued support and have a great weekend!
Celebrating Red Ribbon Week
Students are getting ready for Red Ribbon Week® 2023, Oct. 23-27! This year’s theme is "Be Kind To Your Mind. Live Drug Free."
JCPS believes in a drug free future for all of it students! Here are some fun activities the celebration going all week long, as we encourage everyone to pledge to live drug free! https://bit.ly/3tKyRc8
#BeKindToYourMindLiveDrugFree #RedRibbonWeek
The Harvest Hootenanny is still on for tomorrow night, but due to unfavorable weather there will be some changes to activities. We will be moving activities inside and moving some things around. Unfortunately, the expected rain has caused us to cancel the dunk tank and some of our inflatables. We will still have a lot of fun, food and festivities so come out on Friday from 4:45 - 8. Although admission is free to enter, there will be some activities that will cost money. We are looking forward to a fun night with our RES students and families. Thank you for your continued support and have a great evening.
Good evening Riverwood Elementary Families! This is your principal Mrs. White. The RES PTA is looking forward to hosting our Harvest Hootenany this Friday evening from 4:45-8 pm. We ask that everyone enter the front of the building and make their way to the Enhancements/Cafeteria wing for the fun & festivities. There is no charge to attend the event and most activities are free of charge. We would like to suggest attendees bring a donation for our Backpack Buddies program to help support our students in need.
We would like to express our utmost appreciation to our sponsors, Towne Mortgage of the Carolinas, Noah Family Dentistry, Partners TaeKwonDo, Kids First Pediatrics, Pace Family Farms, Dance Ascension and SOS Music Entertainment
who have helped us provide this event at no cost to attendees.
Free activities include: inflatables, weather permitting, touch a truck, bingo, a cake walk, music, dancing, craft activities, a fortune telling booth and the ever popular dunk-a-teacher. Ms. Hogg, Mrs. Hallinger, Mr. Procaccini, and Mr. Roberson have graciously volunteered to work our dunking booth so everyone should work on their aim.
We will have food trucks, various vendors, water bottle stickers and ram jibbitz for sale and back by popular demand Build a Ram. These items will require payment. A portion of the proceeds will help support our PTA.
For this year's Build a Ram, we have both an 8" ram for $15 and a 16" ram for $20. If you missed out last year or want to add to your Riverwood flock, you can pre-order your ram. We will also have some available at the event while supplies last.
We are looking forward to seeing you on Friday for food, fun & all the festivities!
Please continue to monitor our RES PTA Facebook page for any last minute changes or announcements.
Good evening Riverwood Elementary Families. This is your principal Mrs. White with a few updates. Tomorrow the green flag drops on our Mario Coin Challenge Race. Each grade will have a green pipe for their donations. We are asking students to bring in pennies and bills to add positive points to your pipes; silver coins and checks made payable to RES PTA will deduct points when placed in other grade levels pipes.
Donations will be tallied each day and results will be announced each afternoon on the afternoon announcements.
When the checkered flag drops on Friday, the grade with the highest number of points will be announced. The winning grade will earn a pizza party and our RES Enhancements will get to purchase items from their wish lists to enhance their programs for all of our students to enjoy. You know I'm very competitive and I love a good challenge! I can't wait to see which grade level is going to win this challenge.
Thank you for your continued support and have a great evening.
Super proud of our students who were recognized for the September Character trait Respect and Mrs Laura Epting our staff winner
Check out our new amazing sign thanks to PTA and our amazing Parents and families who helped us fundraise to make it happen
