River Dell Elementary School

Just one more sleep until we welcome our students back to school!! We hope all of our students get a good night's rest and are excited to take on the day tomorrow! We can't wait to see you in the morning! ❤️📚🍎

We're just FIVE days from the first day of school! Can you believe it?! Be sure to check the Johnston County Public Schools mobile app off of your school supplies list! Parents, teachers, and students will use the mobile app for our two-way communication tool this school year! Download it in the Apple or Google Play store today so you're ready for the first day!

All students enrolled in a qualifying Johnston County Public School (with the exception of 5 non-qualifying schools) will receive a healthy Breakfast and lunch at no cost to the household this upcoming school year through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). Households of students that attend a qualifying CEP school will no longer need to submit a Free and Reduced Meal Benefit Application for the upcoming school year. Students that attend a non-qualifying school will still have the opportunity to submit a meal benefits application in order to qualify for free, reduced, or paid eligibility status. Applications for the 2023-2024 school year will be accepted starting July 10, 2023. For more information, click here: https://bit.ly/3P10t3J

Good evening River Dell families, this is your principal, Jenny Durko with some important reminders. The excitement is in the air as teachers and staff return to school tomorrow to prepare for a great year ahead. This year we are also celebrating the 20th anniversary of the opening of RDE, and we are excited to make this the best year yet! Here are some important reminders: Teachers will be sending out postcards to their homeroom students no later than August 18th. This will let you know your child's teacher and room number for Open House. Thursday, August 24th is our Open House for all 1st - 5th grade students. Students in grades 1-5 whose last name begins with A-L will attend from 4:30-5:30, and students in grades 1-5 whose last name begins with M-Z will attend from 6:00-7:00. This is a chance for students to meet their teachers, see their classrooms, drop off any school supplies, get transportation information including carpool tags, sign up for Before School Care or YMCA After School Care, and purchase awesome RDE Spirit Wear. The first day of school for students in grades 1-5 will be Monday, August 28th. Doors open at 8:25am each morning, and dismissal is at 3:55pm each afternoon. Our kindergarten students will be participating in assessments August 24th-29th. You should receive an email with your assessment appointment time. If you have not received an email, please call our school at 919-553-1977 and ask for our data manager, Kayla Williams. Kindergarten teachers will call parents with specific class assignments on August 30th. Kindergarten Orientation for parents will be on August 31st from 5:15-6:30pm. Half of our Kindergarten students will attend on September 5th, and the other half will attend on September 6th. (Teachers will let you know which day to attend when they call on the 30th). All of our Kindergarteners will attend together on Thursday, September 7th. We are looking forward to an amazing year. If you haven't already, please download the Johnston County Schools app on your phones, as this will now give you access to just about everything we do including communication, transportation, school nutrition, etc! Also, please follow our River Dell Elementary Facebook page and our River Dell Elementary PTA Facebook Page where we post lots and lots of reminders, pictures, and event updates. I cannot wait to begin this journey with you. River Dell staff and students are definitely the very best. Have a great evening and remember, Once a Racer, Always a Racer.

Our families seemed to like the one-stop-shop format for Orientation Information on our website - so we thought we'd make school supply lists just as convenient! Supply lists for our elementary and middle schools for the 2023-2024 school year are available now at: www.johnston.k12.nc.us/schoolsupplies We hope this makes you getting ready for the first day of school - August 28th - a little bit easier!

Good Evening JCPS Families, We hope you will join us at one of our Summer Information Fairs, happening this Monday and Tuesday. We’re hosting a Summer Information Fair at eight of our schools on July 31 and August 1st. We invite families to attend the information fair in their student’s feeder pattern. The Information Fair will provide parents an opportunity to request, verify, and ensure your student has bus transportation and receive meal service information prior to the opening of school. While students won’t receive their bus number at the Information Fair, attending and signing up for transportation guarantees that the student will have transportation on the first day of school. Bus information is expected to be shared at Orientation. If your student does not ride a bus, back to school information will be provided at Orientation. We’ll also have staff on hand for families who need assistance with enrolling their student for the upcoming school year. The Summer Information Fair will be held from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM on Monday, July 31st at North Johnston Middle, Cleveland High, Corinth Holders High, and South Johnston High. We will hold Information Fairs the following day, Tuesday, August 1st from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Clayton Middle, Smithfield-Selma High, Princeton High, and West Johnston High schools. You can find more information by visiting the home page of our website. We hope to see you there!

The 2023-2024 school year is just one month away! Orientation information is available now! Find your school's orientation information by visiting: www.johnston.k12.nc.us/orientation

We're so excited to introduce our new and improved mobile app to our JCPS community! We've been hard at work to overhaul our mobile app and offer our users an even better experience. We're offering a NEW app in the Apple and Google Play store - that our parents and students alike will want to download before the start of the school year! We'll use our mobile app to send you important information about your school, share athletic schedules, and post our lunch menus every day! The most important feature: our mobile app is going to house our new two-way communication tool for students, teachers, and parents. It's called Rooms - and you're going to love it! Download the JCPS mobile app today so you're ahead of the game!

Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) will hold its second annual Summer Information Fair for families on Monday, July 31 and Tuesday, Aug. 1. In preparation for the 2023-2024 school year, JCPS Transportation Services, School Nutrition, Communication, and Student Information will host a Summer Information Fair at schools throughout the Johnston County community. The information fair will provide parents an opportunity to enroll their student, and request, verify, and ensure your child has bus transportation and receive pertinent back to school information from school nutrition and communication services. The summer information fairs will be held on July 31 and Aug. 1 from 1:00 - 7:00 PM. Please see below for dates and locations. Monday, July 31st North Johnston Middle (Cafeteria) Cleveland High (Cafeteria) Corinth Holders High (Cafeteria) South Johnston High (Cafeteria) Tuesday, August 1st Clayton Middle (Cafeteria) Smithfield-Selma High (Cafeteria) Princeton Middle/High (Cafeteria) West Johnston High (Cafeteria) Families are invited to attend the Summer Information Fair at the school and date that is most convenient for their schedule, and are not required to attend the fair in their student’s feeder pattern.

Our wonderful custodial staff were hard at it and learning new strategies to keep our schools environments in tip-top shape. Last week's team building and training exercises were informative, interactive, and a great opportunity for the entire team to grow closer. Way to go team! ✨

Free summer meals for students provided by JCPS School Nutrition As part of its efforts to ensure kids have access to healthy meals during the summer months, JCPS School Nutrition is pleased to announce its summer meals sites that will be serving kids and teens. Beginning June 19, all kids and teens 18-years-old and under can receive meals free of charge, no registration needed. Meals will be served from June 19 through July 13. Breakfast will be served from 7:00 AM- 8:00 AM and lunch will be served from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM. Please note that times may vary depending on the site and participation and that additional locations may be announced after July 13. Locations opening on June 19 are: Archer Lodge Middle Benson Elementary Benson Middle Clayton High Clayton Middle Four Oaks Middle McGee’s Crossroad Elementary Micro Elementary North Johnston Middle River Dell Elementary Selma Elementary Selma Middle Smithfield Middle Selma-Smithfield Middle South Johnston High West Clayton Elementary West Smithfield Elementary For kids who rely on school meals, summer can be the hungriest time of year, and hunger has short- and long-term consequences for a child’s health, education and well-being. Making sure kids and teens have access to nutritious summer meals is especially important this summer. The Summer Meals program is funded by the USDA and run by school districts and local organizations, and sites can be found throughout the community. We’re always happy to see you at various locations throughout Johnston County, but there may be more convenient locations closer to you. Families can text “FOOD” or “COMIDA” to 304-304 and type in a zip code to find nearby summer meals sites, along with operating days and times. No application, registration or proof of residency or citizenship is required at sites.