River Dell Elementary School

PTA Meeting tonight at 6:00pm!

Good evening Racer families, this is Ms. Durko with some announcements and reminders for the week ahead. First of all, we want to thank everyone who participated in our special Caps and PJ Bottoms for a Cause event on Friday. 100% of the funds we raised will go to help a very special Racer in need. Thank you for your generosity. We are Racer Strong! We want to thank all of our families as well as our PTA for celebrating our teachers and staff last week during Teacher Appreciation Week. We truly have the best staff and they are so deserving! This week we will begin having special spirit days to gear up for the upcoming EOG's. You should have received a flyer on Friday listing out each day. We will also post it to our River Dell Facebook page. Tomorrow, Monday, is "Show your RDE pride! Wear green or an RDE shirt." On Tuesday, May 14th, there will be a PTA meeting at 6:00pm in the RDE Media Center. We will be holding PTA elections that evening as well. We hope to see lots of Racer families in attendance. We hope everyone has a wonderful week. Remember, once a Racer, always a Racer. Have a good night.

FYI: The sirens/squad cars are here as our sweet student Noelle’s escort…there is no emergency. Park if you come to pick up a student.

We have a part of our Racer family that is in need of our support. We hope lots of Racers take part in the Caps and PJ bottoms for a cause event tomorrow! Just $1 to wear a hat and/or PJ bottoms for the day. All proceeds will go to the family in need. Thanks Racers, and have a great night!

Good evening 5th grade parents! There is a 5th Grade party parent meeting TONIGHT: Thursday, May 9 · 6:00 – 7:00pm Here is the Google Meet Video call link: https://meet.google.com/zeq-qdwr-azw Hope see you all there!

This Friday we will be having a Caps and PJ bottoms for a cause event. All staff and students are encouraged to wear hats and/or PJ bottoms for one dollar. All proceeds will go to an RDE family in need.

Good evening Racer families, this is Ms. Durko with some reminders for the week. This Tuesday, 4th quarter Progress Reports will be coming home with all students. Please look over these carefully and contact your child's teacher if you have any questions. This week is a very special week. It is "Teacher Appreciation Week" and we want to take time this week to celebrate our amazing RDE Teachers and staff for all they do each and every day for the students at River Dell. I firmly believe the teachers we have at River Dell are the best of the best. They are gifted not only at bringing academic lessons to life each and every day, but also building genuine, authentic relationships with the students at RDE. The care and concern they have for our students is unmatched. The time they spend during the day as well as the countless hours they spend before and after school preparing to meet each student's needs does not go unnoticed. Please take time this week to share your appreciation for all they do to make River Dell the most amazing school. I feel lucky to be surrounded by such dedicated professionals who lead with their hearts every single day. We hope everyone has a great week and remember, once a Racer, always a Racer. Have a good night.

Hello Racer Families! We need your help!!!! We are in need of proctors to help us during the End of Grade test for third, fourth and fifth grade on May 23rd, May 24th and May 29th! If you are able to help us, please click the link below to sign up and to do the QUICK training!! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me, Mrs. Mapp! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdXKUa3cyLcuikuaXBEkDE6jR7JgakznqG0qHh2sF1hi02hwA/viewform?usp=sf_link

There is a VIRTUAL meeting at 6:00 for any parents helping to plan/volunteer for the 5th Grade End of Year Party/Celebration. Here is the link: https://meet.google.com/xxm-dwkv-rid Tomorrow is the final day for the Book Fair. It is also Breakfast with a Buddy for our 5th grade students. Have a great night!

Good evening Racer families. Just a reminder that tomorrow is Breakfast with a Buddy for 2nd grade beginning at 8:00am. Also tomorrow night is our Book Fair Family Night from 4:00-7:00. Sunset Slush will be on campus as well for a sweet treat after your book fair visit. We hope everyone has a great night and remember, once a Racer, always a Racer.

Good evening Racer families, this is Ms. Durko with some announcements and reminders for the week. This week we will continue our BREAKFAST WITH A BUDDY event. Each morning, beginning at 8:00am, students in scheduled grade levels are invited to bring a parent, grandparent, or special friend to share donuts for breakfast in our cafeteria and then escort them to their classrooms to drop them off for the day. Please park in the front parking lot for this event. The schedule for Breakfast with a Buddy is as follows: Monday, April 22nd - 1st Grade and EC, Tuesday, April 23rd - 2nd Grade, Wednesday, April 24th - 3rd Grade, Thursday, April 25th - 4th Grade, and Friday, April 26th - 5th Grade. Our Book Fair began last Thursday and it has been going great! Every homeroom teacher should have shared a schedule on the Rooms app. This schedule is also posted on the River Dell Facebook page and the River Dell Website. Students will attend the Book Fair during their enhancement time on their scheduled day. If possible, please send any money to be spent at the Book Fair in an envelope or baggie with the student's name on it, as well as the amount included. We also have a Book Fair FAMILY NIGHT on Tuesday, April 23rd from 4:00-7:30. Sunset Slush will be here on campus for Family Night as well. On Wednesday, April 24th, our PTA will be selling Spirit Sticks and stickers in the morning before school. Spirit Sticks are $1.00 each. Wednesday is also National Administrative Professionals Day. We want to give a huge shout out to our AMAZING office staff who works hard to steer our RDE ship daily. We are thankful to have such a great team. Our schoolwide Read-A-Thon also begins tomorrow, April 22nd. Look for a reading log in your child's backpack. Our focus this year has been encouraging a love and a passion for reading in ALL of our students in EVERY grade level. We have a school goal to read 500,000 minutes. If our school reaches this goal, I will happily be taking a pie in the face. There will be other incentives as well like popsicles for everyone and special reading bracelets for each student as well. We are looking forward to this super cool Read-A Thon! Remember we have a short amount of time left this year. We encourage everyone to arrive on time each morning and stay until the end of the day. We want students to be able to soak up every bit of learning during the day. They are growing and accomplishing so much, and we are so proud of them all! Let's make these next weeks the very best! We hope everyone has a great week. Remember, once a Racer, always a Racer.

Good evening Racer Families, this is Ms. Durko with some announcements and reminders. First of all we want to remind everyone that carpool ends each morning at 8:55, as that is when our tardy bell rings. If you arrive after this time, and there are no staff members outside, please walk your child into the building to check them in. We are in the last weeks of this school year and every moment counts. Unless your student has a doctor or medical appointment, we respectfully request that you refrain from checking them out early whenever possible. Teachers are teaching up until dismissal time at 3:55 each day, and we want students to benefit as much as possible from these lessons as we wrap up the year. Tomorrow, Thursday April 18th we want to celebrate AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH by wearing blue. We also have some of our students participating in the Johnston County Schools Special Olympics tomorrow and we wish them the best of luck. Have a great time! Friday is Caps and PJ Bottoms for a Cause Day, and students can wear a hat and/or PJ bottoms for $1.00. All funds collected go to RDE families in need. This Friday also begins our "BREAKFAST WITH A BUDDY" event. Each morning, beginning at 8:00am, students in scheduled grade levels are invited to bring a parent, grandparent, or special friend to share donuts for breakfast in our cafeteria and then escort them to their classrooms to drop them off for the day. Please park in the front parking lot for this event. The schedule for Breakfast with a Buddy is as follows: Friday, April 19th - PreK and Kindergarten, Monday, April 22nd - 1st Grade and EC, Tuesday, April 23rd - 2nd Grade, Wednesday, April 24th - 3rd Grade, Thursday, April 25th - 4th Grade, and Friday, April 26th - 5th Grade. Our Book Fair begins tomorrow, Thursday, April 18th. Every homeroom teacher will be sharing a schedule on the Rooms app. This schedule is also posted on the River Dell Facebook page and the River Dell Website. Students will attend during their enhancement time on their scheduled day. If possible, please send any money to be spent at the Book Fair in an envelope or baggie with the student's name on it, as well as the amount. We also have a Book Fair FAMILY NIGHT on Tuesday, April 23rd from 4:00-7:30. Sunset Slush will be here on campus for Family Night as well. We hope everyone has a great week. Remember once a Racer, always a Racer.

Breakfast with a Buddy is April 19th-26th. Enjoy a complimentary breakfast as we honor the buddies who help make our students be the best they can be! Please refer to the image for additional information.

Our Book Fair is April 18th through the 26th. Please refer to the image to see when your child's class will visit the book fair. The book fair will be open for shopping from 8:00 to 8:45 each morning. Please click below to sign up and volunteer to help at our book fair. Thank you for your support! https://www.signupgenius.com/index.cfm?go=s.signup&urlid=10C084EA8AA2FA7FFC70-48278897-book&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3yFGdOYHxNGBK8qizCFmlLD0skK2CL2mLUEFoL4RpZGUrwvpfzAJ-Brlo_aem_AaCnJjRdJYFc-5K7SZos_N70ov7MiL6-_yIFP7-YFR45XdhcC-SA06WY8WsGfjtXGHtKhC-YHO6PW1Jo6kqwqNiw#/

JCPS is looking for Reading Buddy volunteers to help our students this summer! We need parents, grandparents, community members, and high school students to join our Summer Reading Camp participants during morning arrival. Volunteers will listen to and encourage students as they develop their reading skills. No experience is required, but you will need to register and be a volunteer with JCPS before you begin. To sign up: Complete the Reading Buddy Volunteer Form by visiting: https://bit.ly/JCPSbuddy Register to Volunteer with JCPS by visiting https://myvolunteer.com/jcps/volunteer/login Thank you and have a great evening!

Good evening Racer Families, this is Ms. Durko with some announcements and reminders for the week. Tomorrow, Monday April 8th is a Johnston County Public Schools Teacher Workday. Students return to school on Tuesday, April 9th. RDE yearbooks are on sale now! You can go to the River Dell website for detailed information on how to order. All orders need to be in by April 19th. There is also some brand new RDE Spirit Wear available. You can check it out on the River Dell Facebook Page and River Dell PTA Facebook page as well. Orders will be delivered to the school. Last week was National Assistant Principals Week. We are grateful each and every day for our smart, caring, and supportive RDE Assistant Principal, Mrs. Tandra Mapp. If you see Mrs. Mapp this week make sure to give her a big thank you! We hope you all have had a great Spring Break, and we can't wait to see you all back this week. Have a great night and remember, once a Racer, always a Racer.

Congratulations to Riverwood Elementary! They won the JCPS Elementary Battle of the Books, and will represent JCPS at the regional competition on April 13th at Corinth-Holders Elementary School. River Dell Elementary and Wilson's Mills Elementary took home second and third respectively. Good luck and we're rooting for you!🥇

Good evening Racer Families, this is Ms. Durko with some announcements. Students and staff had a great day today wearing pj's, eating popcorn, and watching movies in addition to their regular daily activities. Our Coin Wars have finished, and they were a HUGE success! 2nd Grade came up on top, but EVERYONE did such a great job participating in this fun event. Students raised almost $5,000.00 total for their grade levels to use for End of Year needs. Way to go everyone! Tomorrow begins Spring Break for all JCPS schools. Students will return to school on Tuesday, April 9th. We hope everyone has a safe and fun Spring Break and can enjoy time with family and friends. Have a wonderful night and remember, once a Racer, always a Racer. Have a great break!

Good evening Racer Families, this is Ms. Durko with some announcements and reminders. Tomorrow is our last day of school before Spring Break, and we want to remind everyone that all students and staff are invited to wear PJ's to school tomorrow. Each class will also be treated to popcorn and a movie. We want to give a huge shout out to our RDE Battle of the Books Team for their amazing 2nd place finish at the JCPS Battle of the Books Finals competition. This was the highest placement ever for RDE, and we are so proud of all of our team members and their coaches for the hard work and preparation they put into this. Congratulations, we are proud of you! Tomorrow is the final day of COIN WARS! The students have loved this contest, and we have enjoyed watching them participating each day. Currently our Kindergarten is in the lead, followed by 3rd, then 2nd, next is 1st, then EC & PreK, then 5th, and then 4th. Who will take the lead on our final day?? We can't wait to see how the race to the top plays out tomorrow morning! Good luck to all! Friday begins our JCPS Spring Break. Students will not return to school until Tuesday, April 9th. We hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable break. We will miss you all and I guarantee you the time left when we return is going to fly by! We hope everyone has a wonderful evening and remember, once a Racer, always a Racer.

Hello Racer Families, this is Ms. Durko with some updates on Field Day. Our School Improvement Leadership Team met today to discuss the upcoming Field Day plans. At this time the forecast for Wednesday is showing an 81% chance of rain, and the forecast for Thursday is showing 100% chance of rain. We have made the difficult decision to cancel Field Day on Wednesday and Thursday. On Thursday, in order to celebrate the final day of school before Spring Break, we want to invite everyone at RDE to wear PJ's and the PTA will be providing all students with popcorn on that day as well. Students will get to enjoy popcorn and a movie in their classrooms on Thursday. We know that students will be disappointed, but rest assured that this decision was made out of an abundance of caution for the safety of our students and staff. We hope you have a great night, and remember, once a Racer, always a Racer.