WELCOME BACK, RIVERSIDE FAMILIES!

We hope you had a great summer and are ready to dust off the sand and pack up those backpacks for another year at Riverside! We’re ready to see the halls buzzing with students and teachers, and we’re especially excited to welcome Ms. Collette into her new role as Principal and Ms. Weir as Assistant Principal. Here are a few things to keep on your radar as we gear up for the first few weeks of school:

☐ Join the PTA or renew your PTA membership and update your Directory information. Create or update your RIVPTA.org account with your family contact information, including your child’s 2026-2027 teacher.

☐ Add money to your child's lunch account via MySchoolBucks. If you are setting up the account for the first time, you will need your child's school identifier, which can be found on Aspen.

☐ Register for the Early Morning Program, which will start on Monday, August 31 and will be offered every weekday morning thereafter from 7:15am-8:30am. 

☐ School Photo Day will be held on Monday, September 14. 

☐ Add these upcoming dates to your calendar:

• Monday, September 7 - No School, Labor Day
• Friday, September 11 - New Families Coffee
• Friday, September 11 - 5th Grade Parents Coffee
• Monday, September 14 - School Photo Day
• Thursday, September 17 (evening): Open House (parents only)
• Monday, September 21 - No School, Yom Kippur
• Tuesday, September 22 - Fall Afters Starts
• Wednesday, October 7 - PTA Fall General Meeting
• Friday, October 30 (evening) - Boo Bash
• Friday, November 6 (evening) - School Fundraiser at The Loading Dock

2026 SUMMER READ: 

AMERICA 250

• WHAT: This year’s Summer Read Initiative will take students on a journey through America’s history! Below are the Summer Read Books and suggested grade levels:
  • The 4th of July Story by Alice Dalgliesh (K-2)
  • George Washington’s Teeth by Deborah Chandra (K-2)
  • Revolutionary War on Wednesday by Mary Pope Osborne (1-5)
  • I Survived the American Revolution,1776 by Lauren Tarshis (3-5)
  • The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (4-5)
  • Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy by Nathan Hale (4-5)
    
    
• WHERE: You can find detailed descriptions of each book as well as further reading ideas on the Summer Read webpage
• WHEN: Read over the Summer Recess

If your child is interested in participating in a Book Club when we return in the Fall, please sign up. 

Please contact Riverside PTA Summer Read Co-Chairs Stirling Eads and Ariel Ramchandani with any questions.

SUPPORT THE RIVERSIDE PTA BY JOINING TODAY!