Riverside USD 114

Virtual Open House for Grades Kdg-2 will be tomorrow evening, Wednesday, August 19th at the following times. Please join your student's teachers Zoom meeting at that time. Utilize the Zoom app and join the teacher's meeting by typing in their meeting code. The teacher will then admit you to the meeting. Check your parent portal or email for the teacher codes. If you have questions about using Zoom, email infinite.campus@cyclones114.org Kdg - 5:30 pm 1st grade - 6:00 pm 2nd grade - 6:30 pm

Parents of students in grades 3-5, a virtual back to school night presentation will be held tonight. All presentations will be posted on DoJo no later than 4pm tonight and will be available for your viewing after that time. If you have not set up your class dojo and need more information, please email your students' teacher or if you are unsure of that email, send the email to infinite.campus@cyclones114.org and it will be forwarded to the teacher. Please include your students name and teacher name.

Due to Covid 19, the Big 7 League has decided to go back to double duals between just 2 teams rather than the triangular matches with 3 teams. Please see the attached REVISED 2020 Riverside High School Volleyball schedule.

Middle School football practice will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the East campus. It will end around 5:30 p.m. Please bring all completed forms needed (physical, concussion, and Covid) as well as your own personal water container. We will check out lockers and equipment during a portion of practice. If forms are needed, please come to the East campus where we have extra copies.

Reminder!

Third Grade Orientation information Due to the changes this year, we will offer a staggered orientation for the third grade students. Teachers will be available from 12:30 - 5:30 in their classrooms on Monday, August 17. We ask that only the third grade student and one parent/guardian comes to drop off their items. Please enter through the main office in the Middle School building. We look forward to meeting you and hope that many of you are able stop by for a quick introduction. Thank you!

Riverside Primary Back to School information

Middle School volleyball practice will begin Monday, August 17th from 3:30-5:00pm in the small Elwood gym located in the intermediate building. There will be a parents meeting August 24th at 5:00pm after practice in the main gym. Please have your physical, concussion form, and COVID form filled out and completed before the first practice.

Middle School football meeting this Thursday with a 7th grade parent meeting at 6:30 and an 8th grade parent meeting at 7:15. We will meet in the new gym on the East campus. Please bring any paperwork that needs to be turned in for your student-athlete.

Reminder!! There will be a mini cheerleading camp for incoming 7th and 8th graders that are interested in cheer for this upcoming year. Cheer camp will be on Tuesday August 11th and Wednesday August 12 from 9-11am, in the East Campus Old Gym. We would like to have you fill out the attached google form, so we can get an idea of how many people are interested in participating. Students will need to make sure they have their school physical completed prior to attending camp. Students will also need to wear masks to the camp, per the Governor's mandate. If you have any questions please email Miss Jay at njay@cyclones114.org Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLDPgWWkcS0ofNoc0KaRrtrDVn7seqBqMOraOBQo2hLOD9CA/viewform?usp=sf_link

All 7-8 students wanting to participate in KSHSAA activities this year must have a physical, concussion form, and a COVID form filled out and turned in before participating in the first practice. The forms can be found on there KSHSAA website: http://www.kshsaa.org

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Riverside USD 114 is accepting applications for Part-Time Cooks for the 2020-21 school year. Immediate Positions Available. Deliver Support Staff Application, located on the Riverside Website at www.usd114.org /District Information/Employment, to Vicki Wyatt, PR/HR/BOE Clerk, Riverside USD 114, PO Box 49, 1409 Vermont, Elwood, KS 66024. Phone 913-365-5632 or email vwyatt@cyclones114.org with questions. EOE

​This is a reminder that there is a high school football player/parent meeting tomorrow night, August 4th at 6 pm in the high school auditorium.

Riverside parents, registration is scheduled next week. Please register online if at all possible to alleviate your need to come to school. Your presence is not required at school. You may see our reopening plan and complete forms online at https://www.usd114.org. Update your demographic information, submit your meal benefits application, and pay your fees through your Infinite Campus portal login. This step is done only once per family. The convenience fee for using online payment has been reduced this year. E-checks regardless of the amount are a .35 cent charge per transaction. Credit card processing charges add a 4.5% fee that covers the cost we are charged for processing your transaction. All other forms may be saved as a pdf and submitted by email to infinite.campus@cyclones114.org or may be printed, signed, mailed, or brought to your students’ office with an in person payment. Notes: The meal benefit application does not work well on a phone and needs to be completed on a computer. HS Impact testing forms are not required at this time as this has been postponed. Not all documents are required for all grades, please note the side information to the document name. If you need your username or password for your portal, email infinite.campus@cyclones114.org. If you have a question call the school offices: Riverside High School 785-989-4426 Riverside Middle and Intermediate School 913-365-6735 Riverside Primary School 785-989-4425

There will be a football parent/player meeting on Tuesday, August 4th at 6:00 p.m. at the high school auditorium. All players and parents are encouraged to attend. If you are unable to make the meeting, please “like” the Riverside High School Football page on Facebook to find a video that will recap information shared.

There will be a mini cheerleading camp for incoming 7th and 8th graders that are interested in cheer for this upcoming year. Cheer camp will be on Tuesday August 11th and Wednesday August 12 from 9-11am, in the East Campus Old Gym. We would like to have you fill out the attached google form, so we can get an idea of how many people are interested in participating. Students will need to make sure they have their school physical completed prior to attending camp. Students will also need to wear masks to the camp, per the Governor's mandate. If you have any questions please email Miss Jay at njay@cyclones114.org Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLDPgWWkcS0ofNoc0KaRrtrDVn7seqBqMOraOBQo2hLOD9CA/viewform?usp=sf_link

Fellow Cyclones – An update as to our start of school. Today the State Board of Education met as required by recent Kansas state statute to review COVID related education executive orders. In their meeting the board voted down the motion to uphold the Governor’s order delaying the start of schools until after Labor Day. That vote keeps us on a path to opening schools on our original start date of August 20th 2020. This date was approved by the USD 114 board of education at their regular meeting back in March. USD 114 is committed to continue our planning process for the start of school and have our schools open in a safe manner for both students and staff alike. Our task to plan for the start of school continues and rest assured, we will continue to do that regardless of the date. As I mentioned last week, we will ask for a bit of survey data from our families and staff so we can make the most informed decisions possible. Please find the family survey link in all our regular district communication methods and at the bottom of this message. I thank you in advance for your feedback. It will help our planning efforts to make the most informed decisions to start school. Because of the number of abnormal situations this pandemic creates across the state, news and information often changes quickly and without much notice. Additionally, situations that may be happening in a certain part of the state, may not necessarily be happening closer to home. I thank you all for your continued patience and support as we work in our planning for the start of the fall term. USD 114 will remain steadfast in helping make the best decisions possible for the good of our kids and staff. The survey link is as follows: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftiXCvvewdsv3jawou9vcLOEmBPXtBYOZ2ABTxsnu5aNHHOA/viewform?usp=sf_link tbg Travis Githens Superintendent USD 114 Riverside Schools 1409 Vermont P.O. Box 49 Elwood, KS 66024 Phone: 913-365-5632 tgithens@usd114.org

Greetings Riverside family, this is Mr. Githens with an important announcement. This afternoon, during the governor's press conference, it was announced that K-12 schools in Kansas would not open until after the Labor Day holiday. We will make use of this extra time to plan and make the most of this situation. The delay in opening school will give Riverside more time to prepare for this unusual school year but it calls into question so many other things about what we already have on our calendars. It will take some time to sort through the implications of this order. We expect full details when the Governor’s formal executive order is released Monday July 20th, 2020. We also expect announcements from the Kansas State Activities Association for further guidance later as well. This is a difficult and challenging time. We stand committed to providing the best education possible while accounting for student and staff health and safety. Stay tuned for more details on how school will operate this fall. We can only start school when conditions allow us to do so. We are as anxious to have kids back in our building as you are. It is more than just what we do, it is who we are as cyclones. Rest assured, we miss our students! Thank you for your continued support of Riverside Schools. tbg

Preschool screenings will be held on Tuesday, July 14 at the West Campus. If you need to make an appointment please text Mrs. Smith at 816-244-3630. Children must have a preschool screening before they can enroll for preschool. We do ask if you have traveled outside of Missouri and Kansas that you let us know and we will schedule an appointment after you have been back in the state for two weeks.

2020 Graduation is today, 5:00, East Campus Gym. A reminder that it will be streamed live, so if you are at risk for the Corona Virus, we recommend you watch it online. If you are attending live, we highly recommend wearing a mask. We will have limited masks available, as well as hand sanitizer as you walk in.