Congratulations to Sophie Juhl for finishing 4th in Regionals in the Triple Jump and qualifying for the State Track Meet next week in Wichita. Allison Schultz finished 5th in High Jump and just missed out on qualifying. Congratulations Sophie!!
3rd-5th Skating Trip
UPDATE: The RHS Regional baseball game hosted by Valley Falls today Monday, May 17th will now be played at 3pm today. RHS softball at Wathena will still be played as scheduled.
Holly Howlett, RHS Class of 2021, was selected as Riverside's recipient of the Kansas Governor's Scholar program.
The Governor's Scholars program has honored the top academic one percent of Kansas high school seniors for the
past 38 years. When Holly was notified as a recipient, she stated, 'It feels like my hard work has finally paid off, even
though there aren't scholarships with the award. I plan to attend Mizzou for undergrad and then on through med
school to become a psychiatrist.' Holly chose Mrs. Laura Benitz, RHS photo-art teacher as the 2021 Teacher of
Influence. Mrs. Benitz is recognized for being an influential teacher, and the honor is bestowed by the scholar and
recognized by the Governor of the State of Kansas. Mrs. Benitz stated, "I am honored to be chosen as the 2021
Teacher of Influence. I love being a teacher, and I feel passionate about making strong connections with each of my
students. Holly is a remarkable young woman, and I know without a doubt she will achieve all her life's goals."
The Riverside track team traveled to Perry-Lecompton last Thursday for the Big 7 League Track Meet. The highlight of the day was a 2nd place finish in the Triple Jump with a leap of 32 feet 3 inches on her second attempt in finals. “All it takes is one good one, “ Coach Koranda said after Sophie improved from her 7th place seating coming in to the finals. Despite dealing with a nagging knee injury, Sophie also managed a 5th place finish in the 100-meter dash. Emma Koranda completed her track career with the Cyclones with three personal records in all three of her throwing events. Hayden Daugherty also ran a personal best in the 1600 meter run and Christopher Brooke jumped a personal best in the long jump. The regional track meet being held at Valley Heights High School in Blue Rapids next Friday is the next adventure for the track team. Athletes need to place in the top four at regionals to qualify for state being held in Wichita on Saturday, May 29th this year for 2-1A teams. Good luck to those going to regionals!
Congratulations class of 2021! We are proud of you!
The link provided is for Regional Baseball tickets.
Tickets are $6 a piece. All tickets will be validated upon arrival. Make sure you have the GoFan app or the web browser open in order to be validated. Fans will not have to purchase more than one ticket for Monday.
https://gofan.co/app/events/315374
Regional Baseball & Softball brackets
Summer School application deadline is Friday, May 21, 2021. You can find the application at the link below.
https://5il.co/sfil
Below is the link to the livestream of the Big 7 track meet at Perry Lecompton on Thursday, May 13. They will start it in time for the prelims and run it until the end of the meet. They will not be covering any field events, just running events.
https://youtu.be/FnXtCeaAugo
RHS Baseball/ Softball Parent Night--All games start at 5:30 pm tonight.
There will only be ONE baseball game. Baseball Senior/Parent night will be at 5:25 before the game. Softball Senior/Parent night will be between games.
RHS Cheerleaders' parent meeting May 24th at 6pm.
Please click on the link below for information about 2021 Summer School.
https://5il.co/sfil
Prom 2021 getting ready to happen! Great job decorating Juniors and Mrs. Poirier!
BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING NOTICE OF CHANGE
The regular scheduled meeting for Monday, May 10, 2021 has been rescheduled until Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. and will be held at the District Office Board of Education Conference Room, 1409 Vermont, Elwood, KS 66024.
The Regional Softball Tournament will begin on Monday, May 17th. Start times have been moved to 2:30, 4:00, 5:30, & 7:00. Shirt order form is attached. Sizes and numbers are due by NEXT TUESDAY, MAY 11th if you want to be assured to have your shirts. There will be minimal Shirts on sale at the Tournament. Please PRE- ORDER!
The Kansas State Department of Education provided a well-earned thank you to the Riverside Foodservice Staff this week for all their efforts to keep kids fed during the pandemic these past 14 months. Thank you ladies for your hard work from March of 2020 through this school year to feed all our students whether they were and in person or remote learner!
Today students in grades 6th, 7th, and 8th are bringing home physical forms to fill out. They need to be brought back by this Friday, May 7. Please read everything carefully and sign in all places necessary. If they don't plan to do any extracurricular activities next year, they will still need to bring it back.
Below are the links to the forms if you would like to print your own.
Physical form - https://www.kshsaa.org/Public/PDF/FORM-PPE.pdf
Concussion form - https://www.kshsaa.org/Public/SportsMedicine/ConcussionGuidelines.cfm then go to parent/student information release form (Sample)
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Please contact Heather Cline, Tyler Herbster, or Shelly Vertin with any questions or if you are needing resources.
Baseball & Softball games scheduled tonight vs. Perry Lecompton have been rescheduled for May 11th at 4:30.