Riverside School - Richmond

Today was one of Riverside’s sweetest annual traditions – cookies from the Parents Association! Thank you to all our families for sprinkling our faculty and staff with these treats to help celebrate the holiday season.

On this Giving Tuesday, we are thankful for so many things at Riverside including our amazing students, their supportive families, and our dedicated friends. Your gift to the Annual Fund supports increased financial aid, upgraded classroom materials and technology, Orton-Gillingham teacher training, and so much more. Thank you for your support! https://riversideschool.org/donate-now/

Sharing our gratitude! Riverside is thankful for the grandparents, friends, and family members who attended our annual Grandparents and Special Friends Day last week. Thank you to everyone who helped make this day special and all our Riverside families.

The book fair is here! Riverside’s library is full of great choices at this year’s book fair. Students are previewing the fair and exploring titles today and tomorrow.

Two days will be available to parents and grandparents to shop the book fair. Parents are invited to join us at Family Shopping Day on November 17 from 3:20 pm to 5:30 pm. We’ll also have the book fair open to grandparents and guests during our Grandparents and Special Friends Day on November 22 between 8:30 am to Noon.

It was a special Morning Assembly yesterday as we welcomed guests from Bon Air and River City Rotary Clubs! Through the generosity of an $11,000 grant from these Rotary Clubs, Riverside was able to launch its digital collection of ebooks and audiobooks. We were able to add 74 digital audiobooks, 248 ebooks, and 109 print books to our collection through this grant. Our library collection went from 0% digital to 10% digital, which is a huge step for us to offer digital content to our students 24/7.

Ebooks and audiobooks offer features that are helpful to dyslexic readers. Ebooks have controls for font size, style, background color, audio speed, and voice, so students adapt the book to fit their individual needs. Audio books allow students to “read with their ears,” and science tells us that, “When they compared the semantic brain maps for listening and reading, the researchers found that they were almost identical.”

Thank you to the Bon Air and River City Rotary Clubs for this transformational gift of 431 new books!

Have you ordered your Riverside swag? The Riverside Swag Store offers a variety of items to show your Riverside pride, including apparel, car magnets, and more. Shop the online store and place your orders before midnight on Wednesday, November 9. https://www.greentruckmarketing.com/showrooms.htm

Look what happens when we ask our students to put on their "thinking caps"!

We are hiring a Development Assistant. Get more information about responsibilities, requirements, and how to apply here- https://riversideschool.org/careers/

Scenes from the first day of school. It was great to welcome new students and welcome back returning students. It's going to be another great year at Riverside!

Check out our awesome staff members preparing for an amazing 2022-2023 school year. Everyone is ready and excited to see the students on Monday.

We are excited to introduce our newest math teacher and LF teacher, Gina Wojtysiak. Gina has 15 years of combined teaching and work experience.

Gina holds a degree in Studio Art from Indiana University where she also studied French and Business. In 2018, she completed Virginia’s Career Switcher Program for Teacher Licensure and earned teaching endorsements in Middle School Math and Visual Art. Earlier this year Gina studied the Orton-Gillingham approach to teaching through Riverside’s O-G Associate level coursework.

While completing her Orton-Gillingham coursework, Gina began substitute teaching at Riverside School. She told us she "was so impressed with the school’s individualized approach to teaching and the culture of kindness cultivated here that I knew this was where I wanted to teach."

In addition to teaching Gina is a children’s book illustrator and member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. In her spare time she enjoys traveling, gardening and making art with her two daughters.

We are excited to announce that Riverside's Library has moved to an expanded space in the Atrium Building! Mrs. Cain can't wait to welcome students to the new, larger Library. Here's a sneak peek.

We are excited to introduce our new instructional assistant, Amy Lawson. Amy has been a substitute at Riverside School and her son attends our school. Amy stated, "Riverside School has been an incredibly positive experience for our family, and I am ecstatic to be part of the team." Amy attended the University of Richmond - Go Spiders!! She has been involved in the education field for 20 years and has worn many different hats from teacher to administrator to substitute. When she is not driving a carpool, helping with homework, or volunteering, she enjoys hiking, walking, reading, and spending time at the beach with her husband, three children, and her Portuguese Water Dog, Posey.

We are excited to introduce you to Sarah Bonkovsky, a new LF Teacher. Sarah has taught at First Baptist Preschool for the past six years. She has a degree from The College of New Jersey in Elementary Education with a concentration in English. She told us that she is excited to work at Riverside School because of the wonderful faculty and students. Sarah completed the Orton-Gillingham course this spring and she is looking forward to putting this approach into practice in the fall. In her spare time, she likes to hang out with her family, read, watch tv, and go for walks around Richmond.

We are so excited to welcome our new classroom teacher, Karen Hollowell, to Riverside School. Karen brings 22 years of classroom teaching experience to our school.
She has taught in public schools in North Carolina and Virginia and has a Bachelor's in Interdisciplinary Studies Teacher Preparation and a Master's in Reading. When asked why she was interested in working at Riverside School, Karen stated "I'm excited to teach at Riverside because I know it's an amazing school. I have wanted to learn more about how to teach students with dyslexia to read, so I'm excited about the training. I'm excited to teach students with the goal of actually learning the information as opposed to being prepared for the test." Karen's hobbies include loving to read and write. She is working on a novel and has written for some blogs, magazines, and one app. She loves spending time with her kids and two cats.

We’re on week 6 and 7 on our summer reading adventure! What have you been reading this summer? I just finished two excellent books, one is a nonfiction picture book on water and the other is an action packed adventure story about ice fishing! All the linked Capstone books have read-along natural voice narration. All the weeks are open for you to explore with books, activities and videos to choose from. From Mrs. Cain, Librarian.

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Riverside is hiring a Director of Finance. Learn more about the position and how to apply here- https://riversideschool.org/careers/

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It has been an amazing two weeks at Camp Riverside. Students created music, engineered egg drop containers, and engaged in hands on math and multi-sensory OG reading instruction.

So close! The collaborative stick-together digital poster is almost finished. There’s a new poster attached to each summer reading ChoiceBoard featured in the summer reading program! Visit the school library catalog to open the Summer Reading 22 collection!

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Mrs. Cain, Librarian.

What could it be? Riverside students can safely collaborate to complete this “Stick Together” online poster this summer. Additional posters are linked to each 2-week Choice Board. Visit the Library catalog’s Summer Reading 22 collection for access.

From Riverside School Library: What are you reading this summer? I just finished Ground Zero by Alan Gratz, in audiobook format, borrowed from the public library. It’s a super exciting novel based on 9/11. It is a middle school Virginia Readers’ Choice title, but would appeal to grade 4-7 readers.

Riverside is hiring an Instructional Aide. Visit our website to learn more and apply.

https://riversideschool.org/riverside-accepting-applications-for-an-instructional-aide/

The students in Mrs. Mayer's class enjoyed foods eaten in ancient Greece. They lounged like the Greeks while eating dates, figs, asparagus, lentils, garlic, olives, and much more! Their minds and palettes were expanded through this immersive experience.

Here is just one more picture of our awesome intermediate school students at the annual Tea Dance.

The Riverside Tea Dance was enjoyed by our intermediate school students today. It was great to see so many parents and grandparents! The food was delicious and the dancing was fun. A huge thank you goes out to Ms. Phyllis and her helpers for planning this amazing event!

Riverside School - Richmond's soccer team recently wrapped up another successful season. Participants learned the importance of staying active, the benefits of teamwork and the value of sportsmanship.

Riverside School - Richmond joins in extending a heartfelt thank you to all who were part of and supported the activity—coaches, faculty, staff, administrators, students, parents, loved ones, volunteers, the grounds crew and fans. (photo credit: David Peterson)

Riverside School - Richmond's annual Field Day tradition brought fun, frolic and a festive atmosphere.

Help support Founder's Day

Riverside's Founder's Day of Giving is LIVE and we have four matching challenges (one each for alumni, parents, grandparents, and friends) totaling more than $10,000. You can double your donation by giving between now and Friday!

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Help support Founder's Day Founder’s Day is a time to honor Riverside’s rich history, celebrate its present, and plan for its future. It is the traditional day that Riverside founder Pat DeOrio comes back to the school to talk to the current students and give them a glimpse into the history of this important institution. ...

Riverside School - Richmond after-school Art Club students studied Jackson Po***ck and his frenetic style of painting.

Also, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who participated in Art Club, which wrapped up for the 2020-21 academic year with this concluding project. Thank you for making it memorable!

During Riverside School - Richmond's recent 'Student Presentation Night,' our students displayed their talents, enviable creativity, dedication and more in front of family, loved ones and friends.

What an amazing first day of Teacher Appreciation Week! Gift cards and Monochromatic Monday were enjoyed by the entire staff. Our staff is so thankful.

At Riverside School - Richmond, Art Club students have been learning about Dutch painter Piet Mondrian. He combined his love of balance and order with an intense passion for jazz, in particular boogie woogie.

This dynamic becomes very evident in his later work which is geometric but full of repetition and energy. The children understood the concept immediately and adopted the method right into their paintings.

At Riverside School - Richmond, learning is made fun through the use of objects that drive home concepts. Here, students created catapults to launch marshmallows and then graphed their results using a coordinate graph.

Riverside School - Richmond, Virginia's most trusted school for children with dyslexia and similar language-based learning differences, is currently hiring for a full-time classroom teacher.

This is an incredible opportunity to be part of a flourishing independent day school, complete with students actively engaged in the learning process, as well as top-tier and supportive faculty, staff and administrators.

Click here to learn more and apply >> https://bit.ly/3uaLZVI

Act now and show off your Riverside School - Richmond pride by shopping at the school's 'Swag' store.

Riverside School - Richmond is introducing a panther logo and a rainbow tie dye t-shirt this spring, as well as other promotional products to celebrate our school!

Shop the store now as time is running out and supplies are going fast:: https://riversideschool.itemorder.com/shop/sale/. All orders must be placed by this coming Wednesday, April 13 at midnight.

Riverside School - Richmond's always-enthusiastic Art Club students, under the direction of instructor extraordinaire, Mrs. Lantz, are enjoying an exciting (and cleverly-termed) exercise called ‘abstraction satisfaction.'

Students are learning about how artists create abstract paintings and sculptures.

"Needless to say, they are doing a wonderful job and are eagerly learning many new things about art," Mrs. Lantz reports.

Many thanks to the Riverside School - Richmond parents who have students in Mrs. Hague’s and Mrs. Shoop’s classes as well as to Starbucks (Robious Road) and Sugar Shack Donuts - N. Chesterfield (Huguenot Road) for brightening our day recently with delectable Sunshine Treats—we indulged!

At Riverside School - Richmond, New SWAG! Riverside School - Richmond's Spring Swag showroom is now open!

We are introducing a panther logo and a rainbow tie dye t-shirt. Check it out here!

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The store closes on April 13 so please order soon 😉. Questions about the showroom? Please contact Riverside School - Richmond at: (804) 320-3465. Happy shopping!