Riverside Elementary School District No. 2

Happy Friday Everyone!!
We’ve had a GREAT week here at RTS!
Have an amazing weekend, we’ll see you back on Monday!

Half-way through the week Students & Teachers!
Let's push on to the weekend strong!

Parents! Important Notice for our community 📢

As you may have heard, on Monday, April 19, Governor Doug Ducey issued an Executive Order 2021-10 rescinding the requirement of wearing masks in K-12 schools.

However, within the order “K-12 school districts and charter schools still maintain the right to institute and enforce policies to mitigate against COVID-19 spread including the use of masks.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and public health officials continue to recommend the wearing of masks in public schools along with following mitigation strategies to ensure a safe learning environment.

With this in mind, Riverside Elementary School District's mask requirement will remain in place for the health and safety of our students, staff, families and community until further notice.

We appreciate your patience and support during these evolving times while our focus continues to remain teaching and learning in a safe, healthy, and positive environment.

Parents!
Are you looking for FREE COVID testing sites near you?

Our district is offering FREE COVID-19 testing at any of our school sites from 8am-3pm.

Stop by any of our schools to get tested with results on site. If you have any questions, please feel free to call our front office for help.

Fun Fact Friday

Did you know Riverside Elementary School District has over 100 employees? From business services to nurses and from food service to teaching, students have a team of caring adults supporting them each day.

Our goal is to continue to hire and retain high quality staff by continuing to offer our service providers competitive salaries!

Fun Fact Friday

Did you know the National Association of Realtors stated that proximity to good quality schools has the most influence on a buyer’s decision to purchase a home?

Our goal is to improve our schools, become educational leaders in our community and provide you with higher property values!

El Distrito Escolar Primario de Riverside se complace en anunciar que estamos trabajando en sociedad con Southwellness LLC, un centro de atención médica integral. Nuestra asociación tiene como objetivo proporcionar pruebas de COVID-19 en cada una de nuestras escuelas. Con este fin, el condado de Maricopa está tratando de comprender mejor la motivación de nuestra comunidad para elegir si hacerse o no la prueba de COVID-19. Agradeceríamos enormemente su respuesta a esta breve encuesta para que podamos servir mejor a la comunidad RESD con las pruebas de COVID-19. También esperamos brindar la posibilidad de hacerse pruebas de influenza y vacunarse contra la influenza en el futuro.

Haga clic en el siguiente enlace para realizar esta breve encuesta:

Para español: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/espC19_SOUTHWELL

Encuesta de Pruebas Comunitarias de COVID-19 Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

Riverside Elementary School District is pleased to announce that we are working on a partnership with Southwellness LLC, a comprehensive medical care facility. Our partnership is aimed at providing COVID-19 testing at each of our school sites. To this end, Maricopa County is trying to better understand our community’s motivation for choosing whether or not to get tested for COVID-19. We would greatly appreciate your response to this short survey so that we may better serve the RESD community with COVID-19 testing. We also hope to bring the ability to get flu testing and a flu shot in the future.

Please click on the following link to take this short survey:

For English: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/C19_SOUTHWELL

COVID-19 Community Testing Survey Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

Fun Fact Friday

Did you know Riverside Elementary School District serves 3 schools?

Our goal is to provide safety and security improvements on all campuses to fight the COVID-19 pandemic!

Fun Fact Friday

Did you know Riverside Elementary School District serves approximately a 25 square miles radius for students highly interested in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine career pathways?

Our goal is to continue funding our STEMM program and provide new technology for our students!

Fun Fact Friday

Did you know this year’s Kindergarten students will graduate high school in 2033?

Our goal is to continue providing FREE Kindergarten for our families and create our future leaders!

Zero Cost COVID-19 Testing at MIT

Prueba de COVID-19 de cero costo en MIT.

Fun Fact Friday

Did you know Riverside Elementary School was built in 1872 by a group of farmers and community members?

Our goal is to renovate and update our facilities while respecting the history of the space!

Friendly Reminder.
Recordatorio amistoso.

CNS Meal Service Information.

Información sobre el servicio de comidas del CNS.

Fun Fact Friday

Did you know nearly 2,000 students are moving into the Riverside School District in the next 3 years?

Our goal is to build a new school to accommodate our growth!

Fun Fact Friday

Did you know the current classroom student-to-teacher ratio is 27:1?

Our goal is to add more classroom space to maintain our excellent student to teacher ratio!

⚠️ Reminder ⚠️

The last day to register to vote in Monday, October 7th. Let your voice be heard this year and get out to vote!

Have voters in the District passed bonds in the past?

Yes! District voters approved a bond in November 2013. Here’s a few things we were able to accomplish since then:
✅ We were able to improve and expand our school facilities
✅ Construction of a brand High School
✅ Renovation of our Science Labs at Riverside Elementary and Kings Ridge Preparatory Academy
✅ 1:1 technology devices for students K-8
✅ Security upgrades on each of our campus

We are hoping to continue growing and expanding our school district to benefit our families and community!

How will the Override improve the Riverside School District?
Override funds are used to:

✅ Fully fund Kindergarten students in our District
✅ Provide resources for our nurses, provide competitive salaries to recruit and retain highly qualified teachers and staff
✅ Offer special education programs for students with disabilities and the implementation of our S.T.E.M.M program

Stay tuned to learn more about the Riverside Bond and Override 2020 election!

The Riverside School District called for a bond election this year to address student growth, improve our facilities and address the safety concerns we were presented with this year.

The Riverside School District is anticipating a student increase of roughly 945 students by 2023.
How are we improving our schools:

✅ Construction of a new school
✅ Providing additional classroom space to accommodate the growth
✅ Construction of a new transportation facility and the purchase of new buses

Stay tuned for more information about the Bond and Override 2020 Election!

Important Information from the Riverside Child Nutrition Services Department.
Información importante del Departamento de Servicios de Nutrición Infantil de Riverside.

Will you be voting in this year’s election?
The last day to register to vote is Monday, October 7th. Make sure you register to vote and let your voice be heard this year!

The M&O Override will provide approximately $780,000 for the Riverside School District in the following school year!

This means FREE Kindergarten for our students… More resources for our school nurses… Highly competitive salaries for our staff… Special Education programs…

and continue providing STEMM Education programs for our students.

Let’s talk about Overrides!

This year the Riverside School District is calling for a continuation of the M&O Override. The M&O Override is a voter approved 15% increase to the school district’s budget.
The full amount will be $780,000 in 2021-2022 to improve our schools.

Stay tuned for our upcoming posts to learn more about how the override works and how we will be improving our schools this year.

So what is a bond?

Bonds are used to purchase capital items and/or make safety improvements, upgrades or renovations to existing facilities. Here are few items we will be utilizing the bond funds within our district:

✅ Purchase land to expand our schools
✅ Purchase new technology for our students
✅ New transportation facility and new buses for student transportation
✅ Implement new facility safety improvements and construction of a new elementary school

Stay tuned for more information about the Bond and Override 2020 election!

Hey Riverside community 📣
The 2020 elections are coming up on November 3rd, 2020!

Did you know that the Riverside School District Bond and Override will be in this year’s ballot?

In the following weeks, we will be posting information to inform all of our community about the Bond and Override and how this will benefit you and our students.

Stay tuned!

Important Meal Service Information from Child Nutrition Services.

Información importante sobre el servicio de comidas de servicios de nutrición infantil.

Thank You Mr. Pina for your years of service and dedication to the students of R2.
Happy Retirement!

Gracias Sr. Pina por sus años de servicio y dedicación a los estudiantes de R2.

¡Feliz retiro!

Our car parade yesterday was a blast 🎉 Who agrees?😄

Thank you again to all the families for coming out, we miss you all!

Parents, if you wish to download the online gallery, please send us a message and we'd be happy to send you the link to download the original photos 😃

A special Thank You to all who participated in the Riverside Parade!

¡Un agradecimiento especial a todos los que participaron en el desfile de Riverside!

The Riverside Elementary School District Parade is tomorrow, Friday, May 15, 2020!
¡El Desfile del Distrito Escolar Riverside es mañana, viernes 15 de mayo de 2020!

Riverside School District No. 2 Parade on May 15, 2020. Please see flyers for details.
Desfile de Riverside School District No. 2 el 15 de mayo de 2020. Vea los volantes para más detalles.

Teacher Appreciation Week. We are thankful for Our Staff!!

Semana de agradecimiento al maestro. Estamos agradecidos por Nuestro Personal!

School Meals Reminder:
Meals are available at:
ON SCHOOL-SITES:
· KRPA 3650 S. 64th Ln.
- In front of the school office
· RTS 1414 S. 51st Ave.
- Student drop off area in front of the cafeteria

MEALS ON WHEELS:
Bus Routes:
-60th Ave and Wood St.
-Smith Park 4030 W. Sherman St.

Recordatorio de comidas escolares:
Las comidas están disponibles en:
EN SITIOS ESCOLARES:
· KRPA 3650 S. 64th Ln.
- Frente a la oficina de la escuela.
· RTS 1414 S. 51st Ave.
- Área de entrega de estudiantes frente a la cafetería.

COMIDAS EN RUEDAS:
Rutas de autobuses:
-60th Ave y Wood St.
-Smith Park 4030 W. Sherman St.