Riverside Central PTSA

02/16/2021

Please contact Riverside by this Friday if you want to adjust your learning model.

01/28/2021

This coming Monday evening, join online:

Please consider joining us and other family members for an opportunity to talk and share! Monday, Feb. 1 at 6pm.

01/11/2021

Otters! Check in on your learning model.

12/16/2020

This Saturday the 19th!

11/06/2020

Our wonderful Otter Family!

Riverside Central Elementary School, located in Rochester, Minnesota, has a unique program for education. They strive to make immigrant students, and their fami...

09/03/2020

Otters in the news on our first day back!

https://kttc.com/2020/09/02/rps-teachers-and-students-kick-off-an-unconventional-school-year/?

Eager students arrived at Riverside Central Elementary School on Wednesday morning after months of being away from their teachers and friends.

08/31/2020

Welcome back Otters! 🦦

08/20/2020

Here's what we learned today. Of special note is the earlier dismissal time, which will be outlined in more detail soon. Things are updating pretty often and we will try to stay on top of it for our Otters.

Hybrid Learning - Rochester Public Schools is a high performing public school district located in the middle of South-Eastern Minnesota and spans 218 square miles.

08/04/2020

Reposting from Riverside’s main page:

Greetings Riverside Families! 🦦

Riverside will be hosting 3 days of Open Talking Forums.

This will allow Riverside families, staff, and community to connect about various topics such as but not limited to: distance learning, racial justice, the upcoming school year, resource support, and any other questions or concerns that are heavy on your heart!

We understand that this is a time of great uncertainty with lots of questions. We may not have all of the answers at this point but will do our best to answer questions, find answers, listen, and support our Riverside family.


The following dates, times, and links for Open Talking Forums are:

Tuesday, August 4,
10:30-11:30 AM
Hangouts Meet joining info
https://meet.google.com/yvt-mmwe-yeu
Or dial: +​1​ ​3​0​2​-​4​4​0​-​5​7​9​3 PIN: 6​1​0​ ​5​3​5​ ​3​1​1​ #
6-7 PM
Hangouts Meet joining info
https://meet.google.com/rwo-dsir-fgf
Or dial: +​1​ ​4​0​2​-​2​8​5​-​2​3​8​2 PIN: 8​1​0​ ​4​6​4​ ​9​9​5​ #

Tuesday, August 11
10:30-11:30 AM
Hangouts Meet joining info
https://meet.google.com/rwz-buhc-bsj
Or dial: +​1​ ​5​1​8​-​7​9​7​-​6​0​3​2 PIN: 6​2​4​ ​4​6​6​ ​8​7​1​ #
6-7 PM
Hangouts Meet joining info
https://meet.google.com/bto-syhc-eff
Or dial: +​1​ ​7​1​6​-​2​6​2​-​9​2​3​0 PIN: 5​6​5​ ​4​9​9​ ​8​3​3​ #

Tuesday, August 18
10:30-11:30 AM
Hangouts Meet joining info
https://meet.google.com/jmj-hebd-xqm
Or dial: +​1​ ​9​1​9​-​6​7​9​-​1​6​7​9 PIN: 2​7​5​ ​5​6​0​ ​3​2​6​ #
6-7 PM
Hangouts Meet joining info
https://meet.google.com/svp-fpxc-qaa
Or dial: +​1​ ​3​1​9​-​3​4​6​-​6​1​1​3 PIN: 6​1​6​ ​7​9​1​ ​8​6​8​ #

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07/14/2020

School is out, but the Board is in!

The official YouTube channel of Rochester Public Schools.

06/17/2020

Otter families, please consider taking this survey and letting the MDE know how things went for you.

Dear Families,

We hear you. In less than a day, we’ve received more than 100,000 responses to our Fall Planning Survey. The survey will close on June 30, 2020. If you haven’t completed it yet, you can do so here: http://sgiz.mobi/s3/2020-Parent-Distance-Learning-Feedback-Survey.

While this survey is just one factor in our planning around fall, please know that your experience is extremely important to us. We are reading all of your comments in the survey and on our social media channels. I am committing to you that we will use this information to inform our decisions and the guidance we provide to our schools for this fall and beyond.

As we plan for the 2020-21 school year, we are working with MDH to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and determine how to keep our students, their families and our staff healthy. While it is too soon to determine how students will return to school this fall, this week we will provide schools with guidance for three scenarios to help them plan.

• Return all students to school buildings following the most current CDC and MDH guidelines.
• Return students to school buildings implementing a hybrid model following the most current CDC and MDH guidelines.
• No students return to school buildings. Implement a distance learning model.

Decisions around the fall may change as we learn more about which scenario will be in the best interest of public health, and specifically the health and safety of our school communities.

As we are monitoring the public health situation and working on our decision for the fall, we have also been working with the Wisconsin/Minnesota Comprehensive Center (WMCC) to hold group conversations to get feedback on distance learning. As a part of these conversations, we are meeting with students, families, educators and school staff from across the state.

I am so grateful to be an educator in Minnesota. Your commitment to your children and our students is humbling.

Together,

Mary Cathryn Ricker, NBCT
Commissioner of Education