Our Plastic Drive has Come to an End
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Student safety is our top priority, especially during arrival and dismissal times. To ensure a safe and efficient process, we are asking for your cooperation with an important safety measure.
When dropping off your child, please ensure they exit the vehicle from the passenger side of the vehicle only. Allowing students to exit on the street side creates significant safety risks due to moving traffic. Even if an adult is helping the child out of the car we ask that you do this on the curbside. This may prove difficult if we have snow in which case we ask the students only exit at cross walks or areas where the snow is removed. Our goal is to take any risk of a child or adult suffering injury from another vehicle.
We appreciate your attention to this matter and your continued support in prioritizing student safety.
Thank you for your cooperation.
5th Grade Science Class Project
This Past Week's TOPS Winners.
TOPS Winners from December 20th
2024 5th grade Egg Drop Champions!
Elli, Sadie, and Sophia
Happy Holidays from a few of your Riverview Friends!
Board of Education approves Ballot Question for Spring 2025
At its December 17 meeting, the Silver Lake Jt 1 Board of Education approved placing a referendum question on the April 1, 2025 ballot to address critical Riverview Elementary School facility needs.
According to district officials, the proposal addresses three key areas: infrastructure, safety, and learning spaces. The ballot question seeks voter approval for projects totaling $7 million. If approved by the voters, the proposal will add an estimated $13.75 per month or $165 per year to property taxes, for $300,000 property.
A recent community survey conducted by Silver Lake-Salem Jt. 1 School District revealed that 59.6% of all respondents and 90% of school families support a proposed $7 million capital referendum.
“The District has many deferred maintenance and security needs that must be addressed to protect our students, staff, and the integrity of our school building and grounds. These are large-scale projects such as roofs, heating and ventilating, and security that simply can’t be paid out of a single year’s operating budget,” said Superintendent Kim Taylor.
“We were very pleased that the survey revealed that the community would support a referendum. The Board and I took that as a positive signal to move forward to referendum.”
The Board unanimously approved the resolution and ballot question.
At the meeting, Taylor said that the district will begin an information campaign after the first of the year about the proposal to help all voters make an informed decision on April 1, 2025 ballot question.
8th Grade Learning Some Real Life Skills.
Junior High receives some real life lessons.
Today we talked about Wassily Kandinsky and how he listened to music while creating art. Using voice and choice., kindergartners choose their colors, subject, and brush size. They also learned how to use and care for paints and brushes.
This Week's TOPS Students
Congratulations to Heaven Blumerich. She is one of the winners for the Anderson Arts coloring contest. She attended the awards ceremony held at the center this past weekend.
Holiday Dress Up Days
Reminder...
📅 First Practice: Monday, 12/16/2024
🕒 Practice Times: Mondays and Thursdays, 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
Please make sure your student has a signed permission slip turned in to Mrs. Klein before our first practice. Students without a signed permission slip will be unable to participate.
In art, 4K students, had fun dancing to snowman songs, listening to a book on how to build a snowman and using their fine motor skills to make their own snowman. Artworks will be on display in 4k. Families can view their student's art on Artsonia.
4th and 5th grade afterschool game club is CANCELLED for today (Wed. Dec. 11). Students should go home the way they normally would at dismissal. Thank you for understanding.
7th grade students created Keith Haring inspired art to share with the school and community. Students collaborated on positve messages they wanted to share. Their works and statements can be found throughout the school.
