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Riverside
School/Community
Blood Drive
Food Drive
Variety Show
Movies
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Riverside Community
School Mission
Statement
The mission of the Riverside Community School District is to prepare students to meet the challenges of the future as responsible citizens in a global
society.
Striving to Provide the Highest Quality Education
for the Communities of
Carson, Macedonia, and
Oakland.
Postal Patron
Non-Profit
US POSTAGE PAID
PERMIT #4
PO Box 428
Oakland, IA 51560
Volume 22, Issue 5
December, 2015
* Dr. James Sutton, Superintendent
712-484-2212 Central Office
*Mr. Jamie Meek, Pre-K-6 Principal
712-484-2212 Intermediate School
712-482-6296 Elementary School
* Mr. David Gute Jr.-Sr. HS Principal
712-482-6465 Jr.-Sr. High School
* Don Graham Transportation
712-482-6215 Bus Garage
The Riverside Community School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, socioeconomic status, or disability in its educational programs and activities and does not dis-criminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, socioeco-nomic status or disability in its employment practices, or as otherwise prohibited by statute or regulation. For more information or concerns regarding educational programs or activities, employment practices or information regarding the grievance procedure, contact Dr. James
Sutton, Equity Coordinator, Riverside Community School District, 330 Pleasant Street, PO Box 218, Carson, IA 51525, 712-484-2212.
Riverside website is
www.riversideschools.org
Elementary Winter Concert December 1 @ 7 PM Jr.-Sr. High School Gym
Intermediate School Winter Concert December 7 @ 7 PM Intermediate School
Jr-Sr. High School Winter Concert December 14 @ 7 PM Jr.-Sr. High School Auditorium
First Semester Ends December 22 Early Dismissal; Classes resume JANUARY 5, 2016
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DON’T FORGET TO JOIN THE RIVERSIDE BOOSTER CLUBS
Single Membership $15 Couple Membership $25 Gold Membership $50
Intermediate School 1st Quarter Honor Roll
Gold Honor Roll Blue Honor Roll
Grade 4 Grade 4 Grade 5
Elyssa Amdor Autumn Bennett Paige Long
Lucus Billie-Holderby Colton Blatny Ashton McFarland
Abigail Bruning Derek Bothwell Nathaniel Messerschmidt
Kylee Burton Addison Brink Stormy Noble
Rebecca Cody Cooper Burton Keaton Perkins
Lydia Erickson Ryan Conover Jadynn Price
Grant Fairchild Caitlin Duede Tyler Reed
Brett Feuring Addison Feuring Ayden Salais
Zander Harrison Emma Gordon Teegan Schechinger
Carly Henderson Halie Hayes Kimberly Smith
Garrett Hough Abigail Jarmin Brant Spies
Grady Jeppesen Riley Jones Caleb Stevens
Savanna Keleher Charles Klemmensen Justin Wilson
Jessica Martens Jay Klemmensen Grade 6
Ruthie Pendgraft Lillian Mace Isabelle Bluml
Allyee Pierson Isabelle Dermott Kelly Clevenger
Kyler Rieken Madison Meyermann Brok Comstock
Abe Schechinger Cayden Millett Joshua Fajen
Dalton Smith Joseph Myers Austin Kremkoski
Cienna Sorensen Kaeden Pleas Frannee Maher
Victoria Thomas Shawn Schutte Nolan Moore
Mica Welch Logan Skank Clayton Spies
Grade 5 Koby Sternberg
Veronica Andrusyshyn Juan Teller-Diaz
Lian Antunez Trace Walston
Madison Baldwin Grade 5
Marin Birdsong Jonathan Alff
Pierce Johnson Aiden Bell
Lili McCready Stacy Bentley
Jessica McMartin Bowe Branan
Kiara Meek Tayleigh DeGroat
Mackenzie Olmstead Jack Eggers
Grade 6 Cassidy Feigenbutz
Cale Bentley Austyn Fisher
Laura Fairchild Hayden Hensley
Hannah Lund Braydon Hill
Makenna Rose Madison Ives
McCartney Sanny Sean Johnson
McKenna Sick Jacob Ladd
Lily LeKander
6th Grade Art
6th Grade Art
6th Grade Art
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Riverside Junior High 1st Quarter Honor Roll
Gold Honor Roll Silver Honor Roll Honor Roll
7th Grade 7th Grade 7th Grade
Alexander Baker Cailee Manzer Brogan Allensworth
Abigail Brink 8th Grade Samantha Beireis
Kenna Ford Maggie Boruff Ella Hensley
Kya Hackett Michael Galbraith Caden Manzer
Wyatt Hough Courtney Hering Gabriel McCain
Kathryn Messerschmidt Dustin Hering Chiara Rains
Benjamin Schroder Meghan Reed Elijah Ryun
Wyatt Sparr Bailey Wiese Cheyenne Schmit
Linnea Stark Taten Williams Conner Stevens
Samuel Wilber 8th Grade
8th Grade Jadyn Achenbach
Ashlynn Amdor Robert Blakely
Skye Bentley Mackenzie Britain
Gracelyn Bluml Bailey Faxon
Jolie Fajen Caiden Goodman
Delaney Murphy Megan Klindt
Paige Osweiler Scott McGlade
Abigale Petersen Isabella Minatra
Shonna Moss
Dennis Pilling
Haylee Vlcek
Junior High Boys Basketball Team
Let’s Go To The Movies
Dreamland Theater Carson, Iowa
Dec. 4, 5, 6 Spectre Rated: PG13 2 hrs. 30 mins.
Dec. 11, 12, 13 Hunger Games Mockingjay 2 Rated: PG13 2hrs. 16 mins.
Dec. 18, 19, 20 Love the Coopers Rated: PG13 1 hr. 46 mins.
December 25, 26,27 CLOSED
Above: Dr. Kelly Turner, DVM, Oakland Vet Clinic, presents Sherm Rhoten, Riverside FFA chapter sponsor with a check for $400 from
animal health company Zoetis. Thank you, Dr. Turner.
Below: High School Art
Riverside Elementary Winter Concert Dec. 1 @ 7 PM
Riverside Intermediate Winter Concert Dec. 7 @ 7 PM
Riverside Wrestling Tournament Dec. 12
Riverside JH-SH Winter Concert Dec. 14 @ 7 PM
1st Semester ends December 22 with early dismissal
SCHOOL RESUMES JANUARY 5, 2016
2015/2016 ACT Test Dates
Test Date Registration Date (Late Fee Required)
February 6, 2016 January 8, 2016 January 9-15, 2016
April 9, 2016 March 4, 2016 March 5-18, 2016
June 11, 2016 May 6, 2016 May 7-20, 2016
******Register for Testing @ http//:www.actstudent.org/start******
Help Us Stay in Touch With You
If you change your phone num-ber or email address, please let
us know. Thanks!
Gute News Riverside Jr.-Sr. High School (Dave Gute, Principal)
As the temperature changes outside and the Jr. – Sr. High School building contin-ues to be extremely difficult to regulate the heat, I remain very anxious to be in the new building. I receive complaints daily from students and the staff about the temperature in the building and I usually respond with something about the new school. This is my 7th year working from this school and I envy those staff mem-bers that have worked here longer than I have. Teachers generally don’t ever know what to expect the climate in their rooms to be like when they enter the
building this time of year.
The end of the first semester will be here very soon. At the high school, students will take semester tests. During those days, we have Open Campus. This year those days are Friday, December 18th and Monday, December 21st. Open Cam-pus allows the students to come to school for their tests only. They do not have to eat lunch at school. However, there are some qualifications the students must meet to be eligible and only those students will receive an Open Campus form. To be eligible a student must have had no suspensions (in-school or out of school), no failing grades, have all fines and dues paid, all detentions served as well as any Saturday Schools and community service completed. In addition, if your stu-dent is not in a sport or PE, they must have all their physical activity forms turned in. If your student is eligible, he/she will be given one of these forms. Be Watch-ing! The Junior High students will have a normal schedule during this time and they will not be allowed to leave school. I don’t know if this tradition will contin-ue when we move to the new building. Many students walk to eating establish-
ments and we will not allow students to walk down the highway in the future.
Enjoy your holidays.
November Top Dawgs (Holly Hinkhouse)
Otis Matejka, Hayley Haines, and Brogan Allensworth (pictured above) were named Top Dawgs for the month of November. Each month, staff chooses
three students for the Top Dawg award.
Otis is described as a hard-working young man with a unique sense of humor. He is active in school events and recently his determination paid off when he
earned a trip to the state cross country meet.
Hayley is known for her smile and her politeness. She patiently tackles new challenges as in being a member of the color guard for the band and is a great volunteer. Hayley is further described as a young lady who is a hard
worker and is very positive.
Brogan is noted for his willingness to help others and works well inde-
pendently as well as with his peers.
All three students were commended for their leadership qualities.
They were rewarded with preferred parking all month as well as being first in lunch line for the entire month. The students also receive 2% extra credit in
a class of their choice and a $1 al a carte ticket.
Congratulations, kids!
Intermediate School Happenings
Paula Schnack
Carla Jarmin
Above: Cala Hough helps with the bags of goodies each student got to take home.
Elementary and Intermediate News (Jamie Meek, Principal)
With the Christmas Break right ahead of us we are nearing the halfway point of our 2015-2016 school year. So far this has been a pretty eventful year and in both of my buildings we have had a lot of activities to keep us all on our toes! The food drive just wrapped up and we are so blessed that our communities can reach out and help those in our own communities who are in need. Way to go Bulldogs! Be sure to check out the activities calendar for upcoming events for all of our schools: Jr. High Boys Basket-ball, JV and Varsity boys and girls basketball, Wrestling, Band and Choir concerts, and
other district events.
*Elementary School
I am not sure if this will make it to your mailboxes prior to the elementary Christmas concert, but I am excited to see what Mrs. Kramer has in store for us this year! Every year she brings all of our students together to provide a great show. Getting almost 250 students to move and sing at the same time is amazing. The gymnasium at the
Jr/Sr High School will be full and ready to listen to everyone sing and dance!
*Intermediate School
I caught a small sample of the 4th-6th grade music classrooms and 5th and 6th band the other day and I am excited to see the performance planned for Monday, Decem-ber 7, beginning at 7:00 p.m., at the Intermediate school in Carson. They sound awe-some! As I see these teachers work with our students, the growth they have made from the beginning of the year is tremendous! It is a testament to their hard work and
also the hard work of your children when they are with Mrs. Brandon and Ms. Burns.
Please not wait until the February Parent-Teacher conferences to ask questions about your child’s progress in academics or maybe some behaviors that you are seeing at home that might be occurring at school. I have spent the time this year encouraging staff to call or email home as much as possible if they have a question or to just say how great your child is doing. Please feel like you can do the same. The more staff and families are on the same page, the more successful a student will be. Enjoy the
holiday break.
Farm Safety
Collin Applegate
Checking Pulse Rate
Intermediate School Students and Staff
CHECK THIS OUT:
Riverside Links placed student art in various locations in the communities of Carson, Macedonia, and Oakland. The current displays are going to be taken down and returned to the students on December 15. More art will be placed in the communi-
ties again in January. If you haven’t had the chance to see these displays, you might want to see them.
The artists are displayed in the following locations:
Skye Young and Allisyn Weis—Great Western Bank Oakland
Cole Henderson, Sara Conway, Krystyn Walston, Baily Holub, Sara Conway, Skye Young, and Margaret Garvey—Oakland Comm. Bldg.
Margaret Garvey—Arbor Bank Oakland
Olivia Weis—U.S. Bank Carson
Alyssa Jarmin—Rolling Hills Bank Carson
Allisyn Weis—Treynor Bank in Macedonia
Shyennah Knoke, Sara Conway, City Hall in Macedonia
Haunted House Fun (Callie Kallsen)
On October 29th the Jr. High Student Council held a Haunted House in the basement of the Jr. High/High School building. The students spent the week planning and putting it together and over 120 students went through the Haunted House. The student council did an awesome job and everyone enjoyed it! We have
included pictures of students who helped to make this activity a success (photos submitted by Callie Kallsen)
Left: Jaycee Mansfield and Paige Osweiler help Skye Bentley with her make-up.
Kya Hackett
Linnea Stark
Cross Country Update
Riverside’s three state qualifiers, Alexis Post, Tim Brink, and Otis Matejka, competed at the state cross country meet in Fort Dodge on Satur-
day, October31.
Alexis placed 51st in the girls 1A race while Tim placed 26th and Otis placed 69th in the boys 1A race.
The Intermediate School CASH FOR STUDENTS program started Tuesday, Sep-
tember 1, and continues through Thursday, December 31, 2015, and includes all fif-
teen Omaha/Council Bluffs/Plattsmouth Hy-Vee stores. Here's how it works:
Parents, grandparents, friends, staff, and administrators shop at any of
the fifteen Omaha/Council Bluffs/Plattsmouth Hy-Vee Stores. Turn your receipts into your
favorite student or teacher as you know we will be having a competition between which class col-
lects most $$.
Hy-Vee records and totals the receipts collected by each school and agrees to donate $ 1.00 for
every $200.00 spent. The maximum award to be donated per school is $2,000.00
The Check Riverside Intermediate School received last year was $198.00.
FCCLA Students Attend District Meeting (Sara Fenske)
On Wednesday, October 25th, FCCLA members attended the District 4 meeting at Griswold high school. The students participated in voting for district officers, listening to the guest speaker Jane Erickson, and in
participating in interest sessions.
Above left: Collin Price, Hadley Caniglia, and Aubry Rose participate
in a break-out session.
Above: FCCLA members
Far left: Keynote speaker at the
convention
Left: Jill Blakely
(photos submitted by S. Fenske)
Elementary Winter Program December 1 @ 7 PM Jr.-Sr. High School Gym
Riverside Wrestling Tournament December 12
Intermediate Winter Program December 7 @ 7 PM Intermediate School
JH-SH Winter Program December 14 @ 7 PM Jr.-Sr. High School Auditorium
Above: High School Art
Above: Michelle Faxon recently donated some baking dishes and bowls to the Food Class at Riv-
erside High School. Thanks, Mrs. Faxon.
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Events at Riverside Elementary
Right: Gaven Hackett, John Hayes, and Brody Henderson with their
pumpkins.
Far Right:
Katelyn Reed and Jadyn Beckman choose
their pumpkins.
(photos by Hart)
Above: Students from Mrs. Hummel’s class have their pumpkins.
Right: Great Pumpkin hunters!
Right: Mrs. Hart’s class dresses up for Halloween.
We thank Mrs. Hart for the photos on this page.
Riverside Elementary students took a trip to Mr. White’s pump-kin patch and each student was able to select a pumpkin to take
home. Thank you, Mr. White.