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.

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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.