Riverside Primary students raised a record $400 in change during our Pennies for Pajamas service project! We were able to purchase more than 70 pairs of pajamas which will be gifted to Kaden’s Kloset and used to address the needs of children in Doniphan County. THANK YOU to our families, friends, and staff who encourage our students to give to others and be contributing members of our Elwood and Wathena communities.
Revised December Menus
The purpose of this message is to provide an update regarding last week's issue with potential bed bugs. After our school district hired a licensed pest management company last week to treat three locations for potential bed bugs, no further evidence of bed bugs has been discovered. The only confirmed bed bugs were discovered at the Alternative School building in Elwood last Wednesday, and the location was treated that day. Please see the attached email document or Facebook for more information.
December Menus
Riverside HS SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) members met with the Wathena City Council during their last open meeting on Monday November 18 to discuss the creation of a Tobacco and Nicotine Free Parks policy for the City. Jennifer Haynes, NEKES CDRR program coordinator, was present to help discuss the policy and its implementation. Riverside SADD consists of a group of 16 Riverside students who work with Kansas RESIST and Tobacco Free Kansas to help promote healthy lifestyle choices, cleaner air and environment for the schools and community by advocating against tobacco usage in any form, including vape, e-cigs, smokeless and smoking forms. We were excited to see where the city council vote positively for the creation of a policy against the use of tobacco around the city park and limiting its use to the parking lot areas. We believe this will provide a big step toward a much healthier and safer atmosphere for young and old to enjoy the city park.
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SADD Members - Back Row: Ceynaan Byrd, Kaitlyn Geeting, Jim Cera, Jaycee Lundy, Jennifer Haynes, Grace Feuerbacher
Front Row: Jaismon Murphy, Delanie Hundley, Danielle MacKnight
Image 2: Delanie Hundley speaks to the City Council
Last Thursday the Riverside High School health science students had the chance to travel down to Kansas City and tour the Cerner World Headquarters and participate in activities that provided education on living healthy and making good choices in life. This was the culmination of a project our students participated in called Health-e Foundations. In this program students worked in groups with a fictional patient - analyzed their inpatient and outpatient treatment plans, assessed their lifestyle choices and managed their pharmaceutical and billing issues.
Image 1: Riverside health science students listen to a presentation by Cerner Employees.
Image 2: Students break into smaller groups to participate in healthy living sessions.
Please see the attached message about potential bed bugs:
Last Wednesday, Mrs. Newton's Marketing and Accounting classes took a trip to the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City. They toured the money museum and learned how the Fed affects their everyday life. They then headed back to St. Joseph and toured Yellow Frog. There they learned about the different services Yellow Frog offers and the different careers that make it happen.
Big 7 Football and Volleyball all-league: Beau Horn honorable mention Outside Linebacker, Bradley Libel H.M. Defensive Back and Wide Receiver, Yegor Dittemore H.M Kicker and Tight End, Josephina Huff H.M. Outside Hitter, Isaac Webb H.M Wide Receiver, and Kobe Davis H.M. Quarterback. Congratulations!!
Riverside USD 114 is accepting applications for a Custodian/Maintenance. Deliver Support Staff Application to Vicki Wyatt, PR/HR/BOE Clerk, Riverside USD 114, PO Box 49, 1409 Vermont, Elwood, KS 66024. Phone 913-365-5632 or email vwyatt@cyclones114.org. EOE
Riverside USD 114 – Riverside Schools
Accepting Sealed Bids for: 2007 International Bus (32 passenger) with 77,742 miles. It needs mechanical work. Accepting Sealed Bids for: 2001 Ford E-150 cargo van with 211,219 miles. There is rust on the body and undercarriage typical for an older vehicle. For additional information, please contact Robert Blair, USD 114 Superintendent at 913-365-5632.
Bids MUST be submitted by December 6th at 1:00 PM on the sealed bid form found on the Riverside USD 114 wegpage at https://www.usd114.org/
High School Musical tonight at 7 and tomorrow at 2! Don’t miss it!!
Rally from the St. Joseph Mustangs came to tell the Primary students about how they can be a superhero by being kind and helping others. Rally also came to promote reading. The students can win prizes for turning in their book lists.
First graders visited Corby Place on Monday to share their Veterans Day program.
Date: November 8, 2019
To: Riverside School Community
Over the past 48 hours, Riverside USD 114 and local law enforcement investigated two reports of possible threatening statements directed toward Riverside High School. Both incidents were thoroughly investigated and law enforcement concluded that there were no credible threats of school violence. None of our students and staff were ever in any danger. The safety and security of our students and staff continues to be our district’s top priority.
Robert W. Blair, Superintendent
Riverside USD 114
Please see time correction for the Blood Drive! RHS National Honor society is sponsoring a blood drive Monday, November 11th from 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm. The Blood Drive is being held in the RHS gym.
The 2019-2020 Riverside softball team will be selling the apparel on this link until Sunday, November 17th as one of our fundraisers this year. We'd love to have your support. If you'd like to order, click the link below and it will take you to the website. In the picture attached are just a few of the possible options you'll have available. https://stores.inksoft.com/WS27206/shop/home
Give Where You Live Day- The Riverside USD 114 Fund was established to raise funds for new playground equipment! https://www.givewhereyouliveday.com
Cyclones season ends with a 47-16 loss to Southeast of Saline. After taking a 16-15 lead early in the third, SES was too much in the end. Great season Cyclones!
Cyclones down 15-9 at half.