Riverside Community School District

Please see this information about our Holiday Clothing Swap. This has been organized to ensure all elementary students have an opportunity to wear fancy holiday clothes for the Winter Concert. Check it out! #WeRRiverside

The JH Student Council greeted students as they came back upstairs for class after lunch was over. As they greeted them, they also shared an affirmation with them saying, "You're a star!" and gave them a Starburst candy to kick start their afternoon!

Our JH Student Council members have been selected: Grayson Calhoun, Krae Kroon, Casey Kvaal, Coretta Olmstead, Bella Diaz-Kulczewski, Aliviana Reed, Kyrie Porter, Bella Lariviere, Ella Crum, and Alice Branan. These students are ready to grow as leaders and serve those around them to create an another amazing school year together!

8th Graders presented to their peers today to share about their September reading books and to commit to a CKH Leadership Goal that they created for themselves. Students did a great job sharing about their books, and we are excited to see them self-reflect on how their goals are going in the coming weeks!

Homecoming 2025 Parade Entry Form! Please complete the form at the link below to enter a float or group in the 2025 Homecoming Parade. The Parade will be in Oakland on Friday, October 10th at 2:00 pm. https://forms.gle/PAt8jVB1QgzkFQbH6

We have started hanging our banners along the MHS drive. Thanks to the businesses who support Riverside activities. Thanks CenPro for partnering with us on this project. #WeRRiverside

Riverside got moving together for 30 minutes today as part of the @IowaHealthiestState Initiative 15th Annual Walk! Today is a great first step towards a healthier lifestyle and connecting with our students/colleagues/neighbors. Let’s keep the movement going! #StartSomewhere #HSIWalk

October 2 is National Custodian Day! We’d like to recognize our amazing custodial team, whose work supports every student, teacher, and staff member in our schools.

Thank you for all you do, each and every day! 🌟

Homecoming 2025: "Road Trippin' to Victory"
Get ready — the journey begins next week!
Join us for a fun-filled week of spirit, competition, and celebration. From themed dress-up days to pep rallies, games, and more — there's something for everyone!

Today our 6-12th grade students and staff participated in the 15th Annual Healthiest State Walk! It was a good reminder of the benefits of of every step counting to a healthier school and state!

On Tuesday, November 4, Riverside CSD residents will consider approving a voted Physical Plant & Equipment Levy (PPEL).

Early voting begins October 15 at the Pottawattamie County auditor’s office.

➡️ Request an absentee ballot: https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/pdf/absenteeballotapp.pdf

➡️ Find your polling location: https://apps.sos.iowa.gov/elections/voterreg/pollingplace/search.aspx

Polls will be open from 7:00am to 8:00pm on election day (Tuesday, November 4).

We’re proud to celebrate the success of our Riverside graduates! 🎓

If your graduate has reached a major milestone—whether in college, a career, military service, community involvement, or another accomplishment—we’d love to hear from you.

Please email a photo and a brief description of what they’ve been up to since graduation to sanderson@riverside.k12.ia.us.

Thank you for helping us highlight the amazing things our Riverside graduates are achieving! 🌟

Homecoming is next week! Enjoy the week and dress up to show your school spirit!

OES kicked off this morning with the Healthiest Statewide Walk. #WeRRiverside

Self-direct is the CKH Character Trait that we will focus on during the month of October with students during their weekly CKH lessons.

Why focus on Self-direction?
Self-direction strengthens relationships. Self-direction helps to grow social skills and develop meaningful, positive relationships with others.
Self-direction teaches personal responsibility. Learning to self-direct teaches students to take responsibility for their own actions.
Self-direction helps us to regulate emotions: Self-direction empowers students to regulate their impulses and emotional responses to situations and circumstances in their life.

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Yesterday, our 6-12th grade students at Riverside were treated to a great presentation by Anthony Kava. Mr. Kava is a digital forensics specialist and technology administrator for the Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office. Mr. Kava spoke to our students about cybersecurity, data breaches, phishing and romance scams, privacy, and cyberbullying. We are grateful to Mr. Kava for his presentation and to our SROs Corporal Ferguson and Deputy Freeberg for setting up this opportunity for our school and students!

Congrats to Maelie, McKinley, Kate, Max, Chloe, Myah, and Brody for being selected as the September Top Dawgs! For those of you new to the MS/HS or just for a good reminder, we have grade level teams of teachers that discuss and select our Top Dawgs for each month. This year, we are focused on selecting students in a particular month who demonstrate strength in that category. This month's theme and advisory instruction focused on empathy, which is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Congrats to these 7 kids and all others who demonstrated these qualities at school, at home, and in the community!

Did you know? Riverside CSD is among the only 15% of Iowa school districts without a voted PPEL in place. Most have had this funding for more than 25 years.

On November 4, our community will consider approving a voted PPEL for our schools. These funds could only be used for infrastructure and equipment repairs, purchases, and improvements.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/riversideppel2025