
October 27, 2025
   Awards will support school district and public charter school development of local literacy plans aligned to the Science of Reading and Iowa’s statewide Comprehensive State Lite...

October 27, 2025
 CARSON, IA — Riverside Community School District Board President JT Oltman has released the following statement today:     “The Riverside Community School District stands at an im...

October 5, 2025
 An approved voted Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL) on November 4 would allow the Riverside Community School District to make significant progress on the needs identified i...

September 22, 2025
    Removal of all snow and sanding/salting from the parking lots of all schools and the bus barn     Bus Barn-708 Glass Street, Oakland IA      Oakland Elementary School-708 Glass...

September 22, 2025
  Riverside Community School District earned strong ratings in the 2024-25 Iowa School Performance Profiles, with Riverside Middle/Senior High School designated as “Commendable.”  ...

September 3, 2025
  Michaela Vlcek, a paraeducator at Riverside CSD, has become the first graduate of the district’s Teacher and Paraeducator Registered Apprenticeship ( TPRA  ) Grant Program. Her a...

July 18, 2025
   Riverside Hall of Fame Class of 2025     Josh Kallsen - Distinguished Graduate - Riverside Graduate Class of 1997   In 1993, Josh Kallsen moved to Carson, Iowa, just as the Rive...

June 19, 2025
  June 19, 2025   Bulldog Families,    This being only my second year as the Riverside superintendent, I have only known the Western Iowa Conference [WIC] as a nine-member group, a...

April 14, 2025
  CARSON, IOWA  — Thanks to a wide range of community donations, the Riverside Community School District has been able to lower its fundraising goal for Phase II of the Riverside P...

April 13, 2025
  Dear Parents and Guardians,   As we head into the final stretch of the school year, we want to thank you for your continued partnership. Your support makes a real difference in y...

April 11, 2025
  The Riverside Community School District celebrates Earth Day annually by collecting shoes for those in need. This year, the shoe drive collected 1,543 pairs of shoes to benefit i...
February 1, 2025
 Enjoy our updates from across the district that took place in December and January!    DECEMBER 24 JANUARY 25   

January 22, 2025
 Recently, the Riverside Community School District completed the process of testing its Carson Elementary building for radon. We recently received good news: Our test results came ...

January 7, 2025
  Dear Riverside Families,   We are excited to launch a new initiative at Riverside Community School District: “Every Day Counts at Riverside.” This campaign reflects our belief th...

January 6, 2025
 We are excited to introduce Speak Up, a new anonymous and confidential reporting tool designed to help keep our schools and community safe. Speak Up allows anyone to report concer...

December 3, 2024
 Endowment Donation Fund Link   Capital Campaign Donation Link  

December 2, 2024
   Brock Johnson, Elementary PE Teacher, recently learned that the Oakland Elementary School received $3000 from First Interstate Bank to launch our fundraising effort to get to $9...
November 29, 2024
 Enjoy our updates from across the district that took place in October and November!     October November 2024 Newsletter   


October 21, 2024
  CARSON, IA — An Oakland Elementary four-year-old preschool teacher has been awarded two agricultural grants to support and improve an innovative seed-to-harvest project and presc...
