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Attendance is an important part of student success and achievement. A pattern of absences may put a student at risk of not achieving the Academic Knowledge and Skills (AKS) for their grade level and courses.

Shortly after No Child Left Behind , the State of Georgia required every county to adopt a student attendance protocol. In order to facilitate Gwinnett County's Attendance Policy , many schools are implementing attendance programs to help encourage kids to come to school.

STAR (Students on Time Attending Riverside) is Riverside's attendance program which rewards children for being at school and being on time.  Everyday that the student's class has perfect attendance with all children on time, the class will receive a ticket in which they can enter in a monthly drawing to win a class pizza party. We realize that being sick is unavoidable, so if the child misses school once their class still has many more opportunities to win.

 

"Children's vision of their future is often determined by their
belief in what they can or cannot become."
-Dr. Alvin Poussiant-

Brown Bear Goes to Work is Riverside's School to Work Initiative program. This program helps the children to begin thinking of possible careers and jobs available to them when they enter the world of work. It also shows them a link between school subjects and how they are used later in a particular job. Research has indicated that career development is a life long process that begins in early childhood, brown bear is one of our career components that will provide the children with potential career choices.

                   

Brown Bear is a 3rd grade program in which brown bear (a stuffed bear in a pet carrier) will go home with student's parents or family members. After brown bear has gone to work, the student will interview his or her family member to see what brown bear did while he was at work. Lastly, the student will construct a poster illustrating what brown bear did when he went to work. Teachers may give students the opportunity to share posters with the class so other students will learn about various occupations. Posters are then displayed on the wall next to cafeteria for the school to appreciate.

 

 

  

Riverside Rocketeers is the new student program aimed at helping the transition to Riverside Elementary. Riverside       Rocketeers is made up of current students who act as a “buddy to the new student in the initial transition to Riverside.

    Rocketeers Duties include:

·         Welcoming new students. Meeting new students in the lobby when they register.

·         Helping the new student in any way the teacher requests.

·         Giving the new student a tour of the school, highlighting restrooms, cafeteria and media center.

·         Teaching the new student how to check out books in the media center and introducing student to our media specialist.

·         Eating lunch with the new student for a few days until he/she finds his/her way around the cafeteria. Explaining the cafeteria procedures and ice cream procedures.

·         Helping the new student connect with someone who rides his/her bus. Helping the new student meet friends at recess.

·         During regularly scheduled specials, introducing the new student to the specials teacher. 

Why? Riverside Rocketeers helps ease the difficult transition into a new school for new students. It also fosters school connection, responsibility, leadership skills and speaking skills in students chosen as Rocketeers.

 

   

Stacey Miller, David Babineaux, & Roshan Finch
handing out red cookies for Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week is National Celebration with communities and students across America committing themselves to living drug-free lives. This annual event that takes place during the month of October is also a time to pay tribute to Special Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena.

Throughout Red Ribbon Week, the counseling program commemorates this national celebration with contests, dress ups and awareness with posters, cookies, announcements & a drug-free bulletin board message. This past year, a poster contest was held and winners from each grade level won a prize pack. Posters were on display throughout the week near the cafeteria. In addition to the contest, every day was a theme in which the children each day could dress according to the theme to show they stood united against drugs. It is also during the month of October that counselors teach an age appropriate lesson on saying no and being safe.

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