Earlier this week, RV Elementary's 3rd grade and kindergarten classes came together to make Christmas Cookies. It was a great Big Buddy/Little Buddy experience. Some very interesting Christmas cookie shapes were created in the process:)
Yesterday, the RV Elementary preschool classes celebrated Grandparents Day! The classrooms were full of lots of fun and learning. It was great to see all the visitors and the preschoolers loved seeing Grandpa and Grandma:).
RV Elementary's Movie Day at the State scheduled for tomorrow December 21 is postponed until a later date:( Unfortunately the uncertainties with tomorrow's weather (both cold and snow) has created the reason to postpone. We will look to do it again in late January or early February.
Come out and cheer on our High School Girls and Boys Basketball Teams as they host Alta-Aurelia tonight in varsity games with the girls' game starting at 5:30pm. If you are unable to attend in person but would still like to cheer them on, you can digitally stream the game with the Fuller Digital Solutions broadcast at https://www.fullerdigital.net/river-valley.
POWERSCHOOL UPDATE: Hello all- we are aware of the issue with the mobile PowerSchool app not syncing with the server, therefore not showing recent information. This is a PowerSchool issue and they have advised us that to correct this problem you need to log out of your parent/student PowerSchool account and log back in. If the issue still exists, they advise to delete and re-download the PowerSchool app on your mobile device. As always, if you continue to have any problems, please notify us at school and we will find an answer for you. Thank you for your patience.
Christmas-time meets the Krusty Krab in Ms. Meister’s foods class!
REMINDER: The Junior High and High School Winter Music Concert will be held tomorrow evening, Tuesday, Dec. 20th. The Junior High Concert will start at 6:00pm in Kingsley, students need to be there by 5:15pm. The High School Concert will start at 7:45pm in Kingsley.
RV Elementary held its December edition of the Longest French Fry Contest on Fryday, December 16. Our winners were: Miles Henshaw and Tyler Winn in kindergarten (Even Mrs. Knaack got into the action:), Lileygh Bond and Macie Sargent (3rd), and Izabella Regenitter and Levi Kurnick-Wiig (4th). Winners and runner-ups were awarded either free fries or a Happy Meal from McDonalds! Lunch time was a blast with plenty of excitement and even some Christmas music:)
THIS JUST IN: Varsity only-High School Girls and Boys basketball will travel to Storm Lake St. Mary's tonight to make-up last night's games. Girls game will start at 6:00pm, with Boys to follow. Girls Wrestling at Spencer has been cancelled for today.
River Valley Community Schools will be running 2 hours late tomorrow Friday, December 16.
Tonight's HS girl's and boy's basketball games versus Storm Lake St. Mary's in Correctionville has been postponed. A future date and time is still to be determined.
River Valley Community Schools will be closed today Thursday, December 15th.
River Valley Community Schools will be running two hours late today, Thursday , December 15.
There will be NO before school activities at River Valley Community School District for Thursday, December 15th.
The River Valley Elementary 4th grade social studies students participated in a "yummy" erosion and weathering experiment with Skittles. They learned a lot with their hands on treats! Sounds like Mrs. Carstens "treated" them to a wonderful activity:)
Recently, the 3rd grade from RV Elementary engaged in a fun activity dealing with following directions and baking. In the spirit of Christmas they baked and decorated their own cookies. When finished, they were able to sample their work. It looks like no frosting was spared:).
The basketball games for tonight are all still being played. Junior High Girls will host Siouxland Christian in Correctionville at 4:00pm. Junior High Boys will host Westwood in Pierson at 4:00pm. High School Girls and Boys will be travelling to Ida Grove tonight for VARSITY GAMES ONLY starting at 6:00pm.
The River Valley 4th-6th grade Christmas concert will be postponed until Monday, December 19th @ 6:30.
River Valley CSD will have a two-hour late start. No morning activities.
Next week, RV Elementary will be heading into the Christmas break with some fun filled dress-up days. Looks like a lot of fun will be had.
Monday, December 19-Christmas Jammies-Wear your favorite pair of Christmas pajamas.
Tuesday, December 20-Holiday Headgear-Wear your best Christmas hat, cap, etc….
Wednesday, December 21 (Movie Day)-Holiday Spirt-Show off your best Christmas spirit with Christmas inspired colored clothing.
Thursday, December 22 (Early Out/12:30 PM)-Ugly Christmas Sweater-Dust off and wear your favorite Christmas ugly sweater.