RMS Hawk News: October 16 2020

RIVERTON MIDDLE SCHOOL INFORMATION

No School October 19-23- Fall Break
The Riverton CUSD#14 School Board approved a new schedule for Riverton Students for 2nd quarter. We are very excited about getting students back into the school building four days a week beginning October 26th.

RMS AM/PM Schedule- Students will now have the opportunity to attend school four days per week. Wednesday will remain a remote learning day. Students that were previous A day students (Monday/Tuesday) will attend from 7:45 AM -10:15 AM. Doors will open at 7:30 AM for A day students. B day students (Thursday/Friday) will attend from 12:00-2:30. Doors will open at 11:45 AM for B day students.
RMS In-Person Classes- Students will attend three 50 minute classes each day on a block schedule. CORE classes (Reading, Writing, Math, Science, and Social Studies) will be the focus while students are learning in-person. Physical Education remains a core class but will remain remote. It is still a required course and students must still engage with coursework remotely. Band and chorus will remain remote as well. We hope to be able to offer some small group in-person PE, Band, and Chorus opportunities but those will come later. Other grade-level electives will remain on the backburner at this time.
RMS Remote Wednesday- Students will have the opportunity to schedule virtual tutoring/support sessions with their teachers on Wednesday afternoons.
RMS Transportation- Transportation will be provided for both the AM and PM sessions. We are asking parents that have the ability to transport to please do so. This will help us limit the number of students on each bus, keeping under required limits placed on the school district by ISBE. We are also expecting bus rides to be longer than usual with this new schedule. Students may ride the bus for up to an hour, depending on the route. A day (AM) students may be asked to load the bus as early as 6:44 AM.
RMS Food Service- Students will still receive food service at their homes on Wednesdays. Students should eat breakfast or lunch each day before arriving at school as no food will be served at school.
RMS Student Absences- Students absent from school but able to participate virtually will still be asked to join the class via Google Meets. We know that due to protocol, students may be absent for up to 14 days. It is imperative, that if the student is able, they are still working remotely from home each day.

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New RMS Webpage! From www.rivertonschools.org select Middle School, or bookmark this link!
Students are able to check out library books. Please click HERE to request a book from our Librarian, Mrs. Dykstra.
This year we are doing an online Scholastic Book Fair to benefit our library. You can shop at this LINK and they will ship your purchases directly to you. The fair will run from today until October 18. Thank you for your support.
RMS Teachers have started to put together wish lists for the online Scholastic Book Fair. You can shop at this LINK to help fulfill our teachers books wish lists.
Picture day at RMS is on Monday, November 2nd. Click HERE to see the flier and online ordering information.