The Riverside Interact Club is hosting the Annual Chili Cook-Off and Family Bingo Night on Thursday, November 16th. Bring your best CHILI!!
Happy Birthday, Parker!! Celebrating your special day today sure is a treat! ❤️🥳💙
Our reading theme right now is weather. Today my kinders started our precipitation cups to explore water in clouds. We had some great exposure to vocabulary, shared what we already knew about weather, and began observing what has happened with each of our cups. ❤️☔️💙
*RIVERSIDE WINTER ATHLETIC MEETING*
Riverside will be holding the winter athletic meetings on Wednesday, November 1:
6:30 PM: Parent/Athlete Meeting: Required for any JH and HS athletes/parents that
DID NOT play a fall sport this school year.
7:00 PM: Winter Team Meetings: These meetings are required for all JH and HS
athletes/parents playing basketball, bowling, or basketball cheerleading.
***IMPORTANT TICKET REMINDER***
Varsity Football Playoff Game on Friday, October 27, 2023, St. Henry at Riverside
ALL adults and students must have a ticket or OHSAA pass for the game. The OHSAA DOES NOT allow us to accept Riverside, TRC, Student, Senior Citizen Passes, etc.
*Please remember to buy your online presale tickets. Adults are $12 and Students are $9 with the online tickets; EVERYONE without a pass or online ticket will have to pay $15 cash at the gate. Online tickets: www.ohsaa.org/tickets.
**ATHLETIC PHYSICALS**
Any Riverside JH or HS athlete that needs an athletic physical, Community Health & Wellness at Riverside is offering athletic physicals free through the end of this week (Friday, October 27, 2023). The athlete must print and bring the athletic physical forms when they get a physical. The forms are printed from Final Forms and consist of 5 pages (3-Medical History, 2-Forms for the Doctor to Complete). Parents can call Community Health & Wellness to schedule an appointment.
Its Staff Spotlight Day. Today we spotlight Janice Davis. Janice keeps our payroll straight and helps us all with things like health and life insurance, which can be overwhelming at times. She is our go to for those questions. Janice always has a smile for everyone. She is always saying good morning and giving our students high fives. It is a true blessing to have Janice in our Pirate family. Thanks for ALL you do, for ALL of us Janice.
1. Job title and description of what you do.
My job is Payroll and Benefits. I process the payroll for employees by entering new employees, contracts, tracking work hours, sick time, personal time etc, completing each pay along with quarterly and year end taxes. I also am responsible for employee benefits, the processing/tracking/paying benefits for each employee. I have many other small duties throughout the week and month.
2. How long with Riverside
This is my 19th year.
3. Family
My husband, Jerry passed in 2019 whom I miss terribly. I have two sons and two step-daughters along with 3 grandsons, 1 granddaughter, 2 step grandsons, 2 step granddaughters and 1 step great grandson. My oldest son, Jeremy and his wife, Amanda live outside Jackson Center. My two grandsons Caleb (first grade) and Levi (preschool) attend school here at Riverside. My youngest son, Joe and his wife, Karen live in Virginia Beach. My grandson, Charlie is 3 1/2 and little Brooke will be 2 next month. My stepdaughter, Tauna and her husband, Nick live in Michigan. My stepdaughter, Jill lives here in DeGraff. My step grandchildren are grown and live in Canton (Dusty), Tennessee (Logan-Zander), DeGraff,(Kelsey) and Virginia (Kyle-Army).
4. Hobbies
I have not had any real hobbies for years, but I am always busy doing something. I spend a lot of time working at Five Loaves Food Pantry as the Program Coordinator with this being the beginning of our 16th year. My hobby is spending time with my family and grandchildren, and taking care of my house and yard.
5. Favorites (food, holiday, etc)
I have lots of favorite foods too many to list. Pizza, Salad, and Chicken at the top. My favorite holiday is any holiday that I can spend time with family and friends.
6. Best Co-workers why?
In my lifetime, I have had many best co-workers. I still get together periodically with my co-workers from my previous job to just catch up. The staff at Riverside is fantastic, it is hard to name any certain one, the smiles from each make my day. I spent many years working with Carol Finfrock here at Riverside. We became good friends with much respect for each other and helping each other through times of many changes.
What is it about Riverside that makes you want to stay a Pirate.
I have always been a Pirate, born and raised here. I can't imagine anything else. At my previous job, all my folders always had to be red and blue, they didn't even ask after a while. LOL I have attended sporting events here since my graduation, through my son's sporting events and I will continue through my grandsons and on.
Anything else you would like to say.
I remember when I was hired here and I left my previous job. I told them I was going home and that is how I have always felt. I am at home here. Always a Pirate and proud of it !!
Riverside hosted Logan County 7th Grade Career Day today. Students from Riverside, Bellefontaine, West Liberty, Indian Lake and Benjamin Logan attended.
Reminder: Elementary and High School picture retakes are tomorrow!!!
Please share with anyone who has a young child in their life. They can participate by signing up using the QR code on the flyer to receive updated information, resources, and support. We will also be holding a partnership event in early March.
OHSAA Division VII First Round Football Playoff Game
Riverside H.S. will be hosting St. Henry on Friday, October 27, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. in a Division VII regional football playoff game.
TICKET OPTIONS
*Online Tickets
1. www.ohsaa.org/tickets
2. Select “Football”
3. Scroll down and select “Division VII, Region 28”
4. Presale Online Tickets: $12-Adults; $9-Students
*Cash at the Gate
1. $15-All Tickets, Adult and Students
*Riverside Pirate Fans: Please go online prior to the game and
purchase your tickets online. You will SAVE MONEY with the
presale tickets and you will not have to stand in line to purchase
tickets at the gate with cash.
Due to OHSAA playoff rules, Riverside cannot accept any school or league passes.
Go Pirates!
The Riverside National Honors Society is hosting a blood drive on Wednesday Nov. 1st from 8am to 2pm. If you wish to donate, please visit www.redcross.org to make an appointment.
As my kinder Dawson demonstrates, when you're out on the move enjoying a beautiful autumn day, there's always time to enjoy a good story! Here he is enjoying story lane at the park! PIRATE PROUD that my littles love to send me pics and videos of themselves reading!❤️🛴📚🛴💙
Riverside will be hosting our annual Veterans Day breakfast and assembly on Monday, November 13. Breakfast will start at 8:30 a.m., and then the assembly will follow around 9 a.m. Visitors are asked to park in the staff parking lot and come through the doors by the high school gym. Please share this information with loved ones and members of the community.
OHSAA Football Playoff Gear: You can order official OHSAA 2023 Football Playoff Gear at www.shopohsaa.com.
Go Pirates!
The Riverside Interact Club set-up/lit/and took down each luminary at Blue Jacket Park for the Ring of Lights Halloween Walk on Saturday. This amazing group also passed out candy to the trick-or-treaters 🎃
Pirates of the Week for Oct. 16th-19th: Krew Goings,Noah Holt,Ryan Hildebrandt,Nova Helmlinger,Parker Harrell,Emorie Tatman,Kohen Schneider,Mayson Dillon,Gabe Barch,Alanna Pettiford,Evan Shoe, Connor Curtis,Maddy King,Jake Foreman,Coy Yelton,MJ Castallante,Sofia Butler
The Elementary Student Council will be having our annual food drive for our local food bank, the Five Loaves Food Pantry in Quincy. Here is the daily theme we are collecting, but any donation is appreciated!! We CAN make a difference when we work together!! 💙🥫😉🥫❤️Thank you!!!
Riverside recently inducted 21 new members into the Riverside National Honors Society. Members included, Front Row, Jaxon Woods, Landon Purtee, Gavin Orsborne, Avery Perk, Bre Brandyberry, Kirstyn Carpenter, Brook Hunkler, Jorden Dunham, Second row, Sam King, Kristina Plank, Hadlie Asbury, Hope Brownlee, Jayden Hoffer, Jaidyn Jackson, Carter Kreglow, Hailey Noggler, Third row, Keianna Notestine. Alex Thuel, Kierstyn Johnston, Kelsey Burt, Levi Buchenroth. Congratulations to all!! First picture is the new inductees, Second picture is new inductees with current NHS members.
More treasured moments with our grandparents! 💙🏴☠️❤️
