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Welcome to the Riverfield PTA Website. The PTA's mission is to enhance our children's education. The Riverfield PTA has been awarded the Certificate of Excellence in Parent Participation...thank you for joining the PTA and making a difference in our children's lives. We hope this website is a useful source for all parents and guardians. Please visit this site regularly for important information and to keep up-to-date on upcoming events. |
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CALENDAR AT A GLANCE
PARENT SUPPORT NEEDED FOR RIVERFIELD RENOVATIONS PLEASE ATTEND BOS MEETING ON 2/8 & SEND SUPPORT EMAILS
The Riverfield building project is the only item on the agenda for the BOS meeting on Wednesday, February 8th @ 4:00 p.m. at Sullivan Independence Hall. We know this is a challenging time of the day for you, but parent support is crucial at this stage of the project. If you can attend - please do so. Support letters/emails are best concise, factual and where appropriate includes a personal example of the need for this project. We have provided a sample email below for those parents who are in support of the project and prefer to utilize a standard showing of support. Thank you in advance for your assistance. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Amy Crawford at riverfieldptapres@gmail.com Building Committee Information
SAMPLE SUPPORT EMAIL: Fairfield Selectman: My name is XX and I am a Riverfield parent. I respectfully ask for your support of the Riverfield renovation and addition project. Our school is a great school but our building can no longer appropriately accommodate our students. Below is a brief sampling of reasons I ask for your support: In our current economic times, I am highly aware that budget dollars are scarce and that the prioritization of efforts is required. I have confidence that our project is fair, necessary, reasonable and equitable amongst the other town's projects and again ask for your support. Cordially, ALL PARENTS: REGISTER (OR CHECK YOUR INFO) ON FAIRFIELD K12 SITE K12 SITES OFFERS BENEFITS TO PARENTS
The Fairfield Schools K12 Alert System is the main database for the Fairfield Public Schools. Filling out your family information is required of all parents in our district. It is also important that you make updates to your family information on this site as it is needed (ie. change of address or emergency contact information). The benefit of this site that is most useful to parents that you can register to receive school closing updates, early dismissal updates and delayed opening updates. By filling out the appropriate fields - you can sign up for text alerts, emails and phone calls - or any combination of the three (warning...phone calls come very early). All you need to do is visit...https://www.k12alerts.com/emergencycards/login/fairfield/. Please Note: To sign on to the K12 site you will need your Family ID# and your Password. This information has been mailed to you by central office - if you no longer have it you can either email Dawn Olson at dolson@fairfieldschools.org or call the main office at 203.255.8328. MEMORY BOOK INFORMATION ORDERING INFORMATION - QUANTITY IS LIMITED - ORDER TODAY
Cost: $18.00 each. $1.00 credit card processing fee if ordering online (per order not per book). This is not a fundraiser. Online Ordering: Go to.... http://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A01035025. If you are ordering multiple books you must enter each child separately in your cart. Ordering online is safe and easy. It is the same system used at Roger Ludlowe Middle School, as well as at many other schools in Fairfield and across the nation. Check/Cash Ordering: If you prefer not to order online you may download the Memory Book Order Form and send it into school with your payment. If you have any questions about the ordering or about the Memory Book in general please feel free to contact Nora Fanning at norafanning@gmail.com PHOTO SUBMISSIONS
Do you have some great photos of your child and his/her friends? Please feel free to submit photos before March 1st. Thank you. Upload Directly to Josten's: https://images.jostens.com/login?user=400113823&pw=Riverfield Email to Committee Chairperson: Email your best shots to norafanning@gmail.com. SEPTA NEWS UPCOMING EVENTS FOR SEPTA MEMBERS SEPTA ICE SKATING PARTY RYAN'S STRORY PRESENTATION: BULLYING & YOUTH DEPRESSION On Wednesday, February 15th at 7 pm in the Roger Ludlowe Middle School Auditorium (689 Unquowa Rd., Fairfield), the Fairfield Special Education PTA (SEPTA) is sponsoring John Halligan, who will speak to adults on the issues of Bullying, Cyberbullying and Youth Depression. This presentation is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Mr. Halligan's son was 13 years old and committed suicide as a result of being bullied. SEPTA has also engaged Mr. Halligan to present at each of the 3 Fairfield middle schools that week, with another evening presentation just for the middle school parents. FUEL FOR LEARNING PARTNERSHIP/WELLNESS COMMITTEE NEWS UPCOMING EVENTS & PROGRAMS The January Veggie of the Month is CABBAGE! The Fuel for Learning Partnership has teamed up with OHS mom and cooking instructor, Tracy Holleran Mattus to create a new, kid-friendly recipe featuring the selected vegetable each month. For this month's recipe, Pan Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta, go to Tracy's blog at the Connecticut Post at http://blog.ctnews.com/holleran/. The Veggie of the Month recipe will be posted the first Thursday of each month. Up for February--mushrooms! For more info about The Veggie Pledge, go to www.veggiepledge.org. SCHOOL LUNCHES FEATURE THE FOLLOWING FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES: EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY NEWS To find out what is going on in Fairfield and surrounding communities please go to Quick Links at the top of this page. Under "Community" you will find links to YMCA, Wakeman, Fairfield Parks & Recreation, Audobon and much more. NEWS FROM THE LMC & MRS. FAIELLA CELEBRATION BOOKS!
Why not celebrate your child’s birthday, any other special occasion or achievement by donating a book in their name to the Riverfield Library Media Center! You can choose a book from our “Celebration Collection” Box in the LMC or donate one of your favorites. The LMC will celebrate your generosity with a bookplate in the front of the book dedicated to your child. The LMC will also have a Celebration Book bulletin board to display donation titles. This way everyone at Riverfield can share in your family’s celebration. Any Questions? Please email Diane Faiella at dfaiella@fairfieldschools.org. NEW LIBRARY CATALOG IS ONLINE! Now the Library Catalog is online! The link to access the catalog from home is now located on the Riverfield School Edline website (http://www.edline.net/pages/RIVERFIELD_ES). Under the LINKS section you will see the option to "Look for Books From Home." You can check what books we have at the Riverfield LMC and even what books are available. Parents can use this to give students advice about book selection on days that they visit the LMC!
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