This Week @ Riverside
Home of the Rams!
Hello Riverside,
Rams it's time to Power Up Pink! This year's pink week is approaching quickly! Our Events include:
The "Thursday's are for the Girls" Powderpuff game will take place at the Riverside Stadium on Thursday, October 10. Gates open at 6:30 and game begins at 7:00. Admission is $5.00.
Finally, the week will culminate with our "Power Up Pink" pink out football game versus Stone Bridge on Friday, October 11. T-shirts will be available beginning October 4th and are $10. You will be able to order and pay online or buy them at the school. (attachment shows T-Shirt Design)
All proceeds go directly to Loudoun Breast Health Network. All proceeds help women and their families battling breast cancer here in Loudoun County!
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How about some golf? Riverside Booster club is sponsoring a Golf Tournament on November 4, 2019 benefiting the RVHS Baseball team. Click here for more info
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Looking for some great news and info about our school? Check our the RVHS Counseling newsletter at RVHS Counseling
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Thanks to all who have already joined the RVHS PTSO for 2019-20. It's not too late to join. Membership and AmazonSmile will be our main fundraisers this year. Please help us by joining each today.
Link to Membership
www.riversidehs.com/ptso/membership.html
Link to AmazonSmile
https://smile.amazon.com/ch/47-3483796
Thanks and Go Rams!
PTSO Board
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Hey Seniors and Senior Parents,
Reality Store Volunteers Needed
Volunteers are still needed to assist the senior Class of 2020 as they participate in the Reality Store on Wednesday, October 16, 8:30-11:30am. Training and a light breakfast will be served. Please sign up via the signup genius. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a094daea62caa8-reality
Does your Senior need a dose of REALITY? Then have them join us on Oct 16, 2019 (PSAT DAY) here at Riverside for the REALITY STORE! This years Seniors are so lucky, we cannot get this program every year, but we did this year...let me tell you from experience, it is awesome.
Reality Store provides an interactive experience in which youth learn how the choices they make regarding career, managing income and expenses, and saving and investing will affect future outcomes. To start, teens draw a salary based on a specific career and manage basic living expenses for themselves and a family. They envision the lifestyle they would like to have in their late 20s, explore a career, receive a checking account "deposit" equal to one month's salary, and spend their salary in the Reality Store on necessities and extras.
They also handle some of life's unexpected events and discover whether their occupation provides the financial resources needed in order to sustain the lifestyle they want.
· Some of the stations they will visit are: Careers and Salary, Utilities, Child Care, Life’s Unexpected, Beauty and Barber, Financial counseling, Banking, Vision Medical and Dental cost, Transportation, Groceries, Insurance, Entertainment and Travel, Legal, Clothing etc.
To learn more about this program, visit this link for a two-minute, informational video:
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Dear Riverside Parents and Guardians:
The following information is only for parents or guardians of students taking AP courses this year.
We are pleased that your student has chosen to take an Advanced Placement (AP) class for the 2019-2020 school year. In the spring, students are encouraged to take the nationally standardized AP examinations issued by the College Board. AP classes are weighted by 1.0 in the grade point average calculation process. Colleges may award academic credit and/or special class placement if a student earns a qualifying score on the exam. Students are not required to take the exam to earn the 1.0 weighting, however, the student would not be eligible for college credit by not taking the exam.
Students, parents, or guardians are responsible for the costs of the AP exams. Each exam is $85.00, with the exception of AP Seminar and AP Research, which is $133.00. Exams must be paid for by November 1, 2019 to appropriately plan for test administration. Students who register for an AP exam after this deadline, will be charged a $40.00 late fee, per late test registration, in addition to the $85 or $133 exam fee. Refunds provided to students who cancel their AP exam between November 15-March 6 will exclude a $40 non-refundable fee. Exam adds or drops are not permitted after March 6, 2020. Requests for refunds should be directed to Mrs. Susan Westgate in the School Counseling.
If a family needs to arrange for a payment plan or anticipates difficulty in paying for the exam, the family should speak confidentially with the Director of School Counseling, Mr. Luke Mason - Luke.Mason@lcps.org. If your child receives free or reduced lunch, AP exam fees are covered by LCPS, but your student must still complete the online AP Registration Form in order to have a test ordered for them.
Students must complete ALL of the following steps in order to register for their AP exam(s):
- JOIN each AP Class in which you are enrolled by using the Join Codes given to you by your AP classroom teacher(s). See your AP teacher(s) with questions.
- Complete the linked AP Exam Registration Form.
- Submit payment.
An on-line payment portal is available for electronic payments on the Riverside Website and is available to accept payments from October 1-November 1. Changes have been made to the system so that there are no transaction fees and students no longer have to select the name of the AP test, just the number of tests. Checks or cash payments are also accepted by Mrs. Westgate in the Counseling Office and will also be accepted October 1-November 1. Checks should be made payable to ‘RVHS.’
The AP exam administration schedule is attached. Parents/guardians/students must provide their own transportation to the school on the day of testing. Please make every effort to schedule vacations, appointments, or other activities on dates that do not conflict with the testing dates. Make-up testing is permitted for verified emergencies only. Morning exams begin at 7:45 AM and afternoon exams begin at 12:15 PM, with exams lasting approximately 4 hours (testing time may be longer if student has approved CollegeBoard testing accommodations). Students may not be dismissed from an exam until the end of the test administration.
If you have questions about AP exams, please contact your child’s School Counselor.
Sincerely,
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Riverside High School-A Tradition of Excellence
Riverside 2019-2020
Riverside Weekly Bulletin-Homecoming Week
Riverside Weekly Bulletin
October 7-13-2019
Pink Week
Monday, October 7: A Day / Ram Jam 3
· Mr. Anderson-Late in (9:30)
· AP Mtg-11:25
· College Visit:
o Tufts University -11:00
o University of Mississippi -1:00
· Counseling to 9th Grade Health Classes – Career & College Presentation
· Summer Governors School Info Session-all lunch shifts-Career Center
· Choir Booster Mtg-6:00-Lirbary
· Fine Arts Boosters -7:00-Libarary
· Freshmen Football @ Stone Bridge 5:30pm (football bus leaves at 4:15pm; cheer bus leaves at 4:45pm)
· JV Football @ Stone Bridge 6:45pm (bus leaves at 5:45pm)
· Field Hockey vs. Potomac Falls 5:30pm
· Field Hockey—Freedom (home) vs. Stone Bridge (away) at Riverside 6:45pm
· Volleyball vs. Stone Bridge 5:45, 5:45, Varsity-20 minutes after JV
Tuesday, October 8: B Day / Ram Jam 5
· Counseling to 9th Grade Health Classes – Career & College Presentation
· DECA Chapter Mtg – 8:15-Auditorium
· Admin Mtg-11:25
· Goal Setting Make Up Meetings-8:00-8:30 1130
· College Visit:
o University of Lynchburg-1:00
Wednesday, October 9: A Day / Ram Jam Advisory-FLEX (11&12) *Seniors-Counselors in Cafeteria for College App Questions
· Dr. Hitchman-Visit 8:30
· Mrs. Northman Out
· Mrs. Rose-Deans Mtg-9:00-12:00
· Relay 4 Life-8:30 1516
· Gymnastics Interest Mtg-4:15
· College Visit:
o Hood College-12:00
o University of Kentucky-2:00
· Artist Studio-4:15-Art Room
· Classified Eval Info Sessions 8:45 Library *Challenge by choice
Thursday, October 10: B Day / Ram Jam 6
· Playwright Club-8:00 Black Box
· SNHS Chapter Mtg-8:00 Library
· Coding Club-8:15-1211
· Make Ups-Underclassman Picture Day—all day Auditorium
· Mr. Mason ACT Workshop-8:00-12:00
· College Visit:
o UMBC – 9:30
o Rose Holman Institute of Technology -11:00
· Improv Show-7:00 Black Box
· Powder Puff-7:00
· Volleyball @ Potomac Falls 5:45, 5:45, Varsity-20 minutes after JV (bus leaves at 4:15pm)
Friday, October 11: A Day / Ram Jam 4
· Calendar Mtg-8:00
· Mr. Mason-Directors Mtg-8:00
· IC-SIP Meeting -9:25
· College Visit:
o University of Mary Washington-1:00
· Varsity Football vs. Stone Bridge 7pm-Pink Game
Saturday, October 12
· Cheerleading @ Stone Bridge
Sunday, October 13
· Church 9:30
· Hip Hop Dance -2:00-4:00
Coming Events:
· Partners for Safe Teen Driving -October 15 and 23
· PSAT Day-October 16
· Reality Store (Seniors) -October 16
· NHS Induction – October 16
· HBCU College Fair-October 17 @ THS 6:30-9:00
About Us:
- Address: 19019 Upper Belmont Pl., Leesburg VA 20176
- Main Office: 703-554-8900
- Instagram: @Riverside_HS
- Twitter: @RiversideLCPS
- Website: https://www.lcps.org/riverside