The Roadrunner Review

October 21st, 2022

Notes from the Principal

We are almost there! Students have been working hard in each of the common areas of school showing respectful behaviors. As a school, we have set a goal of earning 10,000 Roadrunner Riches. If we meet this goal, we will have a school-wide celebration!
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Important Dates

October 22nd - Monster Mash

October 26th - P/T Conferences from 12:30 pm - 7:30 pm

October 26th - 28th - No School

November 2 - Picture retake day

Leadership Conference

What is the Leadership Conference?

Forty fourth-graders and forty fifth-graders attended the three-day WSD Elementary Gifted and Talented (GT) Leadership Conference held on October 6th, 13th, and 18th. The GT Leadership Conference is designed to bring together some of our most talented fourth and fifth grade leaders from across the district for three days of enrichment leadership training. The sessions were held at the Boys and Girls Club of Wausau. The students engaged in various leadership activities involving problem solving, risk taking, decision making, planning, communicating, conflict resolution, and time management.


Conference Teaching Staff

Teachers for the Fourth Grade Conference were Mrs. Emily Martin (4th Grade Teacher, John Marshall) and Mrs. Teri Wonders (4th Grade Teacher, John Marshall). Teachers for the Fifth Grade Conference were Mr. Matt Adams (GT Teacher- WSD), and Mrs. Cheryl Borta (GT Teacher-WSD and GT Leadership Coordinator). Additional help from Tammy Steckbauer, GT Coordinator, and Kris Peterson, GT Secretary was also appreciated.


Who can attend the GT Leadership Conference?

By state mandate, each school district in Wisconsin is required to identify students with high leadership ability as part of their Gifted and Talented program, and to provide “systematic and continuous” programming that will enable these students to develop leadership abilities to their full potential. Classroom teachers in grades 3-5 completed observation checklists to identify students with high leadership potential. Students from each elementary school who met the criteria for GT Leadership Conference were invited to attend.

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Parent/Teacher Conference Sign-up

We still have one day of Parent/Teacher Conferences. If you haven't scheduled yours yet, please continue to read below.


October 26th - 12:30 pm - 7:30 pm


These nights will be evenings of scheduled, fifteen-minute conferences. We will once again be utilizing the PTCFast.com™website to facilitate this process. Please enter the following web address into your browser window to access the scheduling site:


https://ptcfast.com/schools/Riverview_Elementary_School_1


If you did not utilize the website to schedule your child’s fall conferences, you will be asked to create a login ID and password with the website and must provide a working email address prior to signing up for conferences. Once you have registered, you will then receive a confirmation email via an email from PTCFast.com™ with a link to schedule your conference day and time. You are able to schedule with your child’s classroom and encore teachers. If you do not have internet access or require interpreting services, please contact your child’s teacher to schedule conference times.


Due to the larger number of conferences, we are requesting that parents whose children live in more than one household work together to schedule one conference time for your child. We know this may not always be feasible, but it would be greatly appreciated if every effort could be made. If additional conferences are needed, we would wait until all families have had a chance to schedule at least one conference before assigning a second one. If your student sees more than one teacher for their core class curriculum, we have scheduled your conference for you and you will receive notification of the day and time.


If you are not comfortable attending your conference in person, we will happily schedule this meeting in a virtual manner. It will still be important that you schedule a time through the link provided so that we have a time reserved for you. We will then ask that you call school or contact your child’s teacher to indicate your preference for a virtual meeting. Your child’s teacher will send you a link to attend.


If you have questions or concerns prior to this meeting, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Thank you for being a part of the Riverview community, and we are looking forward to meeting with you!


Mrs. Sarah Budny



Principal, Riverview

sbudny@wausauschools.org

715-261-0030

PTO News

We hope to see you at....


Monster Mash

Saturday, October 22

1-3 p.m.


Please start at the "Welcome Table" which will be near the tennis courts! Remember, an adult must stay with children.


PTO Fundraiser Update


As of October 20, we raised $9,763 total in

online sales, submitted order forms, and donations.

This represents 81% of our $12,000 goal! Way to go!!


Please note: we will work on getting students their earned incentives in November.


Since we are not quite at our goal, the online site will remain open until Monday, October 24.


clubschoice.com/register

Our School Code is RIV242


We are happy to take monetary donations all year long.

All checks for donations should be made to: Riverview PTO


When we reach our $12,000 goal,

students will earn a PJ Day with Donuts provided by the PTO!


Parent Teacher Conference Meals

Thank you for your generosity and time!

On Thursday, October 20, we provided a soup / salad buffet.


On Wednesday, October 26, we will order meals from Rocky Rococo (owned by a Riverview family)!

We are accepting donations toward this meal. Click this link to sponsor a teacher's meal.


https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D4FA9A72AAAFF2-sponsor3


Thanks to all who have contributed!


What a busy month it's been!

We hope you enjoy the days off of school next week!



Have a great weekend!

Margy & April

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Calling All Readers in 3rd-5th Grade!

Book Bowl is being coached by Mrs. Brown (ccbrown@wausauschools.org) and Ms. Soukup (msoukup@wausauschools.org) with assistance from Riverview parent, Margy Stahr. Please reach out to one of those individuals if you have any questions.

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Notes From The Health Office

Should your child become ill Please follow these guidelines from The Wausau School District:



  • Please know masks are optional within the district. If you would like to send your child to school with a mask you are welcome to do so.
  • If your child is sick ( Covid - 19 or something else) , please keep them home
  • If your child is showing Covid -19 symptoms , we recommend they get tested. We accept PCR, Rapid Antigen and Home tests.
  • If the test comes back negative, they can return to school when they are fever free for 24 hours without medication and improved symptoms.
  • If they test positive , we recommend that they quarantine for five days from onset of symptoms.



If positive the first day of their symptoms is considered Day 0. Once five days have passed, they are cleared to return to school on Day 6. When they return, we recommend they wear a mask until Day 10.


Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.


Thank you,

Jenny Glovinski Health Aide

(715) 261 - 0035 or jglovins@wausauschools.org

It's Getting Cold out...

We are not quite ready for snowpants and boots, but please begin bringing a jacket, hat and gloves to school. It is getting cold out in the mornings!


If you are in need of winter gear for your child(ren), please contact Mrs. Payant at 715-261-0038

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Blessings in a Backpack

See the attached form below to enlist in the backpack program. If you have any questions, please reach out to Shelly Smith-Payant - ssmith@ wausauschools.org.
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Riverview 2022/2023 Staff

Principal

Budny, Sarah - sbudny@wausauschools.org


Administrative Assistant

Knapp, Patty - pknapp@wausauschools.org


Regular Education

4K

Hall, Kristin - khall@wausauschools.org

Szekeress, Danica - dszekere@wausauschools.org


Kindergarten

Burnett, Amber - aburnett@wausauschools.org

Hiles, Chelsie - chiles@wausauschools.org

Steinagel, Nathan - nsteinagel@wausauschools.org


1st grade

Lor, Baonhia - blor@wausauschools.org

Meyer, Ella - emeyer@wausauschools.org

Witt, Laura - lwitt@wausauschools.org


2nd grade

Burmeister, Michelle - mburmeis@wausauschools.org

Differt, Kayla - kdiffert@wausauschools.org

Heil, Kari - kheil@wausauschools.org


3rd grade

Hoppenjan, Margaret - mhoppenjan@wausauschools.org

Richardt, Cindy - mrichard@wausauschools.org

Smith, Chris - csmith@wausauschools.org


4th grade

Brown, Courtney - ccbrown@wausauschools.org

Helke, Casey - chelke@wausauschools.org

Moe, Rebecca (Becky) - rmoe@wausauschools.org


5th grade

Kleczewski, Christine - ckleczew@wausauschools.org

Soukup, Megan - msoukup@wausauschools.org

Widmar, Kristin - kwidmar@wausauschools.org


GT Resource Teacher

Adams, Matt - madams@wausauschools.org


EL Teacher

David, Patty - pdavid@wausauschools.org

Vang, Chi Neng - chivang@wausauschools.org


Special Education

Boller, Amy - amboller@wausauschools.org

Connor, Kearsten - kconnor@wausauschools.org

Ermeling, Ashley - aermlin@wausauschools.org

Holdridge, Julie - jholdrid@wausauschools.org

Hrdina, Jessica - jhrdina@wausauschools.org

Husnick, Donna - dhusnick@wausauschools.org

Kressel, Renee - rkressel@wausauschools.org

Persha, Morgan - mpersha@wausauschools.org

Puetz, Nancy - npuetz@wausauschools.org


O/T

Hau, Mackenzie - mhau@wausauschools.org


P/T

Lodahl, Mia - mlodahl@wausauschools.org


Pupil Services

Boulanger, Kris - kboulang@wausauschools.org

Morrow, Jenna - jmorrow@wausauschools.org

Noltemeyer, Nicole - nnoltemeyer@wausauschools.org

Smith-Payant, Shelly - ssmith@wausauschools.org


Bridge Coordinator

Sturm, Taylor - tbeckman@wausauschools.org


G2M Program Coordinator

Ramthun, Emily - eramthun@wausauschools.org


Encore

Allee, Jennifer - jlingford@wausauschools.org

Dienger, Victoria - vwaslicki@wausauschools.org

Koser, Andrea - akoser@wausauschools.orgf

Lenselink, Angela - alenseli@wausauschools.org

Rodziewicz, Kathy - krodziew@wausauschools.org

Sullivan, Christin - csulliva@wausauschools.org

Wais, Jeff - jwais@wausauschools.org

Withers, Alicia - awithers@wausauschools.org

Wressell, Sana - swressel@wausauschools.org


Support Staff

Terri Kankelfitz, Jackie Keller, Tammy Kromrei, Sandy Wirkus, Dia Thao, Andrea Cordova, Tammy Davisson, Cher Her, Lynn Haucke, Cindy Schuster, Loretta Lazaroff, Tim Baumann, Breanna Bolssen, Leanne Matz, Caitlyn Sitte, Taygen Viegut, Julia Radke, Kristy Durkes, Emily Walker


District Nurse/Health Paraprofessional

Glovinski, Jenny - jglovins@wausauschools.org

Hoerter, Emilee - ehoerter@wausauschools.org


Nutrition Services

Huntington, Susan - shuntington@wausauschools.org

Leitch, Sara - sleitch@wausauschools.org

Rosso, Kay - krosso@wausauschools.org


Custodian

Cook, Angela - acook@wausauschools.org

Dotter-Begay, Beth - bdotterb@wausauschools.org

Schilling, Tonia - tschilling@wausauschools.org

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