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Our K-2 students saw a show called, The Illusion Maker's "Do You Believe in Magic" environmental magic show. It  featured the magic of recycling, reusing, reducing, litter abatement, conservation, waste management and stormwater protection. The students left the show with many new ideas on how they can have a positive influence on the environment around them.  More can be seen by clicking here.



The student's from Mrs. Wincovitch's third grade class participated in "Young Author's Day" at Keystone College. The students submitted a poem that would be published onto a CD for them to keep. At Keystone College they watched a presentation from Barry Louis Polisar. He an author and songwriter who won a Grammy Award in 2009 for the Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture.  All I Want Is You, from the movie, Juno, is the first song in the album.
Pictured Top row Standing Left to Right: Miss Elizabeth Zaydon - Reading Specialist, Miss Heidi Kelley- Reading Specialist, Mrs. Rosie Wincovitch- Third Grade Teacher. 
Second Row Standing Left to Right: Courtney, Sam , Lydia, Daniel, Gabriella, Trinity, and Maverick.
Third Row Kneeling Left to Right: Christopher, Louis, Kori, Kyle, Juan, and Kyle.

 

Below is a picture of the Riverside Elementary West Student Council officers for the 2009-2010 school year.

(Pictured from Left to right) President-Noah, Vice President- Hailey, Student Council Advisor- Mrs. Rosie Wincovitch, Treasurer- Jeffrey, and Secretary- Natalie.

A Dickens of a Christmas - <pictured> Charlie steals the show as he performs as Scrooge.  An outstanding performance was put on by the 4th grade students of both elementary schools!  This performance was directed by Mrs. Lingle and Miss Rish.  A special thanks goes out to the 4th grade staff for their support and Mrs. Chilleri for helping to create props for the stage.  For more pictures visit Elementary West Office website "Pictures of School Events" by clicking here.





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1,000 BOOK CHALLENGE - On the first day of school this year Miss Ceccacci challenged her second grade class to read 1,000 books, as a class, by the end of the year. The students were asked to record, on their book records, the title of each book they read throughout the year and to write a few sentences stating their favorite part of the story read. In addition, 100 of these books were used for Scholastic Book Club’s Classrooms Care, to help other schools in need.  Although this challenge was optional, each student in the class participated and contributed to the success and completion of the 1,000 Book Challenge on December 7, 2009.




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ECKLEY MINERS' VILLAGE - Mr. Murphy took our fourth grade students to Eckley Miners' Village.  They had a great Saturday afternoon in which they learned about one of the hundreds of company mining towns or "patches" built in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania during the nineteenth century.  For their homepage:  http://www.eckleyminers.org/



MIX IT UP DAY - Schools around the world participated in Mix It Up at Lunch Day 2009.  The event is a simple call to action: take a new seat in the cafeteria. By making the move, students can cross the invisible lines of school division, meet new people and make new friends.  Mr. Yarem organized this event for our school.  Click here for more pictures.
 

HALLOWEEN - The REW PTA organized our festivities for the day and supplied the students with treats.  For more pictures, click here. 

RIBBON WEEK 2009 -- RHS students perform skits to promote drug awareness to our students here at WEST.  For more pictures, click here!

CONGRATULATION LOGAN!  Here Logan is pictured with Miss Parise.  His estimation of 2,203 candy corns was closest to the actual amount of 2,160 candy corns.  He won the actual jar of candy corns for Mrs. Penn's class.  We also would like to thank Miss Parise and Mrs. Whetstone's class for raising $183.70 for the Brian Koytek Memorial Scholarship!





Here Christian is shown holding the Kindergarten book, Here I Am.  These Activity Books are free and contain months of simple at-home activities for adults and their Kindergarten students to do at home during their Kindergarten year.  Designed in calendar-format, the activity guide provides months of parenting information and at-home experiences that are linked to Pennsylvania’s Early Learning Standards and support primary education.  Each Kindergarten student has received a copy from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. 



Mr. Murphy's 4th grade PA Geography class gets help from 8th grade Family and Consumer  Science Students    Murphy's 4th grade Pennsylvania Geography Class and Miss Mazaleski's 8th grade Family and Consumer Sciences Class, recently collaborated to create a "hands- on" model of Pennsylvania.  Miss Mazaleski's class made a 4-layer white cake from scratch which was part of their cooking lab.  And, Mr. Murphy's class added more cuts and icing to the 4- layer cake to create the topography/geography of Pennsylvania to show a 3-D look of Pennsylvania's physical regions. The class agreed that eating it after was also a great deal of fun!  Great Job to all involved!!!  More pictures can be found on Mrs. Mazaleski's teacher website - click here.



Taylor Fire & Rescue - Firefighters educated our students about safety during Fire Prevention Week.  They provided our kids with instruction and gave each kid a Fire Prevention Kit.  We thank them for their service!!    For more pictures, click here.



Honoring a Hero - Scranton Fire Captain, James Robeson (a 25 year veteran), died battling a fire on a home in Scranton.  We would like to honor him during Fire Prevention Week.  He is the uncle of Jason (pictured to the right) a student at our school.  We give our thanks and respect to firefighters across the nation!    

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Author and Publisher, Linda Riviello reads to our students during an assembly this past month.  Below are some pictures from the event.  More information can be located at:  http://www.kbrpublishingco.com/MeetKatietheReason.html

   
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The Riverside School District is making an effort to spread awareness about allergies.  Alexis (pictured above) created the logo for our school district to use for peanut allergy awareness.  Look for this logo to pop up a lot more in the future!

Over the Summer, Mr. Craig Reifler and Mr. Chris Feerrar helped guide students
through their Senior project.  At Riverside Elementary WEST, they knocked out old sinks, capped the plumbing, and installed shelving for our 1^st and 2^nd grade teachers.   We would like to thank them for putting Riverside first and helping buildings other than their own with a much needed project.  They have also provided their students with an experience that they will always remember.  Pictured here:  Nick Van Hoof gets a hands-on lesson in carpentry.