River Valley Community School District - Home of the Wolverines

River Valley Basketball Team Shirts are now available!! Must be ordered before Wednesday, November 27th at noon. https://rivervalleybasketballteam24.itemorder.com/shop/home/

Tonight, we welcomed our newest members into River Valley's Sachem Chapter of National Honor Society. Congratulations to Colton, Taylar, Kayla, and Jillian! Also, thank you to Mrs Witt for being our guest speaker.

Congratulations to Addie Law for making the 1A 4th Team ALL STATE in volleyball this season! Well done!!

Jr High Boys Basketball Games start today!! 4 pm in the south gym. Today they are playing Charter Oak-Ute. Come and check them out!

We would like to congratulate our volleyball team one more time and give a huge shout out to these four players that made it onto the All District 1A Northwest Iowa Team! Way to go girls!

The River Valley 7th Graders are sponsoring a fund-raising project to help raise money for the upcoming Washta Shoe Party in Honor of Mr. Parrott. Mrs. Witt & Ms. Verzaani will be collecting donations in the commons each morning this week. The JH classes will compete against each other and the high school classes will compete against each other to see Who is the Most Un-Scroogiest class of All. The collected funds will all be used to purchase Christmas toys for kids in our communities. Please scan the QR code on the poster for more information. Let's see what we can do to help out our families who may need a boost at this time of year! Your donation, big or small, can help put a smile on someone's face!

This week is American Education Week! It is a great time to show your appreciation to all those who assist in your child's educational career. Take time to say thank you to your child's teacher, a paraprofessional, the school nurse, the secretaries, business office personnel, the custodians, bus drivers, and substitute teachers. It takes a village, and the staff at River Valley put students first and promote a healthy mind and academic growth.

Come join us next Friday, November 22 for our Winter Meet the Teams Night! The RV Athletic Boosters are providing a meal deal for $5 including Chili or Chicken Noodle Soup as well as sandwiches, desserts, or drinks provided by our student athletes (see the photo for more details)! The meal starts at 5:30 pm in the HS Commons followed by Meet the Teams at 6 pm in the main gym. See you there!

Today was "Fryday" at RV Elementary and we held our monthly Longest Fry Contest. We had some really close measurements with Rock, Paper, Scissors to decide the winner and runner-up.

Mrs. Richards Advanced Foods Students made homemade pies in class to celebrate Thanksgiving!

The MS/HS students have been celebrating World Kindness Day all week with various activities focused on expressing appreciation, creating a positive school community and increasing teamwork. Today students were encouraged to get creative with the word 'kindness', the only rule was that all students in their grade needed to be in the picture. Please 'like' your favorite pictures. The class with the greatest amount of likes will get a KDT hat or drink pass for the Friday of their choice! Go Wolverines!!

Yesterday, River Valley Elementary celebrated "World Kindness Day". Teachers and students played "Kindness Bingo" throughout the day in their classrooms. Students were often seen performing many random acts of kindness . During their guidance lessons, Ms. Geary expanded on why it's important to be kind. The students and staff did a wonderful job continuing to display River Valley KDT (Kindness, Determination, Together) during WKD. It was so heart warming and awesome to see all the blue shirts, positive/kind behavior, and camaraderie. It was such a great day:)

Attention River Valley Elementary Parents: Our Fall Fundraiser Delivery & Pick-up date is coming up, Thursday, November 14. It will run from 3-6 PM and items can be picked up at the elementary gym. Please enter through the far north door. Thanks again for your support.

Archery Meeting Reminder ---- There is a MANDATORY parent/student meeting on Thursday, November 14th at 6:30 pm in the high school auditorium in Correctionville. The meeting is for grades 4-12 and will include scheduling, rules, expectations, etc

Yesterday, River Valley Elementary did its best to show its appreciation to our veterans and active duty personnel. We had some guest readers from grades 3-5, a powerful video, and some awesome singing by our K-5 students. Though it was a short and sweet program, we hope our veterans and active duty personnel understand how much we appreciate their service:) Thank you to Mrs. Reginnitter for all her help decorating and Ms. Rau for having the K-5 music classes perform. It looked great and sounded great!!

Thank you to our guest speaker today, Myles McCrea! We also greatly appreciate the four local communities providing us with their color guards. The student council, band and choir students all did a great job participating in this morning's program. To each and everyone who have served/are serving, we Thank You.

Dance Apparel can be ordered until this Friday, November 15 at NOON! All orders will be dispersed by Mrs Nehman and Ms Verzani at the High School on December 3. Thank you for supporting your Dance Team! https://kmkapparelcompany.com/collections/river-valley-dance-apparel

Cookie Dough ordered to support the yearbook will be delivered Tuesday, Nov 12th. Students who sold, please make arrangements to pick it up after school in the auditorium. If you have any questions, see Mrs. Gray.

Please join us in honoring our Veterans at our Veterans Day Programs tomorrow in both Washta and Correctionville. See the picture for more details!

World Kindness Day Reminder, River Valley School District will be observing "World Kindness Day" on Wednesday, November 13. If you ordered a World Kindness Day t-shirt for your child, they will be handed out to bring home on Monday or Tuesday of next week. Please have your child wear their t-shirt on Wednesday, November 13th. If your child did not order a World Kindness Day t-shirt, if at all possible, have them wear a "light blue" shirt on that Wednesday. The River Valley Elementary will also be doing a ONE day canned food drive on Wednesday, November 13th. If you could send one canned food item with your elementary child on that Wednesday, that would be very kind. All canned food items will go to help support area families in need.