Recently the 9-R community has been discussing the enforcement of the existing district policy, JLIF, or Service Animals in Schools. This policy has been in the district since 2015, and speaks to both the use of service and therapy animals in the classroom. This long-standing policy excludes animals as pets in the classroom, but our district has agreed to allow animals in the classroom as appropriate for aligned standards or curriculum delivery. While this has been an established policy, it has not been consistently enforced in the past at all schools.

In honor of School Board Appreciation month, we want to take a moment to thank our volunteers on the school board for their tireless efforts to support education and youth in our community!

Thank you for taking a moment to share your feedback with us on our 2019/20 Academic Calendar. While that is a little ways away, we are trying to plan out our calendars two years ahead so that staff and families can plan around those calendars accordingly.

A note from Riverview's counselor for Grades 3-5, Karen Finch, regarding the upcoming class visits from the district School Resource Officers...

This is a friendly reminder for 9-R families that we are now using Student IDs for all students, all grade levels, for use both on route and activity buses, for City Transit services and for use in our school libraries. Students in the secondary level have IDs that are specific to their school site, while elementary-aged student IDs have the 9-R logo on it as to not designate school site. IDs for elementary students also come with a badge holder and a clip so students can clip the IDs to their bags or other belongings to prevent loss.

As we feel that crisp cold weather again, we want to remind parents to start planning for winter weather and possible school closures.

Riverview Elementary's fourth grade classrooms were resplendent with vocabulary-themed costumes today. As part of a Halloween themed Vocabulary Day, students dressed as an adjective or describing noun they had researched.

Thank you to all Riverview Parents and families who supported our Fun Run on Oct. 6th. It was a great success!

Do you have gently used books that need a new home?
Our Transportation Department is in need of gently used books for their Books on Board program.

In 2014, it was signed into proclamation that October is the official Colorado Safe Schools Month. This focus allows schools and communities across the state to educate and focus on school safety within their unique communities.