Riverside Middle School

Riverside Middle School

Home of the Vikings
215 Alder Ave. • New Castle, CO 81647
Phone 970.665.7800 • FAX 970.665-7846

Wamsley Realizes Goal

"Congratulations. The deliberate, focused, and concerted effort on the part of your teachers and principal at Wamsley Elementary has paid off.” With these words, John Condie, regional support manager for the Colorado Department of Education, confirmed what the district was hoping to hear. After three years of hard work, intense focus, and extreme dedication, Wamsley Elementary School was officially removed from the state list of Title I schools in need of improvement. -more-

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January's Newsletter

January's newsletter is available for download. Click here or follow the newsletter tab on the left to read about what is happening at Riverside!

	From the Principal
	Dear Riverside Families, Welcome back! We are kicking off the new year and our second semester with a bang! We want to recognize those students who made signiﬁcant growth on the Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI) at the end of ﬁrst semester. It is typical for students to make around 100 points in a year, the following pages celebrate students who grew this much in 1 quarter! - more - Sam Jorgensen Wins Geography Bee! Sam Jorgensen, 8^th grader at Riverside, won the National Geographic Bee at the school level on Friday, January 22, 2010. He bested a field of 30 contestants from 6^th, 7^th, and 8^th grade in a hard-fought competition, consisting of questions on U.S. cities, continents, world history, U.S. historical geography, and cultural geography. Second place was secured by Richie Winkler, 8^th grade, and Riley Bolitho, 7^th grade, took third. The competition was very rigorous, and congratulations go out to all the competitors. Sam now takes a written qualifying test, which goes to the National Geographic Society. If he scores high enough, he will compete at the state level. State finalists will compete in the National Geographic Bee in Washington DC. Congratulations, Sam, and good luck!

	Upcoming events
	Jan 18 NO SCHOOL - Collaboration Day. Jan 21 Girls Basketball 8th @ home 4:30 p.m. Jan 21 Girls Basketball 7th @ Carbondale Jan 29 & 30 Girls Basketball @ Eagle Valley Tournament Our Vision Our vision is to encourage, nurture and challenge every student, every day. Our Mission Our Mission is to provide engaging educational experiences in a safe environment for students and staff which results in exemplary learning and teaching.