Riverside Local Schools

*RIVERSIDE ATHLETIC SCHEDULE: UPDATE* Varsity Baseball and Varsity Softball have been rescheduled for tomorrow night, Wednesday, April 30, at 5:00 pm at Troy Christian.

RIVERSIDE ATHLETIC SCHEDULE UPDATE The following events have been cancelled for tonight, Tuesday, April 29: *Varsity Softball and Varsity Baseball at Troy Christian *HS Track Meet at Riverside

RIVERSIDE ATHLETICS: INFORMATION FOR PHYSICALS FOR 2025/26 Riverside will offer two options to assist our student/athletes in obtaining an athletic physical for the 2025/2026 school year. *Riverside branch of Community Health & Wellness. Parents can schedule an appointment for a physical exam by calling 937-599-1411 or through their website, www.CHWPcares.org. If the physical qualifies for their yearly well child visit, the exam will be free. Otherwise, Community Health & Wellness will submit the exam to your insurance. They do offer a sliding fee scale for reduced rates. *Mary Rutan Health Center: The Mary Rutan Health Center will once again offer our Riverside athletes a free athletic physical. Riverside's physical day at Mary Rutan will be Monday, May 19 from 12:00 noon - 2:30 pm. Riverside will be providing bus transportation for any interested students to Mary Rutan for their physical. This physical day will be for students entering grades 7-12 for the 2025/26 school year. More information will follow for this physical date. **Reminder: An athlete cannot practice or play in a scrimmage/game without a current athletic physical. For the fall season, athletes should have completed their physical by July 28, 2025.

Important SENIOR Dates! Tuesday, May 13 - Senior Field Day (report to the athletic fields at 9 am) Wednesday, May 14 - Senior Dinner at 5:30 pm (must have a ticket) Thursday, May 15 - Mandatory Graduation practice (report to the auditeria at 9 am). You MUST be at graduation practice in order to walk at graduation on Friday night. Friday, May 16 - Graduation! Meet in the auditeria at 5:30 pm If you have any questions, please see Mrs. Wyan or Mrs. Turner.

Senior Deadlines Approaching FAST: The following items are due by Friday, May 2nd. --Senior dinner tickets need to be purchased in the office. Anyone planning on attending the senior dinner needs to have a ticket. Tickets are $14 each, and the senior students' ticket is free (but they still need to get a ticket from the office for themselves) --Final transcript request forms are due to Mrs. Allen by Friday (this is on pink paper). --Any scholarships students have received need to be turned in to Mrs. Gonterman by Friday. The form, along with proof (an email or copy of letter) of the scholarship, is needed to be recognized in the graduation program.

The P.T.O. is hosting Family Karaoke Night. This FRIDAY 5/2/25 5Pm-7Pm. Dinner will be provided for those that Register. You don't have to be a signer, come and enjoy the fun!

RIVERSIDE ATHLETIC SCHEDULE: APRIL 28-MAY 3, 2025

PIRATES got 3/24/25: Izzy Henline, Liam Plantz, Alex Wallace, Stella Manahan. McKinzy Harbour, Maddy Shoffner, Macy Shoffner, Zamareyah Arrington, Stella Shultz, Jaxen Orsborne, Elena Ramirez

PIRATES of the Week for 3/31/25: Logan Switzer, Leiliana Jenkins, Greysyn Cantrell, Sawyer Manahan, Parker Evans, Oakley Dingey, Billy Shoffner, Isabella Monnin

RIVERSIDE ATHLETIC SCHEDULE UPDATE: FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2025 *Varsity Baseball is still playing at Perry at 5:00 pm *Varsity Softball at home vs. Milton-Union has been cancelled.

All received Open Enrollment applications for the 2025-2026 school year have be reviewed and uploaded into the student's Final Forms accounts. We will begin reviewing any NEW student applications on Monday, April 28th, along with any current student applications that have not met the due date. Please see the attached application for your convenience. Thank you!

What do you do when your accompanist falls ill right before the performance? You tell the students that it is time to adapt, adjust, and overcome! That is exactly what Mrs. Crockett did last night. Junior high and high school choirs performed songs from Hamilton, Wicked, and other beautiful songs last night This concert was bittersweet as the music was beautiful, but it marks the end of Mrs. Crockett's time at Riverside. She is a remarkable individual who is immensely talented. We wish her well in her new endeavor and are thankful for her contributions to Riverside.

All talent show acts have auditioned and received this note to bring home. Thank you! Looking forward to the show next week. :)

The second graders are having fun learning about shapes!

Congratulations to Riverside senior golfer Jaxon Woods. Jaxon signed a National Letter of intent to golf at Ohio Northern University. Jaxon's parents are Tim and Candice Woods. Important Info About Jaxon High School Coach: Andy Phelps ONU Coach: Chad Bucci Intended Major at ONU: Business College Info: ONU is Division 3 in athletics and is located in Ada, Ohio ; they compete in the Ohio Athletic Conference. The university has an enrollment of 2600 students. Why did you choose ONU? "I chose ONU because it is the school that felt like home to me. They also have a great business program and I really liked the guys on the team. I also considered Bluffton, Tiffin, and Maryville." What are your personal goals for the future? "Continue my education and make a couple qualifiers in the next couple years; Contribute to the team." What do you think your personal skills are that will help you excel at the next level? "Leadership, work ethic, strong faith, and being opportunistic." "I have always dreamed of playing sports at the next level. I hope to make new friends and compete really hard and hopefully play some good golf." 1st Photo: Front: Jenna-sister, Jaxon, Candice-Mom; Back: Coach Phelps, Tim-Dad 2nd Photo: Jaxon signing the National Letter of Intent 3rd Photo: Jaxon with his fellow Riverside golfers and Riverside friends.

Yesterday, Mrs. Suman's Media Arts classes took a field trip to Downtown Bellefontaine to film the Photography & Digital Image Editing classes' Movie Project. The classes have been working on the project from the idea, to writing, to film, and then will edit it. Then they will have a premiere of the movie.

Riverside Art students did very well at the Logan County Art and Music Festival that was held on April 11th at the Holland Theater. Gillian Knight won Best Picture For 9-12 Art. The picture was a drawing of a sculpture that she did in white charcoal. Gillian is one of the best drawers I have had. Her attention to detail and ability to capture the emotion of what she is drawing is an amazing and special skill to have.. Kristen Thompson won a ribbon in the 5-8 category for her charcoal portrait of "Dean Winchester." Kristen shows a lot of skill in this drawing and it is a very impressive for 8th grade art student. All of our art looked really good in the show. The level of skill that my art students display makes very proud to be their teacher.

K-6 talent show auditions are this Tuesday and Wednesday. Only students who have turned in signed permission slips will be allowed to audition. Thanks!