Before/After-School Care Interest Survey 2022-23

Need Before- or After-School Care for 2022-23?
Please complete our interest survey by Monday, August 8

— Before/After School Care Interest Survey —

— Did You Read the News? —

— Back-to-School Dates —

Open House for All Students:
Thursday, August 25, 3:30 to 6:30

Informal gathering to get to know the campus and see old and new friends!
Treats provided by your PTO
Learn about community organizations for kids
Drop off meds for health office
Turn in or complete outstanding forms
Deposit money into your family's lunch account
Learn where the classrooms are, meet your teachers, and get to know campus
Drop off school supplies

Welcome Conferences for All Students:
Wednesday, August 31 – Thursday, Sept 1

Welcome Conferences will be an opportunity for the teachers to meet with each student individually before the first day of school.
Teachers may do some informal assessments to help better understand where their students are both academically and socially as we start the new school year.
Please stay tuned for the sign-ups.

First Day of 2022-23:
Tuesday, Sept 6, 2022

Full Calendar: Please See Our Website
Dates are subject to change

— School Supply Lists —

— Lunch for 2022-23 —

General Lunch Procedures for 2022-23
Now that the federal USDA program that reimbursed schools for lunches has ended, River Grove will go back to offering hot and cold school lunch options for purchase.

More information will be sent prior to the start of school.

Free and Reduced Lunch Applications 2022-23
We encourage all families to complete the Application for Educational Benefits 2022-23. Your children may qualify for free or reduced-price school meals. A new application must be submitted each year. This application also helps the school qualify for education funds and discounts, and may be used to determine scholarslhips for field trips.

Negative Account Balances

In accordance with state and federal law, River Grove adopts the following policy to ensure that families and students have a shared understanding of expectations regarding meal charges. The policy seeks to allow students to receive the nutrition they need to stay focused during the school day, prevent the overt identification of students with insufficient funds to pay for school meals, and maintain the financial integrity of the nonprofit school nutrition program.

Policy

Students have the use of a meal account. When the balance reaches $0.00 a student may charge no more than $15 to this account. After a student’s account is in arrears by $15 or more and the parent/guardian does not make payment to the lunch account, they will be notified that the Nutrition Services Department will provide an alternate reimbursable meal for lunch. Payment for these meals will be charged to the student’s account.
Deposits can be made online in JMC or money can be brought to the school office.
- Instructions for how to make desposits to your JMC account wlll be sent closer to the start of school.
Students who qualify for free meals shall never be denied a reimbursable meal, even if they have accrued a negative balance from previous purchases.

— Complete Your Required Forms —

Kindergartners

The forms section of our website is divided into "Required Kindergarten Forms" and "Optional Kindergarten Forms." All of the required forms need to be completed prior to the first day of school. Please review the optional forms list to see which ones apply to your kindergartner.

Grades 1-6

Like the kindergarten section, the forms in this section of our website is divided into "Required Forms for Grades 1-6" and "Optional Forms for Grades 1-6." All of the required forms need to be completed prior to the first day of school. Please review the optional forms list to see which ones apply to your student.

All Families
Please review the list of optional forms in the Family Forms section. We strongly recommend that all families complete at least these:

How to Turn in Completed Forms
For paper copies of forms (.pdfs), print, sign, and send or deliver to

For on-line Forms:

— Updated Lost and Found Policy —

Starting in the fall, articles found in any building or on school grounds should be turned into the Lost and Found, which will be located in the Commons building. Students should regularly check this area for personal property. Four times a year, articles not claimed may be discarded or may be donated to charitable organizations. Those times are:

To assist in recovery of lost items, please ensure items have your child’s name written on them.

— Heads Up for Big Things to Come! —

New Board of Directors Schedule

The Board of Directors will now meet on the fourth Mondays of the month at 5:00pm. The next Board of Directors meeting will be on Monday, August 22, at 5:00pm in the Commons building.

New Staff Announcements

We are excited about the new staff coming on board! Please look for their info soon!

Classroom and Teacher Assignments

Classroom assignments will be announced closer to the start of the year. Please stay tuned.

Planning for Project-Based Learning is in High Gear

River Grove administration and teachers have been meeting over the summer to further develop project- and place-based learning plans and processes! The team will get together for the third time next week to work on incorporating standards into an extensive, cross-curricular project- and place-based framework. This has been intensive but rewarding work!

Read more here!

— See You Soon! —