Johnston County Public Schools values your feedback! 💻
We will be surveying JCPS families in order to gain insight into your perception of our schools and district's effectiveness. To ensure we continue to provide high-quality, rigorous learning experiences that meet the needs of our learners and prepare them for college and career, we need your feedback.
You may complete the survey online between March 17th - March 28th using a computer, tablet, or smartphone by clicking the following link: https://bit.ly/4i1CG0x
We thank you in advance for your thoughtful responses. If you have any questions about the survey administration, please contact your child’s school.
We are so proud of our battle of the books team took first place at the district competition yesterday. Thank you to Mrs. West and Mrs. McGuire for their hard work and support of our students.
🥳📚Congratulations to Riverwood Elementary School, our 2025 Battle of the Books Elementary Champions!!!📚🥳
The runner-up was the Pine Level Elementary School team, with Selma Elementary School taking home third place!
Battle of the Books is an annual competitive academic endeavor in which students read 16 books from the NCSLMA Elementary Battle of the Books list. Then, students are asked questions on key details and events from each novel.
Teams from 23 elementary schools tested their knowledge, and after several rounds and a few tiebreakers, Riverwood Elementary was announced the winner. They move on to the regional competition on April 5, 2025, at Corinth-Holders Elementary.
Congratulations to ALL of the teams!!!👏👏 Keep reading!!!📖
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Good evening Riverwood Elementary Families. This is your principal Mrs. White with a few updates. Food Lion Family Math night for 3rd-5th graders is this Thursday, February 27th from 5:30-7:30 pm at Food Lion. Food Lion Family Math night for Kindergarten-2nd graders has been rescheduled for next Thursday, March 6th.
The Winter Wonderland dance is this Friday, February 28th. Kindergarten & 1st Grade time is 5:00pm-6:30pm. 2nd & 3rd Grade time is 6:45pm-8:15pm. 4th & 5th Grade time is 8:30pm-10:00pm. Students will line up outside on the sidewalk of the bus lot and wait for their time to enter. This is a drop and go dance so parents please enter from Pritchard Road, on to Memory Lane and drop your student off in the bus/cafeteria lot, there will be NO parking in the bus lot due to limited space. For pick up after the dance, please line up in the afternoon carpool line in the front of the school to pick up your student, we will operate this just like afternoon carline. All items in the concession will be priced at $1.00. We will have pizza by the slice, can drinks, bottle water, chips, candy bars and candy. Please make sure you send something with your child to keep their money in as last year we had several students dropping money bc they didn’t have pockets or a bag or purse. The dance is for RES students only and students can only attend for their grade level. We look forward and are very excited for both of these upcoming events!
The end of year MAP assessment window has changed. The MAP window is March 3rd-10.
Read Across America is also next week so look for the flyers coming home for that. Lots of excitement happening at the school house! Thank you for your continued support and have a wonderful evening!
Due to the inclement weather and the forecast for hazardous conditions, Johnston County Public Schools will remain closed for all students and staff on Friday, February 21, 2025, and all extracurricular activities have been canceled. The district will operate under Condition 4 of the inclement weather plan.
Condition 4 is the Remote Learning Day option. Please visit the JCPS website at www.johnston.k12.nc.us/weatherconditions for full details.
As always, safety is our top priority as we follow the guidance of local safety and emergency officials. We will continue to monitor the conditions and provide updates as they become available, particularly regarding weekend facility usage and extracurricular activities for Saturday.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Due to the inclement weather conditions, Johnston County Public Schools will remain closed for all students and staff on Thursday, February 20, 2025, and all extracurricular activities have been canceled. The district will operate under Condition 4 of the inclement weather plan.
Condition 4 is the Remote Learning Day option. Please visit the JCPS website at www.johnston.k12.nc.us/weatherconditions for full details.
As always, safety is our top priority as we follow the guidance of local safety and emergency officials. We will continue to monitor the conditions and provide updates as they become available. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Due to the forecast for inclement weather, Johnston County Public Schools will be closed for all students and staff on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, and all extracurricular activities have been canceled. The district will operate under Condition 4 of the inclement weather plan.
Condition 4 is the Remote Learning Day option. Please visit the JCPS website at www.johnston.k12.nc.us/weatherconditions for full details. As a reminder: All assignments offered during remote learning days will be enhancement/enrichment type activities. No assignments will receive a grade, but will be reviewed. Parents who have questions should contact their child’s teacher via email.
As always, safety is our top priority as we follow the guidance of local safety and emergency officials. We will continue to monitor the conditions and provide updates as they become available. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
🥳Let's celebrate Lauren Scales, our 2024-2025 School Counselor of the Year!🥳
A school counselor for 13 years, she is the counselor for Riverwood Elementary School. Her love of children is her driving force. When asked about being in the profession for 13 years and former students, Mrs. Scales’ humble response was, “The best part is that they (the students) still recognize me and they feel as though I genuinely care for them and their wellbeing many years later!”
As part of National School Counseling Week, JCPS Students Services hosted a celebration that included brunch, guest speakers, and lots of fellowship.
Congratulations to Lauren Scales and all of our JCPS School Counselors for their amazing work!!!
Read the full press release here: https://bit.ly/4127ecx
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Good evening Riverwood Elementary Families! This is your principal Mrs. White. As a reminder, we have a scheduled Early Release day this Wednesday, January 29th and we will dismiss at 1:50 pm. Class pictures are scheduled for next Tuesday, February 4th. Envelopes to purchase should be coming home. We have rescheduled the 2nd quarter Principal Book Club Pizza party for tomorrow afternoon. We are looking forward to enjoying this time with those students who participated in the 2nd quarter Principal Book Club. Also, we have rescheduled the Winter Dance for Friday, February 28th. We are looking forward to this fun event for our students. Thank you for your continued support and have a wonderful evening.
Due to the hazardous road conditions caused by the recent winter weather event, Johnston County Public Schools will be closed for all students tomorrow, Friday, January 24, 2025, as well as all extracurricular activities. The district will operate under Condition 3 of the inclement weather plan.
For JCPS staff, this day will become an optional teacher workday. Schools and county offices will open at 10 AM.
As always, safety is our primary concern and after driving our roadways and receiving guidance from local safety officials and NCDOT, we have been advised that though the main roads within high-traffic areas may be clear, many secondary roads within the rural areas of the county are expected to still have hazardous conditions through Friday, making them unsafe for JCPS transportation use. In addition, many of our campuses have shaded walkways, parking lots, and areas that must continue to be assessed by our operational staff before students may safely return.
Extracurricular activities and community facility use will resume on Saturday morning, however, we still encourage site visitors to travel safely and be cautious while on campus, particularly in shaded areas.
Have a great weekend everyone and make the most of what is left of the snow!
Good afternoon Riverwood Elementary Families! This is your principal Mrs. White. I wanted to send an update regarding the Winter Dance that is scheduled for tomorrow, Friday, January 24th. Out of an abundance of caution and the possibility of cancelled school/after-school activities, in addition to the very cold temperatures tomorrow night, we have decided to postpone the dance until Friday, February 28th. We look forward to the dance on Friday, February 28th. We apologize for this and thank you for your understanding.
Also, JCPS has a scheduled Early Release Day next week on Wednesday, January 29th. Our dismissal time for Early Release days is 1:50 pm.
Thank you for your continued support and stay safe!
Due to the hazardous conditions caused by the recent winter weather, all JCPS schools and office buildings will be closed for students and staff on Thursday, January 23, 2025, as well as all after-school activities and events.
JCPS will operate under Condition One of the Inclement Weather Plan. Please view the details of the plan by visiting the JCPS website at www.johnston.k12.nc.us/weatherconditions.
📣📣WE ARE HIRING📣📣
Johnston County Public Schools offers many career opportunities to aspiring professionals. With competitive pay, state health benefits, and incentives, we are the best place for a career!
Come to our Job Fair on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at Smithfield-Selma High School from 9 AM to 12 PM, to discover why JCPS and Johnston County are ideal locations to live and work.
To register, scan the QR code below⬇, or visit https://bit.ly/2025jobfair.
See you there!😎
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Over the break, staff at Thanksgiving Elementary and Riverwood Elementary participated in Stop the Bleed training provided by Kristi Blankenship, Trauma Program Manager of WakeMed Cary Hospital.
Stop the Bleed is a national initiative that helps teach the public how to use three basic techniques to stop bleeding during potential life-threatening emergencies. This type of training is important because blood loss is the #1 cause of preventable death following an injury and learning the three simple techniques involved can help save a life. During the training, participants participated in a brief lecture portion to be taught the use of direct pressure, packing, and applying tourniquets to stop bleeding. They were then able to engage in a demonstration of the three techniques taught.
We are extremely grateful for community volunteers who help us continue to improve the safety and performance of our students and staff.
For more information on Stop the Bleed, you can visit www.stopthebleed.org.
Good evening Riverwood Elementary Families. This is your principal Mrs. White. You should have received a call from JCPS that we will have a 3 hour early dismissal tomorrow due to the potential for inclement weather. Our dismissal time for tomorrow will be 12:50 pm. Also, the YMCA after school care program will be closed tomorrow so please communicate to your child's teacher the mode of afternoon transportation for tomorrow. Thank you for your continued support and stay safe!
Good evening Riverwood Elementary Families! This is your principal Mrs. White with a few updates. I am so proud of how hard our students worked 2nd quarter. They are learning so much and showing so much growth and progress. I along with their teachers am super proud of them! Holiday Shop has been a huge success this week. Thank you to our volunteers who have volunteered your time this week. Without our volunteers, we couldn't have a Holiday Shop. It will be closing at 10 am tomorrow morning. Also, we have an Early Release tomorrow at 1:45 pm. Students will be on break after tomorrow and they will return to school on Monday, January 6th. I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe break and we look forward to seeing you in the new year!
We are so proud of these outstanding teachers. Ms Brooke Hayward, Ms Malena Thieme, Ms Amber Smith and Ms LiAnn Cheong. They are now all Nationally Board Certified teachers!!!
Congratulations to Mrs. Brooke Hayward who was the winner from the Clayton Chamber of Commerce for their Teacher of the Year from 2024. We are so proud of her.
Announcing the winners of our Attendance Matters contest! Super proud of these students.
We are excited to announce that Riverwood Elementary's Mrs. Shannon Pawlak is JCPS 2024-2025 Assistant Principal of the Year! 🥳
An educator for 27 years, her impact at Riverwood Elementary has been incredible over the last three years. With a servant's heart, Pawlak is an invaluable asset to the administrative team and the school.
Learn more about Mrs. Pawlak here: