River Dell Elementary School

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📢It has been reported that JCPS students have received more than 66.2 million in scholarship offerings for the 2024-2025 school year! This is an amazing 18 million more than scholarship offerings received during the 2023-2024 year!📢 A great deal of the offerings have been accepted and will cover tuition costs as these students continue their educational journeys! 💲JCPS is proud of the efforts that go into securing scholarship funding, and we celebrate the students, staff, and parents who work hard to make it happen! 💲 Great things are truly happening in JCPS!

It is the last day of school, which means we are just minutes before our students will be enjoying a summer full of fun! Here's to wishing everyone a safe break! See you next year!!!

Good evening Racer families, this is Ms. Durko with some announcements and reminders. It is hard to believe that our final day of school is finally here. This week has been amazing, and so many lasting memories have been made. Our teachers, administration, and staff will be sad to see the students leave tomorrow. Our 5th graders had their final awards and celebration today, and it was a great event. Please check around your house for any RDE library books and bring those in tomorrow. Also, tomorrow is our RDE Senior walk. High school seniors that attended RDE will be back to have a breakfast and then do a special parade in their caps and gowns for our students. All RDE staff and students should wear RDE spirit wear, college shirts, or our school colors (green/yellow). Tomorrow is the last school day for all JCPS students and dismissal will be at 1:45 tomorrow afternoon. It is, as always, my extreme pleasure to be the principal of such an amazing school. The excellence of our students and staff never goes unnoticed. I am humbled and blessed to serve such a terrific and involved community. I feel lucky to partner with such outstanding, loving, and committed parents and family members. Thank you for all you do to make River Dell the very best! I hope you all have a wonderful night and remember, once a Racer, always a Racer.

Good evening racer families, this is Ms. Durko with some announcements for the week. It is hard to believe that this is our very last week of school. The year has flown by for sure! We will be having multiple celebrations and awards in various grade levels this week, so it’s very important to arrive on campus to pick up your students by 4 o’clock each day as many students will be checked out early and carpool line will be much shorter every day this week. Thursday is our last day of school and we have early dismissal at 1:45 on Thursday. We hope everyone has a great week and remember once a Racer, always a Racer Have a great night!

Hello Racer families, this is Ms. Durko with some announcements. It is with great sadness that I inform you of the passing of Noelle Franklin, one of our beloved students. Our hearts go out to her family during this difficult time, and we extend our deepest sympathy and support. Our school counselors are on campus daily to offer support. Please be sensitive to any changes in your student’s behavior, as grief can manifest in various ways. Over the next few days, we encourage you to create space for your student to express their feelings and to listen attentively as they process this loss. We are still planning on doing our Caps and PJ Bottoms for a Cause event this Friday. Students and staff can wear a hat and/or PJ bottoms for $1.00. All proceeds will go directly to Noelle's family. Students have been working so very hard this week, and we are so incredibly proud of them all. It is hard to believe that next Thursday, May 22nd, is the very last day of school for this school year. We will be dismissing early on May 22nd at 1:45. We hope everyone has a wonderful evening and remember, once a Racer, always a Racer. Have a good night.

Our next spirit night is Wednesday, May 14th at River Dell. Pelican's Snoballs will be here and a portion of the proceeds will go back to RDE!

Good evening Racer families, this is Ms. Durko with some reminders for the week ahead. We hope all of our Racer moms had a fabulous Mother's Day. Thank you so much for celebrating our teachers, administration, and staff last week for Teacher Appreciation Week. All of the sweet messages, gifts, and kind words were so very appreciated. Also, thank you so much to all parents for arriving before the 8:55am tardy bell last week. We want to make sure this continues for the week ahead, especially on Monday and Tuesday which are EOG testing days. On Monday, our 5th graders will be taking the Science EOG, and on Tuesday, our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will be taking the Math EOG. Please make sure to bring headphones to use for testing on these testing days. Also, just a reminder for all walkers: our new crosswalk should be used for everyone walking to and from school, rather than the crosswalk right by Buffalo Rd. This has been a wonderful and MUCH safer pathway for everyone, and we are so grateful for JCPS for creating this for us. We hope everyone has a wonderful week ahead, and remember, once a Racer, always a Racer. Have a great night.

Good evening racer families this is Ms. Durko with some announcements. It has been a great week, and lots of amazing learning has been going on in the classrooms at River Dell. Tomorrow we begin our end of grade testing. Grades three, four, and five will be taking the reading EOG tomorrow. The teachers are confident, the students are confident, they are ready! Please make sure everyone gets a good nights rest, eats a good breakfast in the morning, and arrives at school no later than 8:55 tomorrow morning. As always, breakfast is free for everyone. We are excited for our students to show what they know tomorrow. They are going to be awesome! We hope everyone has a great night And remember, once a Racer, always a Racer. Have a great night.

Today is National School Nurse Day and JCPS is excited to celebrate those who are committed to the well-being of our students each day! Please help us celebrate and champion these dedicated healthcare leaders today and every day of the year! #SND2025 #SchoolNurses

🍎🎉 Happy National Teacher’s Day! 🍎🎉 Today, we celebrate the mentors, guides, and everyday heroes who shape our world. Whether in the classroom, online, or behind the scenes, your dedication and passion for education light the path for generations to come. You don’t just teach lessons, you inspire dreams. 🌟 To every JCPS teacher who’s making a difference, we thank you!❤ #ThankATeacher

Good evening Racer families, this is Ms. Durko with some reminders for the week ahead. We hope everyone has had a great weekend and is ready to have an awesome week. This week is National Teacher Appreciation Week, and we hope everyone takes the time to show our fantastic teachers how much you appreciate all they do for our fabulous students each and every day. I can tell you that our teachers work tirelessly to make sure our students are provided with not only the best academic education around, but also that they have love, care, and compassion every single day. They come early, they stay late, they work to plan engaging and meaningful lessons over the weekends and in the evenings, long after they have walked out of the classroom. They truly want the very best for our students at RDE and it shows! There are some ideas on the RDE PTA Facebook page for ways you can honor and celebrate them everyday, and whether you take part in these ideas, or you do something on your own, any acts of kindness are greatly appreciated! This week we begin EOG testing on Friday. It is hard to believe that testing season is upon us so quickly, but I can assure you that your students and their teachers have been preparing and they are READY! Please make sure that your students are present and arrive on time for those testing days as we want to ensure they can test in their regular settings with their teachers. Thanks for helping us out with this. We hope everyone has a wonderful week and remember, once a Racer, always a Racer. Have a great night.

Just a reminder...the final PTA Meeting of the year is tonight at 6:00pm in the RDE Cafeteria. Please come out tonight.

Good evening Racer families, this is Mrs. Farmer with some updates and reminders. Tomorrow, Friday, May 2nd, we have two grade levels that are going on field trips. Because of this, afternoon carpool will be finished MUCH sooner. We ask that all carpool parents be on campus by 4:00 and no later. Thanks for helping us out with this. Another friendly reminder that as we get closer and closer to the end of the year, the RDE teachers are teaching from bell to bell to ensure that students finish the year strong. Please refrain from checking your students out early as they are missing out on important instruction. The exception, of course, is for a family emergency or a doctor's appointment. Finally, a reminder that the only beverage that is acceptable for students to bring with them into school is water. Students should not be bringing Starbucks drinks or sodas with them into the school building. Thanks for helping us keep our school clean. We hope you have a great night and remember, once a Racer, always a Racer.

Summer is nearly here and May holds a lot of important events! 🎓📚 Make sure you don't miss a thing!📅 #GreatThingsAreHappeningInJCPS

Come out to Book Fair Family Night tonight. We are here from 4:30-7:00. Pelican's Snoballs available for purchase as well! See you soon!

Good evening Racer families, this is Ms. Durko with some announcements for this week. The Book Fair is off to a wonderful start. Family Night is on Tuesday, April 29th from 4:30-7:00. Come out and enjoy the Book Fair with your whole family. We will have "Pelican’s SnoBalls" Snow Cones out front for purchase also! We will be having our PTA Meeting on Thursday evening from 6:00-7:00 in the cafeteria. Please make plans to attend this meeting as we will be electing PTA officers. Next week, May 5th-9th is TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK. We hope that you can take the opportunity to recognize and spoil our amazing RDE teachers who are some of the very best around! It is hard to believe that we are getting so close to the end of this school year. It really has flown by. EOG testing is right around the corner and our students are READY! Friday, May 9th is the Reading EOG for grades 3, 4, and 5. Monday, May 12th is the Science EOG for 5th grade. And Tuesday, May 13th is the Math EOG for grades 3, 4, and 5. The last day for students is May 22nd, and that day is an early release day at 1:45. We hope everyone has a great evening and remember, once a Racer, always a Racer. Have a good night.

We are in need of volunteers to proctor for the EOG's. Please email tandramapp@johnston.k12.nc.us if you can help on any of our testing days. Thank you for your support!

Students that ride Bus 762 will come home 45 minutes late on bus 682. Please let the office or your child's teacher know if he/she will be a car rider. Thanks!

Please join us for Breakfast with a Buddy. View the image to learn more!