Our 2025-2026 school supply lists are available. You may either shop for your own school supplies or order from 1st Day School Supplies.
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Good evening Racer Families!
This is your principal, Ms. Durko with some reminders for the week ahead.
Tomorrow is the big day for our 1st through 5th graders. We are excited to welcome everyone back to school in the morning.
A reminder that we begin letting students in the building at 8:25 and the tardy bell rings at 8:55. At 8:55, we need all students to be in their classrooms and in their seats ready for a great first day of learning. Parents are allowed to walk theri students in for the first week of school only.
Tomorrow night is also our Kindergarten Open House from 5:15-6:30. We hope to see all of our kindergarten parents and students there!
We hope everyone has a great night, and remember, once a Racer, always a Racer.
This is your principal, Ms. Durko with some reminders for the week ahead.
Tomorrow is the big day for our 1st through 5th graders. We are excited to welcome everyone back to school in the morning.
A reminder that we begin letting students in the building at 8:25 and the tardy bell rings at 8:55. At 8:55, we need all students to be in their classrooms and in their seats ready for a great first day of learning. Parents are allowed to walk theri students in for the first week of school only.
Tomorrow night is also our Kindergarten Open House from 5:15-6:30. We hope to see all of our kindergarten parents and students there!
We hope everyone has a great night, and remember, once a Racer, always a Racer.
Good evening River Dell Kindergarten Families, this is your principal, Ms. Durko with some updates and reminders.
We could not be more excited to welcome our newest Racers, the class of 2038, to school next week.
I wanted to clarify some things about how our kindergarten team will be doing Kindergarten Open House this year. On Monday, August 25th, we will have Kindergarten Open House from 5:15-6:30. All kindergarten parents AND their students are welcome to attend. The first portion will be in the cafeteria for parents only. This will last for approximately 30 minutes. While parents are in the cafeteria with teachers, childcare will be available for all kindergarten students in the gym. After the parent presentation, parents will pick up their students from the gym and head to their classrooms to meet their teachers. This portion of the evening will be floating and will last until 6:30.
We can't wait to see everyone on Monday. Kindergarten teachers will be making phone calls to introduce themselves tomorrow afternoon (Thursday). We hope everyone has a great night, and remember, once a Racer always a Racer.
We could not be more excited to welcome our newest Racers, the class of 2038, to school next week.
I wanted to clarify some things about how our kindergarten team will be doing Kindergarten Open House this year. On Monday, August 25th, we will have Kindergarten Open House from 5:15-6:30. All kindergarten parents AND their students are welcome to attend. The first portion will be in the cafeteria for parents only. This will last for approximately 30 minutes. While parents are in the cafeteria with teachers, childcare will be available for all kindergarten students in the gym. After the parent presentation, parents will pick up their students from the gym and head to their classrooms to meet their teachers. This portion of the evening will be floating and will last until 6:30.
We can't wait to see everyone on Monday. Kindergarten teachers will be making phone calls to introduce themselves tomorrow afternoon (Thursday). We hope everyone has a great night, and remember, once a Racer always a Racer.
Good evening Racer families, this is your principal, Ms. Durko with some back to school reminders and updates.
The excitement is in the air as RDE teachers and staff eagerly prepare to meet their newest students.
Open House for grades 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th will be this Thursday, August 21st. Families with last names beginning with the letters A-L should come to the floating event from 4:30-5:30. Families with last names beginning with the letters M-Z should come to the floating event from 6:00-7:00.
At Open House, students who ride a bus will receive their bus passes in their homerooms. All RDE students will be receiving Carpool tags this year. Feel free to bring in your child's school supplies and drop them off in their classrooms as well. Teachers in grades 1-5 have been making phone calls to introduce themselves to their homeroom students. If you have not received a call or a voicemail, please feel free to call the RDE Office at 919-553-1977 to get the name and room number of your child's teacher.
Open House for Kindergarten will be on Monday, August 25th from 5:15-6:30. Kindergarten Open House is for parents only, and childcare will be provided for kindergarten students in our gym.
As always, follow our River Dell Facebook Page for numerous updates and reminders. Also, our school will be utilizing Class Dojo for communication. If you haven't downloaded the Class Dojo App yet, please do so, as teachers will be using this as their primary form of communication.
We can't wait to see you all very soon. Have a great night, and remember, once a Racer, always a Racer.
The excitement is in the air as RDE teachers and staff eagerly prepare to meet their newest students.
Open House for grades 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th will be this Thursday, August 21st. Families with last names beginning with the letters A-L should come to the floating event from 4:30-5:30. Families with last names beginning with the letters M-Z should come to the floating event from 6:00-7:00.
At Open House, students who ride a bus will receive their bus passes in their homerooms. All RDE students will be receiving Carpool tags this year. Feel free to bring in your child's school supplies and drop them off in their classrooms as well. Teachers in grades 1-5 have been making phone calls to introduce themselves to their homeroom students. If you have not received a call or a voicemail, please feel free to call the RDE Office at 919-553-1977 to get the name and room number of your child's teacher.
Open House for Kindergarten will be on Monday, August 25th from 5:15-6:30. Kindergarten Open House is for parents only, and childcare will be provided for kindergarten students in our gym.
As always, follow our River Dell Facebook Page for numerous updates and reminders. Also, our school will be utilizing Class Dojo for communication. If you haven't downloaded the Class Dojo App yet, please do so, as teachers will be using this as their primary form of communication.
We can't wait to see you all very soon. Have a great night, and remember, once a Racer, always a Racer.
📢 Beginning of the Year documents are to be completed prior to the beginning of the year! Please click the link below, take a few minutes, and get these documents completed today!
Click here: www.johnston.k12.nc.us/beginningoftheyeardocuments
📢 Documentos de inicio de año deben completarse antes del comienzo del año escolar. ¡Haga clic en el enlace a continuación, tómese unos minutos y complete estos documentos hoy mismo!
Haz clic aquí: www.johnston.k12.nc.us/beginningoftheyeardocuments
Click here: www.johnston.k12.nc.us/beginningoftheyeardocuments
📢 Documentos de inicio de año deben completarse antes del comienzo del año escolar. ¡Haga clic en el enlace a continuación, tómese unos minutos y complete estos documentos hoy mismo!
Haz clic aquí: www.johnston.k12.nc.us/beginningoftheyeardocuments
Beginning of the Year documents are to be completed prior to the beginning of the year! Please click the link below, take a few minutes, and get these documents completed today!
Click here: www.johnston.k12.nc.us/beginningoftheyeardocuments
Documentos de inicio de año deben completarse antes del comienzo del año escolar. ¡Haga clic en el enlace a continuación, tómese unos minutos y complete estos documentos hoy mismo!
Haz clic aquí: www.johnston.k12.nc.us/beginningoftheyeardocuments
Click here: www.johnston.k12.nc.us/beginningoftheyeardocuments
Documentos de inicio de año deben completarse antes del comienzo del año escolar. ¡Haga clic en el enlace a continuación, tómese unos minutos y complete estos documentos hoy mismo!
Haz clic aquí: www.johnston.k12.nc.us/beginningoftheyeardocuments
Johnston County Public Schools is committed to providing quality education to its students and professional learning environments for its staff, free of distractions, and supporting high-quality teaching and learning, enhancing student well-being, and maintaining a safe and focused school environment.
Recent studies indicate that cell phone use, particularly for social media and interaction, can interfere with students' ability to focus on learning and negatively impact students in many ways. Excessive use of cell phones and social media has been linked to lower academic performance, increased behavioral issues, and other conditions that hinder students' ability to excel.
In recent legislation, House Bill 959, Session Law 2025-38, revisions were made addressing clear guidelines for the use of cell phones to include educational purposes. The Johnston County Board of Education has adopted Policy Code: 4318 Use of Wireless Communication Devices.
Families are strongly encouraged to review the policy in its entirety.
Visit the JCPS website for more information and links: HERE.
We look forward to seeing you for open house on Thursday, August 21st!
📢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.