Welcome to

RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL!

Our Mission

To be nurturing, inspiring, compassionate, and educated. Riley staff is committed to: showing respect for individual differences; providing students with the tools needed to achieve success academically and behaviorally; creating a safe learning atmosphere and developing responsible, independent, life-long learners

At Riley, we believe...

All Children:

Benefit from a learning environment where they feel safe, valued, and respected.

Have the capacity to grow and learn when given opportunities and resources.

Deserve access to a rigorous, well-designed curriculum.

Are capable of meeting appropriate and reasonable expectations.

Must be active participants in their learning.

All Staff will:

Teach grade-level content with differentiated supports to meet varied learning needs.

Collaborate, plan, and problem-solve.

Engage in ongoing learning to improve content knowledge and educational best practices.

Be compassionate, patient, and flexible within our school community.

Create a safe learning environment that promotes trust, respect, and risk-taking.

Riley

5935 W Pratt Rd

DeWitt, MI 48820

989-227-5100

23 Dec
thru Jan 3
- Holiday Break - No School
  
  Holiday Break - No School
  
  Date: Dec 23 - Jan 3
  
  Calendar: Riley Elementary
6 Jan
- School Resumes - 9:10AM
  
  School Resumes - 9:10AM
  
  Date: Jan 6
  
  Calendar: Riley Elementary
20 Jan
- No School for Students
  
  No School for Students
  
  Date: Jan 20
  
  Calendar: Riley Elementary
31 Jan
- No School for Students
  
  No School for Students
  
  Date: Jan 31
  
  Calendar: Riley Elementary
14 Feb
- No School for Students
  
  No School for Students
  
  Date: Feb 14
  
  Calendar: Riley Elementary

Summer Newsletter

Welcome Back Newsletter (Aug 1st, 2024)

September Newsletter

October Newsletter

Recess Guidelines

Recess in the winter can be a lot of fun, especially when students are dressed appropriately! Please make sure your child has a warm coat, snow pants, boots, mittens or gloves. We do have a limited supply of hats and gloves, but we do not provide snow pants or boots.
Riley Elementary adheres to the following district-wide guidelines:
* If the temperature or wind chill (temperature/wind chill = “feels like”) is 0 degrees or below, students will be inside for recess.
* Students may only be excused from outdoor recess with a signed doctor’s note. If your child is well enough to come to school, he/she is well enough to go to recess.

PAST NOTIFICATIONS:

Back to School Letters

First Day of School August 26th

First Day of School

Riley Open House on August 21st

5 PM - 7 PM
Please see the "WELCOME BACK NEWSLETTER" for more detailed information.

Class List Release on August 19th

Teachers will send out welcome letters to families before school starts.

Kindergarten Kick Off

August 8th -
- Session 1 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
- Session 2 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Signing up for a session:
- The signup link was sent to enrolled students through our Infinite Campus Messenger System on June 20th.
- A reminder email with the signup link will go out on July 22nd and August 3rd.

We look forward to seeing our new Kindergarten class on August 8th.

Parent Volunteer Guidelines

Riley welcomes parental volunteers! For the safety and security of our students and the educational environment, we would like to remind all volunteers of the following guidelines

Volunteers - are anyone not employed by St. Johns Public Schools serving in capacity to assist within the school including, but not limited to, parents, grandparents, PTO members, guardians, etc.

Parent Volunteers must be at the request of a teacher and must be supervised by the teacher while in the building. Volunteers may be allowed up to 1.5 hours of time per day, unless otherwise requested by the teacher to the building administrator and approved by the administrator.

Volunteers must be made aware of FERPA and confidentiality guidelines and agree to honor the law. (This will be done by either the classroom teacher or building administrator.)

All volunteers must check-in at the office and sign-in and get their badge to help identify them as a volunteer.

Volunteers are only allowed during normal school operating hours (9am-4pm), unless specifically serving in a scheduled before/after school activity approved by the administrator.

Volunteers will only be working in the classroom with which they have volunteered, and if working in an unsupervised one-on-one capacity with students they must pass a mandatory background check.

Volunteers may not bring other people with them to assist that were not requested by the teacher. (This includes younger children and siblings.)

Are you wondering if your child should come to school or not. Here is a brochure from the Mid Michigan District Health Department with the guidelines.

Kroger Community Rewards Program

You will need a Kroger Reward Card. Simply register your Kroger rewards Card online by going to the Kroger Community Rewards page typing Riley Elementary PTO in the search or by using this number WL135.
Every time you shop for groceries and swipe your card, Riley automatically earns a rebate!

Boxtops for Education

You will need the Box Tops App
Simply download the app, register, scan your store receipts, and instantly add Box
Tops to Riley's school earnings online. BTFE.com