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Riverview Middle School welcomes two new Special Education teachers: Mrs Nancy Petersen and Mr. Brett Hammer.

We applaud parents who take an active role in their student's day-to-day education by checking planners, checking homework assignments from our website, and talking with teachers.  Please make sure that when you come on campus to always check-in the Office prior to visiting your student's class; we require that you sign our log and wear a pass to gain access to our campus.
Riverview is a closed campus; students will not be allowed to leave school without a parent picking them up at the front office after signing then out.
images_10_.jpgOur school takes bullying very seriously, and it will not be tolerated on campus.  Last year, we hosted three round tables on awareness and on preventing bullying, and this year, all our teachers took part in a seminar on how to stop bullying.  However, we can't stop bullying alone, we need your help and support.  Please click on this link for valuable tools and insight on how to make Riverview a Bully Free school:  http://www.nobully.com/parents.htm 
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Student dress should be comfortable, practical, non-distracting and free of hazard or reason to cause a student embarrassment or create a disruption in the school program.  All students must adhere to the school's dress code policy for ALL academic, extra-curricular, and social functions at school or sponsored by the school; they are as follows:

  • Pants are to be in good repair (no holes or rips), and worn at the waist. Belts are to be worn appropriately.
  • Pajamas or bedroom slippers are not appropriate wear for school and are banned.
  • All shirts or blouses must have a shoulder ban width of at least two inches. Tank tops, off the shoulder or low-cut tops, bare midriffs, and clothing that in any way reveals underclothing are not acceptable dress for school and are banned.
  • Swimming trunks, cutoffs, or short shorts or short skirts are not allowed. Cutoffs are defined as shorts or long pants with fringed edges rather than a folded, sewn hem.
  • Students need to measure the length of their clothing by placing their arms at their sides with extended fingers. If the skirt or short does not extend past the tips of the fingers they are not appropriate for school and are banned. If the Jersey, Shirt or T-shirt extends past the tips of the fingers they are considered too long and not appropriate for school and are banned.  Low-cut tops must not extend lower than one inch below the collarbone.
  • Clothing, jewelry, and personal articles shall be free of writing, pictures or any other insignias, which are crude, vulgar, profane, or sexually suggestive. Clothing may not have gang references, drug, alcohol or tobacco advertising, promotions or likenesses, and may not advocate racial, ethnic, or religious prejudices. For safety reasons, no spiked collars or chains are to be worn around the neck or other areas of the body.
  • Oversized T-shirts (Tall-tees), and oversized pants are not appropriate wear for school and are banned.
  • Hats, caps, scarves, sunglasses, or other head coverings shall not be worn indoors.  Cap brims are to be worn facing forward.
  • State law requires that students wear shoes at all times. Tennis shoes must be worn for P.E.  Slip-on shoes (without heel straps) may not be worn.  Platform shoes and high heel (over 2 inches) are considered unsafe and should not be worn.
  • Long earrings or large hoop earrings can be unsafe and should not be worn at school. Rings may be worn, but those that can be used as a weapon will be confiscated and appropriate disciplinary measures will follow.
  • Wearing any gang symbols such as handkerchiefs, hanging suspenders, hairnets, jewelry, jackets, clothing, red or blue shoelaces, beads or devices associated with group intimidation or gang affiliation are strictly prohibited.

Students wearing inappropriate attire or footwear will be sent to the office and asked to call a parent.  Students will be given the opportunity to change clothing if available at the site, or request the parent to bring a change of clothing or footwear. Consequences increase with successive dress code violations.

Cell Phones, iPods, and other electronic equipment
images_7_.jpgRiverview Middle School will not be held responsible for the loss, theft, or damage of any electronic equipment, iPod, or cell phone as these items serve no useful purpose to the educational process.  Should parents want their student to bring such objects to school, they do so in violation of school policy.  In addition, having such objects on campus can result in the disruption of school activities, which in tern, might lead to a suspendable offence, per EdCode 48900(k).  If you need to communicate with your student, our school number is (707) 374-2345.  Your student also has access to a telephone in every classroom where "urgent" messages can be relayed.  If a student is caught using any electronic equipment at school the item will be confiscated and returned to the parent only.  For the first offenses, the confiscated item will be returned at the end of the school day. For the second offense, the item will be returned 5 days after confiscation.  For the third offense, the item will remain in our school safe for the remainder of the quarter, and the student will be suspended for defiance.
Bicycle Helmets
Students MUST wear a helmet when riding their bikes or scooters.  You will find below excerpts from California Vehicle Code Division 11 Chapter 1 Article 4
bicycle_helmet_proper_usage_picture_1_.jpgSection 21212 (a) A person under 18 years of age shall not operate a bicycle, a nonmotorized scooter, or a skateboard, nor shall they wear in-line or roller skates, nor ride upon a bicycle, a nonmotorized scooter, or a skateboard as a passenger, upon a street, (and) bikeway,... unless that person is wearing a properly fitted and fastened bicycle helmet that meets the standards of either the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) or the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), or standards subsequently established by those entities.
(e) ...a violation of this section is an infraction unishable by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25).  The parent or legal guardian having control or custody of an unemancipated minor whose conduct violates this section shall be jointly and severally liable with the minor for the amount of the fine imposed pursuant to this subdivision.

Please refer to http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc21212.htm to read the complete law.

Parent project
This program can change your life!  The 10-week program is designed to give parents concrete answers to many of the questions they may have about raising teenagers.  Please register now by emailing riovistaparentproject@hotmail.com or calling (707) 631-1585.
Attendance
Inasmuch as class participation is an integral part of students' learning experiences, parents/guardians and students shall be encouraged to schedule medical appointments during nonschool hours. (Board Policy 5113)

Students shall be classified as truant if absent from school without a valid excuse three days in one school year, or tardy or absent for more than any 30-minute period during the school day without a valid excuse on three occasions in one school year, or any combination thereof. (Education Code 48260)

Progress Reports
In an effort to monitor and support student work, Parents have been asking Riverview Teachers to provide weekly progress reports.  However, due to the large volume of these forms being filled-out on a weekly basis, it is impacting and impeding on our Friday instructional time.  As such, we are instituting a new policy.  From now on, progress reports will be given out the first and third Friday of the month, and only with a signed request from parents.  Therefore, please have your student picks up a blank Progress Report form from the Office for your signature. 

Neglect is child abuse
I have received a letter from our Rio Vista CARE counselor who is concerned by the increasing number of our students who are being left home alone.  She states:  "As mandated reporters of child abuse, we have been revisiting the child abuse laws regarding neglect.  The law relating to poor supervision of children states that when a child is left alone in the home or a child is cared for by another child, there may be a suspicion of neglect ... Our role is to evaluate case-by-case and report when situations are clearly dangerous.  It is also our role to teach children how to be safe when they are home alone".  Please remember to talk to your children about safety, and to have a plan in place for when you need to be away from your children.  Above all, make arrangements with another adult to supervise your children when you are not home.

Bus Conduct
Bus transportation is a privilege extended only to students who display good conduct while preparing to ride, riding or leaving the bus. Continued disorderly conduct or persistent refusal to submit to the authority of the driver shall be sufficient reason for a student to be denied transportation. (Board Policy 5131.1)

Lost and Found
We find clothing strewed around the campus every day.  We put these jackets, sweaters, and hats in a large box by the gym.  The box is overflowing; we encourage you to please come and browse through it for items that your student might have lost.  Please note that we donate the content of the box at the end of every month.  Don't forget to check in at the Front Office for access.

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California Content Standards
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Phone Numbers

Phone: 707-374-2345 | Fax: 707-374-5623