The 2022-2023 school year has begun at Riverbend School! For the past three days, teachers and staff have prepared their classrooms and the school to welcome back our students. It is an exciting time – to see all that Riverbend School can be as a small school community.
Although many staff have moved to other opportunities with the opening of the new schools serving the community of Mahogany, the majority of staff for 2022-2023 are not new to Riverbend School. For students and community, this means familiar faces welcoming them back for another school year.
The safety and well-being of our students is a priority. We work with our parents and community to ensure that students are safe coming to and returning from school, safe in school and at all activities that are organized by the school. We ask parents to be part of ensuring student safety by communicating to the school if there are issues or concerns so that they may be addressed. We also ask that parents be aware of the risks associated with students and cars in the school area. Please do not use the parking lots to drop off students. Be aware that excited students forget traffic rules and this demands extra awareness on the part of drivers. Safety at school is everyone’s priority!
Communication is essential in supporting education. Please feel free to contact teachers when you have questions, join your child at Student Led Conferences, join School Council or become involved in whatever way works best for you. Learning is best accomplished when we all work together!
Students are core to a school’s purpose. Encourage your child to be an active learner, to ask questions, to challenge not just accept new knowledge, to be a leader in their own education. Learning is not a spectator sport!
I am excited for the school year to come - to watch the teaching and learning that occurs in each and every classroom and teaching space, to watch students work together and support each other, to see the smiles of success and celebrations of achievement reflect the excellence of the school. I am proud to be part of such a wonderful school community!
Mike Black Principal