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Principal Message

Dear Riverside Parents and Fans!

 Are you excited?  Are you pumped up?  Are you ready to roll?  Are you ready for the first bell to ring?  Well, here we go!

 As Principal, let me welcome you to a great year of learning at Riverside.  Thank you for the warm welcome I have felt as I begin my first year serving your children. Let me tell you what I believe, I believe that elementary education is the foundation for all future academic achievement.  As I look back on my life, I recognize the gifts that dedicated teachers and a caring principal gave to me as I traveled my path from kindergarten to 5^th grade.  Back then (in the 1900’s) it was SRA, times tables, reading Where the Red Fern Grows, and spelling tests.  But it was also square dancing, summer field trips to Zion Canyon, and kickball on the old Washington Park lawn. Elementary learning molded me into the person I am today.  It is this type of experience that I want to help recreate for your children.

This past summer, Riverside Elementary embarked on a fantastic journey to become one of only a few College Prep public elementary schools in the United States.  This program is known as No Excuses University and is based upon two core principles.  These are:  (1) Every child has the right to be prepared to attend college, and (2) adults who operate schools have a responsibility to prepare them.  Much more will be shared with you about this motivational College-Readiness program at our Back-to-School Night which will be held Wednesday, August 22, from 5:30-7:00 p.m.  Please plan to come on that night to learn about all that Riverside has to offer your child.  At Riverside Elementary, our staff has made a commitment, we are committed to creating a school that knows no limits to the academic success of each student and we have only one goal, that every student, without exception and without excuse, will be proficient in reading, language arts, math, and science. 

    I love working with children.  My favorite day every year is the first day of school.  Let’s work together to help create the next “Greatest Generation” of young people who will make a difference in the world.

                                                                        Believe! Achieve! Soar!

                                                                        Mr. Burke Staheli