River Forest Community School Corporation

January is School Board Appreciation Month. We give thanks to the best Board in the State of Indiana!

River Forest will be on a two hour delay Tuesday, January 9, 2024. Students should be at bus stops 2 hours later than the normal pick-up time. School doors will open two hours later than normal. Elementary schools will not be serving breakfast. River Forest tendrá un retraso de dos horas mañana, Martes 9 de enero de 2024. Los estudiantes deben estar en las paradas de autobús dos horas después de la hora normal de recogida. Las puertas de las escuelas se abrirán dos horas más tarde de lo normal. Las escuelas primarias no servirán el desayuno.

Welcome to second semester!! https://5il.co/2buwk

River Forest Junior Varsity was victorious in holiday tournament!!

Ingots advance in the RF Holiday Tournament with a resounding victory over Lake Station Edison!!

This is our last newsletter of the year! We hope your holidays are relaxing and enjoyable...see you on January 8th! https://5il.co/2bgxh

Remember, this is finals week, so each day, attendance is very critical! https://5il.co/2b2qe

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Good evening River Forest Middle and High School Families, Tuesday, December 5, 2023 will be an e-learning day for River Forest Middle School and River Forest High School only. The Town of New Chicago has experienced a water main break that has impacted plumbing at the middle and high schools. Students need to log into their chromebooks via their google classrooms to join live classes beginning at 7:50am. Live teaching will take place for at least the first half of the beginning of each class. Students are to follow their schedules. Central Campus is closed. Practices are on hold until further notice.

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Welcome back! We hope your Thanksgiving weekend was relaxing, and full of food and family! Please see attached! https://5il.co/29jxj

Please see attached for this week's news and notes! Remember, school is in session Monday through Wednesday of this week! Thanksgiving break is Thursday/Friday! https://5il.co/29a1k

Ridge Road/37th Ave Paving Project Ridge Rd/37th Ave Paving Project will begin Monday, November 13th, 2023 at 6am. The contractor will be starting on the outside (right) lanes and will have all of the intersections on the north and south side of the road closed during that portion of the construction project. The detour route will be to take Tyler St to Lake Park Ave to Ridge Rd. When coming into town from Ridge Rd, you will want to take Ridge Rd to Lake Park Ave to Tyler St. New Chicago, Lake Station, and Hobart emergency services have all been notified of these closures to ensure that they take the appropriate routes to get to and from New Chicago as required. The total expected length of time for the project is two weeks. The project scope is the repaving all lanes of Ridge Rd and also the replacement of ADA ramps at intersections that currently have them. All time frames for the project are weather dependent. For more information, please contact the New Chicago Town Hall or the council person for your ward.

Please see attached for this week's news and notes. Our Veterans Day Convocation will be held on Friday 11/10/23. Please contact Mrs. Mlynarcik if you or someone you know would like to attend as an honored veteran! https://5il.co/28eqk

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Welcome back! The second grading period starts on Monday! 10th and 11th graders should be prepared to take PSAT on their Chromebooks--help them remember to charge those devices! Click for more news and notes!!! https://5il.co/27jvx

We hope you are ready for a relaxing October break! See you Monday, 10/23! https://5il.co/272fn

The dentist is coming to River Forest Middle & High School November 9th! The School Smiles on-site dental program provides on-site dental care at our school for ALL students that signup to participate. The dental team will set up inside our school and they accept Medicaid, private insurance, offer self-pay rates and grants through their foundation. Registration is now open online at: www.schoolsmiles.com/student-signup with over 100 languages to choose from when completing the online form.

Please see attached for this week's news and notes. Remember that school will be out of session for October break 10/16-10/20. https://5il.co/26l54

6th-7th Grade Parents, Join us Thurs., Oct. 5th at 7:30 pm for the 2025 Washington, D.C. trip meeting. If you haven't already, please RSVP now with this link: https://rsvp.worldclassrooms.com/rsvp/8625305634?rsvp_id=8625305634 Join meeting here: https://schooltrip.us/RiverForestIN25 Don't miss out!