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.
Welcome back! We hope your Thanksgiving weekend was relaxing, and full of food and family! Please see attached!
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Remember, school is in session Monday through Wednesday of this week! Thanksgiving break is Thursday/Friday!
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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.
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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!
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Good afternoon, RF Families!
We are asking for your assistance in helping us maintain student dress code. The number one issue is blankets right now. Unfortunately, our admin team has been fighting the losing battle of students bringing blankets to school and wearing them draped around their shoulders. This seems like an innocent replacement for a jacket/sweater, but unfortunately, the students use them as "cover" to vape in class and other negative behaviors. If your student does not have an appropriate jacket or winter coat, please contact us and we will connect you with resources to obtain one.
Additionally, we are seeing students wearing hats, hoods, and sunglasses indoors. This will not be allowed, and students will be asked to remove them, or refrain from wearing hoodies at all to avoid the issue.
As always, shirts are expected to cover the mid-section, pants must be pulled up to the waist, and no profanity or drug/alcohol references will be tolerated.
We do understand that these are children. We want them to be comfortable and express their individuality. However, these measures are to ensure and maintain a safe and professional environment.
Do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions, and thank you for your support,
Gaelyn Mlynarcik and Randy Horka
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!
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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.
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Remember that school will be out of session for October break 10/16-10/20.
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Parents of current 6th-7th graders,
Final reminder for tonight's parent meeting for the Washington D.C., Gettysburg and Mt. Vernon school trip! Please consider joining us via Livestream at 6:30 pm if you have any interest at all!
If you haven't already, RSVP here:
https://rsvp.worldclassrooms.com/rsvp/8625305634?rsvp_id=8625305634
To join the meeting, click here: https://schooltrip.us/RiverForestIN25
Don't miss out!
Please see attached for this week's news and notes! Lots of homecoming week pictures...thanks to all that participated!
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Please see attached for this week's news and notes!
It's homecoming week! We will be checking grades and attendance when selling dance tickets...make sure your students are "in good standing" to ensure they can attend!
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Please see attached for Homecoming information, photos of senior nights, senior sunrise, classroom events, and sportsmanship awards.
We are seeing a lot of students coming to school without Chromebooks, or without their devices charged! Please remind them to be prepared!
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Please see attached for Homecoming information, photos of senior nights, senior sunrise, classroom events, and sportsmanship awards.
We are seeing a lot of students coming to school without Chromebooks, or without their devices charged! Please remind them to be prepared!
Please see the Ingot Newsletter for lots of updates including classroom photos and photos of our athletes!!
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