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Rio's 10th Annual Multicultural Faire
MANY, many THANKS to all the students, staff & parents who helped make this another successful event! We hope all who attended enjoyed the evening and were able to experience
CULTURE ♦ ENTERTAINMENT ♦ FOOD
SPECIAL THANKS & RECOGNITION to the following:
§ Chavez High School VAPA & Mr. Art Coleman
§ Chavez Filipino Club
§ SECA Key Club volunteers
§ Health Careers Academy Key Club volunteers
§ LDT (Legionarios Del Trabajo) Dance Troupe
§ Ballet Folklorico de Frank Zapata
§ Young Eagle Spirit Dance & Drum Group
§ New School Aikido
§ Rudy "Mr. Goodface" & Raymond our emcee's for the event
§ Rio's band & orchestra groups and Ms. Anderson
§ Rio's 2nd graders
§ Rio fashion show students
- Casa Flores
- Swagat Indian Cuisine
- Manila Express
- WinCo Foods
- Dream Ice Cream
- TL Noodle
- China Palace Restaurant
- Thanh Thanh Sandwiches
- Ro's Master Tech
- 1st-grade parents / Tokunaga Family / Arenzana Family / Ornelas Family / Barnett Family
TEACHER & STAFF APPRECIATION WEEK
Thank you to all the students & parents who participated in the Teacher & Staff appreciation week. We hope our Rio Teachers and Staff know we are thankful for all that they do!
KENNEDY GAMES:
The 41st annual John F. Kennedy International Games were held at Cesar Chavez High School on Saturday, April 27th from 7:30 am - 4:00 pm.
CONGRATULATIONS!! Rio athletes took home individual medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. Rio's Team placed 5th overall among 25 SUSD schools that participated. Rio Calaveras represented Canada.
Thank you to all who came out to support our Rio Calaveras Team at this great event! Rio students trained diligently, with the help of their coach, Mr. Cook.
The games were inspired by President John F. Kennedy's national physical fitness program. SUSD launched the event as a way to raise cultural awareness of other countries and to inspire physical fitness.
BUNNY HOP:
We hope you enjoyed participating in our 9th Annual Bunny Hop on Thursday, April 18 from 3:30 - 4:30 PM.
All canned goods received were donated to the Stockton Food Bank. Thank you for supporting this great cause!
This year, we featured a new obstacle course and for each lap of the course completed, a raffle ticket was earned. Raffle gift baskets were donated by each grade level. Thank you, Rio teachers and staff for your continued support!
Rio Counselor's partnership with Parent Cafe:
Our sessions each Monday have concluded. We shared & discussed many topics on how to help ourselves and our children build positive relationships and tools to manage stress as we navigate this path of life. Thank you, to all the parents who joined us in these informative and interesting conversations each week in the staff lounge. We hope you found resources and information that will help you now and in the future. BIG, BIG Thanks to our Rio counselors, Ms. Richards and Mr. Moua, for bringing this program to Rio!
BUY ONE GET ONE FREE Book Fair:
Thank you to all who supported our BOGO Book Fair! Many took advantage of this great deal and our Donuts with Dino-mite Dads and Muffins with Mommasauruses event had a great turnout! All proceeds generated will benefit Rio students.
Special THANKS to our Volunteers...
Many, many thanks to all our volunteers for your continued support. We would not be able to bring this event to our school without the help of our wonderful volunteers!
2nd Annual Spaghetti Dinner:
Rio's 2nd Annual Spaghetti Dinner was held on Friday, March 1st from 5 - 8 PM. Angelina's Spaghetti House catered the event. We were very lucky and honored to have DJ Rudy "Good Face" as our emcee for the event!
Attendees enjoyed and went home with great prizes from the Raffle, Silent Auction and Live Dessert Auction, such as:
- Disneyland 1-day hopper tickets for a family of 4
- Squaw Valley Ski Lift tickets for 4
- $100 GC from Las Palmas Mexican Restaurant
- Various themed baskets
- Children bicycles
- Chromebook
- Nothing Bundt Cakes
- Other great desserts
Congratulations to the 5 top selling students who will receive a private pizza party:
Roen T. - 8th Grade, Eric S. Jr - 7th Grade, Christopher S. - 5th Grade, Oliver H. - 4th Grade and Cameron M. - 3rd Grade
Thank you to all the families who supported our Spaghetti Dinner Event!
8th Annual STEAM NIGHT featuring Star Lab:
Thanks to all the families that joined us for Family STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math) Night on Monday, January 28 from 4 - 7 PM.
- Star Lab participants learned about the night sky
- 1st grade hosted a "plant your own sunflower" using Mr. Le's seeds from Rio's garden
- 2nd grade activity table combined art & math
- 5th grade showed off their STEAM projects in Mr. Pham's classroom as well as presented various FUN hands on science projects
- 6th grade shared coding on computers
- 7th & 8th grade played with their robotic inventions
- UOP's Tribenzene Chemistry Club conducted fasinating science experiments
We hope you had a BLAST!
FAMILY LITERACY NIGHT:
Thanks to all the Families who joined us for Family Literacy Night! Students and their families enjoyed listening to stories read by our guest readers, shared hot cocoa and cookies and many students went home with books and other great prizes that were raffled during the event.
A VERY Special THANK YOU to our Guest Readers
- SUSD Superintendent, Dr. John Deasy
- SUSD 2018 Board President, Mrs. Angela Phillips and
- SUSD Police Department
The stories they read and shared with us made the event that much more memorable!
GIVE THE GIFT OF READING Book Fair:
Thank you to all who supported our book fair event. Your support has raised additional funds that will benefit our students' supplemental programs that help Rio students succeed!
Special GRATITUDE...
To all the teachers, staff, and parent volunteers who helped run the book fair. We could not have done this without your continued dedication to our students, THANK YOU!
CAMP COMMUNITY PROJECT: A Donation Drive to help our neighbors recover from the Camp fire
We are so fortunate to have a GENEROUS and GIVING community! Thank you to all who made donations to this drive. We were able to raise $2,196.55. Thank you for your compassion and generosity!
UPDATE: We are sorry! Due to poor air quality, we have cancelled this event. Donations of 3 canned foods are still being accepetd. Please bring to Rio before 9am, Friday, November 16th. Thank you for your continued support!
Come join us for Rio's 10th Annual TURKEY TROT!! Obstacle course includes:
- scooter race
- jump rope
- high knees through tires
- agility ladder
- balance beam
- hurdles (for all ages)
- army crawl thru tunnels (NEW this year!)
Come help support Rio's quest for HEALTHY STUDENTS, HEALTHY FAMILIES AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES.
NOTE: All proceeds were donated to STOCKTON EMERGENCY FOOD BANK - Thank you to all those who turned in canned foods!
Come join us for Rio's 4th Annual Harvest Festival featuring Texas Roadhouse. There will be:
- games
- cookie decorating
- crafts
- farmer's market
- dunk tank (Mr. Cook, Mr. Moua, Ms. Richards, Mr. Tyrone, Mrs. Mata and Mrs. Hall)
- food alley (pizza, nachos, pumpkin pie, and drinks)
Texas Roadhouse meal includes BBQ pulled pork & chicken, cole slaw and corn @ $15. Presale ticket order forms, with money, are due FRIDAY, October 19th. LIMITED quantities available. First come first serve. Pre-sold tickets will be distributed at the Harvest Festival and meals will be served between 12 - 2 PM.
RAFFLE: Disneyland admission tickets for a family of 4 will be raffled during the Harvest Festival. Raffle tickets are $1 each. Must be present to win. Raffle ticket sales and announcement of winner will be during the Harvest Festival. Update: Congratulations to our Disneyland raffle winner - K. Choup from Mrs. Wong's class!
Rio Calaveras is an AVID school. All students and parents are encouraged to come to the event to learn more about AVID, college preparedness & career paths. A light dinner will be served.
At 6:30 PM our PTA will hold their General Meeting
Rio Calaveras Jog-A-Thon September 8 read story and view photo gallery
May:
1st College Wear - No jeans or jerseys
3rd Student Store 5th Grade
6th-10th Teacher Appreciation Week
7th Teacher Appreciation Luncheon
9th Rio Spring Concert 6:30 - 7:30pm
10th Spirit Day - Multicultural Dress
10th Accelerated Reader (last day)
10th Rio's 10th Annual Multicultural Faire
16th Tech Safety Night, 5 - 6:30 PM, PTA General Mtg & Elections
17th Accelerated Reader Party
17th Student Store MESA
20th Accelerated Reader Movie & Treats (Met all 3 trimesters)
22nd K-1 Awards Assembly 9:15am
22nd 2-3 Awards Assembly 1:45pm
April:
1st CA State TESTING BEGINS California State Testing Info
1st College Wear - No jeans or jerseys
3rd-5th BOGO Book Fair
5th Spirit Day - Crazy Hair Day
5th Student Store 5th Grade
12th Student Store 2nd Grade
13th SUSD Solo & Ensemble Festival, Chavez HS 9am
13th MESA Regional Competition, Google Campus
13th SJ County Academic Pentathlon Competition, Lathrop HS
18th Bunny Hop 3:30pm
19th Student Store 6th Grade
22nd NO SCHOOL - Easter Holiday Observed
24th Progress Reports Issued
25th Picnic on the Grounds
25th Pillars Assembly – Fairness presented by 6th Grade
26th Student Store KINDER
26th-3rd DC/NY Trip 8th Grade
27th Kennedy International Games @ Chavez High School
March:
1st College Wear - No jeans or jerseys
1st Student Store MESA
1st Spaghetti Dinner 5 - 8pm
5th AVID Open House 7:50am - 10am
6th Report Cards Sent Home
8th 7-8 Awards Assembly 2:00pm
8th Student Store 3rd Grade
10th Daylight Saving Time BEGINS - Clock ‘SPRINGS’ forward 1 hour ahead
12th AR Party
13th 4-6 Awards Assembly 9:15am
14th K-1 Awards Assembly 9:15am
14th 2-3 Awards Assembly 1:45pm
15th Spirit Day - Superhero Day
15th Student Store Pentathlon
18th-22nd NO SCHOOL - Spring Break
28th Picnic on the Grounds CANCELLED DUE TO FORECAST
28th Pillars Assembly – Effort presented by 4th Grade
29th Student Store 1st Grade
29th Family Movie Night & PTA General Meeting 6 - 8:00pm
February:
1st College Wear - No jeans or jerseys
1st Star Lab (Students) Last Day
1st Student Store 1st Grade
8th ‘Valentine Grams’ Sale ENDS
8th Student Store 2nd Grade
11th NO SCHOOL – Presidents’ Birthday
14th ‘Valentine Grams’ delivered
15th Student Store Pentathlon
18th NO SCHOOL – Presidents’ Birthday
22nd Spirit Day - Disney Dress Day
22nd Student Store 6th Grade
22nd Trimester 2 ENDS
28th Picnic on the Grounds
28th Pillars Assembly – Kindness presented by 3rd Grade
January 2019:
1st-4th NO SCHOOL - Winter Break
7th College Wear - No jeans or jerseys
11th Student Store STEP UP After School Program
14th NO SCHOOL - Teachers Professional Development, No Students
16th ‘Valentine Grams’ Sales BEGIN
16th Progress Reports Issued
18th Student Store 3rd Grade
21st NO SCHOOL – Dr. King’s Birthday
24th 7th - 8th Grade UOP Educational Day
25th Spirit Day – Jersey Day
25th Student Store Kindergarten
28th STEAM Night 4 - 7pm
28th-1st Star Lab (Students)
31st Pillar Assembly – Responsibility presented by 2nd Grade
31st Rio Winter Concert 6:30 - 7:30pm
December:
3rd College Wear - No jeans or jerseys
6th Zone ORCHESTRA Concert @ Chavez HS 7 - 9pm
7th Student Store 6th Grade
10th-12th Book Fair
12th Spirit Day – Pajama Day
12th Book Fair - Give the Gift of Reading Special Event 3 - 6pm
12th Rio's Annual Family Literacy Night 5 - 6:30pm
13th Zone BAND Concert @ Chavez HS 7 - 9pm
14th Student Store 2nd Grade
20th Pillar Assembly – Citizenship presented by Nelson’s Class
21st Student Store MESA
24th-31st NO SCHOOL - Winter Break
November:
1st College Wear - No jeans or jerseys
2nd Student Store 3rd Grade
2nd Trimester 1 ENDS
4th Daylight Saving Time ENDS - Clocks ‘FALL’ back 1 hour
9th Student Store Kindergarten
12th NO SCHOOL - Veterans Day Observed
14th Report Cards Sent Home
14th Picture Day - RETAKES
15th Turkey Trot 3:30pm UPDATE: event is CANCELLED due to poor air quality
15th K-1 Awards Assembly 9:15am
15th 2-3 Awards Assembly 1:45pm
16th 4-6 Awards Assembly 9:15am
16th 7-8 Awards Assembly 2:00pm
16th Student Store 1st Grade
19th-23rd NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Break
28th Accelerated Reader (AR) Party
29th Picnic on the Grounds only if weather permits - CANCELLED due to rain
29th Pillar Assembly – Respect presented by 1st Grade
30th Spirit Day - Mismatched Day
30th Student Store 5th Grade
30th Family Game Night & PTA General Meeting 6 - 8pm
October:
1st Picture Day - UNIFORM only
1st ‘Boo Pops’ Sales Begin
1st-5th Science Camp 5th Grade
2nd College Wear - No jeans or jerseys. Note: date has changed due to picture day
5th Student Store 5th Grade
8th-12th NO SCHOOL - Fall Break
19th Student Store MESA
22nd NO SCHOOL - Teachers Professional Development, No Students
25th Picnic on the Grounds
25th Pillar Assembly – Caring presented by Kindergarten
26th Spirit Day - Western Day
26th 'Boo Pops' Sales End
26th Student Store 2nd Grade
27th Harvest Festival 11am - 3pm & Texas Roadhouse 12 - 2pm
31st 'Boo Pops' delivered
September:
4th College Wear - No jeans or jerseys
7th Spirit Day – “Work Out Day”
8th Jog-a-thon & Pancake Breakfast 8am
14th Wear Yellow for Suicide Prevention
17th-21st Book Fair – Theme “Enchanted Forest”
19th Picnic on the Grounds; Book Fair open, students must be accompanied by parents to shop
19th Spirit Day – Enchanted Forest
19th Progress Reports Issued
20th Pillar Assembly – Tolerance presented by Nelson’s class
21st Student Store 1st grade
24th NO SCHOOL - Teachers Professional Development, No Students
27th AVID Family Night & Dinner (6:00-7:30pm). ALL Rio students are AVID students
27th PTA General Meeting 6:30pm
28th Student Store 6th grade