Color Run Early Bird Registration Extended

We are excited to announce that Early Registration for the 2025 River Park Color Run has been extended to Friday, April 19th. After that date registration prices will increase by $5/participant. We also still need several more Sponsors to help make the event a success – learn more about Sponsorship Opportunities and Registration Here: Learn More HERE! 

Family Fun Night/Spring Carnival Volunteers Needed

Color Run Sponsorships Needed

The 2025 River Park Color Run is coming up on May 31st, and we need your support to make it a success! We’re offering two exciting sponsorship opportunities, open to both businesses and families. Want to be part of the fun?

T-Shirt Sponsors: Showcase your business logo or family mark on the back of the official Color Run T-shirt! These shirts will be given to all participants and sponsors and worn during the event, giving you great visibility.

Color Station Sponsor: Get in on the action by sponsoring a color station! As a sponsor, you’ll have the opportunity to staff your booth and throw vibrant Holi powder (provided) on participants as they race by. Grab some friends or family and sponsor a station together for a fun, hands-on experience! Plus, your sponsorship will be promoted with signage at the station to give your business great visibility.

Learn More and Become A Sponsor HERE! 
Color Run Registration Will Open March 17th!

PTGO General Meeting March 6th @ 6:30PM

Don’t miss our March PTGO meeting – we have a ton of exciting topics to discuss and NEED your feedback and input! The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. 

School Supply Restock – Help Needed!

Help Us Restock School Supplies!
Order from our Wishlist TODAY – items must be delivered by THIS Monday, March 3rd!!
ORDER HERE
All the details:
It’s that time of year again where some school supplies start to run low for our classroom teachers. We’ve compiled a Wish List of the most asked for items and would love for you to consider purchasing some as we put together grade level baskets for the next staff meeting on March 4th.
We don’t want to leave our non-classroom teachers out of the fun though! We have close to 40 individuals at RPES who may not need specific classroom supplies at this time (think TA’s, admin, office staff, custodians, cafeteria workers, EC staff, therapists, nurse, etc.) On the Wish List you will see an option to purchase an Amazon gift card for these staff so they can use it to get specific individual items that would best serve them.

Spirit Night – Moe’s Southwest Grill! – 2/25

Let Moe’s take care of dinner on 2/25. 
Pre-Order your Taco Kit and pick up at school on Tuesday 2/25.
**ALL ORDERS MUST BE PLACED BY 2/23 @ 8pm**

Stock The Fridge – 3rd Grade

Third Grade families! It’s that time of the month where we stock the fridge for our teachers and staff! Please click the sign up genius to sign up for items to donate to keep our teachers and staff full and hydrated!
Drop off will happen on Friday February 21st  during the morning carpool line. Students can hand items to a volunteer standing in the front lobby with a red wagon!  We thank you for your donations towards this monthly appreciation event for our teachers! 

Teacher Appreciation Wellness Bar – 1/28

Teacher Appreciation Wellness Bar Amazon Link
Let’s help give our teachers an extra immunity and wellness boost with a “Wellness Bar” set up during their upcoming teacher workday. Teachers can fix a cup of tea, immune boosting hydration packets, dark chocolate, and hand sanitizer.
If you’re interested in helping set up or clean up on 1/28 please shoot us an email!

PTGO General Meeting – January 9th @ 6:30PM

Join us for the first PTGO Meeting of 2025 this Thursday, January 9th at 6:30pm! We will be covering a lot of exciting topics including a special presentation from School Counselor, Hope Carr on Independence Therapy to help build confidence and reduce anxiety for your student(s). 

Holiday Dessert Bar – Dec 20

Help us spread Holiday Cheer amongst the teachers and staff at River Park with a decadent holiday dessert bar! The River Park PTGO is hosting a dessert bar for teachers and staff on Friday, December 20th. Please sign up for a dessert item and bring it to school the morning of Friday, December 20th. We will have PTGO members collecting all items during the morning car line! If you’d like to donate an item but do not use the car line for transportation, just let us know in the sign up comments so we can know to look for items from a bus rider or coordinate pick up in another way! **Store bought, pre-made items are preferred!** Please make sure to label any dishes you’d like back with your child’s name and teacher and we will get them returned to you! Thank you so much for your help in showing the awesome teachers and staff at River Park appreciation in this way! SIGN UP FOR A DESSERT BAR ITEM HERE

Painted Grape Christmas Ornament Fundraiser 

The River Park PTGO is offering another fundraiser with Painted Grape this month. You can purchase a festive ornament kit which includes the ornament, paint and paint brushes for $12 per ornament.  RPES PTGO gets a portion of the proceeds for each ornament sold.  These would make great gifts for relatives and is a fun activity to do during break.   Order by December 16 at 9am and the ornament kits will be delivered to the classrooms on December 19. ORDER HERE! 

Color Run & Silent Auction Committee Members Needed

The PTGO is forming planning committees for our FIRST EVER Color Run to be held in the Spring as well as our Spring Auction. 

About the Color Run: We are so excited to announce that River Park PTGO is hosting our First Ever Color Run this Spring! At this point the Color Run is only an idea so we need a committee of 5-10 parents who can help this event come to life! We know this has so much potential to be an exciting community fundraiser so we’d like to go ahead and get the committee formed ASAP. If you love running or River Park or colors – this is for you!

About the Spring Auction: Our annual Spring Auction is typically held in April. We’d love to get a head start on finding fun and valuable auction items to include along with the coveted “teacher experiences.” We’d like to form a team of 5-10 parents to begin reaching out to local businesses or sports teams to generate donated auction items. If you have connections or are interested in this volunteer opportunity, please consider joining!

Sign Up for the Color Run AND/OR Spring Auction Committee Here!

Volunteers Needed – December 16

This holiday season, the PTGO is treating our teachers to a wonderful catered lunch on December 16. Please check out volunteer tracker to sign up for a time to cover a teacher’s class to give them time to enjoy their lunch. Please reach out to amanda.boleratz@orange.k12.nc.us with any questions. Thanks for your support!

Spirit Wear Available at Holiday Concerts

Look for the PTGO Spirit Wear Table at the Holiday Concerts on December 2nd & 3rd. We’ll have several items, styles, and sizes available for purchase! 

Stock the Fridge – 4th Grade

Fourth Grade families! It’s that time of the month where we stock the fridge for our teachers and staff! Please sign up for items to donate to keep our teachers and staff full and hydrated! We missed November so we are doing an early December! What a great way to welcome our teachers back after Thanksgiving Break. Drop off will happen on Friday, December 6th during the morning carpool line. Students can hand items to a volunteer standing in the front lobby with a red wagon!  We thank you for your donations towards this monthly appreciation event for our teachers!

Painted Grape Fundraiser – Orders Due by 11/20 @ 9am

 

Need a fun thanksgiving craft?
Grab a canvas from Painted Grape and support River Park PTGO.
These kits include all materials and instructions to make a cute owl or adorable snowman canvas.
All kits will be delivered to the school for your child to bring home before Thanksgiving break!

Bed Time Stories Event – Nov 14 6-7pm

 

In conjunction with our Read-a-Thon, River Park is hosting our second annual Bedtime Stories event on November 14th from 6:00 to 7:00. Come in your PJs with your whole family to hear from Stories from the Wild and enjoy some cookies and milk. Stay tuned for more details and for a chance to sign up to be a special guest reader! 

PTGO General Meeting – Nov 7 @ 6:30pm (ZOOM)​

Join us via zoom on November 7th for our next PTGO Meeting. We have a lot of important topics to cover from upcoming events to approving the 2024-2025 Budget! 

Join via Zoom using this Link 

2024 Read-a-thon was a Success! 

A BIG Thank You to our River Park Community for your incredible support of the 2024 Read-a-thon. 
We raised $38,701 and our students logged over 137,000 minutes. 
If you’d like to ensure your donation was received, check our donation portal here! 
 

Stock the Fridge – 5th Grade

Attention 5th grade families – it’s our turn to Stock the Teacher Fridge. 
Sign up for an item using the link below and deliver on Friday 10/18 during carline (bus riders can bring items to the front lobby!)
 

2024 Read-a-thon

Check out ALL Things Read-a-thon including important links, class leaderboards, ways to donate and our promotional video here: 2024 Read-a-thon WebPage
 

Teacher Appreciation – Fiesta Snack Bar​

Help us show our teachers some appreciation during their monthly staff meeting next week with a fiesta snack bar! Store bought items are preferred and can be sent in with your child during morning car line on Tuesday, Oct 1st. If your child rides the bus just make a note of that in the comments when you sign up, and we will make sure we have someone to get it from them as well. Thanks for your help in loving on our amazing RPES teachers!!
 

Ice Cream Social + First PTGO Meeting​

Join us Thursday – September 12 for TWO important events!!
 
First, all River Park families are invited to a fun ice cream social from 6-6:45 at the playground to enjoy a cold treat and meet new friends! (Spirit Wear will be available for purchase!)
 
Then, meet up with us in the Library for our FIRST PTGO meeting of the year. Learn about what we do and how you can be involved. This meeting will be capped at 45 minutes and child care will be provided in the gym for all RPES students (younger siblings are welcome to stay with parents at the meeting!)
We’re looking forward to seeing you next Thursday!

Kindergarten Popsicle Play Date – Aug 15

Kindergarten families – please join us on August 15th for a Popsicle Playdate! This is a great opportunity to meet other River Park Kindergarten families. The event is from 5:30-7pm at the River Park Playground.

Get a Head Start on School Supplies

Check out the grade-level school supply lists for the 2024-2025 School Year. 
Individual classes may require additional items.

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