News and Announcements

Twenty five students were selected by their teachers to be honored as the most trustworthy students at Rivera Elementary School. During the school year the different traits of Character Counts will be celebrated. For October the trait was Trustworthiness. Kindergarteners honored were Abram Fuentes, Sarah Gomez, Karoline Llamas, John Paul Marin and Isaiah Quevedo. First Graders were Erick Adame, Roberto Alvarado, Juan Contreras and Gabriela Llamas. Second Graders were Alyssa Davis, Diana Garcia, America Flores, Jocelyn Hughes and Ariana Lemus. Third Graders were Solango Gallo, Isaiah Lopez, Christian Mendez, Ivette Rodriguez and Natalie Viramontez . Fourth Graders were Anika-Renee Herrera, Cristal Rodriguez and Daniela Sandoval. Fifth Graders were Jacqueline Beltran, Alma Flores and Alexis Zacarias.

In celebration of Red Ribbon/Character Counts week a school-wide poster contest was held. The contest winners are kindergarten-Patrick Miranda, first grade-George Hurtado, second grade-Acacia Llamas, third grade-Arwen Llamas, fourth grade-Brianna Chavez and fifth grade-Gabriella Hernandez. Congratulations to our winners!

On Thursday, October 6, 2011, Student Council Elections were held at Rivera Elementary. Rivera's President will be Rene Gallegos, Vice President will be Samantha Rodriguez, Historian will be Alexis Gallegos, Treasurer will be Jared Zuniga and Secretary will be Nya Marquez.

Twenty five students were selected by their teachers to be honored as the most responsible students at Rivera Elementary School. During the school year the different traits of Character Counts will be celebrated. For September the trait was Responsibility. Kindergarteners honored were Annaly Barajas, Nalani Childers, Anthony Estrada, Alberto Rodriguez and Anairam Salazar; First Graders were Richard Perez Espinoza, Joseline Gonzalez, Kaylee Malagon and Hailey Navarro. Second Graders were Cody Klimenko, Damian Loza, Edgar Morales, Nathan Rodriguez and Mia Vela. Third Graders were Diana Delgado, Kimberly Herrera, Dana Lopez, Nathan Mendez and Ellyse Vargas. Fourth Graders were Alexis Gallegos, Liliana Navarro and Diana Sandoval. Fifth Graders were Jamie Benitez, Alessandra Ramirez and Destiny RIvera.

Rivera's Harvest Festival will be held on Friday, October 21, from 4 to 7 pm. This yearly event is the major fund raiser for sending our fifth graders to Science School in Malibu California..

RIvera Elementary School is pleased to announce the API Score rose from 811 to 822. Again Rivera's scores were the highest in the District. Five students received a perfect score on the math section of the state tests last year - Fifth graders Miguel Adame, Krystal Marquez,Jolyssa Perez, Savanna Vasquez and fourth grader Alexis Zacarias.

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