Riverside High

Senior 2026 Make-up Drape Sessions

👟💙 We are so grateful for Kids of Kanawha!

Before the first bell of the school year rang, they made sure students across Kanawha County were prepared by donating brand-new shoes to:

Pratt Elementary • Riverside High • Dupont Middle • Malden Elementary • Edgewood Elementary • West Side Middle • Mary C. Snow West Side Elementary • Flinn Elementary • Capitol High • Hayes Middle • Cedar Grove Elementary

Their generosity is a wonderful reminder of how strong our community is when we come together to support students. Thank you, Kids of Kanawha, for investing in our children and helping them start the year with confidence! 🙌✨

📣 KCS Community Town Hall with Dr. Paula Potter

Kanawha County Schools invites parents, students, and community members to join us for a Town Hall Meeting with our new superintendent, Dr. Paula Potter.

🗓 Tomorrow, August 18
⏰ 6:00 p.m.
📍 Riverside High School

This is your opportunity to:
✅ Meet Dr. Potter
✅ Ask questions
✅ Share your ideas to help improve KCS

We hope to see families and community members from all schools in the Riverside High School feeder area at this important event!

📱 New KCS App: Tips for Parents!

Our new KCS app makes staying connected with your child’s school easier than ever! Here are a few quick tips to get the most out of it:

1️⃣ Favorite Your Student’s School – Make sure your child’s school is marked as a favorite so you can access it quickly. You can favorite multiple schools so you can easily flip back and forth between multiple schools.

2️⃣ Set the Default School – Change your default school so when you open the app, your child’s school appears first instead of the district page.

3️⃣ Explore the Menu – Find important info like documents, lunch menus, the school calendar, and the online attendance excuse form—all in one place!

Check out the images below for step-by-step instructions. 👇

Attendance Matters!

Guide to Prevent Chronic Absenteeism & Truancy

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1G4KD4G93H/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Back to School Event at the Library! School starts in two weeks come to the library and let us help you be ready for another year of learning. We are partnering with Sharon Dawes and Arclin Amines to offer free backpacks and school supplies while supplies last. Carver is sending someone to do free haircuts this day as well. https://www.kcpls.org/event/back-school-event-58099

😎 Don't look now but high school administrators are meeting 🏫 for the first time in the 2025-2026 school year!

🗓️ 36 days and counting until a brand new school year full of opportunity begins!

Congratulations goes to our drone teams competing at the Regional Championship in Fairmont. Two of our teams (R and S) made it to the Quarterfinals! Through hard work and dedication, all of our teams persevered and gave it their all! We had a great season this year and are looking forward to the next year’s game! Great job everyone!

Congratulations 2025 MSAC Softball All Conference Players! FIRST TEAM Pitcher: Shaylea Blackhurst SECOND TEAM Outfield: Allison Williams Third Base: Keelee Harrison Special Honorable Mention Riley Smith   Honorable Mention Haylee Mullins Starr Hudnall https://msacwv.com/page/2/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwKpumNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHn5E8WHtCpdRJ-LM7iLJQ4WV24a_wJgeb6Jn66I0I9EyiFNlKxissTljMCNI_aem_3MQXqojI6zH-GoWHwKNJYw

Mrs Bowles needs 4 more students to join her on the trip to Costa Rica June 2026! See her in b28 for more info or go to the link to enroll!

If you are interested in being a part of the 2025-2025 RHS Band. Please join us Tuesday and/or Thursday 5:00-7:30 in the Band room for Mini-camp. No experience is required, and all are welcome.

Warriors! The last day to purchase a 24-25 yearbook is Friday, May 30, 2025. This will ensure you get a copy when they come in in the Fall of 2025. If you wait, we cannot guarantee that there will be extras for purchase.

Congratulations Jada! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18ri6AmanP/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Class of 2026!

🌊🐟 From the Classroom to the Creek — Malden Students Making Waves! 🐟🌊 Morris Creek Watershed in Montgomery is now home to 25 more brown trout! 🎉📸 Students from Malden Elementary gathered to release the trout they’ve been raising all year as part of the Trout in the Classroom program. For the past 10 years, Malden teacher Tonya Crist has led this, hands-on program that turns students into young scientists, conservationists, and changemakers. They raise trout from eggs, test water quality, explore food webs, and learn the importance of protecting our environment — all while having a blast doing it! 🧪🌿 Thanks to hard work form countless people in the community — and the ongoing partnership with the Morris Creek Watershed Association — Malden students get to be part of something real and impactful. 🙌💧 Today’s event was a true celebration of learning, legacy, and environmental renewal. Former Malden students, now in Riverside High School’s Grow Your Own program and Marshall University’s Biology & Environmental Science program, returned to present their award-winning STEM projects — from boosting firefly and bat populations 🦇✨ to supporting native pollinators 🌼🐝. Two even won the National STEM Challenge Championship and presented their research in Washington, D.C.! 🔬 After the release, students went on a hayride, did STEM activities (thanks to the WVSU 4H program for providing the STEM kits), and made some animal tracks! 👏 We're so proud of these students, past and present, for showing what’s possible when education meets purpose. 📷💪

⏳⏩ The days are long but the years are fast — or so it seems during graduation season 🎓 Amanda Mays always knew she wanted to be an elementary principal — in 2011, she did just that when she took the head job at Belle Elementary School. 👩‍🏫 Mrs. Mays' first year as principal was also the first year the students pictured below started school — as preschoolers at Belle Elementary. In just a few hours, those same students are graduating from Riverside High School! 🧑‍🎓 👏 Before accepting their diplomas, those students stoped by the KCS Board Office, where Mrs. Mays is now the Asst. Superintendent of Elementary Schools, for a few pictures and lots of laughs with their former principal. The bonds made and memories shared in education will last a lifetime!

🎥🎓 Livestream Info for 2025 KCS Graduation Ceremonies 👩‍🎓🔗 In 2012 ⏪, phones still flipped, TikTok didn't exist, and the 💡Class of 2025 began their educational journey as preschoolers with tiny backpacks, crayon names🖍️, and big dreams. They grew up with changing technology, shifting trends, and a world that seemed to spin faster every year. ⏩ Fast forward 13 years, those preschoolers have turned into young adults and are about to earn their high school diploma! There will be tears 🥹, smiles 😃, and high fives 🫸🫷. Reaching this point is a team effort, and we want to make sure everyone who has played apart in this journey can join in on the celebration! 🥳 🔴 All eight KCS High School Graduation Ceremonies will be available to watch live using link below. 👇 🔗: videoproductions.com/watch 📅: 2025 KCS High School Graduation Schedule 🟣 Riverside High School, May 21st — 1:00 PM 🟠 South Charleston High School, May 21st — 7:00 PM ⚪️ George Washington High School, May 22nd — 1:00 PM ⚫️ Nitro High School, May 22nd — 7:00 PM 🔵 Capital High School, May 23rd — 1:00 PM 🔴 Herbert Hoover High School, May 23rd — 7:00 PM 🔴 St. Albans High School, May 27th — 1:00 PM 🔴 Sissonville High School, May 27th — 7:00 PM 🎥: Livestreaming provided by — Video Productions

🎓 Graduation Week is Almost Here! 🚴‍♂️ ⚠️ Heads up! The City of Charleston has shared some helpful info about the best routes to use when heading to the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center between Monday, May 19 – Monday, May 26. During that time, the city will be hosting the USA Cycling Pro Road Races, which means some roads will be closed around Charleston. At the same time, six of our Kanawha County high schools will be celebrating graduation at the Coliseum! To help make sure everyone gets to their ceremonies on time (and without too much stress), we encourage families and guests to use the routes provided on the flyer. 🎉 Let’s make graduation week a smooth ride for everyone — and a time to celebrate all our amazing grads! 📍Check out the flyer for all the details, and feel free to share with anyone who might be heading downtown.

Be ware of the traffic changes in Charleston for Graduation.