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Rivermont Collegiate is dedicated to academic excellence and maximizing the potential of each student through a nurturing, stimulating, and structured environment that advances the individual's intellect, character, and creativity while guiding the student on a path of life-long learning, prepared to engage fully in his or her local, national, and global communities.
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Check out clothing items with the Rivermont crest. Our Preferred School # 900069642
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Sweatshirts, t-shirts, and caps are available from the Parents' Council.
Don't forget to buy your Imp or Tiger t-shirt!
Parents' Council Order Form
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Where there are no spectators, only participants!
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RIVERMONT COLLEGIATE 1821 Sunset Drive Bettendorf, IA 52722
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Dear Rivermont Community,
Marion
Crandell was a French language instructor at St. Katharin e's in the early 1900's and left for Paris
to aid soldiers during World War I. Since she had been educated in Paris, she felt that her knowledge of France and the
language would be extremely helpful. A German artillery shell hit the hostel
where she was working as a YMCA canteen worker on March 27, 1918. Marion
Crandell was the first American woman killed while in active service in World
War I.
Each year on Marion Crandell Day we celebrate the years of service of our faculty and staff. These dedicated individuals have devoted a combined 337 years of service to the students of Rivermont Collegiate. Although we appreciate each and every one, we took a moment during a school assembly on Wednesday to celebrate some anniversaries.
Five years of service:
Shalar
Brown
Rex
Masterson
June
McWilliams
Ten years of service:
Carey
DeWitt
Dana Fee
Charlie Rodriguez
Rivermont
Collegiate is about its people and it is an honor to recognize this special group of people in
our community, those who teach and do the work of the school so its students
can learn and its parents can be assured that their children will be cared for
in all ways.
Rivermont is known for its dedicated instruction in the 3 R's -- reading, writing, and arithmetic (obviously with liberties in spelling) however we are equally concerned about the other 3 R's -- respect, responsibility, and relationships. Many thanks to our parents who value them, our students who learn them, and our faculty and staff who model and guide them.
Rick St. Laurent, Headmaster
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KUDOS
Intellect - Character - Creativity
Congratulations to the new inductees of the National Junior Honor Society.
Sarah Bowman
Brandon Eckhardt Christian Elliott Colin Fly
Hannah Hansen
Science at Rivermont
This past weekend, sophomores Pavane Gorrepati and Meghana Pagadala represented Rivermont at the Eastern Iowa Science and Engineering Fair.
Congratulations to Meghana Pagadala for earning a Division 1 top ranking.
Congratulations and Good Luck to Pavane Gorrepati who was named the Grand
Individual Senior Champion. With this awards comes an all expense paid trip to compete at the Intel
International Science and Engineering Fair 2010 in San Jose, CA. This is the second year that Pavane earned a place at this prestigious invitation only international fair.
Additionally, Pavane received the Class I Award of
$100 and a $100 Prize
from the Cedar Wapsie Group of the Sierrra Club.
Pavane is second from left.
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Good luck to the 11 students who will represent Rivermont at the State Science and Technology Fair of Iowa this weekend at Iowa State University in Ames.
Grade 6 Katherine Beltz Brandon Eckhardt Hannah Hansen Neha Haque Marta Storl-Desmond
Grade 7 Michal Porubcin Suhas Seshadri
Grade 8 Abhishek Gowda Summer Lawrence Shravya Pothula
Upper School Pavane Gorrepati Meghana Pagadala
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Cultural Learning Experiences in 3rd Grade
We come from many different places with different experiences
Arash Asadi's mother recently visited the 3rd grade
class to explain about Iran's
New Year celebrations. She brought
pictures of Iran
to show to the class. Everyone enjoyed
some delicious cream puffs. She gave
each child a special decorated egg with his or her name written in Farsi.
Earlier in the week the class enjoyed a visit
from Joscalyn's mother. She came to talk
to the class about Joscalyn Boyer's heritage from many different places. The class was excited to hear about
Joscalyn's Native American heritage. One
of her ancestors married a Blackfoot Princess.
Joscalyn's mother also told the class about her job as a
firefighter. Students enjoyed trying on
the firefighter suit, boots, and helmet and were amazed at the weight. Joscalyn's little brother, Dylan, came to
visit. Dylan's father told the class
about his work at John Deere as an engineer.
A few weeks ago the class enjoyed a visit from Solange Bol ger's mother and
father. Both parents talked about their
native countries. Solange's mother
showed beautiful pictures of Venezuela. The students colored in a map with the
different parts of the country. She also
taught the class some Zumba dancing.
Solange's father told the class about working in the hospital as an
emergency room doctor. He brought
pictures from France and
told the class about some of his childhood adventures in France.
Thanks to our parents for sharing their family's cultural heritage with us!
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Zoo for the Day?!?
Help us adopt an animal
Would any Lower School
student like to bring a toy or stuffed animal to school? Listen up to hear the exciting news. For one of our spring service projects, Lower School Student
Council would like to Adopt-an-Animal from the Niabi Zoo. Our donations would help an animal receive
nutritious snacks and toys that help them exercise and PLAY! In order to raise money, we need you to donate
at least 50¢ to bring your stuffed animal/toy to school and introduce them on
stage during morning meeting on Friday, April 2nd. We hope you will participate and make
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Stay Healthy - H1N1 Info
Prevent the spread of the virus - Stay home if you are ill.
Some helpful links to keep Rivermont and your family healthy!
Scott County Health Department
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Rivermont Annual Fund
This year. Every year.
Gifts of any size help Rivermont students make the most of their school experience, whether it's a music performance or an Academic Fair project.
Thank you for your support of Rivermont.
PS - 82%
JK - 50%
K - 50%
1st
- 60%
2nd
- 44%
3rd
- 64%
4th
- 78%
5th
- 56%
6th
- 50%
7th
- 36%
8th
- 62%
9th
- 40%
10th
- 57%
11th
- 75%
12th
- 100%
55.6% Current Parent Participation
100% Current Faculty & Staff Participation
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College Corner
Summer Opportunities
Architecture? Art? Writing?
Leadership? Kayaking? Music? What type of summer program will you choose to expand
your mind and stretch your limbs? Information on summer program opportunities
is beginning to arrive. Some programs are at local colleges/universities
while others are in nearby communities or out of state. Summer materials are
displayed in the Reading Room as they are received. Since there are
only single copies, if you are interested, see Bonnie Campbell in the Mansion for copies. Most, however, have online registration.
"Girls
Plus Math" July 18023 at Western
Illinois University
Horn Lodge Campus
"Summer
in New York City"
4 week or one week Pre Collegiate Program at Barnard College of Columbia
University
June
27-July 24 Liberal Arts Program, June 27-July 2 Liberal Arts Intensive, July
11-17 Young Women's Leadership Institute www.barnard.edu/pcp
Wartburg College and the High School Leadership
Institute (HSLI) offering a summer program for juniors who are interested in
expanding leadership skills and service experiences. If you are
interested, Ms. Campbell can submit your name. www.wartburg.edu/youthleader/
Northwestern University
Center for Talent Development Summer
Program has
offerings for all ages. Take a look at the extensive offerings at www.ctd.northwestern.edu
Washington University in St.Louis offers a High School
Summer Scholars Program for rising juniors and seniors. These classes offer
college credit science, foreign language, arts, social sciences , and the
humanities. www.summerscholars.wustl.edu
Harvard
Summer School Secondary School Program promises a "taste of college, a taste of
Harvard" taking college courses in a wide variety of subject areas.
MATH AND
SCIENCE: the goal
of the Michigan Math and Science Scholars High School Summer Program at the
University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI is to "expose high school
students to current developments and research in the sciences, and to encourage
the next generation of researchers to develop and retain a love of mathematics
and science." www.math.Isa.umich.edu/mmss
JOURNALISM: University of Iowa
Summer Journalism Workshops for High School Students.
HISTORY:
A Pre-Collegiate Summer Program in Early American History for juniors and seniors is available
through the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
www.wm.edu/niahd
www.education.uiowa.edu/belinblank/summer/programs
Belin Blank Center, Iowa City
www.ctd.northwestern.edu/programs/summer/index.html.
Northwestern University
www.tip.duke.edu Duke University
www.uiowa.edu/nsa National Scholars
Academy
www.concordialanguagevillages.orgConcordia Language Villages
www.rvmt.org Rivermont Collegiate Summer
Adventures
www.wartburg.edu/leadership/thrivent.html
Augustana Summer
Academy!
Augustana is offering 12 new
mini-courses this summer, aimed specifically at high school students after
their freshmen, sophomore or junior year. The programs (which
range from one day to one week in length) may touch your passion, your search
for a career, or just your desire to learn something new. See program
titles below.
Registration
is limited; students may find out about cost and register at www.augustana.edu/summeracademy.
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Exploring Engineering
Wednesday,
March 31, 5:30 to 8:00 PM, the St. Ambrose University Industrial Engineering department
will host under sponsorship of the National Science Foundation (NSF) an "Exploring
Engineering" evening at the Rogalski Center, St. Ambrose campus.
In addition to informal conversations and pizza, there will be 15 minute
presentation in the following disciplines:
Industrial Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Bio-Medical Engineering
If you are interested in
math, science, and engineering, plan to attend
and learn more about what engineers do.
RSVP to Engineering@sau.edu
by Friday, March 26
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Around the QC
Some activities in the QC to consider
An Evening with John McCutcheon
A master instrumentalist and legendary folksinger, McCutcheon has over 30 albums, 7 Grammy nominations and is a winner of a Parents' Choice Award for his children's music. www.folkmusic.com
Saturday, April 24, 7:00 PM
RiverCenter Davenport
Adult: $20 Child/Student: $12
1-800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com
Ticketmaster Outlets or The Adler Theatre Box Office
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Submit items to be considered for inclusion in HEADlines by Wednesday noon.
marietta@rvmt.org
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Upcoming Events
March
26 Parent-Teacher Conferences, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Re-enrollment contracts are due to reserve place
for 2010-11! 50% discount on Comp Fee.
26-27 Iowa State Science & Technology Fair
Good luck to our Rivermont scientists!
27 BEST
April
1 Young Scholars, 9:00-10:00 AM
5-9 Spring Break
Soccer Camp, 9:00 - 11:00 AM
6 Open Tour, 8:30-10:00 AM
12 Classes resume
13 MS Track at Colona, 4:00 PM
14-15 Rivermont Academic Invitational (RAI)
16-18 Concordia Language Camp Trip
17 Upper School Prom at Quarters One
20 MS Track at Colona, 4:00 PM
NHS Induction, 6:30 PM
21 Parents' Council Meeting, 8:30 AM
22 Mad Science Day
MS Track Pentathlon at Silvis, 4:00 PM
24 Spring Campus Clean-Up, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Spring Play, 2:00 PM
25 Spring Play, 2:00 PM
26 K-5 Phys Ed Night, 6:30 - 8:00 PM
27 MS Track at Silvis, 4:00 PM
29 MS Track Coed Relays at Colona, 4:00 PM
Open House, 6:00-8:00 PM
30 Rivermont Service Day
Please be sure to check the interactive school calendar on the website for the most up-to-date events and information! Click on the link below.
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