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RIVERMONT COLLEGIATE
Where there are no spectators, only participants!
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October 8, 2010
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Mission Statement
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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Campus Beautification
Dear Rivermont Community,
 | Rivermont raised $247 for
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breast cancer research. |
A great day to work outside. Raking, picking up, weeding, and planting! Today we planted 907 red tulip bulbs! Of course, we did have to celebrate Joseph Bettendorf's Birthday. (with cake!)  | | I dig it! |
  | | How many more bulbs? |
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 Have a great weekend! Rick St. LaurentHeadmaster |
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Parent-Teacher Conferences
Thursday,
October 21, 3:00 - 8:00 PM
Friday, October 22, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
A conference
registration book -- arranged alphabetically -- is located at the Reception
Desk in Becherer Hall. Please stop by anytime before Thursday, October 21
and register to visit with the teachers you would like to see. Then, on
conference days, teachers will be in their classrooms and will expect you at
the times you listed in the registration book. We will make every effort
to keep individual conferences on schedule. Thanks for helping us watch
the clock.
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DayCare for Early Dismissal & Conference Days
Thursday,
October 21, 3:00 - 8:00 PM
Friday, October 22, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Early School Lunch program, Afternoon Adventures, and the PS-12 After School Care & Homework Club take place only on full school days. Please click on the link below or go to the Rivermont website for a schedule and price list of optional programs.
Early Dismissal & Conference Day Programs
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The Lion is proud!  | KUDOS
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation and Rivermont
Collegiate are pleased to congratulate senior Asha Tadepalli, daughter of Sharmilla
Pitta and Bhaskar Tadepalli of Moline, Illinois, on her outstanding performance in
the 2011 National Merit Scholarship Program. Asha has been named a Commended
Scholar in the National Merit Competition. One of approximately 34,000 students
named Commended Scholars, Asha scored within the top 5% of 1.5 million students
who took the PSAT last October. Commended students are recognized for
exceptional academic promise in an ongoing effort to "advance educational
excellence in our nation."
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 2010 Student Hunger Drive
DROP OFF YOUR CANS IN BECHERER HALL OR THE MANSION.
Can Sculpture Contest
October 28-November 4 in Central
Hall
Watch for other Student Hunger Drive events! We CAN stamp out hunger in the QC!
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 From the Athletics Office
Middle School
Volleyball
The Quad City Conference volleyball
tournament begins on Tuesday, October 12. The 5th/6th
Grade team will play Tuesday at Silvis in a 4:30 p.m. match vs. Jordan. If the Lions win, they will
play again on Tuesday at 5:15 p.m. If the Lions are able to advance, they will
play a 5:15 p.m. semifinal match at Hampton on Wednesday. Championship and
consolation matches will be held on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. at Beyond the Baseline
in Davenport.
The 7th/8th
Grade team earned the #3 seed and Rivermont will host tournament games on
Tuesday and Wednesday. On Tuesday the Lions will play Eagle Ridge at 4:30 p.m.
with Morning Star and Silvis squaring off at 5:15 p.m. On Wednesday the winner
of the Rivermont/Eagle Ridge match will play the winner of the Morning
Star/Silvis match at 4:30 p.m. followed by the other semifinal match at 5:15
p.m. Championship and consolation matches will be held on Thursday at 5:15 p.m.
at Beyond the Baseline in Davenport.
Middle School Cross
Country
Rivermont Collegiate will host a
cross country race for 5th-8th grade boys and girls on
Saturday, October 16. The race will begin at 9:00 a.m. with check-in beginning
at 8:15 a.m. The race distance will be 2 miles and will be run around our
campus. Nine Rivermont runners have been participating in practices since
mid-September. Any other boys and girls in 5th-8th grade
who would like to participate in the race should contact Mr. Knupp. Quad City
Conference schools will be sending runners to participate and we expect over 30
athletes to conquer the challenging course.
Middle School Boys
Basketball
Practices begin on Monday, October
18. The practice and game schedule is nearly complete for the middle school
boys basketball teams and will be distributed next week. We will have a
5th/6th grade team and a 7th/8th
grade team this season. The first game will be on Thursday, November 4 and the
season will end with a game on Monday, December 13.
Cheerleading
The cheerleading season for
5th-12th grade will begin on Saturday, October 30 with a
youth clinic. More details soon!!
Varsity
Volleyball
Rivermont Collegiate plays its final
regular season match at home vs. Unity Christian on Thursday, October 14 at 6:30
p.m. The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Class 1-A tournament begins
Monday, October 18 with Regionals. Rivermont will travel to Wheatland to play
Calamus-Wheatland at 7:00 p.m. on the 18th. A win would advance the
Lions to the second round to be played at Wheatland on Wednesday, October 20 at
7:00 p.m.
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 Parents' Council News
Attention All
Rivermont Parents!
Your Class Can
Win A Pizza Party From Happy Joe's!
The Top Seller
Will Win Free Pizza for a Year By Raising Funds for One for
Books!
It's that time
of the year again and our Fall Book Fair is just around the corner. This year's
book fair theme is Here's
To Our Heroes ~ Reading Saves The Day! We are proud to
announce that Scholastic is again offering their One for
Books program that
helps a variety of children's charities annually. This year's fall fair is
October 18th -22nd. We are kicking off the fair right
now with our One for Books fundraiser as an additional way to
raise money for Rivermont. Last year we raised over $1000 just from the One
for Books program! Scholastic matched our donation, and Rivermont received
an additional $1000 worth of books for our library.
Each
year, thousands of schools across the country participate in One for
Books. Scholastic matches the monetary donations schools generate, with
a donation of up to one million books to three national non-profit organizations
dedicated to helping kids and families in need: Kids in Distressed Situations, Inc., the Kids In Need
Foundation, and the Marine Toys for Tots
Foundation.
Happy Joe's
wants to help make it more exciting, so they have offered Rivermont two exciting
ways to really make some dough: 1)Every
child at Rivermont will receive five Happy Joe's Fundraising Cards! These
cards are normally sold to groups for $1 and then the groups sell them for $5,
keeping the $4 as a profit; however, for Rivermont's One for Books
donation drive, all of the cards have been donated by Happy Joe's. This
means when we sell the cards, Rivermont gets to keep the entire $5 for every
card sold! If every Rivermont student sells five cards... $5 x 5 cards = $25
per student x 190 students... that's $4750 for Rivermont! These fundraising
cards contain eight Happy Joe's coupons which equal well over $35 dollars in
savings from any Happy Joe's. The fundraising cards should be easy to
sell because everyone who buys one will get more than what they spent on the
cards just by using the large pizza coupon located on the card! That's only one
of the eight total offers. We are sending you an envelope with your child's
name on it and five fundraising cards. All you have to do is try to sell them
all for $5 each. Remember, Rivermont gets to keep ALL of the money raised
and whatever we raise will be matched dollar-for-dollar by One for Books,
and a donation for that amount will be made to a worthy children's charity to
help children at risk.
If you would
like to sell more cards, contact Tammi Burrell and she will be happy to give
them to you. Last year the school did a great job selling these cards, but we
have the potential to do even better this year! If we all pull together we can
raise even more money for Rivermont and One for Books. The final bonus
to this effort is the class with the highest donation dollar amount will win
a fabulous pizza party from Happy Joe's! The second place class will win an ice
cream party, and the individual student who sells the most cards will win FREE
PIZZA FOR A YEAR! (That's one large pizza a month for 12 months!)
Checks for the
cards should be made out to Rivermont Parent's Council, not Happy Joe's.
All donations
from selling these cards for our One for Books program can be given to
Tammi Burrell. Her desk is located in Becherer Hall. Just put the money back in
the same envelope you received with the cards. That way your child is sure to
get the credit for all he/she sold.
We hope this
gets you excited as this could be our biggest year ever if each class shoots to
sell 100 cards. We have the potential of making $7,500 for Rivermont!
Keep in mind that doesn't include the book fair sales! Remember, our Book
Fair theme this year is Here's To Our Heroes - Reading Saves The
Day! Let's all be heroes and work together to help those
in need while raising funds for the enhancement and improvement of Rivermont
Collegiate!
If you have any
questions, please contact Tammi Burrell at 359-1366, x-337 or Kristel Ersan at
563-650-4680 (c), or 563-332-8811 x-203 (o).
Please keep in
mind we are looking for volunteers to help us run the book fair this year.
The Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade class parents are
slated to help with this effort. We would welcome additional help from
other parents as we need to ensure the fair runs smoothly and that all time
slots for manning the fair are filled. You will be hearing from your room moms
soon! To volunteer for your two- hour time slot contact your room mom or one of
the committee members listed below.
Rivermont Book
Fair committee:
Kristel
Whitty-Ersan, kristele@happyjoes.com or 563-650-4680
(c).
Jodi Blackwell,
room mom for 1st grade volunteer sign-up for October 18th
and 19th Jodib26@mchsi.com or
563-650-4309.
Stacy Chambers,
room mom for kindergarten volunteer sign up for October 20th (Book
fair runs until 8pm that night) and 21st (Book fair runs until noon
that day) Scham31477@aol.com or 952-221-1346
Note: The room mom
for second grade is Kamala Reddy who is in charge (along with Stacy listed
above) of volunteer sign-up for October 20th. (Book fair runs until
8pm that night) and 21st (Book fair runs until noon that day). bommareddyk@yahoo.com or 309
781-8919.
Please call and
sign up for your time slot today!
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 Calling all High School Students
Once again a
great computer program is being offered at John Deere called " IS Explorers that
teaches QC area high school students about careers in computer technology." An
overview meeting is on Tuesday October 26th
for interested students and their parents to discuss what the program
is about. "We are seeking students that have shown deep interest in computers
and have dedication and time to participate in meetings on Tuesday nights." This
program is for both boys and girls.
IS
Explorers is a co-ed program for young
adults, offering high school students
in the Quad Cities a real world,
business view of computers and
technology. The program consists of
bi-weekly meetings presented by
computer professionals who work in
the Information Systems division of John
Deere. Students are given presentations, take
part in hands-on labs and
have educational, computer oriented competitions.
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 College Reps
Many colleges send their reps to meet Rivermont students. This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about different types of colleges and to make some face-to-face contacts.
College representative visits for
October and November
October 12 2:15 PM Central College, Pella, IA
Melissa
Brock
October 18 10:50MA Augustana College, R.I. IL required attendance for juniors/seniors
Mike Pettis
October 19 1:00 PM, Iowa State,
Ames, IA
October 25 10:50 AM, Earlham College Richmond, Indiana
required attendance for
juniors and seniors
Washington University in St. Louis
Tuesday, November 2
7:00 to 8:00 PM
Radisson Quad City
Plaza
112 East Second Street
Davenport, IA
There is no need to make reservations. For more
information, you may call 800 638 0700
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 Travel Opportunity
Spain is
a vibrant country that combines the spirit of its various rulers over the
centuries, from the Phoenicians and Romans, to the Moors and Christians. Its
rich history is complimented by an expansive landscape of mountains, deserts,
and glorious beaches. From the pounding rhythms of the flamenco and the unique
experience of the bullfight, to the food that brings all people together,
Spanish culture is defined by a deep passion for life that is contagious to all
visitors.
Experience
this incredible country for yourself with Mrs. Weeks. Students in grades 6-12
and their parents, faculty and staff are welcome to join the trip of a lifetime
April 2- April 10, 2011 (Spring Break) Contact Mrs. Weeks at weeks@rvmt.org or log onto the Rivermont
website for more details- but hurry! Space is limited!
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 Ahoy! Can You Help?
The Drama Department is seeking
adult volunteers to assist with set building and help with costumes and props
for the upcoming Middle School and Upper School play, The Fearsome Pirate Frank. Some experience
preferred, but not necessary. Please contact Kristin Skaggs skaggs@rvmt.org if interested.
We are much obliged, mateys!
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 NJHS Service for 2010-11
Bethany for Homeless Children and Families Transitional
housing for homeless youth program (THY)
This program gives
homeless youth in the Quad Cities housing, food, and an opportunity to
work. These youth are usually ages
14-21. This program's goal is to educate
and transition these young men and women into independent living. This is a very hard job, however. There are about 850 homeless youth in Davenport and Rock
Island combined, and THY can't take care of them
all. They have a hard time taking care
of the ones they have now, which is very few. This year, NJHS will be focusing on this cause. NJHS plans to put donation boxes around the
school for supplies such as clothes and bath products. We will also have supplies lists posted
around the school listing recommended donations. NJHS also plans to host a Pajama Day for
Middle and Upper school, in class competitions for Lower School,
and other events to support our cause. October will be Rivermont's own "Bedrooms, Bathrooms, and Beyond
for Bethany Month". If you have any further
questions, please contact Lolly Telleen or Mrs. Schroeder. Please help us support the homeless youth of Iowa!
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Challenge Saturdays
Challenge Saturdays are classes designed for high ability students who are current members of the Belin-Blank Exceptional Student Talent Search (BESTS). Students who are not part of BESTS, but who are of high ability, are also encouraged to apply for classes.
In small classes, students receive direct instruction and do advanced work. Various classes are offered in Iowa City at the University of Iowa or in Des Moines at Saydel High School. Students choose one class only. The class meets five times (see below). Tuition is $350 for the class series. Financial assistance is available. Fall 2010 List of Classes Primary Challenge Math - Grades 3-4 - Iowa City
Primary Language Arts - Grades 3-4 - Iowa City
Challenge Math - Grades 4-6 - Iowa City and Des Moines
Intermediate Language Arts - Grades 4-6 - Iowa City and Des Moines
Challenge Science: NXT Robotics - Grades 4-6 - Iowa City
Challenge Science - Grades 4-6 - Des Moines
CSI: Law and Order - Grades 4-6 - Iowa City
Art: Mixed Media - Grades 4-6 - Iowa City
Challenge Invention - Grades 4-6 - Iowa City
Challenge Theater - Grades 4-6 - Iowa City
Math Excursions: Geometry (Des Moines) or Algebra (Iowa City) - Grades 6-8
Advanced Language Arts - Grades 6-8 - Iowa City
Science Excursions: Mars - Grades 6-8 - Iowa City
Science Excursions: Energy - Grades 6-8 - Iowa City
Challenge Mock Trial - Grades 6-8 - Iowa City
Iowa City October 9 & 16 November 13 December 4 & 11 Snow Dates: December 18, 2010 & January 8 & 15, 2011 Des Moines October 2, 9, 30 November 13 December 11 Snow Dates: December 18, 2010 & January 8 & 15, 2011 For information and to register: http://www.education.uiowa.edu/belinblank/Programs/Students/Challenge/ Space is limited - First Reserved, First Served! |
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Upcoming Events
October
8 First Quarter Ends - Early Dismissal, 11:30 AM
Campus Beautification Day
9 Saturday Sports at Rivermont, 9:00-11:00 AM, Grades K-4
10 JW Bettendorf Birthday
12-14 MS Volleyball Conference Tourney, Details TBA
13 PSAT - Grade 11
Parents' Council Meeting, 5:00 PM
14 Lower School StuCo Party, 3:30-4:30 PM
Varsity VB vs. Unity Christian, 6:30 PM (Home)
16 MS Cross Country Conference Meet at Rivermont, 9:00 AM
18 Varsity Volleyball Regionals begin, Details TBA
19-22 BookFair in Central Hall
21 Early Dismissal, 11:30 AM
Parent-Teacher Conferences, 3:00 - 8:00 PM
22 Parent-Teacher Conferences, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
30 Cheer Clinic
November
1 Fall Sports Awards, 6:30 PM
2 First Tuesday Open Tours, 8:30 - 10:00 AM
4 Student Hunger Drive Loading Day & Finale Rally
5 NO CLASSES - Faculty attending the annual ISACS Conference in Chicago
8-19 ITBS & CogAT Testing
10 Parents' Council Meeting, 8:30 AM
FAFSA Workshop, 7:00 PM
12 Fall Play - The Fearsome Pirate Frank, 7:00 PM
13 SSAT
Fall Play - The Fearsome Pirate Frank, 7:00 PM
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Through humor, you can soften
some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter,
no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.
Bill Cosby
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