Oh Deer!

The buck stops here!

Drivers are warned to be careful when entering and exiting the Rivermont campus at dusk.  Deer often cross the campus and Monday evening the Headmaster almost hit a buck while exiting the Lower Becherer Hall parking lot.

Watch for deer at dusk.

KUDOS

The Lion is proud!

HOLIDAY POPS

Eighth graders Grace Moran and Lolly Telleen have been accepted as members of the 2010 Holiday Pops Youth Chorus.  The girls competed with 250 other students for placement in the choir of 108 members.  These talented students will perform as part of the annual Holiday Pops Concert, November 20, 2010, 7:30 P.M. at the I Wireless Center in Moline.  This year's concert will feature Ballet Quad Cities, children's dance choirs from BQC School of Dance and Bettendorf Children's Museum, Quad City Arts Visiting Artist Destino, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, the Holiday Pops Children's Chorus, and the Sanctuary Choir of First Presbyterian Church under the direction of guest conductor Timothy Russell.  Tickets for this event are now on sale and can be purchased at all Ticketmaster locations, by phone (800) 745-3000, or online at www.qcsymphony.com

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART

We are very proud to announce that Rivermont students once again far surpassed our expectations for the American Heart Association fundraising event of October 1st by raising $2,695 in donations. We continue to be grateful to our Rivermont families for their generosity in giving to not only our school but other worthy causes such as this.

We would like to recognize some individual students and classes as top fundraisers:

Nirmal Alla (Kindergarten)                             $250

Asha Alla (2^nd grade)                                   $250

Windsor Lundy (6^th grade)                           $200

Brendan Wheeler (6^th grade)                        $190

Aidan Sears (Kindergarten)                           $145

Genevieve Solange Bolger (4^th grade)          $110

Robert Hayes Murphy (3^rd grade)                  $107

Dwira Nandini  (3^rd grade)                             $100

Enzo Panozzo (1^st grade)                              $100

We were lucky our event fell during the time when the weather was beautiful and we all had a wonderful time as Lower School students jumped together with many Middle School students for 45 minutes. There was fun music and drawings for door prizes. The winner of the special raffle for those who raised $50 or more was Angela Jones from 2^nd grade - she got to choose her class' PE activity for a day. The Third Grade won the classroom competition by raising $772, with the Kindergarten a close second at $645 - awesome!

We're already looking forward to next year's event and again give a sincere thanks to our generous students and their friends and families.

Shalar Brown

Ryan Pillow

And the Word is!

U-k-u-l-e-l-e

Congratulations to the winners of the 4th through 8th grade Spelling Bee.

Class winners

            Grade 4 - tie between Gabe Heaney, Mahum Haque and Sylvia Freidhof Cruz

            Grade 5   Naina Ninan

            Grade 6  Emilia Porubcin

            Grade 7 Harrison Qu

            Grade 8  Helena Barber

Overall Winners

3rd Place - Emilia Porubcin (6)

2nd Place - Madeline Bowman (8)

1st Place - Helena Barber (8)

 2010 Student Hunger Drive  

Total pounds: 13,011

371.7 pounds per student

Over 13,300 meals will be served with the food that we donated.

The value of Rivermont's donation is over $27,000

This represents a 28.1% increase in pounds per student over 2009.

Since 1998, Rivermont has contributed 128,423 lbs of food!

Rivermont took 2nd Place in its division earning the school $1,000 toward next year's food drive.

The pirate craze isn't just a modern phenomenon, it dates back to Shakespearean times, according to two witty narrators in this snappy comedy.  As the story goes, the star of a popular pirate play - The Fearsome Pirate Frank - is the teenage heartthrob of every girl in Shakespearean England, even though he can't remember his lines for the life of him!  However, when the actor playing Frank and his supporting cast, including prima donna Esmerelda, get kidnapped by real pirates during one of their productions, it's good-bye stardom, hello servitude on a real pirate ship!  The narrators and a stream of hilarious sign-carriers keep the show moving as we see the pirate actors swabbing the decks under the orders of the real pirate Frank, who happens to be a woman.  B ut pirate actors are not the only ones hijacked in this comic romp...  so is the plot from a particular popular pirate flick!  In a chilling flashback sequence, the tale of how Captain Frank received the "Blackmark" comes alive as we see her send her crooked captain to walk the plank.  Nightmare sailors, zombie pirates and hypnotizing mermaids fill this zany spoof with pop culture - even Spiderman makes the scene! 

There are 25 Middle School and Upper School students in the production and 4 Upper School students helping behind the scenes.

We need volunteers to help us install our new playground!  We will have a professional installer on site to help guide us but it is up to us to provide the able bodied help.

This will be an all day event however we welcome volunteers for any part of the day.  We have been told that 20 volunteers can get the job done.

Chef June will be in the kitchen preparing a hot lunch of chili and cornbread for everyone.  Coffee, hot chocolate, juice, and water will also be available.  Maybe even some pineapple cake!

If you can help, please let us know by sending an email or calling Brittany Marietta (563) 359-1366 or

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4
COME HELP US BUILD!  

Bed, Bath, and  Beyond for Bethany

The National Junior Honor Society is hosting "Bed, Bath, and Beyond for Bethany" month.  Through December 10th, NJHS members will be collecting donations for the THY program.  This program gives homeless youth in the Quad Cities housing, food, and an opportunity to work.  There are about 850 homeless youth in Davenport and Rock Island combined, and THY needs our help.  Donation boxes are located around the school for supplies such as clothes and household products (cleaning supplies, kitchen supplies, personal hygiene supplies, boxed food, linens, etc.).  Lists of recommended items to donate are posted around school as well. 

NJHS will also host a Pajama Day and after school party for Middle and Upper School (grades 6-12) on Friday, November 19th.  Students are invited to wear pajamas to school for a donation of $5 and to attend a movie party from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in the auditorium, with a showing of Despicable Me and popcorn and refreshments.  Cost for refreshments at the movie party will be $2 for any students who didn't participate in pajama day (and already donated $5).  Proceeds benefit the Homeless Youth project. 

If you have any further questions, please contact Lolly Telleen or Mrs. Schroeder. 

Help support homeless youth of the Quad Cities!

Open House & Book Signing

Featuring Paul-Thomas Ferguson

Rivermont is excited to present poet, singer-songwriter, playwright, and novelist Paul-Thomas Ferguson!  Dr. Ferguson 's works include A Life in Chiaroscuro (2008) and The Ports and Portals of the Zelaznids (2009), as well as the recently published Dark Highlands Anthology, Volume I.  Dr. Ferguson holds a Master's Degree in Medieval History and a Ph.D. in United States, Urban, and Middle Eastern History.  He currently teaches at St. Ambrose and resides in Rock Island.  Dr. Ferguson attended Rivermont in 1984-85 for his freshman year of high school and cites this year as the most significant of his education! 

Dr. Ferguson's books are available for purchase on Amazon.com.

What:    Open House & Book Signing

When:   Thursday, November 18th - 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Where:  Mansion - Rivermont Campus

Please Join Us!

SENIORS!

Nov 19 Common Application Student Application

Important: load your senior schedule BEFORE entering the name of your secondary school counselor and teacher names so the form we receive will be prepopulated with your senior classes.

Nov 30  Common Application School Specific Supplements

Dec 10 All other applications

Tell me the date you send in an online application so I can send back up materials: transcript, recommendations, school profile, and transcript.

Remember to note whether due dates are "postmark due dates" or "received due dates."

Parents' Council
 
SCRIP News
Hy-Vee SCRIP is sold out for the year, however, we still have SCRIP for many other vendors!  Simplify your holiday shopping with gift cards for those special people on your list - and benefit Rivermont at the same time!  Drop off orders at reception desks in either Becherer Hall or the Mansion and, in most cases, gift cards are delivered the next week!  How easy is that???

SCRIP Order Form - Click Here!

Red Wheel Fundraising
Last week, students received their Red Wheel packets!  Red Wheel food items are convenient, delicious, and provide Parents' Council with a great way to raise funds for educational trips throughout the school year.  Please consider ordering from Red Wheel!  Parents' Council will receive a $25 gift card for every 25 items sold.  Deadline for ordering is Monday, November 22nd.  Items must be picked up at Rivermont on Thursday, December 9th between 3:00-6:00 p.m.  For questions, contact Vicki Wallace at (563) 441-0253 or vswallace@msn.com.  Check out the link below for some great frozen foods - pizza, pie, cheesecake - OH, MY!

Rivermont Red Wheel Catalogue - Click Here!

Sally Foster Fundraising

Sally Foster offers a large selection of high quality gift wrap and gourmet gifts!  This year, the fundraiser will be exclusively online and will run throughout the school year.  Simply purchase your items at www.sallyfoster.com and Rivermont earns 40% of your purchase!

Contact Gillian Lederman with any questions at glederman1@mchsi.com

Around the QC  

Treasures from Augustana

Sherry C. Maurer, Director of the Augustana Art Collection and mother of 9^th grader Summer Lawrence, will present "Treasures from the Augustana Art Collection" at 2:00 P.M. on November 11^th  at the Rock Island Main Library.  Sherry's presentation will address the legacy of college art, including the current exhibition: The Olson-Brandelle North American Art Collection. Sherry is also the principle editor for the exhibition catalogue book; take a peek at it in Headmaster Rick St. Laurent's office!