Lego League: Sport for the Mind! 

The Rivermont fifth grade class is discovering that it's more fun to design and create a robot than it is to play with one!

The fifth grade class has formed 2 teams to participate in the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Robotics program!  Team Masterminds and Team Technical Difficulties will design, build, program, and test a fully autonomous robot capable of completing pre-assigned missions!  

The program will culminate with a local tournament at the Putnam Museum on Saturday, December 10th.  Top performing teams at this local tournament will be invited to state and international tournaments. 

FLL is a robotics program for students ages 9-16.  Teams, composed of up to ten children with at least one adult coach, program an autonomous robot using the LEGO MINDSTORMS robot set to score points on a thematic playing surface and create an innovative solution to a problem, which is different every year and based on a real-world scientific topic.  

This year's "problem" - also referred to as the Challenge - is titled "Food Factor - Keeping Food Safe" and challenges teams to identify points of contamination our food encounters, then find ways to prevent these contaminates.

With over 19,000 teams in over 55 countries, FLL is a powerful program that helps young people discover the fun in science and technology while building self-confidence, knowledge, and valuable life skills!

Follow the fifth grade class on their website, updated weekly with photos and blog posts!

www.RivermontRobotics.com 

School Pictures Next Week! 

Tuesday, Sept. 20

7:45 a.m. - Faculty & Staff

8:00 a.m. - Grade 12

8:30 a.m. - Grade 1

8:50 a.m. - Grade 2

9:20 a.m. - Kindergarten

9:40 a.m. - JK

10:00 a.m. - All School Group Photo

10:20 a.m. - 2-day PS

11:00 a.m. - Grade 9

11:20 a.m. - Grade 10

11:40 a.m. - Grade 11

Wednesday, Sept. 21

7:45 a.m. - Faculty & Staff

8:30 a.m. - Grade 8

8:50 a.m. - 3-day PS

9:10 a.m. - Grade 4

9:45 a.m. - Grade 3

10:00 a.m. - Grade 5

10:40 a.m. - Grade 6

11:00 a.m. - Grade 7

Students are asked to wear something between field trip dress code and business attire.  Upper School (grades 9-12) should wear business attire.

Students in PS-5th brought home order forms for an All School Group photo, which is an 8x10 color photo of the entire school on the rear stairs of the Mansion.  All School Group photos may be purchased for $10 each by returning the order form and payment with your student on picture day.  Students in 6th-12th who wish to purchase one should pick up an order form at the Mansion front desk.  Order forms for the All School Group photo are also available at both front desks on campus.  

Individual student picture packets are included in your Comprehensive Fee - if you desire more pictures, there will be an order form included in your picture packet when pictures are returned.

Birdies & Bogeys for Rivermont! 

Rivermont's 2nd Annual Golf Tournament will be held Monday at Crow Valley Golf Club in Davenport!

 Volunteers report 10:30 a.m.

Registration begins 11:00 a.m.

Lunch 11:30 a.m.

Shot-gun start 1:00 p.m.

After Party & Awards Ceremony - 6:00 p.m.

Not a golfer?  You are encouraged to join us for the After Party & Awards Ceremony, to be held at 6:00 p.m. at Crow Valley.  Cost to attend is $25.  Great food, great drinks, and a raffle featuring a Galena Getaway, a Gene Brack Original, 2 Silver American Eagle collector coins, a wine basket, and more!

 Inclement Weather Plan:

If the tournament must be postponed due to inclement weather, Rivermont will make every attempt to contact all golfers the morning of the event.  The tournament rain date is Monday, September 26th.

This Weekend: iExploreSTEM Festival

When: 

Sunday, September 18th - 1:00-5:00 p.m.

Where: 

University of Iowa Research Park

Highway 965 & Oakdale Blvd. - Coralville, IA

What:

More than 40 free, hands-on activities geared towards elementary and middle school students in science, technology, engineering, and math.

What Can I Do There?

Blood, guts, & healing - try your hand at solving a trauma problem!

Future engineers - try to create the tallest, most stable tower in just 8 minutes!

Parachute enthusiasts - measure flight patterns and design your own parachute!

And much more!

Visit:

iExploreSTEM.org