Archive for June, 2009

The first walls!

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

At last, the walls of the new Elementary building are going up!

Stop by the Warm Springs campus over the next few days to witness the progress. Apparently, the building will take shape very quickly over the next week.

The walls on the east-side take shape

The walls on the east-side take shape

Andrew Derry

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Brianna’s Memorial

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Click here for the link to the video in the Idaho Statesman about Brianna’s Memorial and Grade 5 students.

Andrew Derry

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Camp Invent gets underway

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Riverstone’s annual Camp Invent got underway this morning. Nearly 100 students will take part in this year’s camp in which students are challenged to use and develop their creative skills.

Andrew Derrty

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New Building, June 19

Friday, June 19th, 2009

The interior walls and corridors are almost complete. The exterior walls will go up in the next couple of weeks!

The New Building as of June 19

The New Building as of June 19

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Riverstone among top school in the country, press article.

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

 click here to see the press article about Riverstone’s ranking among the tops school’s in the country.

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Riverstone ranks among top schools in the country

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Newsweek released its annual public school rankings earlier this week. The rankings use an index that basically divides the number of AP courses taken by the students this year by the total number of graduating students. 

 Click here to see Newsweek list of the top 500 school

Unfortunately, Riverstone was not permitted to be part of the study as an independent school. However, it is worth noting that Riverstone’s index is 5.97 for 2009, placing it firmly at 25th place across the entire USA.

Congratulations to all of our IB students for such an achievement.

 

Andrew Derry

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Riverstone International Students create Blog!

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Riverstone’s International Students have created their own blog to showcase their creative writing skills.

To view blog topics such as, How to get an American driver’s license, Boise History and Fall in Boise…

click here for blog site

 

Andrew Derry

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MYP Exchange Unit Colegio CIEDI

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Riverstone is excited to anounce the creation of a new MYP unit and international link with Colegio CIEDI in Bogota.

 

CIEDI is quite similar in philosophy to Riverstone. It is a bilingual IB (PYP, MYP, DP) world school for 500 students situated on the norther edge of Bogota.

The new Grade 8 unit involves student comparing and contrasting the interdependency of humanity and the environment in Bogota and the rain forest with Boise and the Rockies.

The culminating assessment uses the latest technology to simulate real business world projects. Group of 4 students (2 from Boise and 2 from Bogota) will work collaboratively using web 2.0 technology to create a joint presentation.

Following the project, students from Bogota will visit Riverstone, stay with host families, attend classes and take part in the spring outdoor trips.

Student from Boise will have the option to attend classes for a few weeks in Colegio CIEDI in spring. The only cost for this exchange will be the cost of plane ticket.

 

a Gd6 MYP unit from Colegio CIEDI

a Gd6 MYP unit from Colegio CIEDI

 

The CIEDI snack shop

The CIEDI snack shop

 

Lunchtime Volleyball at CIEDI

Lunchtime Volleyball at CIEDI

Andrew Derry

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Grade 5 Colombia Project

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Grade 5 students from Riverstone and Colegio CIEDI in Bogota will be involved with a joint IB project next year. The collaborative project will be based around Cultures and Celebrations and will provide the framework for the final PYP exhibition.

Riverstone students can expect to communicate by email with students from Colegio CIEDI as soon as September. Several Video-Conference sessions are planned for continued collaboration throughout the year. The culminating exercise will be to produce a joint Boise/Bogota calendar that will presented to the IBO.

For more information about Colegio CIEDI: click here

Colegio CIEDI is an IB world school, similar to Riverstone in philosophy and operating the PYP, MYP and DP programs. It is situated on the northern, affluent edge of Bogota. 

More information about links with Colegio CIEDI and photographs will be posted n this site in the coming days.

 

The Riverstone Team at CIEDI

The Riverstone Team at CIEDI

Colegio CIEDI Campus

Colegio CIEDI Campus

 

Risk Takers at CIEDI

Risk Takers at CIEDI

 

 

 

Andrew Derry

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