Posts Tagged ‘Community’

Riverstone Hosting “The Discovery Tour”

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

On Tuesday, July 27, from 6:00 – 8:00 PM, at 5521 East Warm Springs Avenue, Riverstone will be hosting “The Discovery Tour: Engineering, Science, and Technology,” a session on selective university admissions presented by five prestigious schools:

* California Institute of Technology
* Columbia University
* Cornell University
* Princeton University
* Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Area high school juniors and seniors, and their parents, are invited.

Representatives from the five schools will share information with students about refining their college search, the selective college admissions process, essay writing and recommendations, both merit and need-based financial aid, the importance of extracurricular activities, and academic programs in engineering, science, and technology.

Registration for these events is available online at http://www.rpi.edu/dept/admissions/regionalevent/index.html or by calling Rensselaer Admissions at (518) 276-8747. Space is limited for each location and date, so please register as early as possible.

Riverstone Students: What They’re Up To This Summer

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Riverstone’s Nicole B, center stage, performed with her band at this summer’s inaugural Boise RecFest at Ann Morrison Park. Way to go, Nicole!

Nicole B

Riverstone Grad Boise Soroptomist Award Winner

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Congratulations to Riverstone Class of 2010 graduate, Kylie P, for her recent recognition as the Soroptomist Club of Boise 2009-2010 Violet Richardson Community Service Award winner!

Read more at http://www.ktvb.com/first-person/95166889.html

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Rake Up Boise

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Riverstone and Rake Up Boise, an annual tradition.

Andrew

Rake up Boise

Riverstone goes 70’s

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Riverstone mom’s go 70’s.

Mom’s basketball versus Grade 5. No contest!

Mom's Basketball team goes 70's

Mom's Basketball team goes 70's

Common Ground

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Riverstone students and a Mountain School alumnus worked together with Common Ground on a fun project this weekend. What a great way to help the community and get involved….and have a lot of fun!

Common Ground

Ground Breaking Slide Show

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

The new Elementary School begins….

 

The first week of building work, March 3, 2009

 

Watch this space for weekly updates on our building progress.

 

Andrew Derry

Future Cities

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Riverstone Future City Team Results

The statewide Future City competition happened January 10, 2009 and we are proud to announce that the Riverstone team won the “Most Sustainable Food Production System Design.” The team (included Jenny, Kristin, Drew, Parker, Aaron, Asher, Mary, Erik, Jack, Roan and Alex) worked together for several months to build, create and engineer systems within a fictional city (Avant-Garde) that could be feasible 150 years from now. The team submitted 5 deliverables under the guidance of an engineer mentor, Lisa Hecht and teacher Sam Goff. The team wrote an essay describing a closed water system in a residential unit, designed a city using SimCity 4 Delux, built a model of their own imaginary city and created a formal presentation describing their city and model. Also, the students faced nearly 20 separate judges and participated in Q&A sessions with them over particular facets of their city design.

The team pulled through the event with great confidence and pride and won an award to showcase their hard work.  

Congratulations to the Future City team! 

 

Community and service

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Community and Service

 

It was exactly one year ago almost to the day, that I first visited Riverstone,

Of all the great things about the school, I have often said that the one thing that really stood out at that time was the sense of community.

 

This was brought home to me this weekend with all of the community and service activities occurring with our students, teachers and parents: The Middle School disco; the Staff Auction Dinner and Rake-Up Boise (ably organized by RIS senior, Lauren Henken).

 

Community and service are integral pillars of Riverstone and, indeed, the International Baccalaureate Organisation. We believe passionately that the world will be a better place if everyone had a strong sense of community and if everyone recognized the value of service to that community and the world in general.

 

After all, attending a school like Riverstone is indeed, a privilege and it is right that the gifted should give.

 

                                     I think therefore IB

Andrew Derry