Posts Tagged ‘Outdoor Program’

Grade 6 in Yellowstone

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

Grade 6 students arrived Monday afternoon in Yellowstone National Park! Ben Brock, our Outdoor Director, writes, “Kids have had a beautiful fall run after a long bus ride. The weather is exquisite.”

The itinerary for the trip includes:

• Ranger-guided hikes in Harriman State Park with a focus on fire ecology and ecosystem health.
• A visit to the Wolf and Grizzly Discovery Center in West Yellowstone.
• Day trips into Yellowstone National Park to important geological and ecological features.
• Riverstone Outdoor Program equipment tutorials.

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Riverstone Spring Trips underway

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Riverstone’s spring trips move in to top gear this wek:

Kindergarten will in Horeshoe Bend

Grade 2 will be in Portland

Grade 6 will be in Yellowstone (Jackson Hole)

Grade 7 will be on the John Day River

Grade 8 will be in Hell’s Canyon

Grade 9 will be in Grand Gulch

Grade 10 will be in Sheep Creek

and Grade 5 have just returned from Bend, Oregon. 

 

Grade 2 get ready to depart

Grade 2 get ready to depart

Andrew Derry

Discipline, Riverstone Style

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Mr Brock, Disciplining the class earlier today……

Seriously, this is the best way to check that the students’ waterproof gear works before they head out on the river!

Andrew Derry

RIS student participate in Boy Scouts’ “Tablerock District Klondike Derby”

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Three Riverstone students participated in the Boy Scouts of America’s Tablerock District Klondike Derby at Idaho City this weekend.  Austin Hunt (10th Grade), Don Lewis (8th Grade) and Jack Johnson (4th Grade) all competed using “Iditarod” style dog sleds their dens/patrols built.  The event emphasized team work and motivation as they moved from station to station.  They built fires, boiled snow water, identified terrain features, determined azimuths to distant objects, practiced rescuing a victim from an icy pond, treated victims for hypothermia and completed a challenging obstacle course with their sleds.  

Additionally, please give Austin an additional pat on the back for two reasons -
1.  He is very close to earning his Eagle Scout badge.
2.  He volunteered to help the boys in the den.
All three boys demonstrated the spirit of cooperation, teamwork and service that we are emphasizing at Riverstone.

Andy Johnson
Riverstone