The Gear Exchange is live and there are some great items that need new homes. Contact Ben Brock if you’re interested in any of the items or if you have anything that needs to be “relocated.”
Fall Trips Are Almost Here: Don’t Forget to Check Out the Riverstone Gear Exchange!
September 1st, 2009Rivertone Gymnasium to Feature New Scoreboards in ‘09
August 30th, 2009Through a United Dairymen of Idaho scoreboard grant program, the Riverstone Kennedy Gymnasium will feature two new Daktronics Basketball/Volleyball scoreboards this year. Installation is scheduled for early October and the scoreboards should be operational for the beginning of the Riverstone basketball seasons!
Elementary School Rafting Trips This Week
August 30th, 2009It looks like we should have some great weather for the year’s first Outdoor Program adventures! The 3rd, 4th and 5th graders hit the water on Thursday, September 3, followed by the Kindergarten through 2nd grade on Friday.
This year brings a new twist to the rafting trips as some of Riverstone’s own students will be doing some of the guiding and safety boating. Andrew Roan, Kang Min Kim, and Will Miller (all Class of 2011) and Coleman Roan (Class of 2012) have been working with Cascade Raft and Kayak all summer and will get time away from classes to make sure their younger Riverstone schoolmates have a safe and fun time on the water!
Middle School Girls Volleyball Begins
August 24th, 2009The first Volleyball practice in Riverstone history took place Monday morning, August 24.
Anke Voigt and Boni Peters ran the girls through a fun set of drills and activities and officially began the 2009-10 school year! The girls had a great time as you can tell by the smiles below. The team, which will eventually consist of 10+ girls in grades 6-8, will play four games in the inaugural season as members of the Western Idaho Conference (WIC). Schedules will be posted in the Kennedy Gymnasium and on the website soon. Go VolleyOtters!
Riverstone Summer School Heads for the Mountains
July 30th, 2009Last week, six Riverstone students accompanied Ben Brock and Tarrah Elam for five days of backpacking in the heart of the Sawtooth Mountains. Over the course of 15+ miles and numerous lakes (Farley, Toxaway, Twin, Alice and numerous unnamed gems) students had the opportunity to fine-tune their campcraft and navigation skills, summit several peaks (including Snowyside Peak, the 5th highest peak in the range at 10,651 ft) and hang out in some of the most beautiful campsites imaginable! Consisting of students in grades 9-11, the trip was a model of how Riverstone provides experiences that bring students together who might not otherwise cross paths. Nearing the trailhead at the end of the trip, the talk had already shifted to the possibility of a longer trip next summer! Contact Ben Brock if you’re interested! Don’t miss out!
8th Grade Hell’s Canyon – Snake River Hikin’
May 21st, 2009The 8th Grade class put their outdoor program skills to the test last week in the deepest gorge in North America. Challenged with rain, wind and even a little snow and hail, the 8th grade students covered 16 miles along the winding and sometimes steep Snake River Trail. Over the course of the 5 days and 4 nights, students became more comfortable packing and carrying their gear, more competent setting and breaking camp, and had a lot of fun just hangin’ out in camp. The 8th graders also got to know Kyle, Sox, Doh and Jason, a few 10th grade exchange students from the Broadway Campus, who joined the trip to round out their year at Riverstone. All were treated to a great team- and character- building experience and should be proud of what they’ve accomplished!
Grand Gulch – Hot, Dry and Spectacular!
May 19th, 2009In Grand Gulch, the 9th Grade class was treated to the best weather of all of this year’s Middle and Upper School Spring Trips, though the conditions brought their own challenges. Notably, students had to be very careful to find and treat good water sources in the dry landscape. The shade of a cottonwood tree was usually a dead giveaway!
New discoveries on this year’s trips included “Big Man Panel” in a section of the canyon not previously explored by Riverstone students. The group came back tanned and excited to have been in the heart of some of the most amazing country the desert southwest has to offer!
10th Graders Blaze a New “Trail” Along Sheep Creek
May 19th, 2009All of last week’s Spring Trips were successful in many ways, but the 10th Grade trip to Sheep Creek was particularly noteworthy. Previous trips that students have participated in have entailed getting to a trailhead, hitting the trail and following it into camp.
Sheep Creek, the major tributary of the Bruneau River, is more challenging in that there are no trails! Instead, students had to take bearings on distant landmarks and find their own way through the “sagebrush ocean” en route to streamside camps. Whether or not students felt comfortable without a trail under their feet everyone got the feel for how challenging (and rewarding!) it is to travel where no trail exists. If not for the occasional arrowhead, it would have been easy to be believe that no-one had been there before!
10th Graders should be commended for tackling such a demanding trip. They have raised the bar and “paved the way” for next year’s 10th grade class and for others to come.
Here are some pics!
9th Grade Grand Gulch Trip Returns Today
May 16th, 2009The 9th grader’s (and a handful of upper class exchange students) are set to return to the Warm Springs Campus around 2:00 p.m. today, Sunday, May 16. Can’t wait to see them!
7th Grade Spring Trip to return at 10:45 at Warm Springs Campus
May 15th, 2009The latest update from Josh and Christine:
Just passing Farewell Bend State Park. Estimated return to Warm Springs Campus, 10:45 p.m.
Thanks for your patience!
