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River Valley School: Academics

4th Graders Get Up Close and Personal with Economics

by Joanne Mitchell

For seven Mondays and Fridays in November and December, each fourth grade class has been charge of River Valley’s Store.  Since our country operates on a free-enterprise system, these students have embraced the idea of becoming . . . read more

Literacy Development at Grades 3rd - 5th

by Debra Lynch

Comprehension Instruction within the Literacy Block       Skill Building Shared & Modeled Reading       Writing . . . read more

River Valley School Improvement Team Up and Running

by Debra Lynch

School improvement planning is an important function to every academic institution. Every two to three years the staff members at River Valley revamp the current school improvement goals to align with recent data analysis. . . . read more

MATH BOWL: HUGE SUCCESS

by Sally Kievert

On May 6 th and May 7 th , students from District 113A traveled to Prairie State College to compete in the 2009 South Cook Math Bowl.  River Valley School was represented by third grader Josh Reitz, fourth grader Kevin Tuscher, and . . . read more

River Valley Celebrates Lincoln's 200th Birthday!

by Debra Lynch

Four score and a few weeks ago the River Valley staff and students celebrated President  Lincoln's 200th birthday... and what a celebration it was! Students throughout the school participated in Lincoln activities throughout the . . . read more

River Valley 5th Graders Experience Colonial Days

by Debra Lynch

5 th grade students at River Valley participated in the annual “Colonial Days.”  Students traveled from classroom to classroom throughout the entire day participating in various activities common during colonial times.  . . . read more

Caldecott Read-Aloud Project 2009

By Donna Sifling

The Caldecott Medal is given annually by the American Library Association to the artist of the “most distinguished American picture book for children published in the United States during the preceding year.”  Caldecott Honor . . . read more

River Valley 5th Graders Participate in Battle of the Books

by Donna Sifling

Teamwork and concentration reached a fever pitch on Thursday December 11 , 2008 when seventy-eight avid fifth grade readers at River Valley School participated in the school’s fifth annual Battle of the Books.  Battlers agreed to . . . read more

River Valley Welcomes Author Dandi Daley Mackall

By Donna Sifling

A crowd of delighted third graders extended an enthusiastic River Valley welcome to author Dandi Daley Mackall, whose September 25 visit with us was sponsored by Anderson’s Bookshops.  Our multi-purpose room was filled with . . . read more

River Valley Celebrates Schools and Reading

By Colleen McNaughton

This year River Valley School will be “Celebrating Reading” by participating in a school wide reading endeavor.  All the 3 rd , 4 th and 5 th grade students and staff will be reading three books throughout the school . . . read more

Constitution Day at River Valley School

by Bridget Esposito, Debra Lynch and Sonya Raymond

  Students throughout River Valley School celebrated Constitution Day on September 17th.    For Constitution Day, the third graders heard picture books read aloud in their classrooms, such as " We the . . . read more

3rd Graders Vote to Read

by Jill Ermitage

This year, third grade students at River Valley have participated in the Monarch Award program for Illinois.  Students all over the state in grades K-3 hear, as read-alouds, the selected books. Then they are given the opportunity to . . . read more

Mardi Gras at River Valley

Debby Lynch, Colleen McNaugton & Sonya Raymond

Just recently the 5 th graders read a story out of our literature book called Satchmo’s Blues .  This is a story of a young man growing up in New Orleans and his passion with Jazz music and the instruments that Jazz musicians . . . read more

Chinese Folk Dancers Visit RV

by Debra Lynch

During the month of February students at River Valley celebrated diversity. Morning PA announcements discussed how different we all are, but how unique and gifted we are in our own way.   Students from River Valley (and Central) . . . read more

Colonial Days in 5th Grade

By Patrick Casey

On Wednesday, January 30, 2008, 5 th grade students at River Valley participated in the annual “Colonial Days.”  Students traveled from classroom to classroom throughout the entire day participating in various activities common . . . read more

Rebecca Caudill Program Rocks at River Valley

by Donna Sifling & Kathy Kelliher

The Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award is given annually to the author of the book chosen as most outstanding by Illinois students in Grades 4 through 8.  The award is named in honor of Illinois author, Rebecca . . . read more

Student Resource Page

Online Resources for Student Use

by Tracy Simon

Student Resource Page   Educational Search Engine   Elementary Middle High Check with your teacher for the at home login information. Oakwood . . . read more

River Valley Rockers Kick Off Reading Program

October 8, 2007

by Debra Lynch

Last week the River Valley staff sang and danced their way into the hearts of the students to kick-off a school-wide reading program. Pictured right are some of the staff members performing the grand finale! During the 2007-08 . . . read more

 
 

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