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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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) . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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Online Resources for Student Use
by Tracy Simon
Student Resource
Page
Educational
Search Engine
Elementary
Middle
High
At Home
Access:
www.
nettrekker.com
Create a user account for yourself!
. . .
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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 . . .
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