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Great River School, an urban Montessori learning community, prepares students for their unique roles as responsible and engaged citizens in the world.

Founded on leadership, service, and peace formation, Great River fosters independence, critical thinking, respect, responsibility to self, to others, and to the earth.

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July 2009 Board Meeting

The first board meeting of the 2009-2010 fiscal (and school) year will be July 15, 2009.Full Board meeting begins at 6:30 at GRS.  The community is invited.

Agenda will be available prior to the meeting.

Minutes will be available following approval at the August meeting.
 
GRS is now on Facebook

GRS continues to reach out to adults who are interested in the school by starting a Facebook Page for parents/guardians and others who are interested.  New families can find out what is happening, ask questions and gather information.  Experienced families can add their wisdom and suggestions.  

Currently, we are also posting photos of the construction on this page, so check out the progress and get yourself hooked up. There is also a Facebook page for students moderated by students with a more student related focus but that one is

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June Board Meeting

The school board will meet on Wednesday, June 24 as follows:
    Executive Committee - 5:30 pm
    Full Board - 6:30 pm

Agenda

Minutes will be posted to the board section of the website after the July meeting.

 
Construction Update

Construction started on the new wing on Monday, June 8.  As of 6/25, they have removed most of the sheetrock from the old art and humanities rooms and it is now one big space.  They will have the rest of the sheetrock off the outside walls early next week.  Outside, the crews have started building the west wall and will get to the south wall next week.  

Throughout the summer, we will provide updates and photos of the work being done by Morcon Construction. Check out the photos on Flicker for a look inside and out. Check back often for updates.

 
Community Work Day

Two opportunities for helping at GRS this summer:

1) Students needed on Wednesday, June 24, from 2 to 4 (or 5 pm) to help move furniture and boxes to begin to get A1 settled into new quarters.  Come in and help Ms G. get unpacked.

2) Come join the crew on Saturday, July 18 from 9 am to 3 pm.  This will be the first of 2 (or perhaps 3) work days this summer. The construction will be underway, so you will be able to see what the new addition looks like.

Among the tasks to be completed:

  • Moving boxes, furniture and materials as each level moves to its new area
  • Cleaning different areas to get ready for the move
  • Painting and repainting existing hallways and common areas
  • Repairing picnic tables and outdoor furniture (mostly tightening screws)
  • Other tasks to be determined 
Please let us know you are coming so we can plan food and jobs.  Contact Lydia at 651-305-2780, ext 103 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
 
Congratulations to the Class of 2009

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Class of 2009 (photo courtesy of Kingrey Photography)
Great River School is proud to annouce the third graduating class, the Class of 2009.  These young people have worked hard over the past year to complete their requirements for graduation and move onto the next stage in their lives.  On June 10, all 20 students in the class graduated.  All 20 plan to attend college, 19 this fall and one in 2010.  

The following were part of the graduation ceremony:
    Poem - Michael Flood
    Poem - Isaac Eide
    Words of Wisdom from Sarah Nelson

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Calendar for 2009-2010
On May 27, the Board of Directors approved the Calendar for 2009 - 2010.  The year will have fewer large blocks of time off than occurred in 2008-2009 but includes some half days that will allow staff to focus on staff development topics to enrich the school year. 
 
Current GRS Newsletter

Please read the current Great River School newsletter for June 2 2009 .  The newsletter is also available to GRS families as an email on Tuesday of each week via the GRS News email list and Yahoo!Group.  Please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it if you would like more information about how to get on either of these lists or if would like to put something in the newsletter.

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