Can’t make it to the Blue Heron Bash in person? You can still participate by bidding in the online auction until 9pm Saturday, making a donation to the Key Experience-Fund-A-Need, or purchasing a Garden, Chicken or Goat Sponsorship. You don’t need a business to be an event sponsor!
You can do all of these things with this handy link. bit.ly/GRSBHBTickets22
Wednesday, April 27th will be a half-day for all grades. We will dismiss at 11:45am to allow for teacher professional development.
On Wednesday, our HS Robotics team is headed to Houston for the FIRST World Championships!
Six weeks ago, the team received the Engineering Inspiration Award that kicked off this drive to Champs!
Yesterday, the team packed up Janus (our robot), 4 tool carts, boxes and boxes of gear into the team trailer!
Wednesday afternoon, we’ll reconnect with the trailer and load in the 2022 World Championship in Houston!
Below are a couple of links for the week ahead.
Thank you again for all your support!
Michael Flood and the whole crew from Great River:
Phoebe - Team Captain
Eva - Build Captain
Joseph - Ops Captain
Liam S. - Programming Captain
Programming team members: Ben H., Royce, Quinn
Build team member - Nicholas P.
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2491 NoMythic’s GoFundMe! https://gofund.me/f23f54d6
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FIRST World Championships - you can find a guide to all the activities - FLL, FTC and FRC.
https://www.firstchampionship.org/
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The Blue Alliance - We are in Carver Division. Our qualification schedule will likely come out sometime on Wednesday. All our matches will be live-streamed!
https://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2022carv
The Blue Heron Bash online auction is open! We have so many neat experiences, tickets, items, art, and so much more for you to discover and bid on! At 5pm, check out ourschool.support/GRSBHB2022 and get bidding!
Tickets are on sale for the Blue Heron Bash in-person event on Saturday, April 30. This is also how you register for the online auction that is now open. The event will happen rain or shine! There will be music by Wake Eddie, food made by the lower adolescent Culinary Arts Creative Expression group, a variety of delicious beers from Pryes Brewing Company, Indeed Brewing Company (Minneapolis) and kombucha from Koru Kombucha! We would love to see you there! bit.ly/GRSBHBTickets22
The Blue Heron Bash online auction opens at 5pm today!
We have so many neat experiences, tickets, items, art, and so much more for you to discover and bid on! At 5pm, check out ourschool.support/GRSBHB2022 and get bidding!
Also, make sure to get your tickets for this Saturday’s in-person Blue Heron Bash! Come meet other GRS adults for an afternoon of community building and fundraising. Use use this link to buy tickets and read all the BHB details on our website.
Students of all ages are encouraged to bike to school on Wednesday, May 4th. Group rides will start from Horton Park, McMurray Field, Newell Park, and Longfellow Park in Minneapolis. Mark your calendar now. Watch for details next week.
Parents are invited stay for a coffee social at school on Wednesday, May 4th.
We are seeking parent volunteers to help the Blue Heron Bash run smoothly! There are many things that need to be done both before, during & after the event. If you don't have time to volunteer, there are a few items we need donated. Thanks in advance for volunteering! Sign up to help here.
Read all the BHB details on our website.
Tickets are live for this year’s Blue Heron Bash! Come meet other GRS adults for an afternoon of community building and fundraising. Use our handy QR code or use this link!
There will be no school on Friday, April 22nd for elementary students (grades 1-6) to allow for an elementary intake day. Adolescent students have school as normal!
Tickets are on sale for the Blue Heron Bash in-person event on Saturday, April 30. This is also how you register for the online auction that starts next Monday, April 25th. There will be music by Wake Eddie, food made by the lower adolescent Culinary Arts Creative Expression group, a variety of delicious beers from Pryes Brewing Company & Indeed Brewing Company (Minneapolis), and kombucha from Koru Kombucha! We would love to see you there!
Use our handy QR code or use this link!
Wednesday, April 27th will be a half-day for all grades. We will dismiss at 11:45am to allow for teacher professional development.
Celebrate Earth Day by helping to clean up and improve Great River School’s campus on Friday, April 22nd!
There are a variety of fun tasks to choose from organized with suggested classroom signup (but feel free to sign up for what interests you). Chopping wood, spreading new mulch, sanding outdoor blocks, painting octagon chairs, putting a new trail in, and more - there is something for everyone at every age.
We'll start as early as 8:30am and you can work as long as you like. The 'Eggroll Queen' food truck will be there to purchase rice bowls and egg rolls (or you can bring your own lunch).
A 'gear swap' will happen throughout the day where you can swap items, leave items to donate and/or grab items for your household. All lost and found items will be up for grabs to anyone as well!
Clean, Build, Eat, Recycle and Community!
We are seeking parent volunteers to help the Blue Heron Bash run smoothly! There are many things that need to be done both before, during & after the event. If you don't have time to volunteer, there are a few items we need donated. Thanks in advance for volunteering! Sign up to help here.
Read all the BHB details on our website.
Tickets are live for this year’s Blue Heron Bash! Come meet other GRS adults for an afternoon of community building and fundraising. Use our handy QR code or use this link!
We are excited to announce that we will resume the exciting and cherished tradition of Work Share towards the end of the school year!
We will be hosting half of the Elementary on June 1st and the other half on June 2nd. As in the past, we will offer both an afternoon and evening session to accommodate different work schedules for families.
Please stay tuned for an official Sign Up Genius link and additional information about the event!
Tickets are on sale for the Blue Heron Bash in-person event on Saturday, April 30. This is also how you register for the online auction that starts next Monday, April 25th. There will be music by Wake Eddie, food made by the lower adolescent Culinary Arts Creative Expression group, a variety of delicious beers from Pryes Brewing Company & Indeed Brewing Company (Minneapolis), and kombucha from Koru Kombucha! We would love to see you there!
Use our handy QR code or use this link!
Reading Corps and Math Corps will be offering a free, virtual tutoring program in summer 2022. In this unique summer program, AmeriCorps members will be trained in data-driven, evidence-based tutoring models to provide virtual support to students to help them prepare for the 2022-23 school year.
It will be offered for Kindergarten-3rd (Reading or Math); Grades 4-8 (Math) – based on the 2021-22 school year grade level.
If your student is currently working with Erik or Jen in reading or Nicole or Alexander in math interventions, this is a good opportunity for summer support. If you are interested, fill out this family inquiry form or go to this website, both provided by AmeriCorps.
We suggest you get your initial request in as soon as possible! More details will come directly from AmeriCorps after that.
Blue Heron Bash organizers are still seeking ~30 bottles for the wine pull! Please consider donating one or more bottles of wine in the $20 range for the fundraiser.
You may drop off the wine donations with Holly at the front desk. If you have a large donation, text or call Jennie Hardman (218-213-7476) and she can come pick up from you!
To see more information about the Blue Heron Bash, check out the website!
Hello All!
The yearbook team Is hard at work getting the yearbook completed, but we need your help! We’re looking for any GRS related pictures you may have, but if you need inspiration here are some specific categories of photos we are requesting:
Selfies
Faculty
Sports
Student Jobs outside of Great River
CAS
Art
Protests/walkouts/activism
Community meeting
Robotics
GSA
Musical theatre
Any other clubs
Also an additional reminder to the class of 2022 that your senior photos, baby photos, senior quote, and parent note are now OVERDUE, so please submit them ASAP.
Please send any photo submissions and/or questions to yearbook@greatriverschool.org and/or cgustafson@greatriverschool.org and ssisk@greatriverschool.org.
Thanks :)
-GRS yearbook team
The Blue Heron Bash is just a few weeks away! It's not too late to donate items to the Blue Heron Bash Auction or Host a Great Gathering!
We especially love to feature GRS family businesses and makers. Filling out your forms and dropping items off at GRS as soon as possible is greatly appreciated! You can find more than you maybe ever wanted to know about the Blue Heron Bash on our website.
Celebrate Earth Day by helping to clean up and improve Great River School’s campus on Friday, April 22nd!
There are a variety of fun tasks to choose from organized with suggested classroom signup (but feel free to sign up for what interests you). Chopping wood, spreading new mulch, sanding outdoor blocks, painting octagon chairs, putting a new trail in, and more - there is something for everyone at every age.
We'll start as early as 8:30am and you can work as long as you like. The 'Eggroll Queen' food truck will be there to purchase rice bowls and egg rolls (or you can bring your own lunch).
A 'gear swap' will happen throughout the day where you can swap items, leave items to donate and/or grab items for your household. All lost and found items will be up for grabs to anyone as well!
Clean, Build, Eat, Recycle and Community!
From Ivanna Pavliuk, EL Coordinator and UA Educational Assistant:
Hello GRS community!
I wanted to thank you all for your kindness and generosity and share the results of our united efforts.
3 weeks of non-stop baking
over 1500 macarons baked
over $3000 raised!!!
All this money is already transferred to support the Ukrainian Army and humanitarian aid for Ukrainians who were affected by the Russian attack.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your contributions and support!
If you are interested in continuing to support Ukraine, here are some Ukrainian-based organizations that have been working tirelessly supporting Ukraine.
Слава Україні! (Glory to Ukraine!)
Ivanna Pavliuk