The parent-led Great River School Foundation wishes all your family a fun and restful summer. As we close out the school year, we want to give a warm thank you to our donors.
Donors—both one-time givers and sustainers—provide essential funding to support the unique learning opportunities and life-changing experiences that define the Great River education.
Thank you for supporting our school. Have a great break!
The Great River School Foundation
Have a wonderful and safe summer, we’ll see you in September!
THANKS to all who are scanning your receipts for products that are hosted by Box Tops for Education! Here's our summary from May. Please continue to scan your receipts over the summer. Enjoy your time away. -Holly
Next Friday is our last day of school! Students will be dismissed at 11:45am. Families are welcome to observe our ending gratitude ceremony or last day ice cream social. See more details here or sign up here to volunteer.
Have a wonderful summer!
We look forward to your feedback regarding this past school year through our 2022 Caregiver Satisfaction Survey. Your feedback here creates and informs the decisions we will make as a school community. Please be direct, honest, and critical where appropriate. Also let us know where you find joy and strength in our learning community.
Please fill out this form by June 10th. We appreciate every shared experience and perspective!
The BIPOC Caregiver Group is doing one more push towards the end of the school year, to gather summer book reading suggestions for all ages, on books that represent the BIPOC experience. If you have not already done so, please add a book suggestion that you would like to share.
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Congrats to the Boys High School Ultimate Team for winning the D2 Minnesota State Championship! It was a great 2 day tournament with some close games. Go Stars!
The BIPOC Caregiver Committee is a group of caregivers who meet each month to talk about ways that the school can be more inclusive for BIPOC students while also focusing on encouraging everyone in the school to explore their identity. All caregivers of BIPOC students are welcome.
Our next meeting is tomorrow Thursday, June 9th at 7:45pm. Want to join the BIPOC Caregiver Committee? Email Anu (adean@greatriverschool.org) to get connected!
Students in grades 7-9 will have no school on Thursday, June 9th, to allow for a Bike Trip recovery day.
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All GRS Ultimate families are invited to a potluck dinner at Newell Park on Monday, June 13th from 5-8pm.
Students in grades 7-9 will have no school on Thursday, June 9th, to allow for a Bike Trip recovery day.
We are partnering with Urban Boatbuilders to offer a brand new camp called Build Your Own Longboard. This 8-day program (M-Th, 8-1 to 8-11) offers 7th-10th graders the opportunity to design and build your own longboard from start to finish using various woodworking tools. Learn about construction, tool use and design from one of their woodworking instructors. Don't know how to ride a longboard? No problem - we'll teach you. You can feel proud while riding around your neighborhood on a board you built yourself! Only 5 spots left!
We are dedicated to making summer camp possible and affordable for all through our early-bird pricing, sibling discount, multi-program discount, and our scholarship program.
Check out all our camps at www.greatriverschool.org/summercamp.
Next Friday is our last day of school! Students will be dismissed at 11:45am. Families are welcome to observe our ending gratitude ceremony or last day ice cream social. See more details here or sign up here to volunteer.
Have a wonderful summer!
We have some camps that need a few more campers so we are offering a “Late Worm” $40 discount if you sign up now. Simply put this code at the checkout page: LateWorm40 and be sure to click the “Apply Coupon” button to activate it. This is good for the following camps:
7th-10th Grade- Print Making (July 25-28), Open Art Camp (Aug 1-4)
8th-12th Grade- Advanced Ultimate and Goaltimate (July 11-14)
We are dedicated to making summer camp possible and affordable for all through our early-bird pricing, sibling discount, multi-program discount, and our scholarship program.
Check out all our camps at www.greatriverschool.org/summercamp.
We look forward to your feedback regarding this past school year through our 2022 Caregiver Satisfaction Survey. Your feedback here creates and informs the decisions we will make as a school community. Please be direct, honest, and critical where appropriate. Also let us know where you find joy and strength in our learning community.
Please fill out this form by June 10th. We appreciate every shared experience and perspective!
It is not too early to start thinking about a FALL Girls on the Run (grades 3-5) or Heart & Sole (grade 6-8) team! We always have runners on a waiting list so we need COACHES! That could be YOU, even if you don't consider yourself a runner. Can you run a block? YOU can be coach, really you can. Start thinking about what you can do to help, even if you aren't able to be at practices (2 per week September - early November). Be looking for info from GRS in late July or early August.
Questions - reach out to Nadine Wetzel-Curtis on Facebook messenger over the summer.
Tomorrow, Friday, June 3rd, will be a half day (dismissal at 11:45am) for all adolescent students in grades 7-12 in order to allow for trip preparations.
The BIPOC Caregiver Committee is a group of caregivers who meet each month to talk about ways that the school can be more inclusive for BIPOC students while also focusing on encouraging everyone in the school to explore their identity. All caregivers of BIPOC students are welcome.
Our next meeting is next week Thursday, June 9th at 7:45pm. Want to join the BIPOC Caregiver Committee? Email Anu (adean@greatriverschool.org) to get connected!
(click here for a full-size image of the above flyer)
All GRS Ultimate families are invited to a potluck dinner at Newell Park on Monday, June 13th from 5-8pm.
GRS end of year 'social'!
Tuesday, May 31st from 5-8pm at the Como fire pits (see picture for location).
2 food trucks - Eggroll Queen and Twin Cities Pita (or bring your own food).
'Wide open Mic' for music, spoken word or stories, fire pits, loads of games (ultimate, corn hole, ninja line, slackline) and more.
Come celebrate a successful year under tough circumstances. See real people in 3D. Eat amazing food. Build GRS community.