The BIPOC Caregiver Committee will be meeting tomorrow, September 9th, at 7:45pm on Zoom - all parents of BIPOC students at Great River School are welcome!
If you’d like to attend, please email office@greatriverschool.org for the Zoom meeting link.
Rosh Hashanah - Welcoming 5782
Senior College Parent Night 9/13
Class of 2022 Parents & Students:
Start the first steps of your senior year with an overview of the college application process & the support offered by GRS on Sept 13th at 6:30pm via Zoom. A link will be sent to all students and their families - look for an email from Teresa Hichens Olson, our College Access Director.
Questions? Please email Teresa at thichensolson@greatriverschool.org
Note this event is only for seniors & their families.
Join NoMythic Robotics
If you are in 7th or 8th grade, stay tuned for info about FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge) Robotics. Those teams are staring soon! If you are in 9-12th grade, read on!
Do you like solving problems? Working with a team? Making things happen? Building things? Then robotics might be for you!
Learn about NoMythic (watch for demos at school), visit/experience the team (dates below, required), and then find our application on our website: Join NoMythic
If you are curious, come check out the team! Experience the Team dates (must attend at least one) are at Great River School from 4:30-8:30 pm (dinner included) on the following dates:
September 21st
September 23rd
September 28th
Build/Design: Design via imagination, whiteboard and CAD. Try things out. Then build a 100 pound robot out of metal, polycarbonate, and your imagination!!!
Programming: Make the robot move using simple and advanced programs. No experience required!
Business/Operations: Meet with CEOs of local businesses to share what we do and ask them to sponsor our team (much easier and much cooler than you think!!). Keep the books balanced. Arrange outreach events for the team. Apply for awards. Update the website. Help run the company that is our team!!!
Questions? Contact 2491nomythic@gmail.com, or talk to Phoebe (11th grade) or Joseph (10th grade) or Liam Skyes (9th grade) at school.
Parents - please share this with your student if you think they might be interested!
BIPOC Caregiver Committee - Surveys For Families
The BIPOC Caregiver Committee is a group of caregivers who meet the first Thursday of 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.
We put together a survey to see what activities students and family would like us to focus on so we have more voices of what the community is desiring to see this year. We are inviting all students & caregivers to fill out the below forms, to gather information and ideas of what activities students would like to do this year to explore their own cultural identity and the cultural identity of others in the community.
Elementary survey
We are also inviting all community members to participate in a GRS cultural activities and recipe cookbook. There is a survey link below to share a recipe contribution or a specific cultural activity:
Cultural Cookbook survey
Want to join the BIPOC Caregiver Committee? Email office@greatriverschool.org to get connected!
Welcome to the Announcement Daily Digest
Dear GRS students, families, and faculty,
Welcome to the 21-22 school year! Great River knows that some of the most equity-focused work we can do is ensure that our community feels well-informed about happenings at the school.
We will regularly communicate using the following channels:
Announcement Blogs & Automated Daily Digest Emails
Our Announcements Blog is hosted on our website at www.greatriverschool.org/announcements. We will regularly update this page with non-urgent school announcements (upcoming events & activities, volunteer opportunities, etc).
This year, we will use an email service to send new announcements daily (you are currently reading this!). All families will be opted into these level-specific announcements and will receive a daily email digest of any announcements.
If you don’t want to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe using the link at the bottom of the daily digest.
You can always check what is being posted by going straight to www.greatriverschool.org/announcements or by checking the level-specific links below:
If you are not receiving these updates, email office@greatriverschool.org to troubleshoot. It’s possible we don’t have the correct contact information for you in Powerschool!
Direct Emails
In case of urgent communication, you will receive an email directly from David Núñez, Stacey Kreger, or Great River School with more information.
Family Newsletters
GRS sends a monthly community newsletter, usually on the first Monday of the month (with some exceptions, depending on the school calendar). These newsletters are to feature student accomplishments and events at the school. The first newsletter of the year will come on September 20th. If you do not receive these messages, reach out to office@greatriverschool.org to make sure your contact information is updated!
Social Media:
GRS maintains our Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages.
We do not maintain or supervise the GRS family Facebook pages listed below, although they are good resources for connecting with fellow families.
We’re looking forward to a great school year together!