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Bike to School Day Next Wednesday 5/4

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Wednesday, May 4 is Bike to School Day! Plan to ride to school.

Students and parents who would like to participate in a group ride are invited to meet-up at the locations below. A map of the meet-up locations can be viewed here! 

Parents can support all riders by joining a group ride. Please plan to ride if your student is a novice rider or needs extra attention. Parent volunteers leading the ride shall not be liable for any damages arising from personal injuries that are a result of student participation in the Great River School National Bike to School Day event. In event of inclement weather, Bike to School Day may be postponed until Wednesday, May 11. Watch school announcements for details. Please notify the site group leader if you need to cancel your participation for any reason.

We are looking for donations of fruit and snacks, and volunteers to help direct bikers and hand out giveaway items. Please sign up at this link.

Helmets required. Notify the group leader at your preferred meet up spot that you plan to ride with them so no one gets left behind. Please make sure to arrange after school transportation with your student and group leader. Arrive early enough to check tire pressure and review group ride basics before listed departure times. 

Horton Park (departing at 8:10am), Hamline Avenue at Englewood. Contact Susan Sochacki, susan.sochacki@gmail.com or 651-775-7166.

McMurray Field (departing at 8:00am), southwest corner of Como/Wynne Avenue and Lexington. Contact Karen Solas, ksolas@gmail.com or 651-334-0793.

Newell Park (departing at 8:10am). Northwest corner of Hewitt and Wheelter. Contact Abram Shapiro, abr@mshapiro.com or 650-296-8692.

Longfellow Park (departing at 7:50), corner of east 34th St and 36th Ave S. Contact Randy Lewandowski, randylewandowski@gmail.com or 612-250-5001. 

Parent Coffee Social Wednesday, May 4 from 8:15 to 9:00am

Bike to school with your students and stay for a cup of coffee with other parents.

GRS Summer Camp - Camps for Preschool and Kindergarten

Great River School still has a good amount of openings for our youngest campers (4 and 5 years) throughout the summer, so please help spread the word so we can serve more kids!  Themes for these camps include bugs, digging in the dirt, playing games, water fun, and a variety of crafts and science camps. 

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.

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Blue Heron Bash Week

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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

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NoMythic Heading to World Championships

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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

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Blue Heron Bash Auction Open and Get Your Tickets for Saturday

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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

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Blue Heron Bash Auction Opens at 5pm Today

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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.

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Wednesday May 4th is Bike to School Day

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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. 

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Blue Heron Bash is April 30th

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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!

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Have You Bought Your Blue Heron Bash Tickets

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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!

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PEG Earth Day Event This Friday

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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!

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Volunteer at the Blue Heron Bash

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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!

Save the Date for Elementary Work Share

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!

Student Organized Blood Drive May 18th

The Great River School National Honor Society is excited to announce that we’ll be holding a blood drive this spring in collaboration with the American Red Cross! Blood drives are an easy and meaningful opportunity for healthy individuals to give blood to those in need. There are many benefits to donating blood. Firstly, the blood donated by just one person can change countless lives. Additionally, because there is testing that comes along with giving blood, this is a great opportunity to learn about your blood type, COVID antigen levels, and any blood disorder that you may have.

You’re eligible if you are 17+ or 16 y/o with caregiver consent and fit a few additional health criteria. If you’re at all interested, please fill out a quick interest form linked below. 

For questions, reach out to Chloe at cgustafson@greatriverschool.org or another NHS member or see the FAQ linked below.

We can’t wait to see you there!

Interest Form

Frequently Asked Questions

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Buy Your Blue Heron Bash Tickets

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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!

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Free Virtual AmeriCorps Tutoring This Summer

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 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.

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Seeking Wine Donations for the Blue Heron Bash

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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!

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Yearbook Team Looking for Photos

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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