Rivermont Collegiate Students Present Community Service Projects & Living Biographies!
11th Grade Community Service Project Presentations
Tuesday, 2/11 - 1:00 p.m.
Community service projects are completed by every 11th grade student at Rivermont. During these formal presentations before faculty and community judges, students explain how they applied academic learning to community needs and how the experience not only benefitted others, but affected them personally. (See project list below.)
7th Grade Living Biography Performances
Thursday, 2/13 - 10:45 a.m.
The lead designer of Minecraft, an MSNBC political commentator, the 1st Native American prima ballerina, the founder of the American Red Cross, the President and CEO of Yahoo, and more - all gathered in one place as they come to life on stage at Rivermont! (See project list below.)
11th Grade Community Service Projects
Community Judges:
Dr. Edward Rogalski, President of St. Ambrose University 1987-2007
Katherine Sigardson-Poor, Rivermont Alum Parent
Marie Christian, Communications Professor at Scott Community College and Educational Consultant
Mike Romkey, Associate Managing Editor at Dispatch/Argus
Organizations Served:
Davenport Junior Theatre
Bettendorf Public Library
Engineering Kids Camp (Putnam Museum)
Girls Scouts of America
Café on Vine (Davenport)
Humane Society of Scott County
Hope Creek Nursing Home (East Moline)
Quad City Animal Welfare Center
Adarsha Vidya Mandira (English medium school located in India)
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (Davenport)
Center for Belgian Culture (Moline)
7th Grade Living Biographies
Markus Persson
Anne Frank
Steve Jobs
Erwin Schrodinger
Rachel Louise Carson
Rachel Maddow
Joan of Arc
Stephen Hawking
Maria Tallchief
Marissa Mayer
Michael Jordan
Clarissa Harlowe Barton
Niccolo Machiavelli
Karl Benz
