EXCELLENCE WITHIN R.E.A.C.H.
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Riverview Gardens Students Represent the VIEW at Speech Tournament
Riverview Gardens is well aware of the talent of students, especially in the areas of verbal expression.
Recently, the Speech and Debate Team displayed their talents to the region during the Speech Tournament held at Parkway West High School. RGHS students participated in a variety of categories with several placing as finalists. Congratulations team.
Varsity Prose: Ronada Hood - Finalist - 5th Place, Markia Anderson, Isaiah Smith; Varsity Radio: Ronada Hood, Kalen Mikal Grant - Semi-finalist, Elantra Jackson; Open Interpretation: Darius Wilson - 4th Place; Novice Radio: Kevin McKenzie, Donna Gaston, Deyjona Brown, Niaria Tilson; Duo Interpretation: Kevin McKenzie / Elantra Jackson - 2nd Place; Original Oratory: Isaiah Smith, Jada Goodman - Semi - finalist
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The NFL Football Hall of Fame Presents "Heart of the Hall of Famer” at Riverview Gardens High School
The NFL Hall of Fame presented its Heart of Hall of Famer program, Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at Riverview Gardens High School. The program, an addition to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Educational Outreach Program, provided students the opportunity to learn first-hand what it took beyond athletic ability for legendary Hall of Fame player Jackie Smith to achieve his success on and off the football field. Smith discussed leadership, character qualities and answered questions from Riverview Gardens students in person and to students across the country via video teleconference. St. Louis Cardinals’ Jackie Smith played tight end for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Dallas Cowboys from 1963 to 1978. He has career marks of 480 receptions, 7,918 yards, and 40 touchdowns.
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Riverview Gardens High School NJROTC Cadets Attend 238th Navy’s Birthday Celebration
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Riverview Gardens High School Offers Community Residents the Fruit (Technically the Vegetable) of Its Labor
Radishes and turnips are ripe and ready to harvest, free of charge, to all community residents. The vegetables, planted and cultivated by Riverview Gardens High School students, are just in time for the Thanksgiving Holiday. For more information on how to get your share of the mouth watering, hormone and pesticide-free stock, click the title link above.
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Riverview Gardens Model United Nations Team Passes UN Resolution
Riverview's team members Jessica Wright, Adina Nelson, Johnathan Johnson, Billy Washington, Juanita Gregory, Charles Tate, Tra'vell Thomas, Renezia
Steed, and Alexius Turner wrote and presented a resolution that passed at Saturday's Model United Nations convention. Their resolution was written from the perspective of Haiti to help create a sustainable and inexpensive solution to provide millions of Haitians access to clean drinking water that would be filtered by a solar power desalination system.
School facilitator Nicholas Metropolous indicated, “not only did our team's resolution pass, but it passed with 45 countries voting yes, 2 nations voting no and only 1 nation abstaining from voting.”
The RGMUN team’s resolution passed by the largest margin of any of the participating schools and teams. It was one of only three resolutions to pass at the conference with over thirty schools participating in the event. Riverview's team is held in high regard and regional ranking.
Metropolous adds, “Several of our team members are in the running for possible Model UN college scholarships because of their display of such promise at the competition this weekend.”
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RGSD Offers Free Title I Preschool
Title I Preschool is a federally funded program providing services to children with developmental needs, ages three to five years. Children must be 3 years old by July 31 of the upcoming school year. Services are provided at no cost to eligible children which is determined through a developmental screening process. Families must provide their own transportation for classes which are held five days per week.
Contact Mary Krekeler at mkrekeler@rgsd.k12.mo.us for more information regarding the RGSD Title 1 Preschool Program, the Early Childhood Center or Parents as Teachers.
District Mission
The Riverview Gardens School District, along with families and the community, nurtures academic excellence in all students, preparing them to be college and career ready in an ever-changing society.
