The mission of the Rivendell Interstate School District is to foster the intellectual, social and personal development of its students. Our goal is that they will become life-long learners, positive contributors to their communities and productive, healthy adults.
PUBLIC BUDGET HEARINGS
for presentation of the Rivendell Interstate School District 2010–2011 Budget. Tuesday, Feb. 16 6:30 pm at Westshire Elementary School and Thursday, Feb. 18 6:30 pm at Rivendell Academy Library.
Please check back for the preliminary budget prior to the meetings. For more information, please click here.
Winter Ski Schedule
Thursday Jan. 7 - Feb.18 The Winter Program for students in grades K-8 will begin on Thursday January 7. 2010. For more information, please click here .
Rivendell Awarded Candidacy for NEASC Accreditation through 2012
The Board of Trustees of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges approved the recommendation that Rivendell Academy be awarded Candidacy for Accreditation through 2012. To read the letter from NEASC please click here.
December 22, 2009 Letter from the Rivendell School Board
At the December 15th School Board meeting, the School Board approved reorganizing the District’s administrative structure and the reorganization of the grade level configurations. For more information and to download the letter from the Board please click here.
Reorganization of the Rivendell Interstate School District
Thank you parents, students, staff and community members for attending the community forums at the Academy and at Westshire. Please click here to review the notes from the community forums and the staff forum.
The purpose for engaging in reorganization of the Rivendell Interstate School District is to create opportunities for a stronger academic program while remaining fiscally responsible to all members of the Rivendell community. This process started two years ago with the help of Ray Proulx, an outside consultant. At that time the strategic planning process was just beginning and the Board felt they needed more time to explore reorganization possibilities.
The goals of reorganization are:
1. Create an administrative structure that provides for instructional leadership, educational leadership, effective and efficient management, and greater continuity of curriculum and expectations across the district.
2. Address the increasing cost of educating the students in light of declining enrollment
3. Insure that the reorganization aligns with the values that drive the RISD Mission
For more information please follow the links below:
Rivendell Academy Recommended for Initial Accreditation in the New England Association of Schools and Colleges
Rivendell Interstate School District Board is pleased to report that the Commission on Public Secondary Schools of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges has recommended that Rivendell Academy receive initial accreditation in the Association.
Rivendell Interstate School District's Financial Statements for the year ending June 30, 2008, are available for public inspection at the District Office.
Strategic Planning
The Rivendell Board approved the 2008-2013 Strategic Plan on November 18, 2008. This plan was developed with input from Members of the greater Rivendell community, Rivendell Administration, Faculty, Students & Staff, and Long Range Planning Committee of the Rivendell Interstate School Board.
Rivendell offers a vibrant learning environment in which students, teachers and administrators are encouraged to be their best.
Rivendell, one of the first PreK-12 interstate school districts in the country, was created to unite and provide better educational opportunity to four diverse, geographically disparate towns in both New Hampshire and Vermont. Having embraced and succeeded in establishing such a broad reaching district, Rivendell has learned to be bold in its approaches. Rivendell dares to expect more – from its administrators, its faculty and its students – and we are ever-vigilant in our quest for educational excellence.
At our core, Rivendell and its faculty inspire each child to find their own learning path - offering rigorous academics, a broad range of co-curricular activities, service learning opportunities and classroom integration with our rural environment through the Cross Rivendell Trails. Rivendell staff are top notch and shape the excellence of our programs which include afterschool enrichment activities and SummerScapes/Eco Fun camps for all district students. Our philosophy extends from our Early Childhood Program through our Academy: Students are encouraged to question the world around them, pursue their own lines of inquiry and develop projects independently. Helping them foster a lifelong love of learning is our ultimate goal.
As our students strive to be their best, our educational team creates an environment that is supportive, safe, encouraging, nurturing. Since its inception, Rivendell is a work in progress – offering classic educational pursuits, creating an environment that prepares students for the technology and other demands of the 21st century, and insuring that we all grow as thoughtful, committed, active citizens of our towns, our country and our world.
