Visions After School

Visions Session V: April 22 - June 6, 2013

• Rivendell Academ Visions Program Session 5
• Registration/Medical form

I find it amazing that we are entering our last session of the year. This year has gone by so quickly! We have a lot of exciting things in the works for this last session including gardening and outdoor sports. We are already busy planning our end of the year celebration which will be held on Thursday, June 6, 2013. Again this year, it will be held at Pastures Campground in Orford. Permission slips and more details will be available as we get closer to this date.

Visions students accepted a challenge to raise enough money to pay for an end-of-the-year field trip. They met this challenge and I'm proud to announce that we will be going to Canobie Lake Park on the last day of school, Monday June 17th. Way to go Visions students!

Parents, if you have not paid for Session IV please do so, as your support is greatly needed for Visions to continue with the quality programming that we've been offering.

Everyone at Visions would like to thank you for your support this year. We truly appreciate it.
See you in Session V! Laura Wheeler, Rivendell Academy Site Coordinator

SummerScapes 2013

This year's theme is Inventions and during July we'll be learning about famous inventors and trying to create blueprints for our own inventions.

AM Programs (8:00-12:00)

• Incredible Inventors (current K-2 students) 2 weeks / July 1-12
• Young Einsteins (current 3-6 graders) 4 weeks / July 1-26
• Patent Pending (current 7-10 graders) 4 weeks / July 1-26

PM Programs (12:30-3:00)

• Rocketry, Recycled Runway, Digital Photography, Tennis, Ecology, Mountain Biking, Engineering, Scrapbooking and more.

Swimming Program (8:00-12:00) (current K-6) 2 weeks / July 15-26

Click here to download Registration forms.

Visions Program at Rivendell

Click here to see a video where students describe the Rivendell Visions Program
On December 13, 2011, the Visions Afterschool Program hosted a site visit from the State of Vermont 21st Century team. They spent the day talking to staff, students and administrators about Visions, and used the afternoon to visit our three afterschool programs. We received very high marks for the programming we provide our students. They were impressed with our staff and inspired by our kids. We were highly commended for our structure and organization at all three sites. They said we have set the bar “very high” and are doing an outstanding job serving families in the Rivendell district. A heartfelt thanks to all of you for your commitment and support of Visions. This program is outstanding because of those who volunteer their time and effort.

Community Service

Community service is very important to all of us at Rivendell. We ask students to take part in atleast one workshop during the year (one hour a week) to help the people and places around our towns. Please encourage your child to share with the Rivendell community.

Video clips from the Visions Program

Students from the Thayer School of Engineering are working with Rivendell Visions students to get kids excited about math and science. During this trip they built towers, boats, and rockets.

The Visions program at Westshire is meant to provide quality afterschool enrichment activities for Kindergarteners- 6th graders.

The after school time begins with attendance, a healthy snack, and we talk about what the kids have to look forward to for the day. Every day, we separate in to groups for our Homework Cafe and reading time for an hour or so. The Kindergarteners working on their letters and number along with hands on bulding with legos and assorted games. The first graders work usually on their math skills homework and get assistance with their reading skills with our visiting Dartmouth College students- who come daily- along with our dedicated staff members. Second graders thru fifth graders visit the school library and work on their homework and a required 20 minutes of reading while there. We all gather together after Homework Cafe time for our planned monthy activities time, all subjects are covered (P.E., art, community service, social studies, science, music, dance, reading, math, etc.). The Westshire setting is small and family-like. We work together to accomplish many things. We like to display our arts and crafts for everyone who visits our school to see and appreciate.

The Visions program runs year round, except for on school vacations (ask about our summer program), Monday-Wednesday from 3-5:45pm, and on Thursday from 1:45-5:45pm . We have different enrichment activities every day and because of the small setting, we are able to plan monthly themes. Some students come once or twice a week, and some come everyday. The Visions coordinator works hard to enlist community members, teachers, and highschool students to present and their special areas of interest, talent, and expertice to share with the students.

Some of the activities that students have enjoyed at the Westshire Visions After School program are; outdoor nature walks, gym games, open art studio, bingo night, cooking projects, scrapbooking, jewelry making, local town library visits, fitness workshops, pot luck dinners with parents, and much more! When possible, we bring students into the community to learn first hand about jobs and activities around the area.

The Visions program offers wonderful opportunities for students to grow and learn about so many different things. It provides homework, reading, and social help to students, and assists many families with afterschool supervision. We are very fortunate that we are able to offer these opportunities for the children of our town.

For more information please contact Nicole Randall , Visions Program Director at 802-333-4668