 | | Rivers Facts 2011-2012
469 students from 70 Massachusetts towns
6:1 student/teacher ratio
Average class size: 12 students
35 honors and Advanced Placement courses
Median SAT Reading: 650; Median SAT Math: 690; Median SAT Writing: 680; Median ACT: 28
26% of student body receives financial assistance
Rivers graduates are currently attending Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia, Princeton, Duke, Georgetown, Cornell, Davidson, Northwestern, Washington University, Wesleyan, Hamilton, Colby, Bates, Tufts, Bowdoin, Middlebury, Boston College, Johns Hopkins, Emory, Wellesley, Carnegie-Mellon, New England Conservatory of Music, and other outstanding four-year colleges and universities.
In 2011, 92 Rivers students took 186 AP exams in 17 subjects. Eighty-two percent of the grades were 4s and 5s. Ninety-eight percent were 3 and above. Of the 102 exams taken in 8 math and science subjects, eighty-five percent of the grades were 4s and 5s and fifty-eight percent were 5.
In fall 2011, six students received National Merit honors.
In September 2003, Rivers added a unique Conservatory Program to the Upper School Program.
A record 51 students received honors in the 2012 Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards competition, including ten Gold Keys, 15 Silver Keys and 26 Honorable Mentions. At the 2011 SISAL art competition Rivers students received 22 awards, including seven first-place prizes, two second-place prizes, four third-place prizes, and nine honorable mentions.
The Rivers Select 1A Jazz Combo was honored with the Best Combo award at the nationally-recognized 2011 Charles Mingus Competition at the Manhattan School of Music in New York. Bassist Elliot Berman ’11 was named Outstanding Soloist and Best Arranger at the event.
Both the Select 1A Combo and the Big Band placed second in their categories at the 2011 Berklee College of Music High School Jazz Competition. Aaron Behr ’11 received the Superior Musicianship Award while Elliot Berman ’11 and Colin Beagan ’11 earned both the Outstanding Musicianship Award and the Judges’ Award.
Twelve Upper School students have been invited to the 2012 Eastern District Festival, and 11 of those also received All-State recommendations.
During 2010-2011, 29 Rivers students were named All-Independent School League (ISL) athletes, 22 received All-League honorable mentions, and four received All-League MVP awards. Nine athletes were selected for the All-New England distinction, three were named All-State, and nine were named New England All-Star selections. Four Rivers athletes were named Boston Globe All-Scholastics.
The Rivers varsity field hockey team won the 2011 NEPSAC New England Championship and the girls' varsity basketball team won the Rivers Holiday Tournament. The Rivers football team was named 2010 ISL co-champions, finishing with an undefeated regular season (8-0) and an invitation to the NEPSAC New England Norm Walker Bowl at Gillette Stadium. The girls’ varsity basketball team won the NEPSAC 2011 Class B Tournament, with Tayra Melendez ’12 earning the MVP award. The ski team placed third in New England Tournament. Ryanne Daley ’12 held on to her titles for the second year as champion of both the Slalom and Giant Slalom events.
Each year the student-run philanthropic organization, “Rivers Givers,” raises money and distributes grants to local non-profit foundations. The group has raised and awarded $60,000 in grants in the last six years.
In November 2011, six Rivers students won Best Speaker honors at the regional debate sponsored by the New England Region of Junior Statesman of America.
At the Junior State of America’s 2011 Northeast Winter Congress in Washington D.C., Rivers students presented two of the eight winning “bills” drafted by 225 teams. Arianna Zhang ’13 received a Best Speaker award at the event.
Four Rivers students won honors at the 2011 Columbia Model UN Conference for their performances. Matt Tanner ’12 and Sam Berger ’13 won as Outstanding Delegates and Tanner Powers ’11 and Rob McLarnon ’12 won Honorable Mentions.
The literary magazine The Current was awarded “First Place” in the 2011 American Scholastic Press Association's national competition and the "Superior" designation from the National Council of Teachers of English.
In the summer of 2011, six Rivers students completed science internships at prominent research centers such as Children’s Hospital Boston and Boston University Medical Center, while three students did business internships at Boston-area investment banking and private equity start-up firms.
During winter break, 15 students spent a week in New Orleans helping the community rebuild from the lingering effects of Hurricane Katrina. During spring break 2011, 22 Rivers students travelled to Romania, India, or Costa Rica on trips that combined cultural exploration with educational endeavors. |
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