2024

  • March

    Brain Beats volunteers frequently visit with hand-held instruments such as tambourines and maracas.

    In Brain Beats, One of Rivers’ Newest Clubs, Students Connect with Memory Patients Through Music

    At Rivers, students take the lead everywhere, and that is especially true of the many clubs available during club block. Each year a handful of clubs are new to Rivers, the fruits of student innovation and a successful proposal process. Ella Patti ’25 took such an avenue last year when she proposed Brain Beats, a club whose mission is to bring music to communities of elders dealing with memory issues, such as Alzheimer’s, through intergenerational music therapy. Club members meet weekly and visit a community once or twice a month.
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  • The Rivers Edge, Vol. 2 has arrived!

    Volume 2 of The Rivers Edge has hit shelves

    This year’s second issue of The Rivers Edge has hit the stands this week, just ahead of March break. Overseen by co-editors Megan Sweatt ’24 and Jason Glick ’24, along with faculty advisor Stephanie Kay ’12, the latest issue covers topics such as highlights from National Shakespeare, Mingus, and Senior Districts competitions, athletics highlights (including Rivers exhibition games played at TD Garden in January), insights into the senior speeches tradition with a spotlight on Ale Paez Peñaloza ’24, and student opinions on the advent of AI in the classroom. 
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  • January

    The Rivers delegation visited the Spanish mission to the United Nations as part of the conference.

    Rivers Model UN Tackles Crises and Diplomacy at CMUNCE conference

    Eight delegates from Rivers Model UN, along with faculty advisor Arturo Bagley and faculty member Robin Sallie, traveled to New York City last weekend to attend the CMUNCE conference at Columbia University, which ran from Thursday through Sunday. In addition to spending many hours in committee sessions as part of the conference, participants also visited the Spanish mission to the United Nations and attended symposia featuring panels and interviews with UN personnel on Columbia’s campus, taking full advantage of its proximity to the UN Headquarters in midtown Manhattan.
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  • Student Newspaper The Rivers Edge Is Here

    This year’s first issue of The Rivers Edge, Rivers’ student-run newspaper, is now in circulation. The 14-page edition includes a broad range of Rivers news: interviews with new members of the professional community (such as history faculty member Stephanie Kay ’12, who also serves as the faculty advisor for the Edge), fall sports, performing arts highlights, and more.
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