Riverbend AcademyRiverbend Academy is a K–8 school where curious minds and kind hearts grow together.Zola2026-10-14T00:00:00+00:00https://pilot.etpsites.com/atom.xmlScience Night fills the gym2026-10-14T00:00:00+00:002026-10-14T00:00:00+00:00Unknownhttps://pilot.etpsites.com/news/science-night/<p>More than two hundred family members and neighbors came to Science Night last Thursday,
and the gym has rarely been so loud.</p>
<p>Forty projects lined the walls. Grade 4 built water filters from sand, gravel and charcoal,
and tested them on samples from the river. Grade 7 showed off the weather station they
built this fall, which now posts a reading to the school’s front display every ten minutes.</p>
<p>Thank you to the Riverbend Family Association for the snacks, and to every family who came
out on a school night.</p>
Fifth graders plant forty trees by the river2026-10-02T00:00:00+00:002026-10-02T00:00:00+00:00Unknownhttps://pilot.etpsites.com/news/trees-on-the-trail/<p>Our fifth graders spent a muddy, happy morning planting forty young trees along the river
trail, working with volunteers from the county conservation district.</p>
<p>Each student adopted a tree and will measure it every season until they graduate. Ask a
fifth grader about their sycamore: they will have a lot to say.</p>
Welcome back: notes from the first week2026-08-28T00:00:00+00:002026-08-28T00:00:00+00:00Unknownhttps://pilot.etpsites.com/news/welcome-back/<p>What a first week. We welcomed thirty-four new students and their families, and every
classroom is settling into its routines.</p>
<p>Please join us in welcoming Dr. Imani Okafor, who joins the Upper School as our new science
teacher after eight years at the county water lab.</p>
<p>A reminder about mornings: the drop-off line moves fastest when children are ready to hop
out as soon as the car stops. Thank you for your patience while we all relearn the routine.</p>