Local Summer Art Courses - Summer at Rivermont - 1^st-8^th Grade Students

Full Scholarships Available for Low Income Students - Enroll Now!

05/29/14

Thanks to a generous grant from the Quad City Arts Arts Dollar$ program, Rivermont Collegiate is able to waive tuition for Summer at Rivermont art courses for low income students.  

For complete details, scholarship eligibility, and to enroll, visitwww.RivermontCollegiate.org or pick up an application at Rivermont Collegiate - 1821 Sunset Drive, Bettendorf, IA 52722.

Summer at Rivermont enrichment courses are open to the entire Quad City community and held on the Rivermont Collegiate campus in Bettendorf. There is a limited amount of grant money and courses will be filled on a first come, first served basis. Though Summer at Rivermont offers courses in a variety of subjects, these scholarships are only applicable to art courses.

Art courses offered include:

Digital Photo Phrenzy (4^th-8^th grade, June 30-July 3)

Mythical Clay Creatures (1^st-3^rd grade, July 7-18)

Amazing Architecture in Clay (4^th-6^th grade, July 7-18)

Screen Printing Extravaganza (3^rd-8^th grade, July 21-25)

Mural Masters (5^th-8^th grade, July 28-August 1)

These scholarships are supported with Quad City Arts Dollar$ funds, provided by Hubbell-Waterman Foundation, the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, the Doris and Victor Day Foundation, and Deere & Company.

- West Music Quad Cities is ready to rock into the summer with its 10th Annual Parking Lot Jam on Sunday, June 8 beginning at 1:00PM. Bring your lawn chairs to West Music Quad Cities for a day of cool music and hot food. This free family-friendly concert will be held rain or shine. Music lovers will be able to enjoy great live music, pose for rock star photos, and enjoy refreshments from Quad Cities Family Entertainment Center (QCFEC).  In the event of rain, the event will be held in the QCFEC party rooms.  West Music Quad Cities is located at 4305 44th Avenue in Moline, Illinois. For more information, contact Leif Rehnberg, Store Manager, at 309-764-9300 or lrehnberg@westmusic.com.

The Parking Lot Jam is a celebration of the musical partnerships between West Music Quad Cities studio teachers, local musicians, and West Music lesson students. The public will be able to see over 15 different bands as they take the stage live with their instructors. The concert highlights the musical bond that spans generations as local musicians of all ages perform together. West Music Quad Cities instructors and local musicians include Dana Starkell, Tony Carducci, Andy Cowan, Wes Weeber, Terry Hanson, Nicholas Nolte, Megan Bartlett, and Luke Hull.

This event is one of many hosted by West Music throughout the year for students, teachers, friends and the general public. This is a great opportunity for students to come together and perform for a live audience while showcasing their passion for music and their creativity. Best of all, Parking Lot Jam brings to life West Music's mission to create musical communities and to help people experience the power of making music.

Davenport Parks and Recreation is pleased to host the first Footgolf Course in the State of Iowa. This Grand opening Tournament is going to be a blast, and be the biggest party of the summer. We will take winners from many different brackets, and prizes will be given out on site. 18 holes of Footgolf will be played on the actual golf surface nine hole Red Hawk Golf Course. This event will also host a giant screen to watch the FIFA World Cup games all day and night! Concessions and Drinks will be for sale throughout.

Don't forget to wear your Footgolf attire!!! Hat, Polo, Shorts, Turf Shoes and awesome tall socks!! Awards for best dressed will accompany the tournament winners!

Resident Fee:   $10.00 per person     
Non-Resident Fee:   $10.00 per person

Date:  Saturday, 6/21/2014, 1:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Location:   Red Hawk Golf Course,
6364 Northwest Blvd Davenport IA 52806

(DES MOINES) - Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today launched EducationLeadership.Iowa.gov, a website for the second Iowa Teacher and Principal Leadership Symposium, which will be held on Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, at the FFA Enrichment Center at Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny. Featured speakers include Vivien Stewart from the Asia Society, Ee-Ling Low from the National Institute of Education in Singapore, and Barnett Berry from the Center for Teaching Quality. Also featured are Iowa's first 39 school districts to launch teacher leadership systems in 2014-15 as part of Iowa's landmark 2013 education reform package, two Iowa school districts - Central Decatur and Saydel - that started teacher leadership systems in 2013-14 with the help of a federal grant, and a student panel on the difference great teaching makes.

The event is open to the public, with the goal of attracting a broad cross section of Iowans, including educators, parents, school board members, business leaders and legislators. The website includes the agenda, speaker biographies, sponsors and information on how to register.

REGISTER NOW FOR THE IOWA TEACHER AND LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM

The purpose of the symposium is to continue the public conversation about the critical role teacher and principal leadership will play as Iowans work to give students a world-class education.

"Iowa has many exceptional teachers, and the 2013 transformational education reform elevates the profession to a higher level by recognizing how teacher leadership can improve instruction to raise student achievement," said Branstad. "We look forward to learning from those who have started to experience the teacher leadership and compensation system as well as experts from outside Iowa who are steeped in this work."  

"We want to ensure the Teacher Leadership and Compensation System is as successful as possible, and the symposium is one way to continue the dialogue and make certain our children are prepared to be competitive in a global, knowledge-based economy," added Reynolds.

Click here to register for the symposium. Registration for the day is $30, with room for about 465 attendees.

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