Annual Fund
2010-2011
Special Thanks to our Corporate / Business Partners:
A.O. Smith Foundation
Badger Meter Foundation
Charter Manufacturing Co. Foundation
Johnson Controls, Inc.
Komisar, Brady & Company
Marshall & Ilsley Foundation
Natural Resource Technology, Inc.
Northwestern Mutual Foundation
PPC Foundation
Robert W. Baird & Co. Foundation
The Milwaukee Insurance Foundation, Inc.
West Bend Mutual Insurance Company
Riveredge School Programs
"Research shows that schools that use outdoor classrooms and other methods of direct-experience learning produce students with improved standardized test scores and grade-point averages and enhanced skills in problem-solving, critical thinking and decision-making."
-Richard Louv, author Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
- Awaken curiosity and motivate life long learning.
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Convey an appreciation of the natural world and a recognition of our interdependence and membership within it.
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Instill an understanding that all things are connected within Earth's systems.
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Inspire others through creativity, spontaneity and fun.
- No child left inside - our programs are primarily outside experiences.
- Excellence in environmental education grounded in 39 years of leadership in Wisconsin.
- Innovative, hands-on, inquirey-based, fun, affordable programs.
- A low student to instructor ratio.
- An ecologically diverse 380-acre outdoor classroom for program explorations.
- Access to the 437-acre Mequon nature Preserve for several programs.
See the program list!
Field Trip Policies
Program Characteristics
Riveredge's Educational Goals