News
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River Woods Receives "Exemplary" Status by Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
ISBE’s summative designations measure progress in academic, school quality, and student success. “Exemplary” schools perform in the top 10 percent of schools statewide with no underperforming student groups.
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Learn more about our Social-Emotional Learning SEL Standards and Curriculum
At River Woods School, we help children develop academic and social-emotional skills as we focus on the whole child. Click on the heading to find out more about our SEL Program.
Spotlight News
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River Woods School Spirit Wear
Orders are ongoing and include shirts, jackets, sweats, hats, and more for students, staff, and parents
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Self-Directed Learners
• Initiates, prioritizes, and evaluates achievable goals
• Seeks continuous learning opportunities
• Manages multiple tasks and life demands
• Takes responsibility for all choices
• Demonstrates positive choices for physical, social, spiritual, and emotional health
• Maintains a positive outlook
Skills: Independence, Accountability, Organization, Wellness
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Collaborative Workers
• Works within diverse groups to achieve a common goal
• Monitors and manages own role and behavior as a group member
• Offers and accepts constructive criticism
• Demonstrates consideration and respect for self and others
Skills: Teamwork
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Complex Thinkers
• Selects, applies, and reflects upon the processes to solve problems
• Accesses, evaluates, integrates, and cites information from primary and secondary resources
• Receives and expresses knowledge through spoken, written, visual, and tactile language
• Perceives, creates, and respects aesthetic meaning of behavioral, natural, and artistic expression
Skills: Research, Communication, Aesthetic Appreciation, Critical Thinking
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Quality Producers
• Creates products to achieve an authentic purpose
• Constructs products appropriate for audience and context
• Designs and develops products/presentations that reflect integrity, confidence, objectivity, and craftsmanship
• Uses relevant computer technology wisely, ethically, and efficiently
Skills: Presentation, Technology
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Community Contributors
• Explores individual and societal connections which impact communities of all sizes
• Develops respect for self and empathy for those of diverse abilities, cultures, and beliefs
• Plans and takes action for creating community in a variety of settings
• Exercises the rights and responsibilities of citizenship
Skills: Global Awareness, Acceptance of Self and Others
Upcoming Events
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Monday
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Board of Education
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December 18, 2023
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM SFCP Meeting
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7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Board of Education
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December 22, 2023
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December 25, 2023
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December 26, 2023
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Top 10% of Illinois Schools - Illinois Report Card
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100% Empowering Students
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22 Different languages spoken by our families
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120 Dual Language Students
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2 Teachers who were once River Woods students
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In 1987 River Woods Established