River's Edge Academy
Our Vision:
River's Edge Academy educates students to become
environmentally responsible, socially conscious, and
scholastically prepared for college and active community life.

Our School:
* is a free, public, charter high school
* provides a small, personalized environment (max. 300
students)
* offers grades 9-10 in 2008 (expanding 1 grade each in
2009 and 2010)
* located close to the Mississippi River in St. Paul, MN; site
yet to be determined
* is Dept. of Education approved and meets MN state
standards

Our Students:
* connect to the community
* become global citizens
* demonstrate critical thinking skills
* become stewards for the Mississippi River system
* are representative of the area's diversity

Our Approach to Learning:
* is active, hands-on learning
* is relevant, inquiry-based projects
* relies on discovery and challenge
* is interdisciplinary
* is collaborative
* promotes character development
* includes reading and writing embedded in all classes
RIVER'S EDGE ACADEMY
Copyright 2008. All
rights reserved.
Where knowledge flows ....
Meghan Cavalier-
Director/Principal
mcavalier@riversedg
eacademy.org
651-324-6183

Learn more about charter
schools in Minnesota at
www.mncharterschools.org

Discover more about
Expeditionary Learning
Schools at
www.elschools.org/
Our sponsor - Audubon
Center of the North
Woods
www.audubon-center.org

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For more information
Come ride the Mississippi with us!
Sunday, May 18, 6:30 - 8 p.m. on the Magnolia Blossom leaving
from Watergate Marina, 2500 Crosby Farm Road, St. Paul 55108.
Free to the first 20 ninth and tenth-graders with families. Call to
reserve space at 612-284-4264 and sample River's Edge!
Directions and map below.
Hot news!
River's Edge Academy is excited to announce that
we have found a location. REA will open in the fall
at One West Water Street. The building is on the
Mississippi at the foot of the Wabasha Bridge.