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RIVERWEST CURRENTS SEPTEMBER 2019 ISSUE

By Vince Bushell on August 2019 in Arts & Entertainment, Comix, Commentary & Opinion, Ecology and the Environment, Music & Events, Neighbor Spotlight, News, Poetry, Politics, Riverwest Elders, Telling Our Stories, Woodland Pattern

Riverwest Currents July 2019 full edition

By Vince Bushell on July 2019 in Arts & Entertainment, Bicycling, Brady Street Beat, Business Spotlight, Comix, Commentary & Opinion, Neighbor Spotlight, Riverwest Elders

Read it here https://indd.adobe.com/view/b2034ad0-ef6c-4251-ae74-1e18617e61bd

Building confidence and empowerment:

By Melanie Lawder on June 2019 in News, Telling Our Stories

Girls on the Run teaches more than just running at Riverwest Elementary By Melanie Lawder The day is gloomy and cold. On this May afternoon at Riverwest Elementary, it doesn’t feel particularly spring-like. Rather, winter’s grasp on the day’s temperatures still feels very firm. Clouds envelop the sky, casting a grey ambiance over the day’s […]

Franklin Pierce Elementary sheds name of pro-slavery president, reinvents itself as Riverwest Elementary

By Melanie Lawder on December 2018 in News, Telling Our Stories

by Melanie Lawder For years, teachers and staff at Franklin Pierce Elementary School had pondered why their school name celebrated an anti-abolitionist president who continually bowed to pro-slavery interests in the years leading up the American Civil War. A one-term Democrat from New Hampshire, Franklin Pierce is often considered to be one of the least […]