ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017

Dear Riverstone Community,

The mission of Riverstone International School is to inspire courageous journeys of academic and personal exploration that enable students to lead purposeful lives.

As Trustees, the School’s mission statement is the compass we use to evaluate strategies with the goal of ensuring the School’s long-term sustainability. Our mission is also the bond that ties our community together; it is the shared vision we have of providing the best education possible for our students.

The 2016-17 school year was filled with important moments in the history of Riverstone International School. From preschool through high school, our students thrived. The results of a Riverstone education were visible in the Primary Years Programme Expositions, Gr 5 Exhibition, Gr 10 Personal Project Exhibition, and Meet the Seniors. Our students outperformed their peers around the world using international benchmarking assessments, and our Diploma Programme pass rates continued to outpace the local, national, and international averages.

Our graduates were accepted into top colleges and universities around the world, many with merit scholarships to the school of their choice. They pursue the next steps in their journeys with a solid academic foundation and strength of character developed by supportive teachers, challenging opportunities inside and outside of the classroom, and a global perspective cultivated by conversations with classmates from around the world.

Additionally, the Malone Family Foundation honored us with their second $1 million gift to our endowment fund. With four Malone Scholars having graduated from the school, and five scholars currently enrolled, the Malone Family Foundation has increased the diversity of perspective in our community while providing individuals opportunities they might not otherwise have. Their generosity has been life-changing for our scholars and School.

Our first new building in seven years was opened in January 2017. Our strong financial standing, in part thanks to everyone who supported our endowment campaign, made replacing aging portables with improved classrooms and laboratories a reality. This building is the first phase of a new Middle and High School building. As Trustees, we are evaluating the timing for this next big step in Riverstone history.

Bringing our mission to life requires the commitment, energy, and passion of many. Your gifts make a difference—every day—for every student at Riverstone. As a private school, we do not receive federal or state funding; we rely on tuition, grants, and the generosity of our community to fund the education we provide.

In our Annual Report, we gratefully recognize the generosity of spirit and gifts from parents, staff, students, grandparents, alumni, friends, and granting organizations who enable us to offer this unique educational experience.

Best wishes for an inspired journey,

Mark Liebich Chairman, Board of Trustees 2016-2017

AN INSPIRED JOURNEY

Dear Riverstone Community,

In the fall of 2017, we open our doors for the 20th time. We owe a great deal to the founding families who wanted to create a school with an educational philosophy that laid the foundation for our current Five Pillars. They wanted to raise the bar on education in the Treasure Valley. Their vision, their dedication, and their risk-taking is what we celebrate. As it says on our alumni and faculty shirts, “Where you’re from is who you are.”

Hidden Springs Community School opened in Hidden Springs in 1997, and moved to our current location in the summer of 2000, the year my son started first grade. The name was changed to RiverStone Community School that same year. In 2006, the school name changed once more to Riverstone International School, a reflection of our commitment to offering an international education right here in Boise, Idaho.

The Kennedy Gymnasium sits in the former site of what certainly was one of the most dangerous playgrounds anywhere: an old, metal slide sat next to an abandoned car. Luckily, it was surrounded by a sharp barbed wire fence protecting an RV storage lot. Despite the campus appearance, we all enrolled our children for the faculty and the education that was offered here, and while our facilities are so much better now, the support of our community and commitment of our staff remain the keys to our success.

What our founders valued is what we still value today; inspiring journeys in an academically rigorous environment, with small classrooms that focus on discussion, presentation, and application, and where each student is known and loved. I am sure the founding parents and staff would be very proud to know that we are one of the highest ranked schools in the country, and by far, the best in Idaho.

I must say thank you to the Riverstone community for your support the past few years; it will be long remembered in the history of our school.

Our 2016-2017 Annual Fund, led by Rachel and Michael Bergmann, had high levels of participation and raised much needed funds that we put to use immediately in our operating budget. The Annual Auction, led by Kris Ball and held at JUMP for the first time, was a night of celebration, while raising funds for operating expenses and the arts. The Parents’ Association, led by Natalie Geffros and her team of parents, made sure our community remained cohesive and strong. Under the leadership of Kurt and Treacy Liebich, we raised an endowment substantial enough to secure the Malone Family Foundation grant. As a result, we now have almost $4 million in our endowment fund. We secured a partner to achieve one of our long-term goal of building a residential facility - ensuring that we would have a vibrant international community at our school. We opened Riverstone House in the fall of 2016. Because of our improved financial position, we were able to build and open Phase 1, the science and music wing of our new Middle and High School.

All of these vital endeavors involved the support of so many people: families, students, staff, grandparents, alumni, friends, and granting organizations. The vision that began in 1997 continues to shine bright as a result of your generosity.

I can’t thank you enough for your role in creating this very special place that offers a world class education, with world class faculty and world class facilities, that brings the world to Boise.

With gratitude,

Bob Carignan Head of School

REFLECTIONS

The pathways through which our students explore during their journeys are created by our Five Pillars.

Whether a student is in Preschool or soon to graduate, our Five Pillars provide developmentally appropriate challenges and opportunities for academic and personal growth and learning. The sum of these opportunities becomes the springboard for our students to take the next step in their journeys.

Your gifts ensure that Riverstone continues to offer unique opportunities tied to our Five Pillars. For example, transportation for field trips, guest speakers, service opportunities, art supplies, outdoor equipment, music and drama performances all benefit from your support and directly impact the Riverstone student experience.

Our Five Pillars are: • Academic Excellence • Community and Service • Leadership by Example • International Understanding • Outdoor Education

During the development of the 2014-19 Strategic Plan, the School’s mission was refined to simplify and better capture the essence of “Why Riverstone?”

The mission of Riverstone International School is to inspire courageous journeys of academic and personal exploration that

enable students to lead purposeful lives.

OUR MISSION

OUR FIVE PILLARS

Academic Excellence

Community and Service Outdoor EducationInternational Understanding

Leadership by Example

OUR COMMUNITY

Ecuador Ethiopia Finland France Germany India Israel Italy Japan Kenya Korea Mexico Netherlands

Pakistan Peru Puerto Rico Republic of South Sudan Russia Serbia Singapore South Africa Spain

Taiwan Turkey United Kingdom Ukraine United States of America Venezuela Vietnam

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Albania Australia Bangladesh Belarus Bosnia Bulgaria Burma Cambodia Canada China Cuba Czech Republic Democratic Republic of Congo

OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLESAt Riverstone International School, students and staff are expected to adhere to our Guiding Principles in their daily actions so that they become lifelong learners. Our Guiding Principles are:

I will seek understanding. I will respect others and myself. I will take action to help my community.

These principles will help me to be:

An Inquirer Open-Minded Knowledgeable Caring A Thinker A Risk-Taker A Communicator Balanced Principled and A Reflective Learner

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE MISSIONAs Idaho’s first International Baccalaureate® World School, Riverstone International School strives to fulfill the mission of the IB organization to its fullest capacity.

The International Baccalaureate® aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.

Riverstone International School has the highest Diploma Programme pass rate for in the state of Idaho, and for the past three years, has surpassed both the United States and Global averages.

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Our students’ college acceptances are impressive and reflection of their individuality. The focus of the college counseling process is to identify “best fit” colleges for each student. Ultimately, our graduates have many great colleges and programs from which to choose as they begin the next step in their lives.

American University Arizona State University Belmont University (2)* Beloit College (2) Bennington College Bocconi University* Boise State University (4)* Boston College Boston University* Brandeis University (2) Brown University* Carroll College Central Washington University Claremont McKenna College* Clark University Colgate University College of Charleston College of the Holy Cross* Colorado College Colorado State University Concordia University – Portland Creighton University Drake University Emerson College Emory University Fairfield University Fordham University (2) Gonzaga University (3) Grinnell College* Hawaii Pacific University Hofstra University* Indiana University at Bloomington (2) Lafayette College Lake Forest College

The Class of 2017 was accepted into the following colleges and universities:

Lewis and Clark College (6) Loyola University Chicago Macalester College McGill University* Menlo College Middlebury College* Monmouth University Montana State University, Bozeman (5) Northeastern University (3) Occidental College Pace University, New York City* Princeton University* Purdue University Quinnipiac University Reed College (2) Regent’s University London Regis University (2) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhodes College Rochester Institute of Technology (2) Saint Joseph’s University Saint Mary’s College of California* Santa Clara University Seattle Pacific University Seattle University (7) Seton Hall University The College of Idaho (6) The College of Wooster The University of Alabama at Birmingham The University of Montana, Missoula The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tufts University University of British Columbia* University of Buffalo

University of California, Davis (3)* University of California, Irvine University of California, Riverside University of California, San Diego (2)* University of California, Santa Barbara (2)* University of California, Santa Cruz University of Colorado at Boulder (4) University of Denver (2) University of Idaho (4)* University of Illinois at Chicago University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2) University of Miami University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of New Hampshire at Durham (3) University of North Texas University of Portland University of Puget Sound (3) University of Rochester (4)* University of San Diego (2)* University of San Francisco (4)* University of Southern California* University of Tennessee, Knoxville University of Utah (4) University of Vermont (5)* University of Washington (3)* University of Wisconsin, Madison Villanova University Wake Forest University Wesleyan University Westminster College (5)* Whitman College (4)* Willamette University Worcester Polytechnic Institute Xavier University*

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To learn more about the International Schools’ Assessment Tests, including other schools who use the test, visit acer.edu.au/tests/isa

Writing A: Narrative; Writing B: Expository

To ensure that our students are prepared to live, work, and thrive on a global stage, Riverstone conducts international and national benchmark tests for select grades starting in grade 3. We are the only school in Idaho. The international schools that participate are considered the best in the world. We use these tests to supplement classroom assessments to provide both subjective and objective measurements of progress. The following graphs represent a sample of our standardized test results. Please visit the school website tab, Proven Success,” for more information.

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PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION Riverstone International School is a non-profit, independent school that relies on the generous support of families, friends, staff, and community organizations to supplement tuition revenue and provide support for our programs through volunteerism.

Our students and staff benefit from the time, talent, energy, and passions of the Riverstone community.

• The Parents’ Association (PA) kicked off the school year with the “BooHoo Yahoo” Coffee following Convocation on the first day of school and an Ice Cream Social later that afternoon.

• They also continued to build community by organizing the Fall Pumpkin Patch and Bake Sale, Variety Show Pizza Dinner, and Meet the Seniors events. Due to weather and thanks to the quick thinking of the 2016-17 PA members, our Fall Carnival became our Spring Carnival and the Fall Bingo Night event became a new tradition to kick off the semester together.

• Our parents volunteer as PA officers, room parents, fundraising committee members, classroom assistants, field trip chaperones, subject area experts, coaches, and more.

• The Merci Lunch program continues to flourish, bringing smiles to the staff on “Merci Lunch Day” each month. In addition to delicious internationally-themed lunches and treats, our parents encouraged our students to write notes to the teachers that gave them the opportunity to show their appreciation as well.

A giant thank you to the PA leadership team and all our parents for their dedication to the school throughout each school year.

★ President: Natalie Geffros ★ Vice President: Amy Bava ★ Co-Secretary: Heather Dermott ★ Co-Secretary: Kim Liebich ★ Treasurer: Melanie Ernst ★ Elementary School Representative: Lelei Coyle ★ Middle School Representative: Rachel Bergmann ★ High School Representative: Nimi Sandhu ★ Merci Coordinator: Tabatha Simmonds

ANNUAL FUND 2016-17 WHERE THE JOURNEY BEGINS

Annual Fund gifts sustain every single aspect of the unique educational experience at Riverstone and support the school as a whole. The funds raised during the Annual Fund campaign are used during the school year for immediate impact.

The 2016-17 Annual Fund campaign received over $130,000 in gifts. We also reached 89% participation from parents, staff, and trustees.

The Confluence: $10,000-$14,999 Don and Marcia Liebich❊ Kurt and Treacy Liebich

The Channel: $5,000-$9,999 Stephen and Kimberly Fall

The Tributaries: $2,500-$4,999 Christopher and Lelei Coyle Travis and Susan Kemp Hideki and Sumiko Gomi

The Headwaters: $1,000-$2,499 Kafia Abbasi and Amir Majeed The Ball Family Philip and Elizabeth Bartlett Brian and Amy Bava Erstad Architects Tony and Caren DeAngelis The DeBoer Family Define Media Group The Dermott Family The Dugue Family The Duncan Family The Fuller Family The Goltry Family Nathan and Sarah Green Michael and Amy Gustavel The Hanson-Kaplan Family The Huntsman Family Mark and Kim Liebich Thomas Mahoney and Valerie Holst Steve McClure❊ Micron Technology, Inc. Steve Miller and Sarah Hirsch The Najman Family Mark and Melissa Nielsen The O’Leary/McGill Family

The Headwaters: $1,000-$2,499 continued The Paul Family Scott and Sue Pierson Leslie Preston and Ross Lamm Ceredig and Hannah Roberts Adam and Kara Saperston Ron and Corlis Schellberg The Schulze Family Ben Schwartzman and Nimi Sandhu The Shields Family Richard and Kari Stokes The Warkentin Family The Yang Family

The Source: Up to $999 The Adamns Family The Adamson Family Dan and Gretchen Arguedas The Ballek Family The Bean Family Shawn and Juliana Benner The Bennett Family Steve Yano and Amy Benson The Bergmann Family Kevin and Jessie Berner The Bied Family Dan Bixby The Blaiser Family Junior Boji ✪ The Boudwin Family The Bowen Family The Brioso Family Ben and Natalie Brock Damon and Kay Lynn Brown The Bu Family The Buckley Family Pete and Michelle Burton Kayla Butler Jilin Cao Clare Carey ✪ Catherine Carignan ❖ Jackson Carignan ❖

The Source: Up to $999 continued Robert and Laurel Carignan ☆ Marc and Lauren Chasin The Chawla Family Runyang Chen The Chimenton Family Andrea Cilento and Francesca Gottifredi Linda Clark-Santos Doug and Susan Cole The Coleman Family Amy Cooper and Seth Price John and Amanda Corddry The Creighton Family Kimberly Cruser-Scott Joy Daseco DA Davidson & Co. Abigail and Joshua Davis ✪ Brent Davy The DeCock Family Jane Donnellan Tami Dougherty The Earl Family The Ebbers Family Lance and Theresa Eckersell The Eidson Family Thong Anh Ens The Ernst Family The Eshbaugh Family Amber and Arturo Espinoza Don and Kristina Evans The Fernandes Family Kerry Fitzharris Janice Flynn Anurag Fnu The Frey Family The Frizzell Family Greg and Mindy Gaddis Andres Garcia ✪ Michael and Marilou Gibson

Our high level of participation is reflected in every grant application we write and reinforces to granting organizations that we have a history of strong community support.

We are grateful to the leadership of Rachel and Michael Bergmann, and their committee who generously volunteered their time, energy and creativity to bring the campaign to life. Thank you to our donors for supporting our students; every contribution makes a difference.

The Source: Up to $999 continued Kathleen and Terry Gilton ☆ The Glover Family Ana Sofia Leon Gonzalez Linda Goolden The Greene Family James and Sarah Griffin The Gude Family James and Billy Hamilton-Vail Zhaobo Han Emily Harris The Hayes Family The Hefner Family Daniel and Barbara Henderson Summer Henson-Conger The Hession/Kegelman Family The Horan Family Scott Hurt and Michele Drolet The Iannaccone Family The Jalichandra Family Leah James The Jeune Family Zibo Jia Andrew and Evelyn Johnson John and Dorothy Johnson❊ Scott Johnson The Karcher Family Jane Kaserman The Kates Family Yu Ke ✪ Greg and Kristen Koenig The Kolo Family Anton Kuzmin ✪ Roy and Sharon Ledesma The Lee Family Lan Lin ✪ Meichun Lin William and Cindy Lindner Trevor Lindsay and Emily McClure Elizabeth Linville The Little Family Rhett T Locke Matthew and Suzanne Long The Loria Family Seme Longoro and Christine Seme The Macpherson Family Greg and Jewelle Mapes The Marthens Family Ted and Jackie Maybach Craig and Ceris McGowan

ANNUAL FUND WHERE THE JOURNEY BEGINS CONTINUED

✪ Student ❖ Alumni ☆ Parents of alumni who no longer have children attending Riverstone ❊ Grandparent wMatching Grant Donor

The Source: Up to $999 continued Brian Meier and Kelly McKenna Jeff Menzner and Dawn King-Menzner The Miller Family Greg and Tina Morgan Jennie Moyett-Figueroa Dejan and Michelle Nenov The Ness Family The Palmer Family Mark and Brooke Parent The Parks Family The Payvar Family Ler Lah and Thaw Thaw Pe John and Teresa Pedersen The Perez-Cahill Family John and Jill Perl The Phillips Family J.Dean and Marte Pierson ❊ Holly Ponath and Raino Zoller Jeff and Rachel Pusch ☆ Melinda Quick ❖ Murali and Pragnyaa Ranganathan Matthew and Charissa Rausch The Rericha Family ☆ Kevin and Jamie Richmond Kate Riede The Ring Family Julia Robison The Roeser Family James and Donna Rorer Jeff and Tara Russell The Sadiki Family The Schmitt Family ☆ Timothy and Simone Scovell The Seniw Family Michael and Tricia Shaughnessy The Sheil Family Mary Simon The Simpson Family The Slaton Family Bruce and Ardie Smackey ❊ Jennifer Smackey Tiffany Smith Charles and Connie Snodgrass The Sobelman Family Qianyi Song ✪ Arald Sopoti ❖ Wayne and Karen Starling

The Source: Up to $999 continued Mark and Kathie Stilinovich The Stone-Jones Family The Stubbs Family Steve and Susan Tabb ☆ Koji and Yoko Takagi The Tamura Family The Tang Family JiaNing Tang Rachel Taylor and Brian O’Neill Henry Thompson and Teri Cottingham Tim and Kristin Thornton Britt Thorpe Alexander and Nicole Legacé Toeldte ☆ The Treadwell Family Aleyna Turgut ✪ Josh Udesen and Amy Ambrosier The Uhlenbrock Family Carlos and Ilse Vallejos Scott and Tammy Van De Graaff The Wachtell Family The Waite Family Justin and Stacey Walker D. Wallace The Wallace Family Libo Wang and Yunfei Gao The Webster Family The Wei Family The Whitley Family The Whitman Family Jami Whitmer Carrissa Wijaya ✪ The Wilder Family Robert and Michelle Wilkin Tracey Willnerd James Wolf and Dinu Mistry-Wolf Karen Woodhead ☆ Evan and Julie Worthington The Wozniak Family Peiheng Wu ✪ Bing Xu and Qiu Xia Shaomeng Xu ✪ The Yanke Family Mark Zaleski and Rebecca Hockaday Chenglian Zhang Vincent Zhang and Rouyi Teng Chang Zhang ✪ Weifeng Zhou ✪ Xiaochen Zhu ✪

The Annual Report covers the fiscal year July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017. We have made every effort to ensure that all information is correct. If any errors or omissions are noted, we offer our apologies and ask that

you notify Kathleen Gilton, Director of Marketing and Communications.

ANNUAL AUCTION 2017 MAD HATTERS BALL

It was a delightfully maddening night at the 2017 Annual Auction! The Mad Hatters Ball brought our community together over cakes and teas and crazy hats. Under the leadership of Kris Ball, the Auction Committee hosted an incredible evening that kept our bidding paddles and pinkies up. We are grateful for the parents who so kindly donated many hours of their time and talent on the school’s behalf.

When the party was over, the net proceeds totaled over $144,800 with nearly $60,000 dedicated to the Fund A Need. This year’s Fund A Need supported improvements to our arts

and music programs. New technologies, materials and equipment offered more individual opportunity to utilize these tools and instruments rather than students sharing them. Our impressive arts curriculum was given further room to grow and develop. The school saw an increase in the opportunity to celebrate our students and the arts while teachers became more efficient by having what they needed in hand.

The following list identifies our event sponsors and Fund A Need donors. We thank everyone who donated towards complimentary tickets for our staff, as well as all of our generous donors and purchasers of silent, live, and dessert auction items, who were acknowledged in our auction catalog and newsletters.

Our Sponsors

Thank you to the Corddry Family, DOC (Direct Orthopedic Care), Erstad Architects, the Glory family, Petra Construction, and the Simmonds Family for your sponsorships!

The Watershed: $15,000+ Scott and Karen Peterson

The Channel: $5,000-$9,999 Shane and Kris Ball Christopher and Lelei Coyle Stephen and Kimberly Fall Terry and Kathleen Gilton Brian and Tori Goltry Kurt and Treacy Liebich

The Tributaries: $2,500-$4,999 Erstad Architects Chris and Natalie Geffros T.J. and Susie Kemp Steve Miller and Sarah Hirsch Mark and Kim Liebich Saeed and Amy Payvar John and Jill Perl

The Tributaries: $2,500-$4,999 continued Petra, Inc. Trevor and Heather Schulze Ben Schwartzman and Nimi Sandhu Marshall and Tabatha Simmonds Fred and Heather Webster

The Headwaters: $1,000-$2,499 Blu and Liza Atwood Brian and Amy Bava Michael and Rachel Bergmann Bob and Laurel Carignan ☆ Andrea Cilento and Francesca Gottifredi John and Amanda Corddry Ross and Heather Dermott Doug and Michele Ebbers Theresa Eckersell Andy Erstad ☆

The Headwaters: $1,000-$2,499 CONTINUED Greg and Mindy Gaddis Lars and Anke Heineck Trevor Lindsay and Emily McClure Dejan and Michelle Nenov Scott and Sue Pierson Ken Rizvi and Joanna Whitley Ceredig and Hannah Roberts Mark Robinson and Heidi Huntsman Sirma USA, Inc. The Smith Family Dick and Kari Stokes Peter and Debbie Wachtell

The Source: Up to $999 Gretchen and Dan Arguedas The Bader-Hellstrom Family

The Source: Up to $999 continued Shane and Kris Ball Philip and Elizabeth Bartlett Joe Baxter and Cindy Sikkema Michael and Rachel Bergmann Kevin and Jessie Berner William and Wendy Binegar Dan Bixby Mark and Kristina Blaiser Boise Physicians Group Omar Brioso and Carolina Josar Damon and Kay Lynn Brown Kevin Cahill and Danae Perez-Cahill Caldwell Transportation Bobby Chawla and Mimi Sayson Linda Clark-Santos Doug and Susan Cole Jeff and Samantha Cole Christine Corbin Kimberly Cruser-Scott Brent Davey Stu and Julia Davis Tony and Caren DeAngelis Scott and Jennifer DeBoer Robert Dowell and Jenny Figueroa Moyett Juan Carlos and Amy Duque The Ens Family Christopher and Karen Eshbaugh Arturo and Amber Espinoza The Falk Family The Fernandez Family Kerry Fitzharris Matthew and Janice Flynn Michael and Marie-Anne Glover Hideki and Sumiko Gomi Greater Giving Events Mike and Tami Greene Michael and Amy Gustavel Dena Hayes The Henderson Family Scott Hurt and Michele Drolet Jeff and Mary Iannaccone

The Annual Report covers the fiscal year July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017. We have made every effort to ensure that all information is correct. If any errors or omissions are noted, we offer our apologies and ask that you notify Kathleen Gilton, Director of Marketing, Communications,

and Human Resources.

ANNUAL AUCTION MAD HATTERS BALL CONTINUED

✪ Student ❖ Alumni ☆ Parents of alumni who no longer have children attending Riverstone ❊ Grandparent wMatching Grant Donor

The Source: Up to $999 continued The James Family Andy and Evelyn Johnson Adam Kaplan and Stephanie Hanson Jane Kaserman Greg and Kristen Koenig Roy and Sharon Ledesma William and Cindy Lindner Tim and Sonja Locke Scott and Kelley Macpherson Thomas Mahoney and Valerie Holst Elliott and Chasun Mark Cale and Katie Marthens Ted and Jackie Maybach Jeff Menzner and Dawn King-Menzner Amanda Micheletty Micron Foundation Natalie Miller The Morgan Family The Myron Family Mark and Melissa Nielsen Drew and Christine Nienstedt Patrick O’Leary and Jen McGill O’Leary Brian O’Neill and Rachel Taylor Jay and Sandy Parks Carl and Christine Phillips Seth Price and Amy Cooper Jim Puckett and Ann Wozniak Jeff and Rachel Pusch ☆ Melinda Quick ❖ Robert Ring and Cindy Sikkema Jeff and Tara Russell Anselme Sadiki and Amy Byron-Sadiki Hannah Mae Schaeffer ❖ Tim and Simone Scovell Michael and Tricia Shaughnessy Antony and Raquel Sheil The Shuster Family Randy and Meg Simon Ronnie Smith and Sunniva Hoff George Sobelman and Maria Restrepo Mark and Kathie Stilinovich Leslie Stubbs and Lisa Shultz

The Source: Up to $999 continued Steve and Susan Tabb ☆ Henry Thompson and Teri Cottingham Dan Thurber and Brooke Linville Allen Traylor and Jenn Schmutzler Jeff and Angela Treadwell The Triplett Family The Uebelacker Family Ilse Vallejos Anita Waggoner Rich Wallace and Janice Clark-Wallace The Wang Family The Werhner Family The Wolf Family

Thank you to our May 2017 Idaho Gives supporters!

Up to $249 Caren and Tony DeAngelis Gown Dhandapani Dana and Jordan Gross Emily Harris Jill and John Perl Scott and Karen Peterson Patricia and Mike Shaughnessy Leslie Stubbs

$250 - $500 Robert A. Paul Dorothy and Bill Rericha

Idaho Gives

FUND-A-NEEDThe 2017 Fund A Need was focused on the arts. We raised nearly $60,000 at the Auction and in the weeks following! We followed the guidance of the teachers on how to invest your gifts in ways that would improve both the student and teaching experience in the arts.

The following is a partial list of the improvements we were able to make thanks to your generosity:

• New Elementary School music curriculum • Tubano drum sets and xylophones • Digital keyboards, cajons, and requinto • Art and design workstation with storage • Purpose-built art tables in the Middle and High School and rolling custom-built art tables with built-in

file storage in the Elementary School • Student portfolio storage and supply storage cabinetry • Wireless microphones, microphone stands, speakers, and amplifiers • 10 Sibelius licenses for MYP and DP music: an industry standard professional music notation software

allowing students to create high-quality printed scores. • 20 Logic Pro licenses for MYP and DP music: an industry standard professional music production

software allowing students to edit, manage and produce high quality recordings and electronic music tracks.

• Music stand storage and instrument storage

“My students have been able to work with and develop their skills using industry-standard music technology in both live and recording situations. Now, each student in my courses has the opportunity to engage on a daily basis with music technology."

-Damon Brown, DP Music and MYP Coordinator

$1,000,000 Malone Family Foundation

Navigator Chris and Lelei Coyle The Goltry Family Nathan and Sarah Green Kurt and Treacy Liebich

Guide Marjorie Perl Ceredig and Hannah Roberts

Pathfinder Chevron Corporation The Schulze Family Alexander Toeldte and Nicole Legacé Toeldte

OUR ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN NAVIGATING FORWARD

In January 2015, Riverstone International School embarked upon a two-year campaign to build an endowment called “Navigating Forward.” Led by Campaign Co-Chairs, Kurt and Treacy Liebich, the need for this essential campaign was identified as a priority during strategic planning.

The Riverstone International School Endowment is comprised of three elements:

• The Fund for Excellence • The Fund for Capital Improvement • The Malone Family Foundation Fund

Fund for Excellence Support of the Fund for Excellence will provide funding to ensure excellence and continual improvement of our students’ educational experience:

• Advance the vision and initiatives presented in strategic planning; • Enhance faculty development and compensation; • Strengthen the programs that the school offers; • Improve access for more students to attend Riverstone International School, including the J.A. and Kathryn

Albertson Foundation Scholarship and the Alexandra Frizzell Memorial Scholarship for Refugees.

Fund for Capitol Improvements Support of the Fund for Capital Improvement will enable the school to thoughtfully address facilities’ needs and improvements that are supported in strategic planning. Malone Family Foundation Fund By establishing and funding the Riverstone Endowment, the school secured the second $1 million gift from the Malone Family Foundation, totaling $2 million.

In the future, we will provide yearly updates specific to the endowment in the Annual Report. We are incredibly grateful for the generous support of all of our donors. Listed below are donors who contributed to the endowment fund during the 2016-2017 school year.

Explorer Bob and Laurel Carignan

Trekker Lydia and Marty Baird E. Barrett Claire and Michael Carey Cynthia and Mark Coffman L. Fischbach S. Floyd Kathleen and Terry Gilton D. Hix Andy Johnson D. Morgan The Marchant Family

Trekker continued The Peterson Family The Ponath/Zoller Family Scott and Sue Pierson Rachel and Jeff Pusch Tracey Sauerwein Karen and Wayne Starling The Uhlenbrock Family T. Wilcox

In memory of lance eckersell

We are grateful for the gifts made in honor of one of our beloved community members, Lance Eckersell. May Lance’s memory and super-hero spirit continue to inspire our students well into the future!

MALONE FAMILY FOUNDATIONThe Malone Family Foundation was founded in 1997 by Dr. John C. Malone, a well-known communications and media executive and investor, and his family, with one principal objective: to improve access to a quality education — particularly at the secondary school level — for extraordinary students who lack the financial resources to best develop their talents.

In May 2012, Riverstone International School was selected by the Malone Family Foundation to fund scholarships for students who show enthusiasm and motivation for academic excellence and whose families demonstrate financial need. The Foundation has established these scholarships to provide an opportunity for students to reap the benefits of attending a private independent school who may not otherwise have the opportunity to do so.

In June 2016, the Malone Family Foundation gifted $1 million to the Riverstone endowment, after the fund had been successfully seeded by generous gifts from the Riverstone community. In June 2017, the Foundation granted another $1 million to the Riverstone endowment, totaling $2 million.

Riverstone is honored to be the only school in Idaho — and one of only 50 in the country — to have been chosen as a Malone Family Foundation School.

We are grateful to the Malone Family Foundation for their confidence in our school and support of these wonderful students.

"My experience at Riverstone has been one-of-a-kind: hiking in the Sawtooths, discovering my love of music, and making friendships that I know will last me for the rest of my life. I have grown into an entirely different and more confident person while I've gone to school here. And none of that would have been possible without the Malone Family Foundation Scholarship."

-A (Class of 2017)

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20schools in u.s.

with pyp-myp-dp

351students in

2016-17

14acre

campus

10athletic

teams

RIVERSTONE BY THE NUMBERS

5 5 2 1 WA R M S P R I N G S AV E N U E B O I S E , I D 8 3 7 1 6 U S A

I N C

27dp courses

offered

30percent receive

financial aid

421OUTDOOR TRIPS

SINCE 2004