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Riverview East High School
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Riverview East High School is one of two alternative high schools in the Michigan Model Partnership for Character Education. Riverview East first entered the Partnership as Ward-Cottrell East High School under the leadership of then-principal Matt Drake. In the fall of 2001 it moved to a new neighborhood and changed its name to Riverview East High School under the leadership of the current principal, Nina Reznich.

As one of the four comprehensive school sites, Riverview East High School is addressing five key goals:

	Promote positive school climate using the physical environment
	Provide students with opportunities to extend their sensitivity to and appreciation of diversity.
	Create an orientation program to benefit new staff and students at Riverview East.
	Promote leadership, responsibility, respect and trust among students and staff.
	Promote a positive, working relationship between the school and neighboring community.
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Accomplishments in 2001-2003:
1.	Every student received the Michigan Model character education curriculum, Managing Life in a Less-Than-Perfect World.
2.	Signs, posters, and bulletin boards depicting school spirit and students’ understanding of the character traits have been hung throughout the school that remind students and staff about the character traits, and that they are a community called Riverview East High School.
3.	Students and staff assisted the Chief of Police in conducting a Community Task Force to prevent potential problems arising from moving this alternative school into a residential neighborhood. The Task Force includes four students, two school staff, four neighbors and the Chief of Police.
4.	Students visited the African American Museum and the Holocaust Museum in Bloomfield Hills, where they participated in a discussion with a survivor. Ongoing classroom discussion continues in the context of current world situations.
5.	Students provided reading tutoring to nearby elementary school students.
6.	Students contributed leaf-raking and other assistance to elderly neighbors in the vicinity of the school.
7.	Students and staff cooperated with a local actor to perform The Wizard of Oz for nearby elementary school students.
8.	Students and staff conducted a Penny Drive to raise money for the fire department and a local domestic violence shelter.
9.	Staff members provided students with Random Acts of Kindness cards when observed to have been kind to another. A specified number of cards can be exchanged for a pin of the school’s mascot.
10.	The entire school community participated together in a commemoration of the victims of the September 11 attack.
11.	Teachers and students participated in Tango lessons with an Hispanic dance troupe, and participated in regular International Days, during which all were able to sample international foods and learn about other cultures.
12.	Presented at various community events and all East China schools about Riverview East’s alternative education program and its programs.
13.	Created a “Riverview East Survival Guide” and “Activity Guide” for new staff.
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These materials were developed under a grant awarded by the Michigan Department of Education
as part of the Michigan Model Partnership for Character Education.

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This page last updated on: 04/20/04