Community members attend grand opening Saturday
Following last year’s construction at Riverview School in Silver Lake, an enclosed courtyard at the school had been rendered useless.
Now, a group of National Junior Honors Society students have stepped up to the plate.
“The courtyard…is our little haven and an area which has been used over the years for numerous classroom and club events and projects,” said Julie Strasser, the school’s information technology director in an email.
Strasser said the students worked three consecutive weekends to revitalize the courtyard, replenishing it with new flowers beds, plants and restoring the pond areas.
As a reward, the school opened its doors Saturday, where they invited members of the community for coffee and lemonade, thanking them for their efforts.
“The students have been working once again, to make this a usable space for our classes,” Strasser stated. “From moving hundreds of rocks, to weeding and planting, the courtyard is slowly but surely coming together.”
In addition to the student efforts, Strasser extended thanks to the Riverview parents for their support, either through donations or encouraging their children to participate.
The article and additional photos appear in the June 10 print edition of the Westosha Report