Expand Your Child’s Learning Opportunities!
River Grove is a K-6, tuition-free public charter school in Marine on St. Croix, MN, just minutes north of Stillwater, MN. River Grove’s community school structure, natural surroundings, and small school environment create the ideal blend of social, developmental, and academic benefits for your child. Read our latest news here!
- Our highly educated, experienced, and enthusiastic teachers mean your kids are academically challenged and ready to succeed in their next steps
- Supportive, small school setting
- Enriched band and orchestra meets twice per week and starts in 4th grade
- Extra time at lunch and to play or explore outdoors
- Natural setting takes learning beyond the classroom
- Free busing for District 834 residents
Into the Outdoors
Children need a broad variety of learning experiences and settings. Our stunning forest campus gets students out of traditional classrooms, turning our many alternative learning spaces into a springboard for everyday curriculum.
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A Small Community School with Experienced and Dedicated Teachers
Our engaged families and community members partner with our exceptional staff to ensure students succeed academically; are supported socially, emotionally, and physically; and learn in a safe and healthy environment. [ READ MORE ]A Place Where Children Thrive
Our teacher-powered school empowers your child's educators to determine the curriculum and delivery, enabling innovative, responsive, and personalized teaching methods. Why? Because students are happier and more engaged in their own learning! [ READ MORE ]Open Enrollment for 2021-22 Begins December 1, 2020
Welcome New Students for 2021-22!
For the 2021-22 school year, prospective students may submit kindergarten through sixth-grade Pre-Enrollment Applications beginning 9:00am on Tuesday, December 1, 2020.
Those who apply during the December 1–January 29, 2021 Open Enrollment period will be placed in a Lottery, which will be held on Friday, February 5, 2021, at 10:00am.
Applications received after January 29, 2021, are added to the list for an enrollment invitation or the waiting list in the order they are received.
Please click here for more info, or click here to go directly to the Application.
Meet River Grove!
June 2021 Board of Directors Meeting
Public NoticeThe River Grove Board of Directors will be holding two meetings this Monday, June 21, 2021: At 4:30PM the Board will be holding a closed session to do the School Director’s annual performance review. At 6:00PM the Board will then hold River Grove’s regular monthly board meeting. The agenda…
Please Welcome Our New 2021-22 Teachers!
River Grove is adding two new full-time teaching positions, and a couple of our current teachers are relocating, retiring, or moving to new opportunities. We wish departing teachers RJ Walcheski, Jackie Henschen, and Erin Diedrich the very best! Here are our new teachers. Jo Heide, Fourth Grade Jo Heide graduated from…