Our Legacy
The school celebrates a proud history beginning in 1884. Alumni come from St. Katharine’s School (affectionately know as St. Kit’s), St. Katharine’s – St. Mark’s School, and now Rivermont Collegiate. Throughout its evolution, the school has always encouraged its students to set high goals from themselves in character and academics. As a result, St. Kit’s founding motto"By Pureness, By Knowledge” echoes still in Rivermont’s motto, “Intellect, Character, Creativity”.
Archival History
Rivermont has begun archiving school photos, memories and achievements from alumni, former faculty, and former staff to document the magnificent history of the school. We need your help-please send any/all contributions to alumni@rvmt.org
Alumni Events
Alumni News Class of 2000's
Holbrook-Blackard Wedding
Congrats to Nate Holbrook ('04) and Amanda Blackard ('06) who were married on the beach in Malibu on June 12, 2010!
From left to right: Cassandra Wylie ('05), Amanda (Blackard) Holbrook ('06), Nate Holbrook ('04), David Sanborne ('04), Jonathan Neavor ('02), Stafford Marquardt ('04), Kalin Showers ('06), and Brandon Keszler ('03). David, Jonathan, and Stafford were the groomsmen, Brandon the best man, and Kalin one of the bridesmaids (Vidya Prabhu ['06] was to have been another, but she fell ill and couldn't make it out to California for the wedding). Also not pictured are the brothers of the bride and groom, Justin Blackard ('04) and Ned Holbrook ('96).
Danielle Bowen '03
married Alexander "Sasha" Gorbach on August 16, 2008. Danielle is continuing postgraduate studies at Iowa State.
From left to right: Cassandra Wylie '05 (maid of honor), Danielle (Bowen) Gorbach '03 (bride), David Bowen'03 (groomsman), Jenny Neff '03, Michelle Balmer '03, and Christina Balmer '04.
Cassandra Wylie '05
Cassandra graduated in June 2009, cum laude, with a BA in English Literature from Knox College, Galesburg, IL . She is currently working at the NorthPark Von Maur store in Davenport (in Customer Service), and is always happy to see Rvmt/SKSM alums drop by the service desk. Cassandra keeps up to date on Rivermont by accessing our website. She also emails us GREAT photos! Thank you Cassandra!
Maggie Claudy '00
will be attending the University of Chicago this Fall for my Master's in Urban Education. Congratulations Maggie!!
Jon Cell '00
will be attending Harvard University this Fall for his MBA. Congratulations Jon!
Christian Perfette '05
will graduate from Western Illinois University in the fall in Education.
Amanda Perfette '07
will graduate from Scott Community College in June and plans to attend Western Illinois University in the fall, majoring in Management with a minor in sociology and the ageing.
Axel Larson '06
won the University of Iowa 2008 Homecoming Scholarship for "bright, promising students who demonstrate outstanding leadership to the University of Iowa and its community." As a recipient, he rode in a Corvette in the Homecoming Parade and was presented with his scholarship check at the Iowa Game on Saturday, September 27. Axel credits Rivermont Collegiate for giving him "the confidence to explore leadership opportunities." Axel was Student Council President at RVMT, is now president of Phi Kappa Psi, Iowa Alpha chapter, and is interning with the University of Iowa Student Legal Services as he enters his junior year.
Max Rollins ‘06
has been accepted for a University of Iowa grant program studying Russian language at the University of Moscow during spring break following an intensive three week language session over the Christmas holidays. Max was born in Moscow, Russia and spent the past summer in St. Petersburg in a two month long Russian language immersion class. While at Rivermont, Max fulfilled his language requirements with Russian language studies. Max is majoring in Russian at the University of Iowa with a biology minor and plans to apply to medical school. Congratulations and Good Luck Max! Pozdravlayu ee schyastye.
Alisha Kumar '06, Vishal Parikh '04, Ramana Gorrepati '05
all participated this fall in "white coat ceremonies" as they entered medical school: Alisha at the University of Iowa, Vishal at the University of Missouri Columbia, and Ramana at Washington University at St. Louis.
Ziva Krell '02,
has recently received an appointment as a UROP Fellow at UCI for the 2005-06 academic year. Ziva received an award of $950 in support of her proposed research project "Silent Film in Vaudeville Theater". She will be presenting her research results and findings at the UCI Undergraduate Research Symposium on Saturday, May 13, 2006. Additionally she has been invited to submit a research paper for possible publication in the UCI Undergraduate Research Journal. CONGRATULATIONS ZIVA!
Jenny Neff '03,
is currently attending Augustana College. She is majoring in Education. Part of Jenny's curriculum includes teaching observation and development time within a school system. Rivermont Collegiate is thrilled to have Jenny return to the classroom as a "student teacher". Jenny has spent several weeks in our 3rd grade classroom under the supervision of Mrs. Jennifer Douglass. The student's enjoy her enthusiasm in the classroom.
We wish Jenny much success in her teaching career.