Riverpoint Academy

Riverpoint Academy is a cool STEM/entrepreneurship school. It was originally juniors only, now it's grades 9-12.

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Wed., May 16, 2018

Casey Lemon, a sophomore, holds an original design radio-controlled plane that he and other students built at Riverpoint Academy, shown Friday. Lemon has an interest in RC airplanes and motorsports, which includes a riding lawnmower on which he and a friend mounted a racing engine. The school is eagerly awaiting the delivery of an industrial grade 3-D printer it purchased with a $23,860 grant from the Hagan Foundation in early 2019.

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Students group themselves around a table at Riverpoint Academy and work on their projects in a corner of a large room where students work independently on tech, science and art projects Friday, May 11, 2018. Riverpoint is an option for high school students in the Mead School District. The school is eagerly awaiting the delivery of an industrial grade 3-D printer it purchased with a $23,860 grant from the Hagan Foundation in early 2019.

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Bella Memeo, a sophomore at Riverpoint Academy, assembles the wing of a scale model airplane she adapted from a drawing of a World War II aircraft Friday, May 11, 2018, at the tech-focused school in the Mead School District. The school recently began taking ninth- through 12-graders. The school is eagerly awaiting the delivery of an industrial grade 3-D printer it purchased with a $23,860 grant from the Hagan Foundation in early 2019.

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Emmanuil Skirda, right, a freshman, works on his laptop as his classmates do the same around a table at Riverpoint Academy on Friday, May 11, 2018. The tech-focused school provides laptops and allows each student to complete independent projects on their own. The school is eagerly awaiting the delivery of an industrial grade 3-D printer it purchased with a $23,860 grant from the Hagan Foundation in early 2019.

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Teacher John Marshall, center, consults with a student in the middle of a large room where dozens of students are working independently on projects at Riverpoint Academy, a tech-focused school in the Mead School District, Friday, May 11, 2018. The school is eagerly awaiting the delivery of an industrial grade 3-D printer it purchased with a $23,860 grant from the Hagan Foundation in early 2019.

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Dylan Messman operates an RC flight simulator to learn to fly radio controlled planes at Riverpoint Academy on Friday, May 11, 2018. Many of the projects kids choose to work on at the tech-focused school in the Mead School District are aerospace related and the simulator is an important way for kids to learn to fly.The school is eagerly awaiting the delivery of an industrial grade 3-D printer it purchased with a $23,860 grant from the Hagan Foundation in early 2019.

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In May 2018, at Riverpoint Academy, a tech and science-focused school in the Mead School District, students work on project-oriented assignments, building, creating and experimenting in various subjects. Most students work in one large room, though there are other labs and workshops for specific tasks. The school is eagerly awaiting the delivery of an industrial grade 3-D printer it purchased with a $23,860 grant from the Hagan Foundation in early 2019.

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Devin Smith, a freshman, works on a 3-D printer at Riverpoint Academy, a tech-focused school in the Mead School District, on Friday, May 11, 2018. The school is eagerly awaiting the delivery of an industrial grade 3-D printer it purchased with a $23,860 grant from the Hagan Foundation in early 2019.

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