Transitions can be a challenging part of life. At Rivers, we understand the importance of finishing one stage in a student’s educational journey and purpose...

In the past year, the number of teens who vaped increased dramatically: over 17% of eighth graders and 37% of high school seniors reported vaping in the past...

Thanksgiving is good for your health. The meal may leave us momentarily satisfied, but compelling research shows that giving thanks provides a long-term boos...

Growing up is an adventure with no predetermined final destination. There’s no one right way to travel through life—so it can be inspiring and instructive to...

Last Friday, I spoke to a group of Middle School parents about how to help students “work smarter, not harder.” At Rivers Middle School, we don’t just focus ...

Tonight, my third grader waged battle with a math practice test. At first, she circled around it, reluctant to engage. When she finally attacked the problems...

Did you know that the average four-year-old asks 73 questions each day? My son recently turned five, and that statistic frankly seems a little low to me. He...

Throughout this summer, I had the opportunity to work with Dr. David Chung and learn about both the intricacies of pediatrics and the research process. Dr. C...

I started my internship at the Surgical Planning Lab at Brigham and Women’s Hospital with very little background knowledge. I had taken a year long computer ...

The Lab of Medical Imaging and Computation (LMIC) at the Massachusetts General Hospital is a collaboration between MGH and Harvard Medical School. It uses i...

My time at Amazon Robotics began with a day of intros, an orientation, and a pizza party. Upon our arrival, we were greeted by our managers and spent the mor...

This summer, I had the opportunity to work at the Lab of Medical Imaging and Computation at Massachusetts General Hospital. The LMIC specializes in using mac...

This summer I had the opportunity to work in the applications lab at Bruker Scientific. Bruker is a company that specializes in the manufacturing of mass spe...

Over the past three and a half weeks, I have had the honor to work at Bluebird Bio in Cambridge. I was an intern for Bluebird’s Sniper department in Oncology...

As soon as I arrived at Amazon Robotics, I was welcomed by everyone in the office. I was given a tour of the entire facility which was followed up with a piz...

I would like to thank Mr. Schlenker, Jeff Walsh, Amelia Thomas, and all of the other birds for providing me with the opportunity to take part in an internshi...

Hi everyone! My name is Kate Eselius and I have been extremely lucky to intern with Dr. Stein in the Orthopedic Surgery Department at the Boston Medical Cent...

This summer, I have been given the wonderful opportunity to intern at Beth Israel Deaconess HealthCare in Wayland with Dr. Deborah Riester. Dr. Riester is a ...

This summer, I had the opportunity to spend time at Newton Wellesley Orthopedics. I had an amazing experience and I want to thank Dr. Snyder, and the staff a...

I began my work at Jackpine by going through their site and getting used to how it worked, reading 101 Powerpoints, etc... I discovered very early on that th...