RVCS Board of Trustees
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Executive Commitee
Trustee


Lainie Ives is the Elementary Engineering Specialist at RVCS. Lainie believes that science and engineering concepts are best taught through engaging, hands-on experiences. Lainie strives to instill in her students a sense of wonder and appreciation for the natural world and a desire to care for it.
Lainie completed a year-long teaching internship at The American School in Switzerland, and has taught elementary and middle school science in Massachusetts and Missouri. In addition, she spent twelve years writing middle and high school science textbooks and curriculum and conducting science teacher training workshops throughout the United States.
Lainie holds a bachelor’s degree from Gordon College and has completed graduate coursework in science education through Wheelock College, Lesley University, Cornell University, and Washington University in St Louis.