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Riverdale by the numbers As we teach our students to think both critically and creatively, it is certain that they will have to read closely, engage in debate, ask good questions, and write persuasively. They have to understand how to use language well. But they will also have to learn the language of numbers and develop as quantitative reasoners. Students must realize that numeracy is much broader than learning multiplication tables; it is yet another way of telling stories. Numbers are present in our science labs, in our art studios, in our history classrooms, and even in our service learning programs.
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Riverdale Country School is committed to empowering lifelong learners by shaping minds, building character, and developing community in order to change
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Students representing NYC’s racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, religious and geographic diversity. There are 375 children in our Lower School, 250 in the Middle School, and 500 in our Upper School. The common denominator among all of our 1,125 students is kindness and thoughtfulness. Other than that, we have all types of children.
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unique ZIP codes represented by our student body. Approximately 65% of our students live in Manhattan, 20% in the Bronx, 10% in Westchester, and 5% from New Jersey, Brooklyn, Queens, and Connecticut (combined).
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DEPARTURE TIME FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL/UPPER SCHOOL LATE BUS On the Hill Campus, many students choose to stay after school at least several days a week to participate in our extracurricular program. Students can act in one of our productions, play on one of our athletic teams, meet with a teacher in our Writing or Math Centers, study in the library or student center, or chat with a friend.
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USED EVERY YEAR IN STUDIO ART CLASSES.
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We go through a lot of other art supplies, too, as our students take classes in painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, photography, and printmaking, just to name a few.
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AP COURSES OFFERED At Riverdale we emphasize critical and creative thinking skills. Our classes teach students how to learn and ask questions, not just to memorize facts and figures for a test. We have a long-standing commitment to interdisciplinary study and are continuing to develop courses that involve more discussion-based learning, more experiential learning, and more stimulating and meaningful learning.
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25 9 21 50 25 Partnerships with other innovative organizations, schools, and individuals including Alvin Ailey, Change Leadership Group, Character Lab, Green Schools Alliance, IDEO, KIPP NYC, Parsons, the Positive Psychology Center at UPenn, Van Cortlandt Park Conservancy, and Wave Hill. We are always looking for additional innovators to partner with for the benefit of our students, teachers, and families.
Affinity groups in the Lower, Middle, and Upper Schools. These include AAA (AsianAmerican Alliance), BSA (Black Student Alliance), GLOW (Gay, Lesbian or Whatever), SOCS (Lower School Students of Color Society), HOLA (Hispanic Organization for Latino Awareness), Middle School Change Agents, Exploring Whiteness, WINGS (a peer-to-peer mentorship program for boys of color) and FLI (a peer-to-peer mentorship program for girls of color).
“Mini courses”. Current offerings include Arabic, Coding, Contemporary Conversations in F*m*n*sm, Modern China, and Sports Psychology, as well as others.
Student assemblies per year at all three divisions. Some assemblies feature outside speakers and performers—such as guest authors and performers ranging from African drummers to Celtic and Native American dancers— while others are organized by student organizations such as the Sustainability Committee and affinity groups.
Years of the C.A.R.E. program at the Lower School. C.A.R.E. stands for Children Aware of Riverdale Ethics. The guiding principle of this program is to find positive ways to help others and resolve conflicts. The faculty, staff, and children of the Lower School all participate in C.A.R.E.
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STUDENTS STAND IN TREE POSE DURING THEIR PE CLASS
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Books in the Lower School and Middle/Upper School Libraries
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31% o f O UR ST UD EN T S ARE STUD EN TS of CO LO R
Riverdale is dedicated to creating and maintaining a community that is inclusive of all its members, and which reflects the diversity of the New York metropolitan area. We aim to raise young men and women who are truly global citizens by using our curriculum, programs, and activities to expand the minds and the worlds of our students.
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When you visit our campuses, we hope you will be struck by their physical beauty, but we also hope you will notice how much we take advantage of our location and the resources it provides. We have extensive outdoor areas on both campuses where children can play, study, read, participate in sports, paint, take photos, sculpt, or dream.
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L A N G U A G E S TA U G H T AT R I V E R D A L E We believe in the importance of teaching students to navigate their way through our global world by requiring them to study at least one world language during their Riverdale career. We offer French, Latin, Japanese, Mandarin, and Spanish. Students learn how to speak, read, write, and understand the language they study, and often participate in Riverdale exchange programs/travel tours that bring them to France, Spain, Italy, China, Japan, Peru, India, Botswana, Ireland, Australia, and other countries.
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students who participated in the inaugural year of the RCS D.E.S.I.G.N. program for 9th graders
Riverdale’s Upper School encourages students to think about and create their own stories. They do this by exploring and cultivating their academic interests but also by finding interests and activities that they enjoy doing outside of the traditional academic setting. It is important for
9th grade students to have some time to adjust to the life of the Upper School before figuring out how they will participate in the community. It’s hard to decide which activities to do when students haven’t had any time to think about what they are interested in, what they are good at, and what’s
important or relevant to them. Through a series of guided exercises that involve exploration of one’s character strengths, an introduction to design thinking, and selfreflection, the RCS D.E.S.I.G.N. program assists students in planning their journeys through the Upper School.
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5,829 11 Active alumni in Riverdale’s vast alumni network. Alumni are a vital part of any school community and provide great resources for students after graduation, including career networking, mentoring, and social engagements.
2 Teachers in each Lower School classroom, offering multiple perspectives and the chance to model teamwork for students.
Alumni currently working at Riverdale. Riverdale is proud that these alumni have returned to the school to share their experiences and wisdom with the next generation of Riverdalians.
40 “Lifers” in the Class of 2015. Students who have been at Riverdale since Pre-Kindergarten or Kindergarten proudly call themselves “lifers” upon graduation.
3 Peer mentoring programs. At the Lower School, all students participate in a Buddy Program, through which all classes are paired with another class. Eighth-grade mentors assist their sixthgrade classmates as they make the transition to the Middle School. In the Upper School, Riverdale’s Peer Assistance and Leadership Program (PAL) provides an opportunity for selected juniors and seniors to meet weekly with small groups of seventh or ninth graders for discussion and activities relating to adolescence and life at Riverdale.
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$8 .1 MILL IO N AWARD E D AN N UAL LY T H ROUGH OUR FI NAN CIAL AI D PR OGRAM
We encourage students from all socioeconomic backgrounds to join our community. Each year, roughly 20% of our students receive financial aid awards. At Riverdale, we also have an “extra� fund, which enables financial aid families to participate fully in all aspects of life at Riverdale, including athletics, community service, language trips, music lessons, and our afterschool programs.
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Delicious egg-and-cheese sandwiches made by Chef Lamont each day for hungry students, faculty, and staff.
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Character traits we aim to instill in all of our students. Our work with UPenn and KIPP has uncovered these traits as the ones exhibited by successful people; we introduce them to our Lower Schoolers and continue to encourage students to exhibit these positive behaviors as they move through the Middle and Upper Schools.
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% Amount by which Riverdale has lowered its carbon footprint in the past three years as outlined in Riverdale’s Green Bill of Rights, written by the Sustainability Committee. We plan to lower our carbon footprint by even more—50%—by 2020.
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Year the school was founded; now in its second century, Riverdale is still shaped by the commitment of its founder,
1907 Frank S. Hackett, to high academic standards, scholarly, intimate teaching, abundant play in the open, and a care for the best influences.
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Full-size athletic fields
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In addition to our three grass fields, we also have an organic artificial turf field that is used throughout the year by physical education classes as well as the football, field hockey, soccer, and lacrosse teams. Our students also have access to 8 tennis courts and an Olympic-size indoor swimming pool.
Athletic teams in 18 sports for boys and girls in the Middle and Upper Schools: Baseball, Basketball, Crew, Cross-Country, Fencing, Field Hockey, Football, Golf, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Squash, Strength and Conditioning, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Ultimate Frisbee and Volleyball. 80% of Upper School students competed in at least one Varsity or JV sport in 2013-14.
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MacBooks® and MacBook Airs® available to Lower School students in their classrooms. Five laptop carts are home to 24 computers each that can be brought to classrooms in order to integrate technology into the curriculum. Teachers work with the Lower School STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) Integrators and Technology Specialists to develop projects that help achieve the established learning goals of given units. In addition, two mobile carts of 24 iPads® each are available to fourth and fifth grade classrooms and K-3 classrooms to support early literacy.
Apple logo®, MacBook®, MacBook Airs®, and iPad® are registered trademarks of Apple Inc.
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All athletic teams and other campus organizations participate in student-run, student-organized community service efforts. For several years, the co-ed swim team has raised money for Project Morry, a summer camp program for underprivileged children.
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$66 .1 MI LL I O N I N END OWME N T
Our strong endowment provides a dedicated, stable, and sizable funding source to continue to assist in the establishment of new academic and extracurricular programs, to provide sufficient financial assistance for students, to compensate faculty at competitive levels, and to create and enhance opportunities for faculty professional development. It also provides the financial resources to accommodate unforeseen expenses and to take advantage of opportunities for educational innovation.
Estimate as of June 30, 2014
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30 Activities offered in the Lower School afterschool program, Riverclub, each semester. Some examples include robotics, cooking, rocketry, chess, mad science, drama, technology club, yoga, mixed media arts, and sports such as fencing, tennis, basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, and swimming.
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Concerts, plays, musicals, dance recitals, and film festivals feature Riverdale students each year.
Middle and Upper School students traveled abroad with a Riverdale program during the 2013-14 school year; 15 to Spain, 10 to France, 16 to Italy, 13 to Australia, 11 to Scotland, and 16 to Botswana. Rivedale also hosted 28 students from other countries: 13 from Spain and 15 from France.
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GARDEN BEDS ON THE RIVER CAMPUS, INCLUDING 6 THEMED GARDENS.
In addition to getting their hands dirty exploring the garden beds and compost bins located across the River Campus, all Lower School children participate in environmental studies classes in our newly constructed environmental lab. Led by our environmental educator, students gather natural materials on nature walks, then identify and study them in a space designed for exploration and multidisciplinary collaboration.
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University of Pennsylvania
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10 MOST FREQUENTLY ATTENDED COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES BY RECENT ALUMNI, in order:
Wesleyan University
Hamilton College
University of Pennsylvania Duke University
Cornell University
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Columbia University
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