STEM
Science, technology, engineering, and math are popular subjects at Riverdale that carry over into arts classes, interdisciplinary activities, and after-school clubs. The math team, robotics team, iOS programming club, and “girls who code” club are made up of students who eager to extend their skills. During Middle School Project Week, students choose from a variety of activities, including robotics, coding, computational thinking, and interactive design using Sphero, the programmable robotic ball. In the summer, students can design a two-week maker or robotics project through Project Knowmad or take a week-long coding or technology course at Summer Study at Riverdale.
Stories
With a mission to develop “citizen scientists who appreciate the need for science in addressing real-world problems and enabling responsible…
Middle School Project Week takes students outside the classroom for behind-the-scenes experiences in arts, tech, business, outdoors, and neighborhoods across…
"Keeping kids excited about math makes math exciting for me." Jazmin Sherwood talks about teaching sixth grade math, and setting…
In eighth grade science, students study the laws of motion. Using design thinking, they design, build, test, and refine bobsleds…
Monika Le, a Middle and Upper School math teacher, has a special interest in helping girls become confident math students.
