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This year marked the 25th year of Riverdale’s annual Science Symposium, where students showcased groundbreaking research in subjects including astrophysics,...
With Riverdale Country School’s mission and commitment to change our world for the good, we seek ways to connect our...
Riverdale’s Computer Science department breaks traditional boundaries by offering students interdisciplinary learning that extends far beyond coding. The department cultivates...
The Stonewall Chorale, the nation’s first LGBTQ+ chorus, now in its 47th year, performed the oratorio, “Considering Matthew Shepard,” by...
The Maker 8 Program at Riverdale has curiosity, excitement, great learning, and fun written all over it. The program provides...
“What is a system?” asks Lower School Science Coordinator Traci Pearl. In a second grade classroom, hands shoot up. “A...
For her work to educate and empower young people in a movement to end relationship violence, Sharon Donnelly Love was...
At a time when so many Riverdale families, students, alumni, faculty, and staff are mourning the loss of innocent lives...
Every September, the Riverdale Upper School community gathers to hear a faculty member provide a personal response to the question,...
Max Stossel, founder of Social Awakening, an organization that “helps teens, schools, and parents survive and thrive in this digital...
Learning the concepts of sustainability, food safety, and environmental stewardship in the classroom is one thing. Traveling to the Adirondack...
On the first day of Riverdale Country School’s 116th academic year, our new Head of School, Karena (Kari) Ostrem, welcomed...
Claire Hawkins ’15 brings new life to the term “troubadour” as a traveling singer/songwriter. Her rapidly-growing YouTube channel has amassed...
As the 2022-2023 school year drew to a close, we joyfully commemorated special milestones for many of our students. From...
Congressman Ritchie Torres (D-NY, 15th District) visited Riverdale Country School to view “You Know the Drill,” a student art project...
Good things come to those who wait. In the fall of 2019, a group of faculty decided to spend the...
Kari Ostrem, Head of School Elect, spoke with new incoming students recently, and shared a personal anecdote about a formative...
Service learning at Riverdale encompasses numerous community-based projects and local organizations, and even our youngest students – those in Pre...