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An Environment of Thriving at Riverdale

Fundamentally, we believe that all community members should learn and thrive in order to change our world for the good, as our mission encourages us to do. Our students seek to understand the world around them, work through ideas, clarify their thinking, take action, and reflect on what they have learned. 

How does this happen? At Riverdale, we create a culture of great critical thinking, curiosity, open discourse, and innovation. We encourage young people to develop character strengths to thrive, find purpose, and grow their ability to transform their ideas into actions, and we provide the opportunity to do that in the context of a diverse and inclusive community in our school, our city, and our world. We support students in finding their own agency and developing meaning and purpose in their lives so that all members of our school community are able to thrive. 

As we look ahead, we have the opportunity to think about our strategic direction in compelling ways, building on what we have achieved over the last decade and developing a roadmap for the next few years. In particular, we are looking to develop and support several areas of strategic focus as a means of converging and refining our academic work, our institutional functioning, and our educational philosophy.