About Us

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Office Hours
7:15 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.

School Hours
7:50 a.m. - 2:35 p.m.

Points of Pride

Schoolwide focus on relationships, character and social-emotional learning together with strong academic expectations provide a whole child focus.
All kindergarten-3rd grade teachers, reading interventionists and English language development teachers are trained in extensive evidence-based reading instruction.
Riverdale's teacher-student ratio is 1:22 in kindergarten-5th grade, with 400 scholars enrolled in preschool-5th grade.
Our scholars are proud of their school and participate in morning announcements, student council and classroom competitions. They also show it off with extra flair during spirit weeks!
We strive to create leaders in our building by providing opportunities for 3rd-5th grade students to be mentors to our K-2nd grade students.
We have an Imagination Station in our school library that provides all students with frequent opportunities to explore many different interests, from STEM to puppet theater.
We have an active PTO that plans and supports activities for the Riverdale community throughout the school year.
Gifted-and-talented coordinator, social worker and social emotional learning specialist on staff
Library collection updated regularly through grants and book fair sales
Schoolwide use of ClassDojo app for teacher-family communication, school news and behavior recognition
Kindergarten-5th grade use the ClassDojo app for teacher-family communication, school news and behavior recognition.

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Mission & School Chant

Our staff and scholars recite the Mission and School Chant daily during morning announcements. This sets such a positive tone for the day!

Mission:
At Riverdale Elementary we are career-bound scholars going from good to better to best to achieve success.

School Chant:
Good, better, best
Never let it rest,
Till your good is better
And your better is best.

A Day in the Life

In addition to our core academic classes, our students have daily: