Riverdale Country School
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| 5250 Fieldston Road (Hill Campus) or 1 Spaulding Lane (River Campus) Riverdale, New York 10471 United States |
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| Type | Private Independent school College preparatory school |
| Established | 1907 |
| Founder | Frank S. Hackett |
| Headmaster | Dominic A.A. Randolph |
| Grades | Pre-K-5 at the River Campus and 6-12 at the Hill Campus |
| Enrollment | approx. 1125 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Maroon and Gray |
| Athletics conference | Ivy Prep NYSAISAA |
| Mascot | Falcon |
| Newspaper | The Riverdale Review |
| Yearbook | The Riverdalian |
| Website | School website |
Riverdale Country School is a co-educational, independent, college-preparatory day school in New York City. It is located on two campuses covering more than 27 acres (110,000 m2) in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, New York.
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History
Founded in 1907 by Frank Hackett, who has a namesake hall in the school, Riverdale Country School is one of the oldest country day schools in the United States.
The present-day institution traces its origins to the Riverdale School for Boys, which was established in 1907 by Hackett. In 1920, the Neighborhood Elementary School was founded, followed in 1933, by the Riverdale Girls School. In 1972, the three schools combined to form a single school.[1]
Buildings
The buildings on the Hill Campus include Hackett Hall, Mow Hall, Lindenbaum Center for the Arts, the Pernille Ironside Building (aka the 9-10 Building), the Day Care, Vinik Hall (the Admissions Building), the Weinstein Science Building, and the Science Annex.
The buildings on the River Campus are the K-3 building (the New building – gymnasium and classrooms from kindergarten to third grade), the senior building (includes chorus classroom, pullout reading, Spanish classroom, and honors math classrooms), Perkins Building (includes a theater, 4-5th grade classrooms), the Admissions/Junior building (includes various music classes, admissions office, nurse's office, Riverclub office, and lunchroom). Both campuses have a gymnasium and tennis courts. The River Campus also has a pre-Kindergarten room and a playground (Jolli Run Playground). The Hill Campus has three playing fields (upper field, lower field, and football field), as well as a pool, wrestling room, fencing room, workout room, two drama rooms, and three floors of rooms devoted to the arts.
School dynamics
Riverdale has two campus areas: the River Campus (grades Pre-K–5 known as the Lower School), and the Hill Campus (grades 6–8 known as the Middle School, and 9–12 known as the Upper School). The River Campus received its name because of its location beside the Hudson River; the Hill Campus, overlooking Van Cortlandt Park, was named for its location as well.
Riverdale currently has an enrollment of approximately 1125 students (River Campus, 375; Hill Campus, 750). Dominic Randolph was appointed the sixth Head of School in 2007.
Riverdale is chartered by the New York State Board of Regents and is accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools.[2]
Arts and activities
Riverdale has an arts program, offering courses in music theory and composition, acting technique, studio art, and film analysis. Upper School students produce one musical and one play each year in the Jeslo Harris theatre. Riverdale students may participate in the jazz and concert bands, orchestra, chamber music ensembles, chorus, and the a cappella singing group. Riverdale also has clubs and activities.
Student life
Clubs
- Asian-American Alliance (AAA)
- Coalition for the Homeless
- Environmental Club
- HOLA (Hispanic Organization for Latino Awareness)
- SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions)
- Students of Color Coalition (SCC)
- Student-Faculty Council
- Photo Club
- Investment Club (largest with 30 members)
- Riverdale Investment Blog
Student publications
The Riverdale Review is Riverdale's student-run paper.[3] Impressions, has published the visual art and creative writing of students in the Upper School for almost 30 years.[4] Crossroads is Riverdale’s Middle School Literary and Art Magazine.[5] The Falcon Times is the newsletter of the Middle School.[6]
Athletics
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Sports teams
| Sport | Season | Gender |
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| Baseball | Spring | Boys' |
| Basketball | Winter | Boys', Girls' |
| Cross-Country | Fall | Girls', Boys' |
| Field Hockey | Fall | Girls' |
| Fencing | Winter | Boys', Girls' |
| Football | Fall | Boys' |
| Golf | Spring | Boys', Girls' |
| Gymnastics | Winter | Girls' |
| Lacrosse | Spring | Boys', Girls' |
| Soccer | Fall | Boys', Girls' |
| Softball | Spring | Girls' |
| Squash | Winter | Boys', Girls' |
| Swimming | Winter | Boys', Girls' |
| Tennis | Fall (Girls'), Spring (Boys') | Boys', Girls' |
| Track | Winter | Boys', Girls' |
| Ultimate (Frisbee) | Spring | Boys', Girls', Coed |
| Volleyball | Fall | Girls' |
| Crew | Spring | Boys', Girls |
Notable alumni
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- Richard Blumenthal, U.S. Senator from Connecticut.[7]
- Chevy Chase, actor[8]
- Suzan Johnson Cook, presidential advisor, pastor, theologian, author, activist, and Harvard professor who served as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom from April, 2011 to October 2013.
- Richard Engel, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent
- James Gleick, science writer, author of Chaos: Making a New Science.[9]
- Calvin Hill, former NFL player
- Ron Kim, member of the New York State Assembly
- John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, President and Senator respectively, attended Riverdale's Lower School
- Nick McDonell, author
- Tim Morehouse, Olympic fencer, Silver Medal winner in the men's sabre as a member of the United States Men's Fencing Team at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[10]
- William C. W. Mow, entrepreneur, chairman and CEO of Bugle Boy Industries[11][12][13][14][15]
- Dan Shamash, NFL Professional Football Coach
- Scott Snyder, author
- Jordana Spiro, actor, star of TBS series My Boys
- Joss Whedon, writer, director, and executive producer; creator of several television series (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Serenity)
- Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress
- David Yazbek, composer, lyricist, writer of Broadway shows and TV including The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, etc.
- Tim Zagat, restaurant critic
- Michael Zakarin, guitarist for The Bravery
Notable staff
Nathan M. Pusey taught at Riverdale Country School.
Associations
Riverdale is a member of the Ivy Preparatory School League and the New York State Association of Independent Schools.[16]
The "Hill Schools": Riverdale Country School, The Fieldston School, and Horace Mann School together are known as the "Hill Schools," as all three are located within two miles (3 km) of each other in the neighborhood of Riverdale on a hilly area above Van Cortlandt Park.
See also
References
- ↑ Bunting & Lyon Bunting & Lyon profile: Riverdale Country School
- ↑ Riverdale Statistics[dead link]
- ↑ Riverdale Country School ~ Riverdale Review
- ↑ Riverdale Country School ~ Impressions
- ↑ Riverdale Country School ~ Crossroads
- ↑ Riverdale Country School ~ Falcon Times
- ↑ Illson, Murray. "INTERVIEW; U.S. Attorney at Age 31", The New York Times, July 17, 1977. Accessed December 15, 2008.(subscription required)
- ↑ Buffa, Denise; Fermino, Jennifer; and Mangan, Dan. "PERP SCHOOL: '500G THIEF' BOOKKEEPER BUSTED AT RITZY RIVERDALE", New York Post, May 25, 2007. Accessed October 23, 2008. Archived September 13, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Diamond, David. "James Gleick's Survival Lessons", Wired, August 1999. Accessed June 17, 2009. "Gleick attended Riverdale Country School, where JFK once studied, and excelled in mathematics and science."
- ↑ Wolfer, Sondra. "Olympic fencer Tim Morehouse takes his stab at being the best", New York Daily News, July 21, 2008. Accessed August 5, 2008. "As a young teen, Tim Morehouse took up fencing at the Riverdale Country School as an excuse to get out of gym class."
- ↑ "Back to His Future," by Evelyn Iritani, Los Angeles Times, September 28, 1997
- ↑ Riches from Rags, by H Y Nahm, GOLDSEA | ASIAN MONEY WORKS
- ↑ William C.W. Mow articles in the LA Times
- ↑ "Bugle Boy to Battle on New Fronts : The firm's founder overcame personal and business woes to build a top clothing firm. : Now his company aims for new markets." by Barry Stavro, Los Angeles Times, August 08, 1989.
- ↑ "The Ticker - Bugle Boy Files For Bankruptcy," by The Associated Press, New York Daily News, February 3, 2001.
- ↑ New York State Association of Independent Schools
External links
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- Private elementary schools in New York City
- Private middle schools in New York City
- Private high schools in New York City
- Preparatory schools in New York
- Educational institutions established in 1907
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- Ivy Preparatory School League
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