Riverdale Country School

Riverdale Country School
Address
5250 Fieldston Road (Hill Campus)
1 Spaulding Lane (River Campus)
Riverdale, New York 10471
United States
Coordinates 40°53′59″N 73°54′03″W / 40.89968°N 73.900863°W / 40.89968; -73.900863Coordinates: 40°53′59″N 73°54′03″W / 40.89968°N 73.900863°W / 40.89968; -73.900863
Information
Type Private
Independent school
College preparatory school
Motto Mind, Character, Community
Established 1907
Founder Frank S. Hackett
Head of school Dominic A.A. Randolph
Grades PreK – 5 at the River Campus
6 – 12 at the Hill Campus
Enrollment 1140
Campus Suburban, 27 acres (109,265 m2)
Color(s) Maroon      and Grey     
Athletics conference Ivy Prep
NYSAISAA
Mascot Falcon
Accreditation New York State Association of Independent Schools
Newspaper The Riverdale Review
Yearbook The Riverdalian
Website www.riverdale.edu

Riverdale Country School is a co-educational, independent, college-preparatory day school in New York City serving pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. It is located on two campuses covering more than 27 acres (110,000 m2) in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, New York, United States. Started as a school for boys, Riverdale Country School became fully coeducational in 1972. It currently serves 1,140 students. According to Niche's 2018 Private School Rankings, Riverdale is ranked the 5th best private high school in New York City and the 28th best private high school in the United States.[1][2]

History

Hackett Hall on the Hill Campus of Riverdale Country School

Founded in 1907 by Frank Sutliff Hackett (1878–1952) and his first wife, Francis Dean (Allen) Hackett, Riverdale Country School is one of the oldest country day schools in the United States. Originally known as the Riverdale School for Boys, it began with 12 students and four teachers and promised scholarly, intimate teaching amid abundant recreational space.[3] Describing his school as "an American experiment in education," Hackett later told The New York Times: "We have tried to transform schools from mere nurseries of the brain into a means of nourishing the whole boy — mind, body, and spirit."[4]

An early advocate of outdoor experiences for young people, Hackett started a summer camp known as Camp Riverdale at Long Lake in the Adirondacks (1912–1964) to provide summer recreation for his students.[5] By 1920, Hackett had acquired three acres on Fieldston Road for the school and built a classroom building and dormitory. The 100-room dormitory, designed by McKim, Mead, and White,[6] later became known as Hackett Hall. In 1924, he started the Neighborhood School for boys and girls from grades one to three, and in 1933, the Riverdale Girls School. By World War II, the school attracted both day students and boarders; one student in six or seven came from another country.[7]

Hackett dreamed of expanding the school into an "American World School" and acquired a new site in Riverdale.[8] In 1948, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, then president of Columbia University, spoke at a dedication ceremony at the site.[9] Hackett died before his dream was realized, and the property was sold. In 1972, the Boys and Girls Schools were combined.[4] In 1985, the Middle and Upper Schools were consolidated on the Hill Campus and the Lower School moved to the River Campus. Hackett was an organizer of the Guild of Independent Schools of New York City, and an organizer and president of the Adirondack Mountain Club.[10]

President John F. Kennedy attended the school from 1927 to 1930 when his family lived in Riverdale. During the 1960 presidential campaign, Kennedy made an appearance in the Bronx. "I said up the street that I was a former resident of the Bronx," he said. "Nobody believes that, but it is true. No other candidate for the presidency can make that statement."[11]

Campuses

Mow Hall on the Hill Campus of Riverdale Country School
The Upper Learning Building, completed in 2016, on the River Campus of Riverdale Country School

Covering 19.5 acres (79,000 m2), the Hill Campus is located on Fieldston Road, overlooking Van Cortlandt Park. It is home to the Middle School (6th to 8th) and the Upper School (9th to 12th). Facilities include Hackett Hall, Mow Hall, Lindenbaum Center for the Arts, the 9/10 Building, Vinik Hall (the Admissions Building), the Weinstein Science Building, the Science Annex, the Day Care, and the P. Gordon B. Stillman Amphitheater. A new Aquatic Center opened in 2017. The Hill Campus has three playing fields (Frankel Field, Alumni Field, and the Frank J. Bertino Memorial field) and tennis courts. The Marc A. Zambetti '80 Athletic Center includes a gymnasium, fencing room, and workout room. It is currently being renovated to add a second gymnasium and an expanded health/fitness center.

The River Campus (Pre-K to 5th) sits on 8 acres (32,000 m2) along the Hudson River. The buildings on the River Campus are the Early Learning Building (Pre-K through second grade classrooms and the gymnasium), the Senior Building (classrooms for drawing, painting, and sculpture), the Admissions/Junior building (includes the Lower School head's office, the Learning Commons, and Admissions, and the Upper Learning Building. Completed in 2016, the Upper Learning Building includes a theater, cafeteria, classrooms for third through fifth grade, and multi-purpose spaces. Architectural Record noted: "It is a building born of exploration, deep discussions with educators about their needs and desires, and a willingness to tweak on the fly." [12] The River Campus also has tennis courts, a playing field, a greenhouse, gardens, and a playground. The land for the River Campus was given to Riverdale by the family of George Walbridge Perkins, an early environmentalist and associate of Theodore Roosevelt and J.P. Morgan. The family also donated their adjacent property, Wave Hill, to the City of New York for a public garden and cultural center.[13]

Academics

Becoming Riverdale's sixth head of school in 2007, Dominic A.A. Randolph refined the school’s mission with a focus on “Mind, Character, and Community.” He eliminated courses tied to Advanced Placement tests, and advocated a teaching philosophy centered on building character strengths.[14] Working with Angela Duckworth, a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania and Dave Levin, the co-founder of the KIPP network of charter schools, he co-founded Character Lab, an organization dedicated to providing research-based approaches to character education. In 2016, Riverdale Country School launched Plussed, a non-profit designed to "create a dynamic collective of experts on learning designing ways to improve student learning and education." [15] To encourage innovative teaching, Randolph has advocated design thinking, a methodology used to create and test new ideas. Riverdale teachers collaborated with the design firm, IDEO, on the Design Thinking Toolkit for Educators in 2011. [16] That work led to the formation of The Teachers Guild, in 2015. [17] The Teachers Guild is a partnership between IDEO and Riverdale Country School's Plussed initiative that provides teachers with a forum for sharing innovating teaching strategies.[18]

In addition to college-preparatory courses in math, science, and humanities, Riverdale offers “maker” programs that combine science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics, as well as courses in robotics and coding. Latin, French, Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese also are offered. Interdisciplinary courses in the Lower, Middle, and Upper Schools encourage students to draw connections across disciplines. Constructing America, a required course for juniors, is co-taught by the History and English faculty. Integrated Liberal Studies, a required course for seniors, explores four essential topics: Virtue, the Self, Social Justice, and the Environment. Independent study opportunities allow students to gain in-depth knowledge in subjects of their choosing. The Global Studies program organizes trips around the world. An outdoor educator organizes hiking, camping and rock-climbing trips in the Hudson Valley, trekking in Patagonia, and kayaking in Alaska.

Riverdale is chartered by the New York State Board of Regents and is accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools.[19]

Athletics

Riverdale's Girls' Varsity Crew Team

As of 2017, Riverdale has a total of 31 varsity interscholastic sports teams, many of which also have junior varsity counterparts except for Cross Country, Crew, Golf, Track and Field, Squash and Swimming. In the Spring of 2013, crew was introduced as a varsity sport for boys and girls, while wrestling was officially cut from the list of sports.[20]

Awards

In 2014, Riverdale was awarded the National Athletic Trainers' Association Safe School Award[21] and was declared a National Youth Sports Health & Safety Institute "Best Practices Partner." In 2016, Riverdale was awarded the New York Athletic Training Association's Joseph Abraham Award, which is an award given annually to high schools that provide outstanding athletic injury care to their student athletes.[22] Further titles have been given to individual school teams:[23][24][25]

  • Boys Soccer:
    • Ivy League Champions — 1952, 1954-1957, 1959, 1961-1963, 1965-1966, 1970-1971, 1975-1976, 1998-1999, 2005-2006, 2015-2016
    • NYSAIS Champions — 1999, 2006, 2014-2015
  • Girls Soccer:
    • NYSAIS Champions — 1996, 2003, 2007, 2010-2011
    • Ivy League Champions — 1997, 2003, 2007-2008, 2010-2012, 2014
  • Boys Swimming: Ivy League Champions — 1962-1963, 1976-1977, 2002-2003, 2007
  • Girls Swimming: Ivy League Champions — 2002-2006
  • Boys Basketball:
    • Ivy League Champions — 1966-1969, 1972, 1977, 1983, 1986, 2013
    • NYSAIS Federation Champions — 1994, 2013
  • Girls Basketball:
    • NYSAIS Federation Champions — 1995-1996, 1998, 2000
    • Ivy League Champions — 1996-1997, 2000
  • Baseball:
    • Ivy League Champions — 1968-1970, 2003
    • NYSAIS Champions — 2000
  • Volleyball: Ivy League Champions — 1980-1983, 1995, 2002
  • Field Hockey:
    • Ivy League Champions — 1981, 1994, 2007, 2009-2011
    • AAIS Champions — 2007, 2009-2011
  • Boys Tennis: Ivy League Champions — 1987, 2000, 2001, 2010
  • Boys Cross Country: NYSAIS Champions — 1999
  • Girls Lacrosse:
    • Ivy League Champions — 2010-2011
    • NYSAIS Champions — 2011
  • Boys Lacrosse: Ivy League Champions — 2017
  • Boys Squash: Ivy League Champions — 2011
  • Ultimate Frisbee: DiscNY B-Division Champions — 2014[26]

Student life

Jones Lawn on the Hill Campus

Arts and activities

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, dance team, and the a cappella singing groups, the Rivertones and Testostertones. More than 40 student-led clubs, organizations, and service-learning partnerships are offered.

Student publications

The Riverdale Review is Riverdale's student-run paper.[27] Impressions has published the visual art and creative writing of students in the Upper School for almost 30 years.[28] Crossroads is Riverdale’s Middle School Literary and Art Magazine.[29] The Falcon Times is the newsletter of the Middle School.[30] Riverdale's faculty and student body also maintain an online non-fiction literary magazine called The Riverdale Reader.[31]

Notable alumni

Notable staff

Nathan M. Pusey, president of Harvard University, (1953-1971) taught at Riverdale Country School [83] as did Victor L. Butterfield, president of Wesleyan University (1943-1967).[84]

Associations

Riverdale is a member of the Ivy Preparatory School League and the New York State Association of Independent Schools.[85]

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

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