Riverdale Country School

Riverdale Country School

Mind, Character, Community
Address
5250 Fieldston Road (Hill Campus) or 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
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.

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 River Campus of Riverdale Country School
The entrance sign at the Upper Campus

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

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

In the spring of 2013 crew was introduced as a varsity sport for boys and girls. In the 2013-14 school year, wrestling was officially cut from the list of sports.

Sports teams

Interscholastic Athletic Teams
Sport Season Gender
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

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

  1. ↑ Bunting & Lyon Bunting & Lyon profile: Riverdale Country School
  2. ↑ Riverdale Statistics
  3. ↑ Riverdale Country School ~ Riverdale Review
  4. ↑ Riverdale Country School ~ Impressions
  5. ↑ Riverdale Country School ~ Crossroads
  6. ↑ Riverdale Country School ~ Falcon Times
  7. ↑ Illson, Murray. "INTERVIEW; U.S. Attorney at Age 31", The New York Times, July 17, 1977. Accessed December 15, 2008.(subscription required)
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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."
  10. ↑ 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."
  11. ↑ "Back to His Future," by Evelyn Iritani, Los Angeles Times, September 28, 1997
  12. ↑ Riches from Rags, by H Y Nahm, GOLDSEA | ASIAN MONEY WORKS
  13. ↑ William C.W. Mow articles in the LA Times
  14. ↑ "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.
  15. ↑ "The Ticker - Bugle Boy Files For Bankruptcy," by The Associated Press, New York Daily News, February 3, 2001.
  16. ↑ New York State Association of Independent Schools

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