Co-Curricular Program
Enrichment
Our intellectual endeavors across the different disciplines are enhanced by numerous events and traditions, collaboration with area organizations, a flexible team of educators who embrace teachable moments wherever they are found, and an Extended Day Program that provides enrichment through club activities. These activities stem from our beliefs about teaching and learning and further support our mission statement by enriching the experience of the students with activities outside the classroom and within our supportive community.
Traditional, school-wide, annual events include:
- Fall Field Trip
- Service Day
- Mythology Day
- Winter Carnival
- STEM or Earth Fests
- Play Week (middle school)
- Biography Fairs
- Spring Field Trip
Extended Day Program activities include:
- Chess Club
- Sewing Club
- Film Making
- Mountain Biking
- Latin Club
- Math Counts
Community partners that enhance our program include:
- Vermont State University
- Lyndon Institute and St. Johnsbury Academy
- Fenton-Chester Arena
- Kingdom Trails
- Burke Mountain Resort
- Lyndon Food Shelf
- H.O.P.E.
- American Legion
Social Emotional Learning
Fundamental to The Riverside School's program is the attention paid to social, emotional, and ethical learning. We focus intensively on the teaching these skills in the self-contained classrooms of our elementary students and in our advisory program for middle school students. And they are reinforced in practice throughout the weekly schedule and annual events. For example, Kindergarteners and First graders learn to greet visitors with kindness, introducing themselves and making eye contact with the guest. Fourth graders practice using proper hygiene and polite manners when helping handout pizza on Wednesdays. Middle school students practice and plan for time spent role modeling as older buddies, clean up captains, or elementary partners in classrooms. Those who choose to play Dungeons and Dragons during free time experiment with social dynamics and the effect of their imaginary choices. 8th graders consider the leadership strategies they'll use during daily clean up time and when leading activities in our morning assembly.
