Riverview's mission is to create a small, diverse learning community that actively engages students in meaningful and innovative learning experiences. Emphasizing learning by doing, family and community involvement, and engaged citizenship, Riverview is committed to nurturing the whole child and preparing each student for a global.

Riverview's small, diverse learning community recognizes and values the whole child - cognitively, physically, socially, emotionally, aesthetically, and ethically - and provides educational opportunities for each dimension to grow and strengthen. By providing a setting that develops the natural learner in every child, Riverview supports children's creativity, curiosity, and individual needs, while preparing them to be responsible, engaged citizens able to be successful in a global society.

At each grade level, the curriculum teaches basic academic concepts and skills, interwoven with interdisciplinary 21st century themes, through real-life experiences. Riverview students are challenged to practice their academic, social, and emotional skills through service-learning projects they design and implement with community partners. Students develop their appreciation for the natural world through environmental education, guided experimentation, and fieldwork. They cultivate their natural artistic talents by actively participating in the visual and musical arts. Reading, writing, speaking and mathematics are investigated through hands-on experiences and student-initiated projects. Students will come to know the world, embrace its cultures, participate in world language studies, and learn its history through role-play, interactive media and simulations. A wellness-focused curriculum promotes physical activity and healthy eating habits. Media literacy, collaboration, technology, and creative problem-solving skills weave their way through all content areas and foster critical thinking.

Using experiential principles as our guide, Riverview employs a variety of research-based educational approaches to help students accomplish the South Carolina Academic Standards through meaningful learning experiences. The strategies include, but are not limited to: Service-Learning; 21st Century interdisciplinary themes; project-based learning; environmental education; reader's and writer's workshop; learner-centered, developmentally appropriate classrooms; integrated arts education; learning profiles; use of Garner's paradigm of multiple intelligences; theme-based learning projects; team teaching and collaboration; inter-class mentorship; inter-generational mentorship by family and community members; world language studies beginning in the early grades; field trips and field work; authentic, evidence-based assessments; academic, social and emotional goal setting; conferences with the teacher, parent, and student; and self-assessment and reflection for teachers and students.

Liz O'Brien

Interim Director