Mind, Character, Community: Themes of
a Riverdale Education
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Our Mission
Riverdale is a Pre-K through grade 12 independent school in New York City committed to empowering lifelong learners by developing minds, building character, and creating community in order to change our world for the good.
“Riverdale is an extraordinary place relentlessly committed to helping students achieve the confidence, competence, and commitment to make the world a better place. We know that when your community supports you, you are able to excel at levels beyond what you could imagine for yourself.”
KARI OSTREM
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Riverdale Country School is a full member in good standing of the The New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS), which serves as an accrediting body of independent schools, and is chartered by the New York State Board of Regents.
Our Campus
We want to acknowledge that the Riverdale Country School campus is on the land of the Lenape People past and present. We honor with gratitude the land and the generations of people who have stewarded it and recognize their survivorship throughout time. We name this connection to combat Indigenous exclusion and erasure and to remind us of our shared responsibility to continue to learn to be better stewards of the land we inhabit. Learn more about the Lenape here.