Archbishop Riordan High School

Archbishop Riordan High School, an Archdiocesan Catholic High School in the Marianist tradition, prepares young men and women for leadership and lifelong success by providing education imbued with Catholic Marianist values of faith, community, inclusivity, service and justice through its rigorous college preparatory curriculum, house system, and co-curricular activities. Academics is just one part of the Riordan experience. As a Catholic school in the Marianist tradition, our goal is to help students become the best versions of themselves.

A new vision for Riordan is one of the characteristics of Marianist education is to Educate for Adaptation and Change. Doing so means that we "discern the movement of the Holy Spirit in response to the signs of the times and educate to shape the future" (Characteristics of Marianist Education, Society of Mary, 2020). Riordan has responded to this call in our transition to coeducation as well as our response to the pandemic through online education.

Currently, the school is asking the essential questions of how to run a Catholic high school that best serves the needs of our students and families here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Riordan's strategic plan will be one that guides our work in light of the current renaissance we are experiencing as a coeducational school.

The strategic planning process will be guided by the Board of Trustees' Strategic Planning Committee in collaboration with the school President and staff.

Riordan's campus blends classic architecture with modern touches. Architect Paul Ryan drew on inspiration from the Doge’s Palace in Venice and the Stockholm Town Hall when he designed the entrance to the school.