Riverview School

Riverview School seeks to integrate academic and social development in students’ living environment to encourage living and learning together.

The following are some of the skills that Riverview students learn in the dorms:

• Self-care
• Room and dorm care and laundry
• Budgeting and money management (“needs vs. wants”)
• Leisure-time planning
• Establishing and maintaining friendships
• Health and wellness through nutrition, fitness and recreation opportunities
• Self-advocacy and social skills
• Meal planning and preparation (GROW students have one assigned cooking night a week with staff support)
• Scheduling evening homework and/or quiet time
• Time management and organization (agendas, charts, lists)
• Executive function skills
• Community safety practices

*While the routine and structure ensure that these important skills are taught and reinforced, GROW students play a very active role in designing and planning their individual schedules.

Dorm life

Friends & Fellowship

Riverview’s dormitories are more than a place to sleep and study. They are among the most important classrooms on campus. Because living and learning are fully integrated at Riverview, the residential program is designed as thoughtfully and thoroughly as the academic program.

From social skills and communication to cleaning, laundry and cooking, the lessons that students learn in the dorms last a lifetime. The student-to-faculty ratio in the dorms is 6 to 1, which allows for personalized attention. Residential Supervisors oversee assigned dorms and overnight Dormitory Coordinators and Dormitory Assistants stay in the dorms with students.

Dorms for students 17–22 in our GROW program are located both on campus and off campus. GROW students prepare breakfast and dinners in their dormitories and are actively involved in food inventory, grocery shopping, meal preparation and clean-up on a weekly basis.