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Welcome to Riverdale Grade School
Riverdale Grade School provides an exceptional, academically rigorous, comprehensive kindergarten through 8th grade program. Our engaging faculty, project-based learning, integrated arts, and friendly students and parents make this community everything that it is – an exciting, energetic place where your child will be challenged intellectually and welcomed for who they are.
School News
![5th Graders Explore Tryon Creek with Kid Governor Rosie L.!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1745433891/riverdalek12orus/ysrluvcwuwoplcvccq1u/TryonCreek2025-14.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1745433891/riverdalek12orus/ysrluvcwuwoplcvccq1u/TryonCreek2025-14.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1745433891/riverdalek12orus/ysrluvcwuwoplcvccq1u/TryonCreek2025-14.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1745433891/riverdalek12orus/ysrluvcwuwoplcvccq1u/TryonCreek2025-14.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1745433891/riverdalek12orus/ysrluvcwuwoplcvccq1u/TryonCreek2025-14.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1745433891/riverdalek12orus/ysrluvcwuwoplcvccq1u/TryonCreek2025-14.jpg","width":2200}])
Riverdale 5th graders visited Tryon Creek State Natural Area for an Earth Day Field Trip! They explored Oregon's unique ecosystems and learned how we can all protect our planet against climate change.
![Call for RSD Educational Equity Advisory Committee]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1744582925/riverdalek12orus/r2u7uh3g3kwp5gyzmnmi/EducationalEquityAdvisoryPresentation2024-2025.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1744582925/riverdalek12orus/r2u7uh3g3kwp5gyzmnmi/EducationalEquityAdvisoryPresentation2024-2025.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1744582925/riverdalek12orus/r2u7uh3g3kwp5gyzmnmi/EducationalEquityAdvisoryPresentation2024-2025.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1744582925/riverdalek12orus/r2u7uh3g3kwp5gyzmnmi/EducationalEquityAdvisoryPresentation2024-2025.png","width":960}])
Riverdale School District is seeking nominations and applications for our District's Educational Equity Advisory Committee.
![Riverdale’s Gentrification Summit 2025]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1741721956/riverdalek12orus/nn0ev9xgqkprapw0anug/GentrificationSummit.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1741721956/riverdalek12orus/nn0ev9xgqkprapw0anug/GentrificationSummit.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1741721956/riverdalek12orus/nn0ev9xgqkprapw0anug/GentrificationSummit.png","width":800}])
On February 7, 2025 Riverdale hosted its 6th Annual Gentrification Summit: a day of discussion, analysis, and creative reflection on the causes, impacts, and possible solutions of gentrification.
![2nd Grade Celebration: Inspired by Northwest Coast Traditions]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1741741627/riverdalek12orus/dqexj0mkc98ox370f4h1/Edited1_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1741741627/riverdalek12orus/dqexj0mkc98ox370f4h1/Edited1_1.jpg","width":480}])
Riverdale 2nd graders held a gathering inspired by the Native American tradition of Potlatch, to celebrate their learning about the Native Americans of the Northwest Coast.
Families joined in a community event, sharing food and viewing student projects.
![Riverdale Students Advance to Local Civics Bee!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1741722235/riverdalek12orus/eh04ucch162u0a9vzmch/unnamed7.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1741722235/riverdalek12orus/eh04ucch162u0a9vzmch/unnamed7.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1741722235/riverdalek12orus/eh04ucch162u0a9vzmch/unnamed7.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1741722235/riverdalek12orus/eh04ucch162u0a9vzmch/unnamed7.jpg","width":1200}])
Ten of our 7th and 8th-grade students placed and will be advancing to the local National Civics Bee!
![“Anxious Generation” Book Study Resources]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1741722427/riverdalek12orus/wvqqfwlr4ommnybqd6m9/RiverdaleCommunityBookStudySquare.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1741722427/riverdalek12orus/wvqqfwlr4ommnybqd6m9/RiverdaleCommunityBookStudySquare.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1741722427/riverdalek12orus/wvqqfwlr4ommnybqd6m9/RiverdaleCommunityBookStudySquare.png","width":600}])
Our February Book Study of Jonathan Haidt's "The Anxious Generation" was a success! Click here to access the resources.