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About Us
At Rivendale we believe that it is fundamentally important to:
- Recognize, encourage, protect, and respect the physical, emotional and intellectual individuality of each child.
- Provide a safe environment that nurtures each child’s self-esteem and creativity.
- Provide opportunities for children to develop according to their own capacities and interests.
- Offer programs that foster independence, self-confidence, and social responsibility.
- Provide academic opportunities to allow each child’s individual learning style to develop fully.
- Provide a well-rounded curriculum that will become the foundation for a lifetime of learning.
We provide a nurturing environment for children from the ages of 18 months through 6 years old. Our classes are small with a 6:1 student to teacher ratio. Our classes are bilingual. All Rivendale students study Japanese on a daily basis. These classes are small and focus on gaining confidence in Japanese language skills while increasing vocabulary. The children study Japanese conversation, reading, reading comprehension, and writing.
Rivendale has a high academic standard, which allows the child to excel and reach their full potential. We have a deep respect for the child as a unique individual and it is our goal for each child to have a highly successful learning experience. Rivendale unifies the psycho-social, physical, and academic functioning of the child. Its key tasks are to provide students with an early and general foundation that includes:
- A positive attitude toward school
- Inner security and a sense of order
- Pride in the physical environment
- Abiding curiosity
- A habit of concentration
- Habits of initiative and persistence
- The ability to make decisions
- Self-discipline
- A sense of responsibility to other members of the class, school and community
Rivendale Montessori School believes that ethnic, racial, and religious diversity creates the opportunity for understanding and cooperation among all people. We seek to build a strong foundation of tolerance, recognizing each human being's uniqueness. In accordance with this policy, the school does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin in regard to admission, programs, or employment.
The classroom is a “child’s house” with 5 distinct prepared environments:
- Practical life enhances the development of task organization and cognitive order through care of self; of the environment; exercises of grace and courtesy; and coordination of physical movement.
- The sensorial area enables the child to order, classify, and describe sensory impressions in relation to length, width, temperature, mass, color, pitch, etc.
- Mathematics makes use of manipulative materials to enable the child to internalize concepts of number, symbol, sequence, operations, and memorization of basic facts.
- Language arts include oral language development, written expression, reading, the study of grammar, creative dramatics, and children's literature. Basic skills in writing and reading are developed, allowing children to link sounds and letter symbols, and to express their thoughts through writing.
- Cultural activities expose the child to basics in geography, history, and life sciences. Music, art, and movement education are part of the integrated cultural curriculum.
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