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Middle & High School Program
Post High School Transition Program
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Living and learning.
Riverview School's Middle & High School Program serves students (ages 11–19, grades 6–12). Students experience the sense of accomplishment that comes from meaningful academic, social, and life experiences. They celebrate their talents and abilities while developing strategies for managing challenges. Whether they are in the classroom, residences, playing fields, or community, students learn the importance of hard work, collaboration, and perseverance.
A Student's Day
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A Culture of Encouragement
Riverview is committed to developing students' academic abilities, and to helping them acquire and apply knowledge.
Lessons are presented via a thematic, integrated curriculum. Literature, writing, hands-on history activities, the arts and field trips are all connected to a central theme. Coursework is supported through the latest technologies and innovations in teaching. Specialized speech and language services, reading instruction and social skills training are infused throughout the curriculum.
Students are grouped in small teams, based upon grade level, in which the student-to-teacher ratio never exceeds 8 to 1. This ensures that each child's unique needs are fully understood and met.
High School Students receive English Language Arts (ELA) and reading instruction each day. They also participate in daily math, history/social studies, science (or Senior Seminar) and elective classes.
Middle School Students take part in content-driven, hands-on projects related to a theme while strengthening their problem-solving, investigation, research and writing skills.
Teacher Collaboration
Teams of teachers meet for one hour daily. In addition to focusing on curriculum development, this planning time allows for consistent communication and ensures an effective success-oriented program for each student. Creativity and flexibility guides Riverview's teaching philosophy, ensuring that all students reach their full potential.
A Culture of Friendship
Riverview helps adolescents build positive relationships, understand emotions and develop self-advocacy skills.
Students have many opportunities to practice their social skills with staff and other students. At Riverview, social skills guidance is the responsibility of every member of the faculty and staff, all of whom are well trained in assisting students in understanding appropriate social interactions.
"Our daughter has loved Riverview from the very start. It has been the perfect antidote to an extremely disappointing and lonely experience throughout her early education. The warmth and acceptance that she enjoys here have allowed her to blossom."
— Riverview Parent
A Culture of Independence
Instruction in independent living is creatively embedded into the Riverview academic and residential curriculum so that students can learn and practice skills related to cooking, shopping, personal hygiene, health, nutrition and fitness, stress management, and the planning of recreational activities.
Many parents are amazed how much their children can, and in fact, will do for themselves when challenged. At Riverview, skills such as room and dorm care, daily living, time management, organization and budgeting are taught in structured, supported settings, helping students to stretch and grow and feel wonderful about their new skills and themselves.
"Our daughter has begun to take crucial steps towards independence, including the development of self-advocacy skills and establishment of bonds with Riverview faculty and students."
551 Route 6A, East Sandwich,
Riverview School is an independent, coeducational boarding/day school, located on beautiful Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Established in 1957, Riverview is a leader in educating students, ages 11–21, with complex language and learning challenges that include Autism, Down Syndrome, and intellectual disabilities. We're committed to helping each of our extraordinary students gain academic, social, and independent living skills to achieve their goals.
Post High School Transition
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