Students at Riverside School are placed in a math class according to their grade and achievement levels.  Math is taught using a structured, sequential and  multi-sensory approach based on the Orton-Gillingham Approach for teaching language skills.  

This year Mr. Keevil’s Algebra and PreAlgebra class did some research into the current cost of [...]

At Riverside School we are very grateful for the many people who support our efforts to serve children with dyslexia.  Our donors, alumni, families and friends make it possible for us to fulfill our mission year after year. We wish to express our gratitude for all you do to help this “little school” make a [...]

Benjamin entered Riverside School in 2008 as a second grader. He had difficulty decoding words, comprehending text, and writing. Benjamin has worked hard to expand his vocabulary and to include detail in his writing. When given an assignment to write a division story problem, Benjamin took the assignment to heart and wrote an entire [...]

This year we are excited to kick-off our new signature event – Riverside School’s Tread-a-Thon for Dyslexia Awareness. This family-friendly event will help to increase awareness of the language-based learning differences that affects approximately one in five people in the U.S. while encouraging parents to have their pre-school children screened to see if they [...]

What do Walt Disney, Gustave Flaubert, P. Buckley Moss, Pablo Picasso, Auguste Rodin and Riverside Students all have in common?  They are all wonderful artists, sharing their creative minds with the world and communicating their vision through art. (And, they all have dyslexia.)

This year Riverside School’s Expressive Art Teacher/Therapist, Peggy [...]