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 [...]

Riverside School students are bright, creative students who have unique needs when it comes to learning language skills.  We are able to meet these needs by using the Orton-Gillingham Approach for teaching the fundamentals of language.  This approach was developed in the 1930’s by Dr. Samuel T. Orton, a neuropsychiatrist and pathologist, who as [...]

All students at Riverside have dyslexia or a similar language based learning difference.  For these young students, learning to read and write in a traditional classroom setting, using standard curriculum has been a challenge.  However, after a short period of time, and having benefited from the right teaching technique for their unique way of [...]

An Alumni’s Reflections on Riverside School

John Kay submitted this essay on a life altering experience in applying to become a member of the National Honor Society (NHS).  John was inducted into the NHS on October 25, 2010.  John’s grandmother, Frances Kay, is a member of the Riverside School Board of Directors.

It’s tea time! This year the Moss on the James Chapter of the P. Buckley Moss Society is hosting Tea Time Around the World, a Tea Party and Silent Auction at Riverside School on May 7th. This will be a great day in Bon Air as it is also Victorian Day, a day to [...]