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Riverside High School
565 Warburton Avenue • Yonkers, NY 10701
(914) 376-8425
- Grade 9
(Program will expand to Grades 9 & 10 in September 2008, Grades 9, 10 & 11
in September 2009, and Grades 9, 10, 11 & 12 in September 2010)
- Engineering and Design Career and Technical Education Program
The Theme/Philosophy
Smaller Learning Communities
Ninth Grade Program
All current eighth grade Museum Studies and Academically Talented students will remain in the school as it grows into a high school, and will select an area of concentration from the following four career magnet themes:
- Eco Landscape Construction will enable students to create sustainable, productive, and aesthetically appealing human environments using natural ecosystems as models. Through experiential, participatory, and classroom learning, students will explore the relationship between personal, social, and ecological sustainability in the rich context of life.
- Environmental Engineering will engage students in designing, developing, and evaluating structures, equipment, and systems that protect the environment from the effects of human activity. Engineering allows students to think and problem solve. Through scientific analysis and synthesis, students find solutions to environmental problems, which maximize both their academic rigor and sense of community. Their projects will reflect scientific principles and environmental awareness.
- Graphics and Interior Space Design will enable students to develop a working knowledge of the key processes involved in creative information technologies. Topics include production of effective advertising and media to create a variety of multi-media projects, including websites, digital portfolios and virtual tours. Students will be utilizing Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design, Quark Express, as well as Final Cut Pro and Dream Weaver/Flash MX.
- Video Marketing, Hospitality and EcoTourism will provide interdisciplinary experiences for students to master both interpersonal and technical skills for success in the Video Marketing, Hospitality and EcoTourism industries. Students will be prepared for careers in film making, hotel and event management, sports and entertainment, and tourism.
The Partners
This school works closely with the following agencies, institutions and/or colleges:
College Partners
- Manhattan College School of Engineering
- Fordham University
- Pace University Law School
- Columbia University - Teachers College Center for
Technology and School Change
- Fashion Institute of Technology
- Parsons School of Design
- Westchester Community College Culinary Arts Program
- Cornell University
- College of Westchester
- Monroe College
Industry and Cultural Partners
- Hudson River Museum and Planetarium
- Beczak Environmental Education Center
- Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo
- Classroom, Inc.
- Westchester Arts Council
- Yonkers Raceway
- Riverfront Development Association
- Association of Civil Engineers (ACE) – Manhattan College
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