Riviera Middle School was noted for its commitment to multimedia technology, strong leadership, enthusiastic staff, and community involvement. Riviera's participation in a feeder system was also noted. Riviera makes use of the feeder partnership to redistribute hardware and software as well as use of technology teams to train the other schools. At Riviera, computer technology is integrated into the curriculum in a variety of ways. Most technology application programs are open-ended, and most of the technology is vocationally oriented.
Activities center on project-based learning curricula.
Among other things, Hyperstudio training for students and teachers enables students as young as 6th grade to prepare and deliver oral presentations to staff to learn to use PowerPoint for instruction. Group projects in the feeder system cross curricula, grades, and even schools in a virtual campus. The school Web site is maintained as a class and club project. A tech squad of students works with the full-time computer specialist to train others at Riviera Middle School as well as other schools in the feeder stream on how to troubleshoot and maintain computers. Representatives from Riviera Middle School flew to Washington D.C. to receive this honor.