A two-year program for students in grades 7 and 8 who delay second language learning until grade 9. The goal is to foster active and independent learning by providing students with structured approaches. Whenever possible, skill instruction is integrated with seventh and eighth grade curriculum. Learning style infor-mation and effective instructional strategies for study skills students are shared with subject area teachers. The overall academic progress of each student is closely monitored by the learning specialists.
Tutorials can be versions of existing courses only in the art department.
Tutorials must be roughly comparable to a regular course in time and effort involved and cannot be used to satisfy the minimum requirements for graduation or the yearly course-load minimum. Except in the art department, teachers will not generally conduct more than one tutorial at a time. A Tutorial Proposal form must be submitted no later than one week prior to the beginning of the term and must be approved by the department head, the faculty supervisor, the dean, and the director of studies. At that point, the course name, grade, and credit will be added to the student s permanent record and transcript. Study Abroad Opportunities exist at Riverdale for semester, year-long, or summer study abroad programs.