Riverside Elementary School

Great KK experience so far. Loved the summer camp for new KK students. Teacher is an excel communicator. The bus driver is wonderful. My son has adjusted so well. The pace and style of learning is great for KK.

I have two kids at this school, 2nd and 4th grade. They really enjoy their school time. Both of them are excellent academically without much contributions from us. Except signing some paper/homework, We didn’t involve much at home. We did struggle at home for their piano, ballet and 2nd language. The younger one made some trouble in school or on bus. Not easy to coach. So I have to attribute their academic performance to their teachers and Riverside!

My 2nd grader has been crying about school. The teacher, Ms. Willis, punishes the whole class by "Silent Lunches" for everyone if anyone misbehaves during lunch or at other times uses it as a threat. Apparently administration condones this type of discipline plan. Also to punish bad behavior of some students, the entire class must walk laps during recess. One student was walking too slow once so the entire class had to walk an additional lap vs. playing on the playground. This is 2nd grade and not a prison system of adults. In K-2, this in my opinion is quite harsh and cruel. We will be moving our child to another school next year.

Great - Riverside is a wonderful school with great community support.