Riverside High School for Engineering and Design

Riverside High School
Riverside High School
Location
565 Warburton Avenue Yonkers, New York 10701
Information
Type	Public High School ^[1]
Established	2007
School district	Yonkers Public Schools
Principal	Steven E. Murphy(he changed schools)
Grades	9-12
Number of students	1006 ^[2]
Color(s)	Red
Athletics	Riverside Rams
Mascot	Ram
Website	http://riverside.ypschools.org/

Riverside High School for Engineering and Design is Yonkers' 6th public high school. It opened to 9th grade students in September 2007. Riverside High School is also known as RED (Riverside Engineering and Design) and aims to be environmentally friendly. Its first graduating class is the class of 2011.

Courses

Eco Landscape Construction will enable students to create sustainable, productive, and esthetically 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.

References

↑ New York State Department of Education
↑ Riverside High School, greatschools.org

High schools in Westchester County, New York

Public high schools

Yonkers Public Schools	Gorton Lincoln Palisade Preparatory (7-12) Riverside HS for Engineering and Design (9-12) Roosevelt HS - Early College Studies (9-12) Saunders Trades and Technical (9-12) Yonkers Middle High Yonkers Montessori Academy

Other public high schools	Ardsley Blind Brook (Rye Brook) Briarcliff Bronxville Byram Hills Croton-Harmon Dobbs Ferry Eastchester Edgemont Jr-Sr HS Fox Lane (Bedford) Alexander Hamilton Jr-Sr HS (Elmsford) Harrison Hastings Hendrick Hudson Horace Greeley (Chappaqua) Irvington John Jay (Cross River) Lakeland (Shrub Oak) Mamaroneck Mount Vernon New Rochelle Ossining Peekskill Pelham Pleasantville Port Chester Rye Neck (Mamaroneck) Rye Scarsdale Somers Tuckahoe Valhalla Walter Panas (Cortlandt Manor) Westlake (Mount Pleasant) White Plains Woodlands (Hartsdale) Yorktown

Independent

Secular private	Daytop Village Secondary School French-American School of New York German School New York Hackley School The Harvey School Keio Academy of New York Masters School New York School for the Deaf Rye Country Day School Soundview Preparatory School Thornton-Donovan School

Religious	Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel Archbishop Stepinac High School Iona Preparatory School John F. Kennedy Catholic High School Maria Regina High School The Montfort Academy Our Lady of Victory Academy (Closed) Sacred Heart High School Salesian High School School of the Holy Child Solomon Schechter School of Westchester The Ursuline School Westchester Hebrew High School

This list is incomplete.

Coordinates: 40°57′20″N 73°53′46″W / 40.95555°N 73.896157°W / 40.95555; -73.896157

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