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Commitment to Equity
Equity and Engagement
At Rivers, we believe that cultivating a caring, respectful, and collaborative learning environment requires a focus on equitable practices across all areas of operations that encompasses all members of our professional community and is driven by informed, reflective, and accountable leadership. Additionally, Rivers recognizes that intentionally creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community takes more than good intentions. It is an ongoing process that requires conscious effort, meaningful action, and measurable outcomes.
Commitment to Diversity
Diversity is integral to all parts of the Rivers experience. We are intentionally committed to growing a diverse community in which every member feels welcome, safe, and respected. Rivers does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, color, ethnic, or national origin in our admission policies, educational policies, financial aid and loan programs, and athletic or other school-administered programs.
List of 3 news stories.
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Mandarin Community Partnership: Crossing Language and Cultural Borders Right at Home
In Chloe Yang’s Mandarin IV class, students are forming new intergenerational friendships right here at Rivers through a partnership with a local organization serving Chinese senior citizens. Guests from Rainbow ADHC in Needham have visited campus several times this semester. In class, Rivers students are each paired with one or more of the Mandarin-speaking senior citizens, giving students invaluable conversation practice with native speakers, as well as an opportunity to learn from elders about their life experiences.Read More -
“The Right to Protest for Right”: Honoring the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
At an all-school assembly just before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, members of the Black Student Union (BSU) at Rivers led programming to honor King’s legacy. During the assembly, the community heard from BSU leaders and from history faculty member Arturo Bagley, who delivered the keynote address.Read More -
Global Education and Community Engagement Students Present at Civic Engagement Conference in Atlanta
Read MoreThis fall, five Rivers students participated in a conference on civic engagement, hosted by the Lovett School in Atlanta, GA. Global Education Scholars Soren Brockman ’27, Shea MacLaughlan ’27, Madi Pugatch ’27, and Caroline Sorel ’27, and Community Engagement Intern Lily Soares ’27 traveled south for the conference. They were accompanied by Director of Global Education Andrea Villagrán and Middle School humanities teacher Eitan Tye. With a stated theme of “Taking Action: Active Global Citizenship,” the conference emphasized how our choices and actions can impact communities locally and globally and how collaboration across cultures strengthens understanding and empathy.
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