Riverdale High School is a great high school. Honestly, as far as Tennessee schools go, the…read moreenvironment is great and the staff genuinely care about the students. Riverdale is nothing like the city schools that are great mis-mash of conflicting cultures and ideals which results in most kids attending private schools. Most students who attend Riverdale have parents who has attended Riverdale which means generations of people love this school. There are many other little things about Riverdale that make it unique. Although there is definitely a presence of drugs, it's never become remotely violent. Most people who do drugs here mostly do weed, which isn't too harmful. Riverdale does have a no-tolerance policy on smoking, drugs, and drinking, so if any student starts to over-do, another student is likely to report them. Most of our problems with stupid Freshmen who think they're smart. Earlier this year two freshman football players that are not so decent people started vaping every morning before getting on the bus. It got so smelly that they got reported. On another incident, a freshman girl (often tries to be cool by bringing drugs), brought wine in a clear water bottle then shared it. She confessed and got off easy, while the boy she shared it with got suspension because he tried to lie about it being kool-aid. Kids who do serious things get sent to local alternative school. Even with the drugs, Riverdale is very non-violent and very few people actually hate each other. Sure, gossip happens but it's mostly bark (no bite). Kids here seem to really enjoy talking to each other and the cliques aren't really that judgmental (excluding the racist hillbilly kids or the black kids, mostly girls, who act uppity). In fact, if you have some smarts, you can make a lot of fast friends in many different colors and interests. It's a very relaxed environment with very little drama. Riverdale has several focuses. Mr. Nolan, who runs the school, is super lenient with his students. He tries to give them the best and really cares about every kid. If you're into machines and fixing uppin, Riverdale has a built in body shop to experiment on cars and other machinery. The ag department also offers a class on fixing farming equipment if you're into that. As far as electronics go, they also offer programming classes that make videos games and from my impression the students enjoy. During lunch the programming students can be found in the teacher's room watching videos or working on coding. A good main focus is the student moral and sports. Mr. Nolan loves his rallies in the Gym and recently had the Gym redone as a result. He mainly focuses on rallies for the main sports teams such as football and our famous girls' basketball team that just won again this year. However unless students try to rise up and ask for less popular sports that we're also mega successful in to me recognized, sports like wrestling will be ignored. They are building another athletics building right now, and I don't exactly know what it is for. However, they already have a swimming pool, a gym, a track and football field, and among other things. The ag department has two separate parts. Small animal has an in-building collection of animals, including guinea pigs, rabbits, a corn snake, ferrets, degus, rats, mice, an iguana, two bearded dragons, and chinchillas. They also have rabbits outside in hutches. Large animal charge has sheep, goats, and I believe also works with cows and horses from other places. The ag department hosts FFA which is great for anyone interested in farming, livestock, or just going out and doing stuff with animals. They volunteer with the local shelter. The science depart is also notable. They have a very active science club that will take outings to the local Barfield-Cresent park and volunteer to pick up trash, test water, etc. They also have taken field trips to go caving or canoeing. Mr. Hurt and Ms. Hargrove are super friendly. Mr. Hurt is arguably my favourite teacher as if you are interested in science and want to learn more about genetics in particular species or have him review scientific papers, he will take extra time to do that. The language department is eh. They offer Latin, Spanish, and German. The current German teacher is very lenient, sometimes too much. I'm sure he's a great guy but he sometimes makes fun of his students when they're trying to learn. I've heard eh things about the Spanish teacher as well. The English department is arguably one of the best. All the English teachers really, really care about their students and their grades. Many of the teachers who get the students with the higher test scores refuse to teach the state tests and instead have us actually writing papers with little worksheets to help us find textual evidence. Overall, Riverdale is a great school with many upsides. It's an old school and looks run down, but the community makes it worth attending for fourth years. Recommended.

This school is God awful. One problem with that is they don't make fresh food all day food is…read moremostly reheat it is very occasional and conditional that you will get fresh food. Another problem with it is that they don't care about the students they care about getting him in and out they pass their own care if they feel they don't care it is just you you can have a few connections with a few teachers. Lastly I would like to point out that the environment doesn't feel very great the students there are the only fun part about it and the teachers there only a few teachers there then OK one positive note though is that those few teachers that are good it will make you your experience a little better there's one principle that is OK..