New grade levels for RVS

The Riverside Virtual School staff has been hard at work this summer. Not only did several of teachers and administrators travel to Philadelphia for the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference to learn from what educators across the country, curriculum design teams have been hard at work. Two major additions to the RVS program are set to be engaged in two weeks.

1. RVS will expand into grades 3 -5, opening opportunities for fulltime enrollment for elementary aged students. The RVS program now serves students in grades 3 - 12 and is eager to welcome homeschooling families from throughout Southern California that have been requesting access the lower grade levels.

2. The middle school curriculum has been revised to incorporate integrated social studies and English Language Arts courses and lab-based sciences. The new curriculum is built on a foundation of project-based learning and designed to ensure students are prepared for the rigorous Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) tracks , including new bio-medical and environmental science tracks, at the high school level.