Welcome to the Riverside Secondary community portal! We hope you will find it to be a useful and easy-to-navigate source of information about our school. 
Riverside Secondary is home to a diverse student population of 1400 students, 90 teachers and 25 support staff. We are recognized as "a big school with a small school feel." With courses available in both the Regular and French Immersion programs, Riverside offers a wide variety of curricular and extra-curricular programs designed to meet the needs and interests of all our students. We offer a full range of academic programs, including Honours and Advanced Placement opportunities, as well as a huge variety of elective courses designed to give students a chance to explore and grow in their areas of interest. Riverside has a number of specialty programs, including a Culinary Arts Chef Training program offered in conjunction with Vancouver Community College, a partnership program with BCIT in advanced computer programming (CISCO), a Carpentry and Joinery partnership program with Camosun College, and a Hockey Academy which is open to boys and girls of all hockey skill levels. Riverside is also expanding its Work Experience program so that students can begin to learn about potential careers before they make decisions about post-secondary options. Students can now choose to focus their Work Experience course in several areas including Humanities, Science, Business, Technology, and Visual Arts.
Offering a number of technology-based programs, Riverside is known as a 'technology school' and is a frontrunner in the district and the province. Students in grades nine and ten can apply to our Digital Immersion Program, in which students use laptop computers and the internet to guide and enhance their learning. Students in senior grades can choose from several technology-based options, including our Science Co op program, and Digital Immersion in the Humanities area. Riverside's teaching staff is dedicated to finding new and innovative ways of using technology for teaching and learning in all classrooms in our school - students do not have to be in a formal Technology program to benefit from the many uses of technology available and being used at Riverside.
Riverside has a thriving extracurricular program offered voluntarily by the staff and community coaches. Students can choose from a wide variety of clubs, leadership opportunities and athletic teams offered throughout the school year and we encourage all our students to participate in the wide array of options available to them. Riverside's athletics program has not only produced provincial championship level teams in a number of sports, but offers opportunities for students to participate in a huge variety of sports teams each year. Riverside also has over twenty clubs designed to address the interests of all students and offers both curricular and co-curricular student leadership opportunities.
The staff and administration at Riverside are committed to working alongside our parents and community to ensure the best possible learning experiences for our students. We value the diversity that exists within our school and local community and are proud of the many socially responsible projects and initiatives that have become a part of Riverside's culture. We are fortunate to have sister school relationships in South Korea, Japan, China, Italy, and Austria, providing our students with opportunities to travel overseas. Additionally, international students studying at Riverside provide our local students with new perspectives to better prepare them for a diverse and global world. We are proud of the relationships forged between the staff and students, as well as the quality of education and services provided to our learners. Thank you for visiting Riverside Secondary's virtual site!
Anthony Ciolfitto,
Principal