Riverview School

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Riverview School was founded in 1957 by Mr. William Janse, a visionary educator who believed that students with learning challenges could realize their potential. He and his partner, Mr. Burgess Butler, opened a summer camp on a 5-acre tract that was later expanded into the present 16-acre campus. The camp was so successful that it evolved into a school established under its original name, Hope fields School.

Riverview School is an independent, coeducational boarding/day school located on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Riverview is a leader in educating students with complex language and learning challenges. We’re committed to helping each of our students gain academic, social, and independent living skills to achieve their goals.

Students who enroll at Riverview are friendly, caring, and eager students with complex learning challenges. They thrive here as they experience typical adolescent and young adult academic, extra-curricular, and social pursuits.

Riverview students have life-changing experiences in an environment that is designed to embrace them completely. They make friends. They gain a deep feeling of connection to others. Self-esteem flourishes. Students become resilient and redefine themselves. They come into their own. At Riverview School, we believe in each child’s potential. Riverview is a place where students belong,and where they develop the tools and skills necessary to become all they can be.

Riverview School places a great deal of importance on the appropriateness of a candidate’s tcompleteapplication, the number of male and female openings in each grade and dorm, and insuring a good fit between the applicant and students who are currently enrolled. Middle & High School Programs: Students ages 11–19, grades 6–12, Post High School Transition Program Students ages 17–21.

• Diagnosed language, learning ,and cognitive disabilities
• Desires to make friends and is interested in forming relationships with others
• Seeks typical teenage opportunities such as playing on sports teams, participating in drama, music, art and student government, attending dances, etc.
• Responds well to a structured, supportive, predictable environment
• Capable of greater success in the academic environment
• Has mastered basic daily living skills and personal hygiene
• Mild medical issues that complicate – but not compromise – daily activities
• WISC or WAIS scores between 65–90 or functional abilities within that range

The typical Riverview School student is often described as gentle, friendly and naïve. Therefore, students demonstrating a history of emotional, behavioral or psychiatric disorders, those requiring a therapeutic environment, are not able to be considered. If you feel Riverview may be appropriate for your child, please provide us with the information listed in the Admission Procedures. You may also contact us with any questions you may have.

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