PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

I am a firm believer in the great power of human spirit and endeavour. Human beings are capable of great achievements in every field, provided they receive an education that is directed at developing their all-round faculties and capacities. My purpose as head of the school is very clear: to nurture an educational environment at RiverDale that will help students develop their latent talents, faculties and abilities to the fullest.

Foremost in my list of priorities as Principal is helping children imbibe high moral standards and values. Helping students achieve proficiency in academic studies and intellectual development comes next. The physical, emotional and social development of students cannot be lost sight of and considerable effort is put in realizing them. In short, my team and I are determined to ensure that overtime, students of RiverDale are equipped with the knowledge, values, attitudes, skills and abilities that they will require for meeting the challenges awaiting them in the future.

Our school management has continued to serve as a guiding light, shepherding one and all at RiverDale with care and tenacity along the path of progress and growth. The staff plays an admirable part in imbibing, with single-minded determination and commitment, the high expectations associated with shaping of tender hearts and minds. It responds with remarkable zeal and diligence to the call of duty by contributing, through tireless and caring effort, to the all-round development of the students entrusted to their care.

The parents too have been a constant source of encouragement and support helping effect essential course-corrections from time to time.

The students, the focal centre of all activities at RiverDale and the very reason for its existence, have also played their unique role by aligning themselves with the school’s vision and objectives through appropriate conduct and application. A profound sense of responsibility and ownership towards their own learning, an enhanced ability to resist peer pressure and take morally sound decisions, and a predisposition towards cooperation and mutual support in the fields of academics, extra-curricular activities and sports are only a few attributes that characterize our students at RiverDale.

The manner in which students respond to the tireless and caring efforts of their teachers and other staff fills us with the confidence that at RiverDale we are moving in the right direction. It gives us the motivation to redouble our efforts to serve the best interests of our students. It also fills us with a sense of pride that RiverDale, in its own small way, continues to enrich society by providing a steady stream of morally, intellectually, socially, emotionally and physically strong citizens. It is with such lofty aims that we look to the future and discharge our duties and responsibilities in the present.