Riverdale Country School is constructing a new classroom building on its Lower School campus so students will be “camping out” in temporary units this year. Temporary but not ordinary. Using creative design and input from the students, Riverdale has turned the Learning Complex into a fun and funny place to learn. The students may never want to leave.
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