Riverside High School for Engineering and Design
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Riverside High School for Engineering and Design is Yonkers' 6th public high school. It opened to 9th grade
students in September 2007. Riverside High School is also known as RED (Riverside Engineering and Design) and aims to be environmentally friendly
. Its first graduating class is the class of 2011.
in the rich context of life.
Environmental Engineering
will engage students in designing, developing, and evaluating structures, equipment, and systems that protect the environment from the effects of human activity. Engineering allows students to think and problem solve. Through scientific analysis
and synthesis, students find solutions to environmental problems, which maximize both their academic rigor
and sense of community
. Their projects will reflect scientific principles and environmental awareness.
Graphics and Interior Space Design will enable students to develop a working knowledge of the key processes involved in creative information technologies
. Topics include production of effective advertising and media to create a variety of multi-media
projects, including websites, digital portfolios and virtual tours. Students will be utilizing Adobe Photoshop
, Illustrator, In-Design, Quark Express, as well as Final Cut Pro
and Dream Weaver/Flash MX.
Video Marketing, Hospitality and EcoTourism
will provide interdisciplinary experiences for students to master both interpersonal and technical skills for success in the Video Marketing, Hospitality and EcoTourism industries. Students will be prepared for careers in film making
, hotel and event management
, sports and entertainment, and tourism.
Ninth grade
Ninth grade is the ninth post-kindergarten year of school education in some school systems. The students are 13 to 15 years of age, depending on when their birthday occurs. Depending on the school district, ninth grade is usually the first year of high school....
students in September 2007. Riverside High School is also known as RED (Riverside Engineering and Design) and aims to be environmentally friendly
Environmentally friendly
Environmentally friendly are terms used to refer to goods and services, laws, guidelines and policies claimed to inflict minimal or no harm on the environment....
. Its first graduating class is the class of 2011.
Courses
Eco Landscape Construction will enable students to create sustainable, productive, and esthetically appealing human environments using natural ecosystems as models. Through experiential, participatory, and classroom learning, students will explore the relationship between personal, social, and ecological sustainabilitySustainability
Sustainability is the capacity to endure. For humans, sustainability is the long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and encompasses the concept of union, an interdependent relationship and mutual responsible position with all living and non...
in the rich context of life.
Environmental Engineering
Environmental engineering
Environmental engineering is the application of science and engineering principles to improve the natural environment , to provide healthy water, air, and land for human habitation and for other organisms, and to remediate polluted sites...
will engage students in designing, developing, and evaluating structures, equipment, and systems that protect the environment from the effects of human activity. Engineering allows students to think and problem solve. Through scientific analysis
Scientific method
Scientific method refers to a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry must be based on gathering empirical and measurable evidence subject to specific principles of...
and synthesis, students find solutions to environmental problems, which maximize both their academic rigor
Rigour
Rigour or rigor has a number of meanings in relation to intellectual life and discourse. These are separate from public and political applications with their suggestion of laws enforced to the letter, or political absolutism...
and sense of community
Sense of community
Sense of community is a concept in community psychology and social psychology, as well as in several other research disciplines, such as urban sociology, which focuses on the experience of community rather than its structure, formation, setting, or other features...
. Their projects will reflect scientific principles and environmental awareness.
Graphics and Interior Space Design will enable students to develop a working knowledge of the key processes involved in creative information technologies
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
. Topics include production of effective advertising and media to create a variety of multi-media
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
projects, including websites, digital portfolios and virtual tours. Students will be utilizing Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems Incorporated.Adobe's 2003 "Creative Suite" rebranding led to Adobe Photoshop 8's renaming to Adobe Photoshop CS. Thus, Adobe Photoshop CS5 is the 12th major release of Adobe Photoshop...
, Illustrator, In-Design, Quark Express, as well as Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro is a non-linear video editing software developed by Macromedia Inc. and then Apple Inc. The most recent version, Final Cut Pro X, runs on Mac personal computers powered by Mac OS X version 10.6.7 or later and using Intel processors...
and Dream Weaver/Flash MX.
Video Marketing, Hospitality and EcoTourism
Ecotourism
Ecotourism is a form of tourism visiting fragile, pristine, and usually protected areas, intended as a low impact and often small scale alternative to standard commercial tourism...
will provide interdisciplinary experiences for students to master both interpersonal and technical skills for success in the Video Marketing, Hospitality and EcoTourism industries. Students will be prepared for careers in film making
Filmmaking
Filmmaking is the process of making a film, from an initial story, idea, or commission, through scriptwriting, casting, shooting, directing, editing, and screening the finished product before an audience that may result in a theatrical release or television program...
, hotel and event management
Event management
Event management is the application of project management to the creation and development of festivals, events and conferences.Event management involves studying the intricacies of the brand, identifying the target audience, devising the event concept, planning the logistics and coordinating the...
, sports and entertainment, and tourism.