Welcome to Riverdale High School!

Community Learning Center

The Riverdale CLC is an organization fostering life-long learning by actively participating in sustainable socio-economic/cultural/linguistic development.
In collaboration with Community partners, we strive to provide quality educational services, sports, leisure, and recreational activities responding to the
diverse needs of the Community.

The mission of the Riverdale CLC is to bring together and promote the capacity of local, sustainable partnerships with community based organization
already in existence. Consequently, this would create a closer more intimate connection between the school and the community in a complementary manner.
Together the Riverdale CLC and its partners will provide services to enhance the well being of our students, their families and community.
Working with our partners will enable the CLC to create a milieu that fosters family and community engagement, youth development, sports,
arts and a life-long learning community.

Through a collaboration process, the CLC will engage our community to build multi -directional reciprocal learning relationships between students,
teachers, parents and the community at large.

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ADITYA YOUTH TRUST FUND

AYTF (Aditya Youth Trust Fund), a non-denominational charitable organization, has been actively involved with the
CLC at Riverdale since April 2007. The goal of AYTF is to assist students in reaching their maximum educational potential.

AYTF holds the following tutoring and homework-help classes:

At Riverdale
- Mathematics and Science for grades 9 to 11 on Saturday mornings from 10 am to 12 pm.
- Special Physical Science tutorials for students who are taking the grade 10 supplementary exam.
- Mathematics and English tutoring for students, grades 5 to 8, Saturdays from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm.

ATYF also offers scholarships for students entering CEGEP.

Visit our website by clicking here for additional information.

ALLIANCE OF SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITIES (ASAC)

ASAC offers free support services to the South Asian Communities. ASAC has been actively involved with Riverdale offering students tutorials,
mentoring, seminars, special cultural events, and summer programs. ASAC provides services in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, and others.
ASAC is also available to provide services for families in need of translations, housing advice, help with immigration problems, general information, referrals etc.

THE BORN TO READ RESOURCE & STIMULATION CENTRE

A Volunteer group which promotes early literacy skills in young children. Their goal is to encourage family interactions which result in the child
learning the literacy skills that are important to succeed in school.

Books and Play is a program that introduces parents and their pre-school children to the world of books, reading and rhymes. No registration is required:
families can drop in any time on Tuesday and Thursday between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

The Saturday Morning Club (10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.) is a program for children ages 5-8. It has a one on one setting with educational games and
reading activities in a friendly library designed room.

There is also a lending library for children 0 to 8 years old. Further information can be found on our website by clicking here.

BROOKWOOD BASKETBALL

A volunteer organization which has been in existence for 40 years. We have an intercity division and house leagues for both boys
and girls and various age groups.

Intercity league (10-17 years). Meets every Tuesday and Thursday at 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm & Sunday 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Girl and Boy House League ( 6 TO 17 years). Meets every Monday and Wednesday from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm &
Saturday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
Adult coed League (18years +). Meets every Monday and Wednesday from 9:00 pm to 10:30pm.

Daycare Service is provided to families who have children playing a basketball game. Provided every Saturday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.

We also offer a Summer basketball camp. Click here for more information.

CHAI WEST/SCHMOOZE CLUB

The Schmooze Club is on the cutting edge of informal education, providing free pizza for students in the public and
private schools on the West Island, during the school lunch hour. The Schmooze Club is open to students from all different
faiths and backgrounds. This Club offers the Jewish perspective on many of the issues & topics in our daily lives including personal beliefs, morals & values, and religion. We meet every Tuesday at lunch time.
For additional information visit our website by clicking here.

CRICKET MONTREAL

Established in 2008, Cricket Montreal is all about the love and spirit of the game. Our focus is year round
Cricket Camps for kids, as well as introduction seminars for Phys-ed Teachers and everything in between.
We are simply the Home of Cricket in Montreal.

The face of the world is changing, and Cricket is our method of choice to share the subtleties of different cultures. Through sport,
all involved in this movement share a common goal. To share the invaluable etiquette, respect, discipline and unity felt through this
one common passion. Cricket ! 'The Spirit of the Game.'
For information on our Cricket Camps or our club, visit our website by clicking here.

LITERACY UNLIMITED

This year's Family Literacy Day was a huge success - read about it by clicking here.

Literacy Unlimited is a community resource dedicated to the advancement of literacy. We have been helping adults challenged with low literacy since 1981 and offer the following services:

One-on-one Tutoring: Free one-on-one tutoring for English-speaking adults who want to improve their basic reading, writing and math skills. Student goals may include employment, further education and/or increased independence. Tutoring is provided by trained volunteers and is available weekdays, evenings or weekends.

School Literacy Program: This program is a pull-out program during the school day where students are tutored on a one-on-one basis to improve their reading and writing skills. The support is tailored to meet individual student needs and interests. Poor readers are at significant risk for dropping out of high school. By helping them to grow as readers and writers, we hope to motivate these young adolescents to remain in school. Literacy Unlimited is able to provide this service thanks to a generous donation from Gildan Activewear.

Computer Skills Training: Computer literacy is fast emerging as a necessary skill in our society. We provide a Computer Skills Training Program as an additional service to adults improving their traditional literacy skills. Trained volunteers work one-on-one with adults struggling with literacy issues to learn basic computer skills. Literacy Unlimited is able to provide this service thanks to a generous donation from Freedom 55 Financial, a division of London Life Insurance Company.

Click here for our website, or telephone us at 514-694-0007 for additional information

OVERTURE WITH THE ARTS

Overture With The Arts is a non-profit organization dedicated to making performing arts education available to youth from all walks of life.

We offer low cost training for all youth, as well as scholarships to youth who have an interest in the performing arts and who wouldn't otherwise have the finances to pursue their passion.

We are also committed to giving students a comprehensive understanding that "show business" is indeed a business by giving courses and management workshops targeted to the entertainment industry. For more information visit our website by clicking here.

WEST ISLAND BLACK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

WIBCA has started its After-school Program and it will run until May 2013. We are open Monday to Thursday from 3:45 pm to 4:45 pm. All students are welcome!

We also run a regular Saturday Morning School at Riverdale Community Learning Centre. Open to all students at all grade levels (elementary & secondary). The program allows for two hours of volunteer supported tutoring and homework assistance each Saturday morning (French & English). In addition WIBCA also provides the following programs: After-school tutorials; Drop-in centre for youth and a summer day camp which combines learning and recreational components. WIBCA is committed to education and supporting educational opportunities in public schools. For more information visit our website by clicking here.

YOUTH STARS FOUNDATION

The Youth Stars Foundation, Riverdale High School, Dance Quebec and the CLC, are happy to announce our 4th Arts, Dance & Sports Summer Camp from July 2nd, 2013 -August 16th, 2013.

Just like previous years, the camp will focus on the arts, dance and sports for children between the ages of 5 and 12 years old. The camp will be run by our team of passionate, experienced, bilingual and first-aid/cpr certified instructors and counsellors. The camp will run from 9am to 4pm and have on-site daycare hours in the morning (from 7:30am to 9am) and afternoon (from 4pm to 6pm) for $5 per day (optional). The camp also offers a lunch program for $5 per day (optional) provided by Subway which includes a sandwich, juice and a cookie!

FOR MORE INFO click here: or e-mail us at : INFO@YOUTHSTARS.ORG, or call us at 514-800-9746.

Watch our YouTube video; http://youtu.be/m_PMowLoSOY

The Performing arts and sports in all its forms have a persuasive impact on youth habits, lifestyle and culture. Dance, Music theatre, art and sports are vital and effective tools that can be used to convey positive messages and connect with today’s youth.
Youth Stars Foundation is a non-profit organization, who’s mandate is to positively encourage and educate youth, by providing them with various organized activities, events and workshops all using the arts & sports as a motivational & educational tool. Our motto is “Providing Youth with a Brighter Future”, because that is what we aim for.

Community partnership Objectives:

To enhance the well being of students, and their communities by providing a lifelong experience through youth development, sports, arts, and culture.
Our goal of the partnership program is to give kids hands on life experiences and help them raise money for programs that will benefit them and their schools, such as; the grad committee, academic scholarships and equipment, computers etc…
The idea behind the community partnership is to use our resources and experience in community work, event organization, promotion, and youth entertainment to give youth a lifelong experience at an early age. For information contact visit our website by clicking here
or contact Shaheed Malik at (514) 800-9746.

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