UPDATED BUS ROUTES
The new bus routes will go into effect Monday, March 18th
Riverbend Prep. Receives 2023 Best of Laveen Village Award
LAVEEN VILLAGE October 12, 2023 -- Riverbend Prep. has been selected for the 2023 Best of Laveen Village Award in the Charter School category by the Laveen Village Award Program.
Each year, the Laveen Village Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the Laveen Village area a great place to live, work and play.
Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2023 Laveen Village Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the Laveen Village Award Program and data provided by third parties.
Welcome Back Wildcats
Please see the welcome back letter belowNow Enrolling!
Spots are filling up quick!
We are now Enrolling for the 2024-2025 school year! Pick up your enrollment packets today!
*Stop by our office or call us at (602)-285-3003
We’re on a mission to create a more equitable society by preparing our scholars to #changetheworld
Riverbend Prep. Core Values
Riverbend has a responsibility to develop the WHOLE CHILD. Academics and social-emotional learning are equally important.
Our methodologies are CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE. We honor and celebrate our diverse community and strategically select curriculum and programs that best serve them.
Scholars should understand WHY education is important and how it directly benefits them.
We've Got Big News To Share
Over the course of the pandemic, we have identified the need to enhance our core academic model to provide improved services to our scholars and ensure we do everything we can to prepare them for the modern world. The time has come to reboot who we are, and what we do to develop strong, competent members of society.
Wanted - recyclables
Do you have any of the following laying around? Donate them to Riverbend Prep. to help us create sustainable projects this school year!
Newspaper
Plastic bottles
Cardboard boxes
Paper clips
Binder clips
Pipe cleaners
Etc.
Our Program
Riverbend Prep will use a toolkit of research-based educational practices to help all students attain high academic standards. Riverbend Prep will educate the whole student with a rigorous, "back-to-basics" core curriculum and an innovative, multicultural, multidisciplinary program focusing on humanities. The school will combine challenging content and engaging instructional strategies tailored to different learning styles in the pursuit of academic excellence.
Volunteer opportunities
Interested in volunteering at Riverbend Prep? Download our volunteer agreement here and email it to Info@riverbendprep.org
Make a Donation
The ARS 43-1089.01 state law allows families filing jointly to donate up to $400 per calendar year to the Riverbend Prep and receive a dollar-for-dollar income tax credit for the amount you donate.
Public Notices
AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY (A.R.S. §15-189.05), as added by Laws 2018, Ch. 285, §3
- Average salary of all teachers employed in budget year 2024: $46,177.00
- Average salary of all teachers employed in budget year 2023: $44,423.00
- Average salary of all teachers employed in budget year 2022: $43,196
- Average salary of all teachers employed in budget year 2021: $41,798.00
- Average salary of all teachers employed in prior year 2020: $42,505.00
- Percentage increase in average salary: 3.9%
- Dollar increase in average salary: $1,754
Notice
Pursuant to ARS 41-1347, the district destroys all psychological and special education records on students five years after those students have been dismissed from special education or have withdrawn from the district. The district maintains a permanent record of their special education services with the student’s name, date of birth, ethnicity and special education eligibility.
Please note that the Riverbend Preparatory Academy will be destroying special education records of any student who graduated or left the district on or before May 31, 2017. These Special Education records will be destroyed on June 19, 2022 in accordance with District Policy. For further questions, please contact the Riverbend Preparatory Academy's Special Education Office at (602) 285-3003.
Destruction of General Education Records
Pursuant to ARS 39-121.01, the district destroys all general education records for students after four years of nonattendance. The district maintains a permanent record of the student’s name, date of birth, place of birth, gender, parents and/or legal guardian’s name, and record of attendance.
