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Discover what’s on at RDAS — enrichment experiences for your child, a distinguished speaker series, and evenings to mix and mingle. Browse the line-up, then leave your details once.

Children working together at a low table during an RDAS Young Series workshop
Children kneeling around a sand tray, digging for finds together
A teacher and four children sorting materials into trays at the start of a workshop

Curated enrichment experience for your child

Young Series Workshop

A Hands-On Workshop for Ages 6–10

The Young Series gives your child a 2-hour preview of our innovative approach to learning. Through hands-on activities that blend art, science, technology, and storytelling, children discover what makes RDAS education truly unique.

Your Child Will:

  • Create, explore, and investigate across multiple disciplines.在多个学科之间创造、探索与探究。
  • Develop critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills.培养批判性思维与创造性解决问题的能力。
  • Experience learning that’s engaging, meaningful, and fun.体验引人入胜、富有意义又充满乐趣的学习。
  • Discover their natural curiosity and love for discovery.发现自己与生俱来的好奇心与探索热情。

You Will Discover:

  • What differentiated, student-centered education looks like in practice.差异化、以学生为中心的教育在实践中是什么模样。
  • Whether RDAS is the right fit for your family.RDAS 是否适合您的家庭。
Two children sharing a discovery during a workshop activity
An RDAS teacher guiding a small group through a making task
A child crouching outdoors to examine a speckled egg through a magnifier
Dr. Kevin Mattingly speaking to teachers seated at round tables, a slide on retrieval practice projected on the screen behind him
A guest speaker addressing parents seated at tables in an RDAS learning space
A guest speaker at the lectern with a microphone, addressing an RDAS audience

Distinguished speaker series

Guest Speaker Workshop

A Talk and Discussion Series for Parents

Our Guest Speaker Workshops bring educators, researchers, and practitioners to campus for a 2-hour conversation about how children actually learn. Each session pairs a short, substantive talk with an open floor — so you leave with ideas you can use at your own kitchen table, not a stack of handouts.

You Will:

  • Hear directly from specialists in child development, learning, and well-being.直接聆听儿童发展、学习与身心健康领域专家的分享。
  • Ask the questions that matter most to your own family.提出对您家庭最重要的问题。
  • Exchange perspectives with other parents navigating the same stage.与处于同一阶段的其他家长交流心得。
  • Take away practical strategies you can put to work the same week.带走当周就能付诸实践的具体方法。

Discover How You Can:

  • Translate research on learning into everyday parenting decisions.将学习研究转化为日常育儿中的选择。
  • See what sits behind an RDAS education — and whether it’s the right fit for your family.看见 RDAS 教育背后的理念，以及它是否适合您的家庭。
Ray Diffley speaking at the lectern to parents seated at round tables, a question slide on the screen behind
Dr. Kevin Mattingly speaking to a room of seated teachers during a training session
A packed auditorium of parents listening to a speaker at an RDAS event
Dr. Erica Smeltzer, Head of School, speaking at a lectern with a microphone
A teacher and a group of students gathered around a table to look at a project
Students testing paper gliders in a bright, window-lined classroom

Live online, from wherever you are

Virtual Information Session

A Live Webinar with Our Head of School

At RD American School, the Head of School knows your child by name.

Class sizes stay low, teachers have time for each student, and our academic framework is shaped to fit how your child actually learns. Inside the classroom, that means work pitched to the right level. Outside it, time and attention for the things that make your child light up.

Join Dr. Erica Smeltzer, Head of School, live as she shares how a personalized American education helps each student flourish, and ask her what it would look like for your child.

Parents talking with an RDAS staff member at a school open house
Children kneeling on the floor to arrange natural materials into long patterned lines
A teacher walking across the field with three students during an outdoor session
A staff member speaking with a group of visiting parents in the open learning commons
Visiting parents gathered beside the living green wall in the timber-lined atrium
A staff member showing visitors an Elementary classroom with round tables and blue chairs

Walk the school with us

Campus Tour

See the Learning Spaces for Yourself

A school is hard to judge from a brochure. Come walk ours. Our campus was designed by award-winning architect Trung Le — bright, open learning spaces filled with natural light and greenery, with distinct zones for expression, collaboration, movement, and reflection, and quiet corners a child can choose for themselves.

On the Tour You Will:

  • See how the space itself supports small classes and personalized learning.看见空间本身如何支撑小班教学与个性化学习。
  • Meet teachers and members of our leadership team along the way.沿途与老师和管理团队成员见面交流。
  • Ask about admissions, daily routines, and anything else on your mind.就招生、日常安排以及任何您关心的问题当面提问。
Visitors in the library reading area, with picture books on display and windows onto the trees
A tour group walking through the art studio past student paintings on easels
Students playing soccer on the field beside the campus building
An RDAS staff member talking with a guest beside the wine and cheese table
Three guests in conversation with drinks in hand beside the green living wall
A guest laughing with others while helping herself from the cheese boards

Mix and mingle

Wine and Cheese Information Session

This special evening offers a wonderful opportunity to meet our school representatives, learn more about our academic programs, and experience our campus in a relaxed and welcoming environment.

A long table of cheese and charcuterie boards with the Wine & Cheese welcome slide behind
Guests mingling across an open RDAS learning space during the evening
A member of the leadership team presenting the RDAS mission to seated guests

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