Add a Riverdale calendar (of any type -- event, room, or resource) to my own calendar

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Summary.pngHow to find RCS Google Calendars, including room and cart reservations.
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Employees, Students and Parents
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Calendars and Scheduling
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Matthijs van Mierlo
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View Riverdale calendars

We have many Riverdale Google Calendars for different purposes. Some of the common calendars are listed below.

Common calendars:

If the calendar you're looking for isn't in the list above, please refer to the following article for a full list of Riverdale calendars that you can add to your account: Get a list of Riverdale Google Calendars

Note: you must be logged into your Riverdale Google Account in order to view these calendars.

Add Riverdale calendars to your account

To add a calendar to your own Google Calendar page, click its Googleicon.png button at lower right once you've opened the calendar. Remember, you can find a full list of calendars here: Get a list of Riverdale Google Calendars.

Find Room/Resource calendars and School calendars, and add these to your Google Calendar

  • Go to the left hand column of your Google calendar and find "Other Calendars":
  • Click on the "+"

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  • Select Browse Resources from the drop-down menu

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  • Use the (╲╱) carets to expand the Campus and browse for the calendar you'd like to see

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  • Check the box next to the calendars you'd like to subscribe to. They will be added automatically to your "Other Calendars" List.

Request access to calendars

Access to many of our calendars is based on your membership in the Middle and Upper School Faculty Google Groups. If you cannot see the correct calendar(s), you need to join the correct groups.

You can obtain membership as follows: First, do either or both of these:

  1. Go here for our Upper School Google Group.
  2. Go here for our Middle School Google Group.

If you see ''You must be a member of this group to view and participate in it'', click ''Apply for membership'' and follow the prompts to apply for membership. If, after 24 hours, you still cannot see these calendars, please follow up with us via your Tech Support Request.

Other articles about Calendars and Scheduling:

Article Summary
Reserve a room or resource in Google Calendar How to reserve a room or resource (including a laptop or iPad cart) in Google Calendar.
Get a list of Riverdale Google Calendars A list of most RCSs Google Calendars, links to them, and information about who manages them and who can access them.
Use the Hill MS Testing or US Major Student Deadlines Calendar The Testing and Major Student Deadlines Calendars are our list of all major assessments for Hill students. We use them to help balance our students' major commitments.
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Use the Hill and River Visitor Calendars When a visitor is scheduled to arrive on the Hill or River campus someone(the person arranging this meeting) needs to put it in the correct calendar.
List of Main Riverdale Google Groups List of Main Riverdale Google Groups.