Riverside Military Academy is a private, college preparatory, boarding and day school for boys in grades 7 through 12. Riverside's 206-acre (0.83 km2) campus is located on Lake Sydney Lanier at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Gainesville, Georgia, USA. Riverside's academic year runs August through May each year. Each summer, Riverside hosts a four-week summer school program which may be attended by boys from any high school.
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