River Tech LLC holds the intellectual property for a complete K–12 school model — performing arts, technology, and core academics on a Christian framework, licensed to qualified operators.
River Tech School of Performing Arts & Technology — Post Falls, Idaho. Our flagship licensee.
We are not the school. We are the concept behind it.
River Tech is a defined, integrated model for operating a K–12 school — not a collection of generic teaching methods. The name was coined in late 2020, first placed in public use in February 2021, and has been tested and refined in live operation ever since.
River Tech LLC holds the brand, the curriculum architecture, and the community model, and licenses them to qualified operators as a concept license — not a franchise. Licensees have full operational independence within the framework of the concept. Our flagship licensee, Faithful Five Inc., operates River Tech School of Performing Arts & Technology in Post Falls, Idaho.
Three pillars, one school.
Every River Tech school holds three pillars at equal weight. No pillar is treated as enrichment. A fourth pillar — Athletics and Physical Fitness — is in active development.
Performing Arts
Every student learns drums, bass, ukulele, guitar, keyboard, band, and vocals — plus choir, acting, dance, and musical theater. Annual public productions involve every student. Creativity as image-bearing work.
Technology
A making discipline, not a consuming one. Students progress from Scratch to Python to Unity; from entry-level robotics to Arduino. 3D design, filmmaking, digital arts, and critical AI literacy. Technology as stewardship.
Core Academics
Math, English, Science, History, Literature, and Bible — structured and rigorous, with a 1:15 teacher-to-student ratio. Competency-based progression: students advance when they've mastered the material, not when the calendar says so.
What makes it a River Tech school.
Operators who license the concept commit to these signature features — the things that make a school a River Tech school, not a generic private school with our name on it.
Dual-track enrollment
Full-time and à la carte homeschool-enrichment students sit side by side. Monday is Performing Arts, Tuesday Science, Thursday Life Skills, Friday Technology. A family that attends one day a week still gets a complete program area.
Competency over calendar
Students advance when they've demonstrated mastery — not because it's the end of the quarter. A student can be at different levels in different subjects simultaneously. No one is pushed forward without understanding, or held back when ready.
A Christian framework that means it
Explicit, broadly Christian in the mere-Christianity tradition of C.S. Lewis. Daily assembly, Bible class, chapel — and a theological rationale for each pillar. A school that removes this framework is no longer a River Tech school.
On March 15, 2026, a fire destroyed River Tech's classrooms at The River Church. Everything the school had built was gone by morning.
Fifteen days later, classes resumed at The Heart Church, a neighbor down the road. No child missed a semester. No family left. This is not a story about a fire — it is proof of what a real community does when something breaks.
The flagship: Post Falls, Idaho.
River Tech School of Performing Arts & Technology is the living example of the model — operated by Faithful Five Inc. under a concept license from River Tech LLC. Small classes, six public musical-theater productions in four years, and families who drive from three counties to attend.
Thinking about starting a school?
We license the River Tech concept to founders who share our commitments. You get the brand, the curriculum architecture, and a direct line to the people who built it. You keep full operational independence. You bring the call, the community, and the work.