Riverside High School (Durham, North Carolina)

Riverside High School is a public high school located in Durham, North Carolina. The principal of Riverside High is Tonya Williams, who joined as principal in 2016. The school enrolls students from grades 9–12. The school was founded in 1991 and became one of the seven Durham Public High Schools.

This article is about the school in Durham. For the school in Martin County, see Riverside High School (Williamston, North Carolina).
Riverside High School
Address
Riverside High School
Riverside High School
3218 Rose of Sharon Road

Durham
,
North Carolina
27712

United States
Coordinates36°03′44″N 78°56′36″W
Information
Other nameRHS
TypePublic
Motto"Roll Pirates Roll!"
Established1991 (1991)
School districtDurham Public Schools
SuperintendentPascal Mubenga
CEEB code341081
PrincipalTonya Williams
Faculty107.31 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,734 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio16.16[1]
Campus4 acres
Color(s)Purple and black
        
MascotLenny the Pirate
NicknamePirates
NewspaperThe Pirates' Hook
YearbookThe Helm
Websitedpsnc.net/domain/57

History

Riverside High School opened in 1991 (the first class graduated in 1993) and currently enrolls approximately 1,900 students. It is one of seven high schools in the Durham Public School System. The school offers classes on a block schedule on a semester basis, with students taking 4 classes—generally 2 core and 2 elective—each semester. Riverside is an accredited school and is also home to the Durham Public Schools' engineering program, which uses the national Project Lead the Way curriculum.

Riverside's sixteen sports teams are part of the PAC-6 Conference, which includes schools in Durham County and the neighboring counties of Orange and Person. The school has fielded several state champions in football, wrestling, men's lacrosse, volleyball, and swimming.

Achievements

In 2007, Riverside was ranked as the 834th high school in America by Newsweek.[2]

In 2011, Riverside's Student Newspaper, The Pirates' Hook, was awarded the best student run newspaper in North Carolina.

Athletics

Wrestling

The Pirate wrestling team has won 7 state championships.

Volleyball

Riverside's girls volleyball program has won 2 state championships.

Notable alumni
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References
  1. "Riverside High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  2. Newsweek "4 DPS high schools named to Newsweek Top 1,200 list Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on August 3, 2007.
  3. Warren-Hicks, Colin (February 5, 2016). "Riverside grad to query GOP contenders Saturday night". Durham Herald-Sun. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  4. Soriano, Paul (2006-01-26). "Megan Hodge named Gatorade National Player of the Year". ESports Media Group, Inc. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
  5. "Abel Trujillo UFC Bio". Retrieved 2014-01-01.
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