Rustburg High School

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Rustburg
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Type	Public, Grades 9-12
Superintendent	Dr. George Nolley
Head of School	Denton Sisk, Principal
Athletic Director	Paul Nazigian
Location	Rustburg, Virginia
Enrollment	840
Faculty	65
Colors	Red, White and Black
Homepage	[[1]]

Rustburg High School is a public school for grades nine through 12, located in Rustburg, Virginia. It is one of four high schools that are part of the Campbell County Public Schools, along with Altavista High School, Brookville High School, and William Campbell High School.^[1]

1 Brief history
2 Athletics
3 See also
4 Notes

[edit] Brief history

Originally Campbell County High School, the school was Campbell County, Virginia's first public high school, opening in the 1900s. Until the late 1970s, the school was located in the oldest part of the building that now houses Rustburg Middle School. Currently, Rustburg High School is located at 1671 Village Highway in Rustburg, where it has been located since the move in the late 1970s.

In its current location, the school has had three principals. Hugh T. Pendleton is the longest-serving principal in school history; he was in charge from 1963 until his retirement in 1997. He was succeeded by then-middle school principal C. Benjamin Arthur, who held the job from 1997 until his own retirement in 2002. The school's current principal is E. Denton Sisk, who replaced Arthur in 2002.

[edit] Athletics

The school's mascot is the Red Devils, and its athletic teams participate in the AA Seminole District in the Virginia High School League. Its colors are red and white, with black appearing frequently on uniforms, despite not being an official color. Rustburg High School was previously associated with the owl as a mascot, but the only remaining evidence of that nickname is in the school's annual yearbook, which has been known as The Owl since its first publication in 1941.

Historically, the school's biggest athletic successes have come in football and softball. Rustburg's football team won Class AA state championships in 1990, 1993 and 2000, in addition to losing in the finals in 1987 and 1998. In softball Rustburg claimed the 1993, 1994 and 1997 Class AA state championships, losing in the finals in 1982 and 1999. The school also has Class AA state championships in girls volleyball (1992) and boys track and field (1978).^[2]