Martin Luther King High School (Riverside, California)
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Martin Luther King, Jr. High School, is a California Distinguished, comprehensive public high school in Riverside, California, and home to the Wolves.
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[edit] Background
Martin Luther King High School was the first high school to be built in Riverside since 1973, opening in 1999 with 858 students in grades 9 and 10. Enrollment has dramatically increased as the population of Riverside has grown in the past several years: during the 2006-07 school year, total student enrollment reached 3,028. Ninety-nine percent of students live in either in the communities of Orangecrest, California or Woodcrest, California, making King High School a neighborhood high school.
[edit] Academics
In November 2002, the school was one of only twelve honored by the Siemens Foundation for having one of the most extensive, rigorous and promising math and science course offerings in the region.
[edit] Athletics
King High School has had a longtime rivalry with Polytechnic High School in both athletics and academics.
Athletic awards and distinctions earned by the school's sports teams include:
- Baseball Sunkist League Champions 2004.
- B Basketball League Champions 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and Southern Section Semi-Finals 2004, 2007; Southern Section CIF FINALS 2002; Southern California Section Champions 2002, and California State CIF Division 2 Champs in 2002
- B Cross Country League Champs 1999, 2004, 2005.
- G Cross Country 7 years in a row Ivy League Champs 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. CIF Finalists 2002-2007
- Football Ivy League Champions 2005.
- G Golf Ivy League Champions 2003, 2004, and Nicole Smith CIF Individual Champ 2001
- G Golf Ivy League Champions 2003, 2004, and Nicole Smith CIF Individual Champ 2001
- G Soccer 4 in a row undefeated league Champions 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004.
- B Soccer 2 in a row Sunkist League Champs 2003, 2004; Ivy League Champs 2005, 2007; CIF Semi-Finals 2005
- G Softball - League Champions 3 years in a row 2002, 2003, 2004 and CIF Champions 2003.
- G Swimming 3 in a row league Champs 2002, 2003, 2004
- G Tennis - Undefeated League Champions 7 years in a row 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006; CIF Finalist 2002, Semi-Finals 2003
- B Tennis - Undefeated League Champions 7 years in a row 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- G Track & Field - Undefeated league Champions 4 years in a row 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
- B Track & Field - Undefeated league Champions 4 years in a row 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
- Volleyball Undefeated league Champions 4 years in a row 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
- G Water Polo League Champions 2004
- Wrestling Jimmy Kirkemo CIF Wrestling and Masters Champion 2004; Ivy League Champions 2005
[edit] "The Kingsmen"
Martin Luther King High School is widely known for its award-winning marching band, "The Riverside Kingsmen", currently under the direction of Charles J. Gray. They are mostly known for their parade band rather than their field show band, and have earned sweepstakes at Arcadia Band Review multiple times, scoring in the 94s and higher.
The Kingsmen are listed as one of the top 10 bands in California and represented King High at the 118th Annual Tournament of Roses parade on January 1, 2007.
They have since performed at the 2007 Fiesta Bowl grand national championships, and took top honors there.
[edit] Student-run Publications
The school has a well-known yearbook that has earned several honors in the past. It also features an award-winning, student-produced newspaper, The King Courier, that is distributed throughout the campus. The program is currently advised by Mrs. Katie Skrove.
Editors in Chief have included: 2003/2004- Elizabeth Tracy; 2004/2005 - Kristen Reagan; 2005/2006 - Christopher Records and Kristen Beal; 2006/2007 - Whitney Pataky; 2007/2008 - Jessica Tracy
