Reno High School

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Reno High School
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States
Information
Enrollment

1860
Type Public secondary
Mascot Huskies
Color(s) Red and blue
Established 1879
Campus surroundings Suburban
Homepage http://www.washoe.k12.nv.us/reno/

Reno High School (RHS) is a public secondary school in Reno, Nevada that is a part of the Washoe County School District. The school mascot is the Huskie, and the school's colors are red and blue. Their teams are known as the "Reno Huskies."

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[edit] History

Reno High was the first high school in Reno, which is celebrated by its well-known motto: "Reno High-- older than Reno". High school students in Reno were originally taught in the basement of a building on the corner of First and Virginia streets, on the future site of the Mapes Hotel. In 1869 students were moved to a one-room school, and in 1879, due to Reno's expanding population, a larger high school, called "Central School," built near Arlington and Fourth Streets. This school was commonly referred to as "Reno High School" and 1879 is the generally accepted date of the school's founding. In 1910 a fire in the chemistry lab destroyed the school's main building. The school was rebuilt in downtown Reno in 1912, at a site now occupied by the Old Sundowner Casino.[citation needed] The architecture of the 1912 campus closely resembled that of present-day Mt. Rose elementary school at Lander Street and La Rue Avenue, and McKinley School on Riverside Drive.

In 1951, Reno High moved to its current location on Booth and Foster streets, south of the Truckee River and Idlewild Park. The 71-acre campus is less than 200 yards from the Truckee River.

[edit] Campus

Reno High has a large campus at the corner of Booth Street and Foster Drive in the city's older southwest neighborhood district. Reno High occupies a two-story brick building with architecture that is unique among Washoe County schools. The Reno High campus is within 200 yards of the Truckee River, which receives its water flow from alpine Lake Tahoe.

Reno High boasts 71 acres of campus space,large green areas, a unique student quad, modern football/baseball/tennis and track and field facilities,the large Kahl Fieldhouse, and many tennis courts. A distinctive red arch brick structure adorns its main entrance, which sits behind a large circular driveway that has a large 50' tall brick "R" on the grass in the center. The halls covered with yellow tile, are designated "R" "E" "N" "O", which gives the school's corridors a room-numbering scheme. In the past several years blue awnings have been added to shade south sun-facing classrooms. In testament to a long history and generations of former students, Reno High is unusual among high schools in having an alumni center building on the Reno High campus. The large round brick building was completed in January 2000, and houses a large collection of yearbooks, memorabilia, and school artifacts, including the 1879 school class bell.

The Link Piazzo Alumni Center is open most Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and for special events, and the amount of unique RHS school exhibits continues to grow as the Alumni Center becomes better known in the state of Nevada. The RHS principal is Mr. Robert Sullivan. Reno High does well academically, and was ranked in the top 400 high schools nationally in 2004,2005,2006, and 2007 by Time Magazine.[citation needed]

[edit] Extracurricular Activities

[edit] Athletics

Reno has won numerous state championships this decade. The girls' basketball team won the State Championship in 2001. The football team won the state title in 2003, the baseball team won in 2004 and the boys basketball team won the championship in 2006, knocking off North Las Vegas' Rancho High School. The Huskies compete in the Sierra League of the Northern Nevada 4A Region, which is the large-school level. Since 2003,the Reno High boys' sports varsity teams have won Nevada state championships in football, basketball, baseball, track and field, swimming, diving, and snow skiing. On Friday, February 22, 2008, the Reno Huskies defeated Cheyenne High of Las Vegas 76 to 72 for their second state basketball championship in the past three seasons. The Huskies have won at least one state championship in 7 different sports in every year from 2002 to 2008. Men's soccer at Reno High School has been a sport with much controversy and has been notorious for the lack of acknowledgment it receives from the school athletic department.

  • Reno's school fight song is "The Red and the Blue."[citation needed]
  • Reno High kicker placekicker Dirk Borgognone set the world record for the longest high school football field goal in 1986. The field goal is the second-longest in all of organized football at any level, just short of Ove Johansson's 69-yarder in 1976, for NAIA school Abilene Christian.[1]
  • Reno High cross country runner Marie(Mel) Lawrence holds the U.S. high school record in the 2,000m and 3,000m steeplechase.[2]

[edit] Nevada Interscholastic Athletics Association State Championships

[edit] Speech & Debate

  • Reno High School has a large and successful speech and debate team. The team placed first in the Sagebrush District (covering Northern Nevada) every year from 1996 to 2007 and won Nevada state championships in 2006 and 2007.[3] The team also puts on an annual Night of Comedy and Drama in the school theater.

[edit] Publications

  • The Red & Blue — monthly school newspaper (Nevada's first high school newspaper)[citation needed]
  • The Mirror — school literary magazine

[edit] Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps

  • The current instructors are Sergeant Major (Ret) Ronald Rillon, Sergeant Major (Ret) Rick Camacho, and Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) J.D. Schnabel.[4]

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ NFLHS.COM - Legends of HS Football: Dirk Borgognone
  2. ^ EliteRunning.com | Interview with Marie Lawrence
  3. ^ RGJ.com: The article requested can not be found! Please refresh your browser or go back. (J7,20070329,NEIGHBORHOODS07,703290306,AR)
  4. ^ Reno High JROTC Leadership Program

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