Ritenour High School

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Ritenour High School
Address
9100 St. Charles Rock Road
Breckenridge Hills, Missouri, 63114
United States
Coordinates 38°42′42″N 90°21′25″W / 38.7116°N 90.3570°W / 38.7116; -90.3570Coordinates: 38°42′42″N 90°21′25″W / 38.7116°N 90.3570°W / 38.7116; -90.3570
Information
School type Public comprehensive high school[1]
Established 1911[2][3]
Opened 1950[2]
School district Ritenour School District
Superintendent Chris Kilbride
NCES School ID 292664001573[1]
Principal Denise Swanger
Faculty 90[1]
Grades 912[1]
Number of students 1,910[1]
Campus Suburban[1]
Color(s) Orange and black
         
Mascot Husky
Website Ritenour High School

Ritenour High School is a public comprehensive high school in Breckenridge Hills, St. Louis County, Missouri that is part of the Ritenour School District.

Activities

For the 20132014 school year, the school offered 25 activities approved by the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA): baseball, boys and girls basketball, sideline cheerleading, boys and girls cross country, dance team, 11-man football, boys and girls golf, music activities, boys and girls soccer, softball, speech and debate, boys and girls swimming and diving, boys and girls tennis, boys and girls track and field, boys and girls volleyball, and wrestling.[4] In addition to its MSHSAA-sanctioned activities, the school offers students an opportunity to participate in a variety of school-sponsored clubs. The school also maintains the only fully operational high school radio station in Missouri.[3]

Ritenour students have won several state championships, including:

  • Baseball: 1957, 1966, 1967
  • Boys track and field: 1985, 1989
  • Wrestling: 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1974

The school also has produced one boys swimming and diving individual state champion, one girls track and field relay state champion.[5]

Alumni

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Ritenour". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 15 Nov 2013. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bosenbecker, Ray (2004). So, Where'd You Go to High School?. St. Louis, MO: Virginia Publishing. p. 48. ISBN 1-891442-30-9. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Dillon, Dan (2007). So, Where'd You Go to High School? Vol. 2. St. Louis, MO: Virginia Publishing. p. 168. 
  4. MSHSAA: Ritenour
  5. MSHSAA: Championship Histories by Sport
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