Sage Ridge School
| Sage Ridge School | |
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| "College Preparatory Excellence", "Take the Challenge" | |
| Location | |
| Reno, Nevada, USA | |
| Information | |
| Type | Private secondary and Intermediate |
| Established | 1998 |
| Staff | 17 (2013) |
| Faculty | 29 (2013) |
| Enrollment | 219 |
| Color(s) | Green and Burgundy |
| Mascot | The Scorpion |
| Information | (775) 852-6222 |
| Campus surroundings | Suburban |
| Website | http://www.sageridge.org/ |
Sage Ridge is Reno, Nevada's only non-sectarian college preparatory school. It offers a diverse academic environment for grades 5 through 12 through the teaching of various Mathematics, Science, English, History, Spanish and Latin. The curriculum is supplemented with an array of fine arts classes, including various music, art, and theater courses. The school is accredited by the PNAIS (Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools).
Campus and Facilities
Sage Ridge School sits on over 40 acres (16 ha) of land about a thousand feet above the valley floor of Reno, Nevada. It has a view of the city, which is directly north of the campus. Two buildings comprise the main campus, along with a multipurpose field behind the school. The two buildings, Crossbow Hall and the Webster Building, have undergone extensive renovations over the last couple of years.
Webster Hall houses a multipurpose room, called the Great Space, with a non-regulation sized basketball court surrounded by classrooms, the main office, and the library. The Great Space (as the gym is called) is used for everything from middle school physical education to weekly school meetings.
Extracurricular activities
Athletics
Sage Ridge competes in the 1A and 2A division of the NIAA of the Northern Region. In recent years, Sage Ridge's cross country team has ranked the top in the Nevada state competition in both boys and girls. Sage Ridge offers a variety of sports, including volleyball, cross country, swimming, cycling, golf, basketball, track and field, and wrestling.
The boys Cross Country team won the 2A state championships in 2004, 2006 and 2007. They were runner-up in 2003, 2005 and 2011. The team finished fourth in 2009 and 2010. The girls Cross Country team won the 2A state championships in 2007, and 2008. They were runner-up in 2006 and 2009.
Both boys and girls track teams have had many individual state titles in events such as 100, 4x100, 400, 4x400, 800, 1600, 3200, and the long jump. Three state records were set in 2007 by Nathan Chellman at the Championship meet in the 800, 1600, and 3200 meters.
Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association State Championships
- Cross Country (Boys) - 2004, 2006, 2007
- Cross Country (Girls) - 2007, 2008
Theater
In recent years, drama teacher Cameron Crain and the Sage Ridge School drama department have presented a number of high-reaching productions of such plays and musicals as “The Mousetrap,” “Guys and Dolls,” “A Streetcar Named Desire,” Chekhov’s “The Boor” and “The Seagull,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” "MacBeth," "Oliver!," "Romeo and Juliet," "The Crucible," and "The Taming of the Shrew". Several drama students at SRS have graduated to go on to study theatre at prestigious drama schools and to work in drama and theater. The school's theatre club plans to attend and perform a play written especially for the experience at the world famous Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2014.
Music
- Aca'Fellas — All-male a capella group
Clubs
School clubs are a major part of the Sage Ridge community, and it is mandatory that all students join at least one club.
Current High School Clubs
- The Ridge
- The Midwife
- Junior Classical League
- Science Club
- Yearbook
- Theatre Club
- Model UN
- Debate
- Rock Band
- Art Club
- Community Service Club
- EcoCouncil
- Kids For Wish Kids®
- Amnesty International
- Team Up! For St. Jude
Travel
- Every fall, the school has an outdoor education week for the students. Each grade goes to a different destination to spend a week in the outdoors. The trips usually include outdoor activities such as hiking and camping, but the 12th graders go to Ashland to attend the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
- Every year in the spring, the school hosts an optional trip abroad for a week. The intense itineraries give the students (open to grades eight through twelve) the opportunity to watch plays, see monuments and shop in the streets of many cities and countries. The trips are based on a rotating yearly schedule so that every student has the opportunity to go on all (or none) if they wish. The trips are:
- Prague and Vienna
- Peru
- Spain
- Amsterdam, Brussels, and France
- London, England
Student organizations
Student organizations interact with one another and communicate with Sage Ridge students to create school policies.
- Prefecture — a teacher-elected group of students that maintains communication between students and faculty
- Honor Council — an organization consisting of a teacher-nominated, student-elected body
- Student Government — student-elected representatives
- Student Advisory Council (SAC)
- Student Diversity Leadership Council (SDLC)
Publications
- The Ridge — school newspaper; updated online biweekly and in print every semester
- The Midwife — annual literary magazine
- Vestigia — yearbook
Mr. Ridge
Mr. Ridge is an all-male 'beauty pageant' hosted by the Student Government every year. Mr. Ridge is complete with an evening gown, question and answer, and talent sections. The champions have been:
- 2004 - Clay Sader ('04)
- 2005 - Mario Rosasco ('05)
- 2006 - Jake Lindeman ('08)
- 2007 - Brett Webster ('08)
- 2008 - Davis Prendergast (08)
- 2009 - Chris Capen ('11)
- 2012 - Mac Cronin ('13)