Riverside High School (Durham, North Carolina)

This article is about the school in Durham. For the school in Martin County, see Riverside High School (Williamston, North Carolina).
Riverside High School
Address
3218 Rose of Sharon Road
Durham, North Carolina, 27712
United States
Coordinates 36°03′44″N 78°56′36″W / 36.06236°N 78.94330°WCoordinates: 36°03′44″N 78°56′36″W / 36.06236°N 78.94330°W
Information
Type Public
Motto "Roll Pirates Roll!"
Established 1991
School district Durham Public Schools
Principal Joel County
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 2,100
Color(s) Purple and gold          
Mascot Lenny the Pirate
Nickname Pirates
Newspaper The Pirates' Hook
Yearbook The Helm
Website Riverside High School

Riverside High School is a four-year public high school located in Durham, North Carolina. The current principal is Joel County.

History

Opened in 1991 (the first class graduated in 1993), the school currently enrolls approximately 2100 students and is one of seven high schools in the Durham Public School System. The school offers classes on a block schedule on a semester basis, with students taking 4 classes—generally 2 core and 2 elective—each semester. Riverside is an accredited school and is also home to the Durham Public Schools' pre-engineering curriculum which is part of the Project Lead the Way Program.

Riverside's sixteen sports teams are part of the PAC-6 Conference, which includes schools in Durham County and the neighboring counties of Orange and Person. The school has fielded several state champions in wrestling, men's lacrosse, volleyball, and swimming.

Recent events

In 2007, Riverside was ranked as the 834th high school in America by Newsweek.[1]

In 2011, Riverside's Student Newspaper The Pirates' Hook was awarded the best student run newspaper in North Carolina.

Athletics

Wrestling

The Pirate wrestling team has won 7 state championships, their first two coming in 1994 and 1995 under head coach Jim Key. Head coach Walt Tolarchyk would later on lead the team to win 5 more state titles. They have had many state champions and nationally ranked wrestlers including MMA fighter Abel Trujillo.

Volleyball

Riverside's girls volleyball program has won 2 state championships.

Notable alumni

References

  1. Newsweek "4 DPS high schools named to Newsweek Top 1,200 list Retrieved on August 3, 2007.
  2. Soriano, Paul (2006-01-26). "Megan Hodge named Gatorade National Player of the Year". ESports Media Group, Inc. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
  3. "Abel Trujillo UFC Bio". Retrieved 2014.