Rush–Henrietta Senior High School

Rush–Henrietta Senior High School - James E. Sperry Building, located in Henrietta, New York, also referred to as Rush–Henrietta Senior High School, R-H and Sperry High School, is the only high school in the Rush-Henrietta Central School District. As of the 2014-2015 school year, the principal is Beth Patton.

Beginning with the class of 2004, students in the ninth grade in the Rush-Henrietta district began attending the Ninth Grade Academy (formerly known as the Webster building). This move was made in response to an overcrowding of students at the Senior High building. The Ninth Grade Academy is a short distance (.5 miles) from the high school.

Rush-Henrietta has a strong athletic program with dozens of varsity teams. The school is known to be arch rivals with the Red Raiders of the nearby Fairport Central School District, located in Fairport, New York.

Rush Henrietta also is very well known for their elite music program with many distinguished ensembles including the Rush-Henrietta Singers (led by Christine Sargent), a jazz band (led by Sean Joseph), and an all-female ensemble known as The Bel-Canto Singers (led by Brian Bohrer) and several other groups.

Sports facilities

The Senior High School has a wide array of sports facilities. This includes a football stadium with two sets of bleacher stands and an 8-lane track surrounding the field. The grounds also contain 6 fully caged and standard regulation tennis courts, three baseball diamonds, and three soccer/lacrosse fields.

Inside, an indoor pool features a diving well as well as standard lap lanes. The school allows time for open swim where any resident of the Rush-Henrietta community may use the pool. A full-sized basketball court comprises the gymnasium, flanked by folding bleachers on each side of the court.

Expansion

Under the direction of Dr. Ken Graham, Superintendent of Schools, the school recently added on a $15 million gym complex, as well as extensive remodeling to the sports fields located on the campus. This expansion also added eight new classrooms to the academic structure of the building. The expansion also added a Senior Lounge to the building. The expansion also added a new Literacy Center adjacent to the Senior Lounge. The expansion also added new parking lot space. The expansion was under the supervision of The Rush Henrietta Central School District. The expansion is set to be completed in September 2014.

Notable alumni

• Doug Emblidge - TV News Anchor at WHAM-TV, located in Henrietta, New York. He anchors/co-anchors for numerous newscasts, most notably 13WHAM News This Morning and the five o'clock news broadcasts.
• Blaise Faggiano - head college football coach at Utica College and former defensive coordinator at St. John Fisher College.
• Desmond Green - NY State Champion wrestler; current Mixed Martial Artist ^[1]
• Shenise Johnson - All-American women's basketball player at University of Miami, drafted to the San Antonio Silver Stars in the 2012 WNBA Draft
• Ed Pierce - Class of 1971, is a graduate of the University of New Mexico's College of Journalism and worked as Community Sports Editor for Gannett's FLORIDA TODAY daily newspaper in Melbourne, Florida. He was instrumental in the newspaper earning Gannett's "Innovation Award" in 2006 for his efforts in creating and developing a number of popular online youth sports sites and he also won the 2011 Florida Society of Newspaper Editors Award for best use of social media, primarily for his interactive coverage of high school football in Brevard County, Florida. Pierce also was a finalist in 2009 and 2010 for the Penn State University John Curley School of Sports Journalism's National Youth Sportswriter of the Year Award. He is now the editor of the Laconia Citizen newspaper in Laconia, New Hampshire.
• Howard Ressel - Class of 1980, played an important role in designing the Douglass-Anthony Memorial Bridge, which is part of Route 490 in Rochester. Since replacing the Troup-Howell Bridge, the Douglass-Anthony Memorial Bridge has become a popular city landmark and redefined Rochester’s landscape. Howard was the Project Design Engineer who worked with the community and a design consultant to develop the design for the 38-million-dollar bridge. The project received numerous awards and has been embraced by the community.
• Patrick Sloan - Class of 1980, produces "4 Quarters" for ESPN. Since 1995, Patrick has written and produced daily features for ESPN's popular "SportsCenter" and "RPM 2DAY" programs. Patrick also served as sports director and anchor for TV stations in Richmond, Va., and Monroe, La. He got his start in media by working at the high school radio station. In 1996, 2003, and 2004, Patrick received Emmy awards for ESPN’s "SportsCenter."
• Mike Nguyen - Class of 1984, is a Vietnamese-American artist who worked as a Supervising Animator on Warner Bros.' The Iron Giant but is most famous for his own animated feature My Little World. Mike Nguyen received his BFA in character animation at the California Institute of the Arts in 1988. Since then, he has worked in the feature animation film industry for over 10 years as an animator, for major studios such as Disney, DreamWorks, and Warner Bros.

References

External links

• Rush-Henrietta Senior High School website