Riverside High School (North Carolina)

Infobox high school
name = Riverside High School
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established = 1991
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city = Durham
state = North Carolina flagicon|North Carolina
country = United States flagicon|United States
campus = Urban area
type = Government high school
principal = James Key
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students = 1935
enrollment = approximately 2100
grades = 9 through 12
address =3218 Rose of Sharon Road
district = Durham Public Schools
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mascot = Pirate - Linny Wrenn
colors = colorbox|#AA00FF Purple and colorbox|#FFFF00 Gold
newspaper = The Hook
yearbook = The Helm
website = [http://riverside.dpsnc.net/index.php]
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Riverside High School is a four-year public high school located in Durham, North Carolina. The current principal is James F. Key III. 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, and volleyball.

Recent Events

On October 5, 2006, a fourteen-year-old student was robbed behind the school around 3 p.m. The robbers stole $15 and an iPod, but no weapon was used. When the student told his mother, she took a rifle and searched for the thieves. Although the woman was only seen in the woods near the school, reports came in that someone was in the school with a weapon. This forced the four hundred students still in the school at 3 o'clock to go in a short lockdown. A Durham police officer's daughter sent a text message to him informing her about the lockdown. Soon police officers and sheriff's deputies entered the school. Only later did the students and teachers learn that in fact there were no weapons on campus at any time. [Lewis, Julia (October 5, 2006) " [http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1055527/ Durham School Locked Down After Weapon Rumors] " WRAL.com Retrieved on June 26, 2007.] [Dees, Matt (October 5, 2006) " [http://www.newsobserver.com/news/durham/durham/story/494998.html# Durham school locked down after weapon scare] " Newsobserver.com Retrieved on June 26, 2007.]

In 2007, Riverside was ranked as the 834th best high school in America by Newsweek. [Newsweek " [http://www.dpsnc.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5296&Itemid=1111/ 4 DPS high schools named to Newsweek Top 1,200 list] Retrieved on August 3, 2007.]

Notable Alumni

*Megan Hodge, Gatorade National Player of the Year for volleyball as a high school senior in 2006, Penn State Volleyball Player, 2007 NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player, Two-time AVCA First Team All-American.
*Weslye Saunders, University of South Carolina Defensive End [Jolley, Jonathan (May 31, 2007) " [http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=7&p=2&c=648082 Dynamic Culliver Will Bring Excitement To USC] " GamecockAnthem.com Retrieved on June 26, 2007.]
*Curtis Byrd, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill H-back/Fullback
*Colton Palmer, national record for most career wrestling wins (284 with 6 losses) in 4 years, and 2-time NC state wrestling champion
*Rami Ghanayem, Four-Year Starter, North Carolina State Men's Soccer Team, Midfielder, Four-Year Academic-All ACC
*Bob Kercher, Two Time High School All American Lacrosse Player, Midfielder for University of Maryland.
*Chris Feifs, Major League Lacrosse Player for the Boston Cannons

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