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°W / 36.06236; -78.94330Coordinates: 36°03′44″N 78°56′36″W / 36.06236°N 78.94330°W / 36.06236; -78.94330
Information
Type	Public
Motto	"Roll Pirates Roll!"
Established	1991
School district	Durham Public Schools
Principal	Tonya Williams
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1, 900
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 Tonya Williams. (As of 10/31/2016)

History

Opened in 1991 (the first class graduated in 1993), the school currently enrolls approximately 1, 900 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' engineering program which uses the national Project Lead the Way curriculum.

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 football 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

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. Played in the 2012 London Olympics.^[2]
Weslye Saunders, Professional American football player. Currently plays for the Indianapolis Colts.
Abel Trujillo, 2002 State Wrestling Champion; professional mixed martial artist currently competing as a lightweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship^[3]
T.J. Warren, NBA Basketball player who plays currently plays for Phoenix Suns. (Warren did not graduate from Riverside as he transferred to a different high school).

References

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

Durham Public Schools

High Schools	City of Medicine Academy J.D. Clement Early College High School Durham (now closed) Hillside Hillside New Tech Holton Career & Resource Center Jordan Middle College Northern Performance Learning Center Riverside Southern Southern School of Engineering

Middle Schools	Brogden Carrington Chewning Githens Lakewood Montessori Middle School Lowe's Grove Neal Rogers-Herr Shepard W.G. Pearson

Elementary Schools	Bethesda Burton C. C. Spaulding Club Boulevard Creekside Easley Eastway E. K. Powe Eno Valley Fayetteville St. Forest View George Watts Glenn Harris Hillandale Holt Hope Valley Lakewood Little River Mangum Merrick-Moore Morehead Oak Grove Parkwood Pearson Pearsontown Smith Southwest

Secondary Schools	Durham School of the Arts Hospital School Lakeview

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