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Riverdale High School (Fort Myers, Florida)

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Type
  
Public

Grades
  
9-12

Color
  
Gold

Mascot
  
Raider Man

Lowest grade
  
Ninth grade

Principal
  
Scott Cook

Nickname
  
Raiders

Phone
  
+1 239-694-4141

Motto
  
"Success is a choice"

Address
  
2600 Buckingham Rd, Fort Myers, FL 33905, USA

District
  
School District of Lee County

Profiles

Riverdale High School, located in Fort Myers, Florida, United States, is one of the many high schools in Lee County.

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The first two years of Riverdale began at the present-day site of Dunbar High School. Riverdale was located in this area for approximately two years while the current site was still in construction. Jack Hogg was the principal for the first two years. In the 1972-1973 school year, the school moved to its present-day location and the principal became Mike Prymas. The current principal is Scott Cook.

Riverdale High School offers the International Baccalaureate program, Advanced Placement, dual enrollment, vocational, honors and general education classes.

Notable alumni

  • Ross Chastain - current NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver
  • Terrence Cody - nose tackle for the Baltimore Ravens
  • Tommy Watkins - former major league baseball player with the Minnesota Twins; Class of 1998
  • Lords of Chaos

    Several Riverdale High students attracted national notoriety as members of a self-styled teen militia called the Lords of Chaos. They went on a crime spree culminating in the murder of Mark Schwebes, Riverdale High School's band director, on April 30, 1996.

    References

    Riverdale High School (Fort Myers, Florida) Wikipedia