Type Public School district Durham Public Schools Grades 9-12 Phone +1 919-560-3965 Motto "Roll Pirates Roll!" Founded 1991 | Established 1991 Principal Tonya Williams Enrollment 1, 900 District Durham Public Schools Mascot Lenny the Pirate Colors Purple, Gold | |
Address 3218 Rose of Sharon Rd, Durham, NC 27712, USA | ||
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)
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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.
In 2011, Riverside's Student Newspaper The Pirates' Hook was awarded the best student run newspaper in North Carolina.
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. The current coaches are Brandon Palmer and Broc Dickerson.
Volleyball
Riverside's girls volleyball program has won 2 state championships.