Riverside High School (Durham, North Carolina)


Riverside High School is a public high school located in Durham, North Carolina. The principal of Riverside High is Tonya Williams, who joined as principal in 2016. The school enrolls students from grades 9-12. The school was founded in 1991 and became one of the seven Durham Public High Schools.

History

Riverside High School opened in 1991 and currently enrolls approximately 1,900 students. It 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.

Achievements

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.

Athletics

Wrestling

The Pirate wrestling team has won 7 state championships.

Volleyball

Riverside's girls volleyball program has won 2 state championships.

Notable alumni