Auburn Riverside High School

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Auburn Riverside High School
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Address
Auburn Riverside High School
501 Oravetz Rd SE

Auburn
,
Washington 98092
Coordinates 47°16′03″N122°13′21″W / 47.267371°N 122.222527°W / 47.267371; -122.222527
Information
Type Public secondary
Established1995
School district Auburn School District # 408
PrincipalJanalyn McKeehan [1]
Teaching staff88.28 (FTE) [2]
Enrollment1,884 (2023-2024) [2]
Student to teacher ratio21.34 [2]
Color(s)Teal, blue, silver and white
    
MascotRaven
NewspaperInFlight
YearbookHaida
Website http://www.auburn.wednet.edu/arhs

Auburn Riverside High School is located in Auburn, Washington, United States. Located next to the White River, the school takes its name from its location. The school opened in 1995 due to overcrowding at Auburn Senior High School.

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Academics

ARHS offers seventeen Advanced Placement classes: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Micro Economics, Computer Science, Calculus AB, European History, Human Geography, US History, US Government and Politics, World Studies, English Language/Composition, Literature, AP Seminar, AP Research, Culinary Arts, Spanish, French, Japanese, and German.

Drama

In addition to academics and athletics, ARHS has gained notice for its drama program, under the direction of Karla Gjerde Seman, and currently Kathryn Nuttman. Seman has been a participant in 5th Avenue Theatre's High School Musical Awards since the program's inception in 2003, ARHS has accumulated many awards and nominations.

Athletics

Auburn Riverside joined the Olympic Division of the North Puget Sound League in 2016. [3] They were previously part of the SPSL 3A Central Division since the 2009-10 school year, which was a change from their former SPSL 4A North Division league, as the SPSL decided to split the league into three parts, rather than the previous two.

Recent state tournament results include:

Auburn Riverside High School won the Fugate trophy for football in 2011 and 2013.

Incidents

On Monday, October 16, 2023, a student let six masked individuals through a side door, mistakenly believing they were Auburn Riverside students. The masked intruders proceeded to assault five students while running down the hallway, before promptly escaping when staff confronted them. The school was subsequently put into lockdown for the remainder of the day, and security and police presence was increased for the following two days. [4] More than 500 students were absent the day after the attack, with parents citing safety concerns. [5] The incident was connected to "gang activity", including two fights that had broken out at the school the previous Friday, one of which resulted in a BB gun being confiscated. [6]

Notable alumni

References

  1. "Auburn Riverside High School - Contact Us". Auburn School District. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Auburn Riverside High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  3. "Divisions set for North Puget Sound League - Auburn Reporter". auburn-reporter.com. February 10, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  4. Lomibao, Samantha (October 22, 2023). "Parents concerned after masked teens attack students at Auburn Riverside High School". KIRO 7 . Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  5. Ferris, Nick (October 22, 2023). "500 students stay home after masked intruders terrorize high school". The Independent . Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  6. Esteban, Michelle (October 17, 2023). "Auburn community on alert after 6 masked people enter high school, assault students". KOMO News . Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  7. "Judoka Travis Stevens Wins Team USA's First-Ever Olympic Medal In His Weight Class". Team USA. Archived from the original on August 12, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  8. "Auburn's Harrison Maurus hopes his heavy lifting pays off with an Olympic medal". The Seattle Times . June 6, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  9. "Kevin Thomson - 2019 - Football". Sacramento State.