Riverdale High School (Murfreesboro, Tennessee)

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Riverdale High School
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Riverdale High School (Murfreesboro, Tennessee)
802 Warrior Drive

Murfreesboro, Tennessee
37128

United States
Coordinates 35°48′57.07″N86°24′34.2″W / 35.8158528°N 86.409500°W / 35.8158528; -86.409500
Information
School typeHigh school
Foundedc. 1972;52 years ago (1972)
School district Rutherford County
CEEB code 431622
PrincipalTamera Blair [1]
Teaching staff152.00 (FTE) (2022–23) [2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,043 (2022–23) [2]
Student to teacher ratio13.44 (2022–23) [2]
Color(s)
  •   Vegas gold
  •   Cardinal red
Nickname Warriors, Lady Warriors
NewspaperSmoke Signal
YearbookLance & Shield
Website rhs.rcschools.net

Riverdale High School is a public high school operated by the Rutherford County School system located in the southwestern part of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. It is on Warrior Drive which intersects with South Church Street (US 231 South). Riverdale is one of the older high schools in Murfreesboro, along with Oakland High School which was also built in 1972. These schools were constructed to replace the outdated former Murfreesboro Central High School, which was then converted to a junior high school (later middle school) facility. It is home to 12 academic departments, 40 extracurricular clubs, and 19 TSSAA athletic teams.

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Academics

In 2014, Riverdale High School ranked better than 21.3% of high schools in Tennessee. It also ranked second among high schools in the large Rutherford County School District. [3]

Campus

Along with Oakland High School (Tennessee), the sprawling campus includes two main academic buildings containing computer labs, science labs, an auditorium, a band room, two cafeterias, and many classrooms. The freshmen have a dedicated building known as the Annex. The fieldhouse features a full-size basketball court, a wrestling room, workout areas, locker rooms, and coaching offices. The spacious site also has softball, baseball, soccer, and football fields, and a swimming pool. [4]

Band program

The Riverdale High School Band was established in 1972. [5] It has a wind ensemble, a symphonic band, a concert band, a marching band (participation mandatory for all band students), percussion ensembles, a jazz band, and student-led chamber ensembles. [6]

Choir

Students can choose General Music, Music Theory, or one of Riverdale's Choirs to earn their Fine Arts Credit. The Women's Chorale and Men's Ensemble just require love and desire to sing, while the more advanced Riverdale Singers require an audition with high-performance expectations. [7]

Key Club

Key Club is a club for students interested in making a difference in the community through volunteer service. It is open to all interested students. Every year at Riverdale High School, club members carry out two service projects a month. Some of our their popular service projects are:

National Art Honors Society

NAHS is a nationally recognized program designed to support and encourage students who demonstrate interest and skills in the visual arts. NAHS provides opportunities for scholarships and national recognition with 48,000 art students worldwide. Students at Riverdale that are active members are working on building character while performing community and school-wide service. Projects include:

School newspaper and yearbook

The Smoke Signal is Riverdale High School's online newspaper. Six staff members provide the writing, photography, and website updates necessary to keep the newspaper up to date. These writers are part of a larger creative writing class but are dedicated to journalistic writing only and their focus is the Smoke Signal. During the fall homecoming festival, the newspaper offers a photo booth as a fundraising event to help keep cameras and software updated. [10]

The Riverdale High School yearbook, Lance & Shield, is a 360-page history book published every year by a staff of students who work both in and out of class to create the book. Students provide much of the candid photography used in the book and write all of the copy and captions. To help offset the price of yearbooks, members of the staff solicit local businesses for ads and offer senior congratulatory ads to parents. The staff organizes and runs both the fall and spring photo days, as well as the club picture day in October. [11]

Notable alumni

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References

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  4. ↑ "Riverdale High School". RiverdaleWarriors.com. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  5. ↑ "History". Riverdale Band. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Ensembles". Riverdale Band. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  7. ↑ "General Music: 1 Credit (Grades 9–12) Course #3505". Riverdale High School. Archived from the original on February 9, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Key Club International". Riverdale High School. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  9. ↑ "National Art Honor Society". Riverdale High School. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015.
  10. ↑ "The Smoke Signal – Riverdale High School's News Source". RiverdaleWarriors.com. Archived from the original on October 29, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
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