History
The school was founded in September 1978 starting with two Grade 10 classes. Prior to that date Grades 10 through 12 from the then community of Riverview Heights attended Moncton High School. From its beginnings until 1978, the high school was located at 45 Devere Road, now the site of Riverview Middle School. [7]
In 1978 a new facility was opened on an 18-hectare site about two kilometres west of the old school (which became Riverview Middle School). The new school also has a swimming pool, a feature the old school did not possess. In 2006 the auditorium began to operate independently for community use and plays host to many different shows each year, including a Stereos/The Midway State concert in November 2009. The school uses the auditorium for its annual theatre productions.
Shooting
24-year-old Janson Baker drove up towards Riverview High School, and fired at a teacher, Chris Leger, with a 12-gauge shotgun, striking him in the neck, back, and shoulder. Another man alongside Leger was shot at but missed; police believe that the shooting had overtones that of a robbery, as Baker had demanded the two men to hand over to him a pair of sneakers. The two men had just came back from coaching a basketball game on campus. Baker was arrested without incident the next day in Amherst, Nova Scotia, and was sentenced in February 2025 to 10 years imprisonment. Baker was also charged and later convicted in two other murder cases that had occurred in New Brunswick. [8]
The building
The school has a theatre (The Riverview Arts Centre), [9] a gymnasium, music rooms, a cafeteria, a library, a student learning center (called SLC), a swimming pool, [10] a courtyard, two art rooms, three computer labs, a woodshop, automotive lab, a culinary tech room/kitchen, and three science labs.
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