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Reno High School
Location
Map
Reno
,
Nevada

United States
Information
TypePublic secondary
Established1879
Enrollment1847
Color(s)Red and blue
MascotHuskie
Campus surroundingsSuburban
Websitehttp://www.washoe.k12.nv.us/reno/

Reno High School (RHS) is a public secondary school in Reno, Nevada that is a part of the Washoe County School District. The school mascot is the Husky, and the school's colors are red and blue. Their teams are known as the "Reno Huskies."

History

Reno High was the first high school in Reno. High school students in Reno were originally taught in the basement of a building on the corner of First and Virginia streets, on the future site of the Mapes Hotel. In 1869 students were moved to a one-room school, and in 1879, due to Reno's expanding population, a larger high school, called "Central School," built near Arlington and Fourth Streets. This school was commonly referred to as "Reno High School" and 1879 is the generally accepted date of the school's founding. In 1910 a fire in the chemistry lab destroyed the school's main building. The school was rebuilt in downtown Reno in 1912, at a site now occupied by the Circus Circus Casino. The architecture of the 1912 campus closely resembled that of present-day Mt. Rose elementary school at Lander Street and La Rue Avenue, and McKinley School on Riverside Drive.

In 1951, Reno High moved to its current location on Booth and Foster streets, south of the Truckee River and Idlewild Park. The 71-acre campus is less than 200 yards from the Truckee River.

Campus

Reno High has a large campus at the corner of Booth Street and Foster Drive in the city's older southwest neighborhood district. Reno High occupies a two-story brick building with architecture that is unique among Washoe County schools. The Reno High campus is within 200 yards of the Truckee River, which receives it's water flow from alpine Lake Tahoe.

Reno High boasts 71 acres of campus space,large green areas, a unique student quad, modern football/baseball/tennis and track and field facilities,the large Kahl Fieldhouse, and many tennis courts. A distinctive red arch brick structure adorns its main entrance, which sits behind a large circular driveway that has a large 50' tall brick "R" on the grass in the center. The halls covered with yellow tile, are designated "R" "E" "N" "O", which gives the school's corridors a room-numbering scheme. In the past several years blue awnings have been added to shade south sun-facing classrooms. In testament to a long history and generations of former students, Reno High is unusual among high schools in having an alumni center building on the Reno High campus. The large round brick building was completed in January 2000, and houses a large collection of yearbooks, memorabilia, and school artifacts, including the 1879 school class bell.

The Link Piazzo Alumni Center is open most Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and for special events, and the amount of unique RHS school exhibits continues to grow as the Alumni Center becomes better known in the state of Nevada. The RHS principal is Mr. Robert Sullivan. Reno High does well academically, and was ranked in the top 400 high schools nationally in 2004 and 2005 by Time Magazine.

Extracurricular Activities

Athletics

  • Reno's school fight song is "The Red and the Blue."[citation needed]
  • Reno High kicker Dirk Borgognone set the national record for the longest high school football field goal in 1986. The field goal is the second-longest in all of organized football at any level, just short of Ove Johansson's 69-yarder in 1976, for NAIA school Abilene Christian.[1]
  • Reno High cross country runner Marie Lawrence holds the U.S. high school record in the 2,000m and 3,000m steeplechase.[2]

Speech & Debate

  • Reno High School has a large and successful speech and debate team, which has won some events at the state tournament more than once.[citation needed]

Publications

  • The Red & Blue — monthly school newspaper (Nevada's first high school newspaper)
  • Re-Wa-Ne — school yearbook (the name is a portmanteau of "REno WAshoe NEvada")
  • The Mirror — school literary magazine

Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps

  • The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) program at Reno High School is one of the oldest in the nation, founded in 1919 after the passage of the National Defense Act of 1916.[3]
  • The current instructors are Sergeant Major (Ret) Ronald Rillon, Sergeant Major (Ret) Rick Camacho, and Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) J.D. Schnabel.[4]

Notable alumni

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