Richmond High School is a public high school in Richmond, Indiana, United States. It is the home of the Richmond Red Devils, who are members of the North Central Conference of the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA). Prior to 1939, the school was known as Morton High School in honor of Indiana's Civil War Governor, Oliver P. Morton. The current principal of Richmond High is Rae Woolpy.
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Facilities
Built in 1939-1941, the Colonial revival-style school originally consisted of an academic building called Morton Hall, a gymnasium called Civic Hall, and McGuire Hall, which houses the Richmond Art Museum, believed to be the only public art museum connected with a public high school. After outgrowing the Civic Hall gymnasium, the Tiernan Center was built as the home to boys' and girls' basketball, volleyball, and wrestling. It is the fourth largest high school gym in the United States, with a seating capacity of 8,100. The old Civic Hall gymnasium was converted into the Civic Hall Performing Arts Center, an auditorium which seats 924 and is home to the Richmond Symphony Orchestra in addition to other school and civic performing arts events. The current building consists of 500,000 square feet for instruction and student support services.
The Richmond High School Alumni Association is one of the oldest public high school alumni associations in the United States and boasts a significant scholarship endowment known as the Richmond College Incentive Plan.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
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Academics
Course offerings
Richmond High School offers a comprehensive educational program for students in grades nine through twelve. Courses are offered at the general academic, honors, and college levels across four primary departments. Over 170 distinct classes are available to students in math and science, the humanities, creative and performing arts, and career and technical programs. RHS recently expanded its Advanced Placement course offerings through a partnership with the University of Notre Dame's Advanced Placement Training and Incentive Program. Students can take AP courses in Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, English Language (composition), English Literature, Environmental Science, Government, US History, Physics, and Statistics. Additionally, students can undertake dual-credit coursework to earn college credit while attending the high school. Current dual-credit options are available through Earlham College, Indiana University East, Indiana University (for speech, US History 1A-B, Calculus, and Advanced Composition), and Ivy Tech Community College (for Pre-Calc. 1B, business, Project Lead the Way, radio-TV, automotive, and technical education classes).
Career center
The school is home to the Richmond Area Career Center, under the direction of Rusty Hensley. Created in 1980, the center annually serves more than 700 students from RHS, Northeastern High School, and Randolph Southern High School. It provides programs in 18 distinct career and technical fields, including nursing, engineering, automotive mechanics, construction technology, and child development.
Extra-curricular activities
Richmond High School students can participate in numerous extra-curricular and co-curricular student clubs. Some of the more active programs include the following:
- The Student Council, which coordinates campus service and community outreach, has been recognized as an honor council by the Indiana Association of Student Councils.
- The Movement has undertaken initiatives to make campus a more positive place, including the introduction of Challenge Day to campus.
- Business Professionals of America consistently fields teams for business-related competition at the state and national level. One year's Fair Trade team were named national champions at the annual competition.
- Skills USA students recently received bronze medals in architectural drafting at the Skills USA National Championship.
- The Red Devil Players, the student drama program, regularly produces dramas, musicals, and student-directed theatre workshops. Recent productions include Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Simon's The Odd Couple, Rose's Twelve Angry Men, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma, and an adaptation of Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
- The Academic Team consistently performs well across disciplines and fields teams for state competition.
- The Freshman Mentoring Program, which was introduced in 2010, pairs incoming ninth grade students with junior and senior mentors to ease their transition to high school.
- The National Honor Society recognizes students with high academic achievement.
- Peer Helpers, which is affiliated with the Peer Information Center for Teens, provides student-to-student support services.
- Student publications, including The Register and The Pierian, chronicle the life of the school.
Music Department
The Music Department at Richmond High School is housed within Civic Hall, a multimillion-dollar professional performing arts complex. It contains classrooms, practice rooms, and a 924-seat proscenium theatre.
Athletics
Sports
RHS offers numerous sports for student athletes. This includes baseball (boys'), basketball, cross-country, football, golf, gymnastics (girls'), soccer, softball (girls'), tennis, volleyball (girls'), and wrestling. A bowling team for both boys and girls competes on the club level.
Facilities
Richmond High School has extensive athletic facilities to support student athletes. The primary venues include:
- The Tiernan Center - The school's fieldhouse is the fifth largest high school gym in the nation, seating 8,100 fans. It is currently used not only for school-sponsored sports but also as the home venue for IU East basketball. It was also a host site for the IHSAA boys' and girls' semi-state basketball tournament in 2013.
- Lyboult Field - The outdoor athletic field underwent a major renovation in 2013 that included the installation of synthetic turf, a new press box, and repaired bleachers. Completion of the project resulted in expanded use of the field for football, soccer, and physical education programs.
- Tiano Pool - Home to the Red Devil swimming and diving programs, Tiano was the primary training facility leading up to the program's 20+ Sectional Championships since 1975.
Notable alumni
- Baby Huey, popular music artist
- Timmy Brown, former NFL running back and actor
- John Wilbur Chapman, evangelist
- Vice Admiral Terry Cross, Vice Commandant, United States Coast Guard
- George Duning, Oscar-nominated composer
- Jack Everly, pops conductor, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
- Weeb Ewbank, coach of the 1958 and 1959 NFL champion Baltimore Colts and the Super Bowl III champion New York Jets
- Vagas Ferguson, football player
- Paul Flatley, former NFL Rookie-of-the-Year (Minnesota Vikings)
- Norman Foster, actor, director
- Mary Haas, linguist
- Jeff Hamilton, jazz drummer
- Micajah C. Henley, roller skate maker
- Charles A. Hufnagel, M.D., artificial heart valve inventor
- Dominic James, basketball player at Marquette University, 2006 Big East Rookie of the Year
- C. Francis Jenkins, television pioneer
- Jim Jones, founder-leader of Peoples Temple
- Melvyn "Deacon" Jones, blues organist
- Harry Keenan actor
- Esther Kellner, author
- Jim Logan, football player
- Johnny Logan, professional basketball player
- Lamar Lundy, football player, one of the L.A. Rams Fearsome Foursome
- Kenneth MacDonald, actor
- Daniel G. Reid, industrialist and philanthropist
- "Singin' Sam", born Harry Frankel, radio star, minstrel
- Wendell Stanley, Nobel Prize winner
- Mel Thompson, college basketball player and coach
- Bo Van Pelt, professional golfer
- Burton J. Westcott, automobile manufacturer
- Gaar Williams, cartoonist
- Billy Wright, college basketball coach
- Wilbur Wright, aviation pioneer
See also
- List of high schools in Indiana
References
External links
- NCC official website
- RHS official website
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