High school/secondary school in Richardson, Dallas County, Texas, United States
Richardson High School
Richardson High School in 2021
1250 West Belt Line Road
, , 75080
United States
Coordinates
32°57′06″N 96°45′44″W / 32.9516°N 96.76232°W / 32.9516; -96.76232 Type
High school /
secondary school Motto Scientia Cum Prudentia Established 1890 (1963 - current facility) School district
Richardson Independent School District Principal Chris Choat
[1] Teaching staff 203.25 (FTE)
[2] Grades
9 –
12 Enrollment 2,790 (2021–22)
[2] Student to teacher ratio 13.73
[2] Color(s) Purple and gold Mascot
Eagle
Nickname RHS Publication The Talon Feeder schools Westwood Junior High School
Richardson West Junior High School Magnet Programs Law, culinary arts, visual arts, photography/photo media arts, theater, tech theater, communications, robotics, science, and computer science Website
Richardson High School Website
Richardson High School (RHS ) is a
magnet high school in
Richardson ,
Texas ,
United States with approximately 2,770 students and a student/teacher ratio of approximately 15:1 in the 2018–2019 school year.
[3] It is the oldest high school in the
Richardson Independent School District (RISD).
Richardson High School is the flagship high school of the
Richardson Independent School District (RISD).
[4] The school has many
magnet programs , such as
culinary arts ,
[5]
theater , visual arts, tech theater,
communications ,
[4]
robotics ,
law ,
science , and
computer science . The school also has award-winning mock trial, debate, and computer science teams.
[4]
History
The school, which opened shortly after the first public school in the city was burned down by Ross Inman in 1890, began in a two-room building on Old Pike Road, a street that is now part of Greenville Avenue. A rural school with fewer than 100 students up to 1950, the school opened its present facility in 1961. During the period of the late 1950s, RHS shared facilities with Westwood Junior High School on Abrams Road. Bill Passmore was principal during this transition into the new facility on Belt Line Road.
Jeremy Wade Delle suicide
On January 8, 1991, Jeremy Wade Delle, a 15-year-old
[6] sophomore, fatally shot himself with a
.357 Magnum in front of his second-period English class.
[7] The incident inspired the
Pearl Jam song "
Jeremy ".
[8]
Brent Archie scandal
On July 30, 2008, teacher and coach Brent Archie was arrested on charges of having relationships with three female students. Archie was a football and wrestling coach, and also taught
Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) and
world history . This was the first incident of its kind in RISD history.
[9]
[10]
Athletics
Richardson's sports mascot is the Eagle; students, teachers, and alumni are referred to as Eagles; and the team shares Eagle-Mustang Stadium (capacity 12,000) with
J.J. Pearce High School .
The school was the
University Interscholastic League State Champions for Men's & Woman's Soccer in 1985.
[11]
[12]
Notable accomplishments
The school was recognized as a
National Blue Ribbon School in the 1983–84 school year.
[13]
In August 2006, Richardson High School was named one of three "best practices" high schools in the state of Texas.
[14] The award granted by the National Council of Educational Accountability and the Just 4 Kids Foundation is based upon staff development, staff retention, standardized test scores and support programs for students.
In May 2007, the RISD was awarded the "Excellence in Education Award for Large School District in Texas" by the HEB Foundation.
[15] Richardson High School and Richardson West Junior High played instrumental roles in the selection process and hosted the site visit committee in March 2007. In addition to the award, the RISD received a check for $100,000.
In the 2012
U.S. News & World Report rankings of the Best Schools in America, Richardson High School ranked number 711 out of 21,766 public high schools, putting it in the top 3.5% of all public high schools in the United States. RHS was also rated the 65th best in the state of Texas.
[16]
In 2015, 2016, and 2017, Richardson High School was one of the few hundred schools in the state of Texas, and the only high school in
RISD to earn all 7 distinctions in the
STAAR state assessment .
[17]
Notable alumni
William Basinski , Composer, electronic/ambient musician
Evan Bernstein , Israeli Olympic wrestler
Jarek Broussard , American football running back (transferred to
Bishop Lynch High School )
Gregg Costa , judge in United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Tim Cowlishaw , sportswriter, TV personality
Catherine Crier , news and Television personality
Mark Dodd , soccer player
Brandon Douglas , American actor
Jeff Dunham , ventriloquist
Bill Engvall , comedian and actor.
David Gordon Green , film writer-director
Norma Hunt , minority owner of the
Kansas City Chiefs
Eddie Jackson , chef and football player
Robert Jeffress , pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas
Jay Johnson , ventriloquist and actor
Caleb Landry Jones , actor
Gordon Keith , radio personality
Jake McDorman , actor
Adam Saunders , American filmmaker
Carla Overbeck , soccer player and coach
Jeff Paine , NFL player
John Maddox Roberts , author
Bill Scanlon , tennis player
Cason Wallace , professional basketball player
Keaton Wallace , professional basketball player
Barry Watson , actor
Media
In 2009, the school's student news team started a public, student-written magazine known as The Talon .
KRET-TV
In 1960 the Richardson Independent School District established KRET, the first TV station in the nation to be owned by a school district.
[18] The studio was located at Richardson High from 1963–1970. The studio was previously located at Richardson Junior High School (1960–1963). The station was converted on August 31, 1970, into a closed-circuit network named "TAGER".
References
^
"Staff Directory" . schools.risd.org . Retrieved 29 March 2019 .
^
a
b
c
"RICHARDSON HS" . National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 7, 2020 .
^
"Search for Public Schools - School Detail for RICHARDSON H S" . nces.ed.gov . Retrieved 2019-12-10 .
^
a
b
c
"Richardson High School Achievements" (PDF) .
Edline . Retrieved February 21, 2013 . [
dead link ]
^
"Richardson culinary students create easy, healthy recipes for kids" . dallasnews.com. January 29, 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2012 .
^
"Early life - Jeremy Wade Delle" . Retrieved April 11, 2022 .
^ Miller, Bobbi; Nevins, Annette (1991-01-09).
"Richardson teenager kills himself in front of classmates" .
The Dallas Morning News . Retrieved 2014-09-04 .
^ Black, Johnny (September 2002).
"The Greatest Songs Ever! Jeremy" .
Blender . Archived from
the original on December 29, 2008. Retrieved February 4, 2009 .
^ Flemmons, Stephanie (September 25, 2009).
"Richardson ISD teacher faces trial for sex crimes" . planostar.com. Retrieved August 17, 2012 .
^
"RISD sex scandal 'disturbing and tragic' " . Wfaa.com. August 15, 2009. Archived from
the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved August 17, 2012 .
^ League, University Interscholastic.
"Boys Soccer State Archives — University Interscholastic League (UIL)" . www.uiltexas.org . Retrieved 2021-03-01 .
^ League, University Interscholastic.
"Girls Soccer State Archives — University Interscholastic League (UIL)" . www.uiltexas.org . Retrieved 2021-03-01 .
^
"Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982–1983 Through 1999–2002" (PDF) . ed.gov. Archived from
the original (PDF) on March 26, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2013 .
^ Hughes, Kristine (August 18, 2006).
"Richardson High recognized for its teamwork" .
The Dallas Morning News . Retrieved August 17, 2012 . (payment required)
^ Weiss, Jeffrey (September 3, 2011).
"How Richardson ISD beat its peers in getting the class of '09 college-ready" . dallasnews.com. Retrieved August 17, 2012 .
^
"Education: Richardson High School Overview" . U.S. News & World Report . Retrieved February 21, 2013 .
^
"More than 400 campuses earn all possible distinctions in 2017 accountability ratings" . tea.texas.gov . Retrieved 2017-11-10 .
^ "Educational TV Rates Top Grade in Classes". The Dallas Morning News . March 31, 1960. section B, p. 6.
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