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Riverhead High School

Riverhead High School is a four-year high school with approximately 1480 students in grades 9 through 12. Principal: David Wicks, 631-369-6723 700 Harrison Avenue, Riverhead, NY 11901 School website.

‘Newsies,’ a musical about the 1899 NYC newsboys’ strike, opens tonight at Riverhead High School

by Apr 11, 2024
"Newsies" is loosely based on the NYC newsboys' strike of 1899, when the young newspaper vendors demonstrated for two weeks for higher wages. The Blue Masques production opens tonight at Riverhead High School and runs through Sunday.

Riverhead’s ‘Hometown Heroes’ banners cleaned and ready for display, thanks to NJROTC

by Apr 9, 2024
Riverhead’s Hometown Heroes banners are clean and ready to be installed along Main Street in time for Memorial Day, thanks to the efforts of the Riverhead NJROTC. The cadets cleaned the 110 banners featuring the names and photos of local residents who served in the U.S. military.

Riverhead golf caddies earn full college scholarships after working at Friar’s Head

by Apr 5, 2024
Two graduating seniors at Riverhead High School, who work as golf caddies at Friar’s Head, have earned full housing and tuition scholarships for college from the Evans Scholars Foundation.

Riverhead High School announces the Class of 2024’s top 20 

by Mar 29, 2024
Riverhead High School has announced the top 20 students of the Class of 2024. 

To fight mental health stigma, this Riverhead student athlete shares her own struggles

by Mar 15, 2024
Deanna North, captain of the Riverhead High School varsity softball team, shares her own story to fight the stigma surrounding mental health issues. She wants every student athlete to know it's OK to struggle. "We are not superheroes," she says.

Riverhead High School’s second-quarter honor roll students

by Mar 7, 2024
Riverhead Central School District has released the Riverhead High School honor roll lists for the second quarter of the 2023-2024 school year.

Riverhead athletics department seeks donations of memorabilia for Blue Waves standouts who went on to play at pro levels

by Feb 28, 2024
Riverhead Central School District's athletics department is looking for memorabilia of past star athletes who went on to play professional sports or competed at the Olympics level after they left Riverhead High School.

Riverhead students chalk messages of kindness and love at high school on ‘P.S. I Love You Day’

by Feb 10, 2024
Students and staff at Riverhead High School donned purple and adorned school grounds with messages of support and love Friday during the school’s annual 'P.S. I Love You Day' event.

Riverhead NJROTC wins 9 trophies at Southold’s annual drill competition

by Dec 29, 2023
Riverhead High School's NJROTC took home nine trophies and finished third overall in the Southold NJROTC 18th Annual Drill Competition Dec. 16.

Riverhead High School student stabbed in the arm during off-campus altercation, superintendent says

by Dec 14, 2023
A Riverhead High School student was stabbed in the arm Thursday afternoon during an altercation that occurred off of school grounds, according to the interim school superintendent. 
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