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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.

Riverhead students help with Habitat for Humanity home in Riverside

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Students in Riverhead High School’s Interact Club helped today in the construction of a home in Riverside with Habitat for Humanity.

Riverhead Blue Masques score 13 Teeny Award nominations

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The Riverhead High School Blue Masques have received 13 nominations for this year's performances ahead of next month's 21st annual East End Arts Teeny Awards.

Students and parents ask for increased school security after bullet incident, as administration assures safety

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Students and parents in the Riverhead Central School District are asking administrators to reevaluate security measures after several recent incidents involving district students, including one where bullets were brought into the high school.

Historic observatory at Riverhead High School reopens after repairs

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The telescope and observatory, which has been out of commission for the last few years due to a problem with its observation hatch, was built in 1935 by John Elliot Young and his father Orville, owners of a Riverhead machine shop off Roanoke Avenue.

A barrier-breaking musical comedy comes to Riverhead: Blue Masques present ‘The Prom’

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“The Prom” is about a lesbian teen, Emma, who becomes an outcast after her small-town high school cancels its prom rather than let her attend with her girlfriend. Her story makes national news and a group of washed-up Broadway actors arrive to help set things straight.

Riverhead High School revives its long-dormant mock trial team, and students get a taste of what it’s like inside a courtroom

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The program gives students an opportunity to build public-speaking skills, while learning about courts and the law.

From classroom to bookshelf: Riverhead teacher authors book about his pioneering course on the Black experience in America

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The Riverhead High School teacher who started a new class last school year to discuss the experiences of Black people in America has written a book about the class and his experience teaching it.

Riverhead students medal in three events during regional Science Olympiad competition

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Students from Riverhead High School won three medals last month competing in this year’s regional Science Olympiad tournament. 

Riverhead High School, looking to improve grad rates, to begin night school program next month

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Riverhead High School will begin a night school program next month to allow students who have dropped out to complete their degree on an evening schedule.

Riverhead High School senior named one of Long Island’s top 25 boys track and field athletes

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Riverhead High School senior Angelo Confort was named one of Newsday's top 25 boys track and field athletes on Long Island.
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