Riverview High School (New Brunswick)

This article is about the high school in New Brunswick. For the high school in Nova Scotia, see Riverview Rural High School.

Riverview High School, or simply known as RHS, is a public high school in Riverview, New Brunswick, Canada.^[6] It is part of the province's Anglophone East School District, offering education to students from grade nine to twelve. It is the only high school in Riverview, and one of four Anglophone high schools in Greater Moncton.

Riverview High School (RHS)
Location
400 Whitepine Road Riverview , New Brunswick , E1B 4H8 Canada
Coordinates	46.0567°N 64.8016°W / 46.0567; -64.8016
Information
School type	Public high school
Motto	Stamus Pro Veritate (We Stand for Truth)
Founded	1978
School board	Anglophone East School District
Superintendent	Gregg Ingersoll[1]
School number	1570[2]
Principal	Heather McIntyre[3]
Vice principals	Helene Chiasson, Greg Longaphie, and Katherine Colpitts Beers[4]
Staff	90+[5]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1096
Language	English, French immersion
Area	Riverview, New Brunswick
Colour(s)
Mascot	Lion
Team name	Royals
Website	rhsroyals.nbed.nb.ca

History

The school was founded in September 1978 starting with two Grade 10 classes. Prior to that date Grades 10 through 12 from the then community of Riverview Heights attended Moncton High School. From its beginnings until 1978, the high school was located at 45 Devere Road, now the site of Riverview Middle School.^[7]

In 1978 a new facility was opened on an 18-hectare site about two kilometres west of the old school (which became Riverview Middle School). The new school also has a swimming pool, a feature the old school did not possess. In 2006 the auditorium began to operate independently for community use and plays host to many different shows each year, including a Stereos/The Midway State concert in November 2009. The school uses the auditorium for its annual theatre productions.

The building

The school has a theatre (The Riverview Arts Centre),^[8] a gymnasium, music rooms, a cafeteria, a library, a swimming pool,^[9] a courtyard, two art rooms, three computer labs, a woodshop, automotive lab, a culinary tech room/kitchen, and three science labs.

School culture

The school has its own song. The school's colours are red and white; the mascot is a lion.

Notable alumni

View of the original school, built in 1962. This building now forms a wing of Riverview Middle School on Devere Road, Riverview, New Brunswick.

• Michael de Adder, Canadian editorial cartoonist and caricaturist working at The Washington Post.
• Travis Jayner, member of the United States short track speed skating team and winner of a bronze medal in the 5000m relay in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
• Michael LeBlanc, represented Canada in the 60m at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey
• Gabriel Wortman, perpetrator of the 2020 Nova Scotia attacks

See also

• List of schools in New Brunswick