Riverton High School (Utah)

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Riverton High School
Location
Riverton, Utah
USA
Information
Principal Steve Park
Enrollment

2,817+[1]
Type Public
Color(s) Purple (Majestic), Silver, Black.
Established February 28, 1999
Team Name Silverwolves
Homepage www.rhs.jordan.k12.ut.us

Riverton High School (RHS) is a public high school in the state of Utah. Located in the southwest corner of the Salt Lake Valley in the Jordan School District, it is also the largest high school in the state, serving over 2,800 students from the cities of Riverton, Bluffdale, and Herriman. Construction of Riverton High was completed in 1999.

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[edit] Athletics

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  • Riverton basketball, in the 2005-2006 season, reached the state championship game, meeting arch-rival Bingham. After making a free throw to tie the score with under 10 seconds remaining, Riverton missed the second. It was quickly returned upcourt by the Miners, and a last second turn around jumper sealed it for Bingham.

The following year (2006-2007) they made it again into the finals, but lost to the Lone Peak Knights.

  • RHS offers a wide variety of athletics and extracurricular activities, including a newly added Girls Golf team.

[edit] Silver Rush

Silver Rush is the school's annual charity drive. The program has experienced perpetual growth throughout the school's history.[2]

[edit] Hope Squad

The Hope Squad was formed in the wake of the 2005-2006 school year, in which five students died (each in a separate incident), including two suicides. The RHS Hope Squad consists of students nominated by classmates because they are easy to talk to and/or are good listeners.

[edit] Test scores

The ACT includes testing in the areas of Math, Science, Reading and English. Scale scores range from 1 (low) to 36 (high) for each of the four tests and for the Composite. The Composite score is the average of the four test scores, rounded to the nearest whole number.

Year
School Composite
District Composite
Utah Composite
National Composite
2006-2007
21.3
22.0
21.7
21.2
2005-2006
21.5
22.0
21.7
21.1
2004-2005
21.4
22.0
21.5
20.9
2003-2004
21.4
22.0
21.5
20.9
2002-2003
21.0
21.8
21.3
20.8
2001-2002
20.9
21.8
21.4
20.8
2000-2001
21.2
21.8
21.4
21.0

Advanced Placement Test (AP)

Advanced Placement classes are college-level classes offered at the high school campus. Advanced Placement is a national program administered by the College Board. Many colleges and universities around the nation award credit based on scores from the AP Exams.

Year
School  % Passing
District  % Passing
State  % Passing
Nation  % Passing
2006-2007
52.9
67.5
65.9
59.3
2005-2006
54.0
69.6
65.5
59.6
2004-2005
62.0
70.9
65.5
59.6
2003-2004
59
75.2
68.1
61.6
2002-2003
58
70.8
67.2
61.7
2001-2002
54
70.0
69.0
63.0
2000-2001
48
70.3
66.1
61.6

[edit] References

  1. ^ Official Jordan School District webpage for Riverton High
  2. ^ "Riverton Teens Reach Out to Peers", Deseret News, December 5, 2006. Accessed April 23, 2008.

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